Junior Transfer Stats and Possibilities

TransferCC
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:05:01 +0000

Hey, I actually applied to a lot of these schools this year and thought I was competitive in all of them. I had a 3.9 HS GPA, 1930 SATs, 3 transferable APs, and a 3.95 College GPA (from comm. college). Unfortunately, I got rejected from almost all of these schools. It is important to remember that at most of these schools, admission into the business program is the MOST competitive out of all other programs/schools.

Here is my take on the schools:

Cornell - I’m guessing your applying to the AEM major, the undergrad business program, within CALS. This is a state school which means you will be at a disadvantage as you live in CA. The acceptance rate for AEM is 1/6 (including state acceptances). Thus, it will be very competitive.

Stern (NYU) - I spoke to the admissions guy from Stern and he told me that this year admissions were so competitive that they even evaluated HS and SATs and put a decent level of importance on them as well. It’s important to remember that NYU receives more applications than any other school in the country.

McIntire (UVA) - It is a state school business program which only accepts 12 out of state transfer students. Thus, again, it is really competitive.

Carroll (BC) - BC, as a whole, only accepted 75 transfer students out of like 1800 apps this year. And when I spoke to the admissions officer, she told me that Carroll was the most competitive, in terms of acceptance rate, out of all the other undergrad schools. Once again, really competitive.

Other points to consider:


A lot of these b-schools have prerequisites for getting into their programs. So it’s important to make sure you get those out of the way by Spring of 2009. Cornell - AEM requires two semester of lab-based Biology and Berkeley-Haas has 10-15 different required courses. No program will even consider you if you have not completed or not in the process of completing the prereqs - make sure you check the websites for each b-school and make your class schedule based on what prereqs you are currently missing.
Make sure every class you take will be transferable to the schools you are applying to. For example, Ecosystems of California(Science w/o lab), a class which is so specific to the state of CA, may not transfer to NYU.
Try taking 5 courses per semester. Course load is an important factor in the admissions process. Plus, if you do well in the classes, you can increase your GPA at a faster rate. Also, with your current schedule, you will only have 48 credits (excluding APs) by the end of spring 2009 and this number may not be constituted as junior status in many schools.
I’m not seeing Calc2 on your list for this year. My advice is to take it b/c you’ll have to take it in most of these business programs and it’s an easily transferable class. It’ll be harder to take Calc2 after a 1 yr break from Calc1.
Don’t take too many business classes (i.e. Finance) at your current school. B-schools want you to take the business classes at their school. Thus, you might to want to subsitute them with challenging but easily transferable electives…or Calc2? lol
Do a summer internship this year which is business related and can show these b-schools that you have made an effort to apply your learning. It will show then that you have a real interest in business. This experience can also make for a good topic in your admissions essay.
This may not be feasible for you right now, but if you have the time…take the SATs again and see if you can score higher. I know of kids that have significantly increased their scores, as college students, and have been accepted into top-notch schools. Also, when I asked the McDonough (GTown) and Carroll (BC) admission counselors why I got rejected from their schools, they both mentioned relatively low SAT scores as a reason.
Why isn’t Berkeley-Haas on your list? It’s a state schools, which means that you (as a CA resident) have an advantage. Plus, its a better b-school than many schools on your list. Consider applying there…beware of the long prerequisite list.


Thats all for now…hope this helps!