Is getting in as a soph transfer nearly impossible?

rushhour5
Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:09:05 +0000

It’s difficult for a sophomore transfer that was not accepted as a freshman. In your case, however, you likely would have gotten in as a freshman so if you’re pretty sure that you want to transfer to Michigan, you might even want to try this winter term of your freshman year. My friend’s sister worked in the admissions office for a time and she said that for transfers, they don’t really take it too seriously because all the focus is on the freshmen. They basically only care about your grades and credits. I know a couple people that were accepted that went first to a different school and then transferred in as a second semester freshman. Although you weren’t already accepted as a freshman, it’s still worth it for you to give it a try. This way you can get started at Michigan without wasting too much time taking courses that won’t directly transfer from Pitt. I know for sure that ECON 100 and ECON 110 will transfer to Michigan as Econ 101 and Econ 102 so its definitely worth it for you to take one of those before coming to Michigan as it is also a prereq for actuarial math at Michigan. MATH 220, 230, 240 and 250 also transfer into Michigan as Math 115, 116, 215 and 216, which again are all prereqs. I’m not sure if you can first semester but take ENGCMP 0200 at Pitt if possible so you can avoid first year writing at Michigan, which I’ve heard from some of my friends can be challenging.

Anyways I think its pretty cool you’re going to Pitt because I went to Pitt at first as well before transferring to Michigan and I’m now majoring in actuarial math. Which dorm are you in? Pitt has a nice campus but it was a little too urban for my taste. Since your location says you’re from NJ, make sure you try Pamela’s if you haven’t already. They’ve got some great breakfast and the one on Forbes Ave. always has a line that goes out the door on Saturday mornings.