Is getting in as a soph transfer nearly impossible?

rushhour5
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:32:18 +0000

@dppilotmets, AP credits will be accepted by any school depending on their policy. It’s not really transferring them from Pitt to Michigan but rather seeing if Michigan will accept them based on the score you received. Basically, if you received at least a 4 on the majority of AP tests, Michigan will accept them. There are a few exceptions where a 3 is accepted or where only a 5 is acceptable. I’m not sure if you can get out of FYW (first year writing) at Michigan with a 5 on the English APs so you’ll probably want to check that out. I’m almost certain that AP credit is acceptable as completing a prereq, you’ll want to make sure, but the only ones you can directly complete with APs are Econ 101 and 102, the rest of them for actuarial math, EECS 183 and MATH 215-217 don’t have an AP test available for them.

I think the actuarial math program at Michigan is excellent. It’s one of the best in the nation. Some people I know who have taken some of the more upper level actuarial exams have talked about how well the courses prepared them for those and how simply saying that they go to Michigan has helped them find internships. Michigan’s actuary program has a very strong reputation. Besides, you know a school has a good math program when a bunch of students try to avoid taking math there because it’s so hard. A rumor I heard was that Michigan math is as good as MITs but I have no clue if its true or not.

Sutherland is much better than Towers for sure but the only bad part of it is that you have to walk up The Hill. That’s a total b****. Be sure to take the escalators in the Pete if you can, hopefully when the one going up is working. I don’t know what it is but the up escalators at Pitt always seem to be broken while the down ones always work. Anyways, good luck!