Legitimate transfer reasons?

Transfer Students
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<p>I’m contemplating transferring out of Emory. Skip to the bottom for a summary if you don’t want to read everything.</p>

<p>Didn’t work very hard in highschool; I was the typical underachieving smart kid. (3.2 unweighted, 2240 sats, 730+ all my sat iis) High school was pointless, and I ended up at Emory.</p>

<p>At Emory, I plan to double major in econ-math and business administration.</p>

<p>Although I love my social life at Emory, the lack of academic rigor causes me dissatisfaction. First semester I took multivariable calculus, intermediate micro, financial accounting, and japanese 101. Ended up with a 3.8 because I didn’t study at all for multivariable’s final. I’m pretty confident I can graduate with a 3.8+.</p>

<p>I can’t comment on the academic rigor of the business school classes since I’ve only taken one business class.</p>

<p>However, since all of the econ-math classes I’ve taken are intermediate or upper level major requirements, I feel that I can safely assume that most of my econ-math requirements won’t be much more of a challenge.</p>

<p>Furthermore, even though I’m not sure about what I want to do in, I’m pretty sure that I want to do something in business. Reading through old threads on WSO, I understand that Emory also doesn’t have much clout in Wall Street.</p>

<p>So there you have it, I want to transfer for better job recruitment and for more of an academic challenge. Wondering what you guys think?</p>

<p>So basically,

  1. I was a smart underachiever in high school.
  2. Emory’s not much of a challenge, and it doesn’t have great recruiting for finance.
  3. I want to transfer to Yale, Columbia, or Penn since I want a semi-urban to urban environment.</p>

<p>Are my reasons for wanting to transfer legitimate?</p>

<p>*note: I’m a freshman now, and I’ll be putting in transfer applications sophomore year, for junior year. Need to mitigate my absymal high school gpa as much as possible before I apply.</p>

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<p>I believe all of your reasons are valid (from your P.O.V., I never been to Emory so I cannot attest to the academic rigor and lack of Finance). Really, I’m quite surprised you got into Emory with a 3.2 GPA, that’s really impressive. For Yale, Columbia, and Penn, you better have more than good grades is all I’m saying. Start getting involved with extracurriculars and leadership. If academics are so easy why not pick up a part-time internship at a finance firm in Atlanta. Also, start looking for summer internships at top firms (Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, etc). You’re going to want to stick out for Wharton.</p>

<p>I hope this helps.</p>

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<p>Ya. I’ve picked up a few extracurriculars, and I’m looking into a few more. However, I’ve never really been the All-American type and I can’t see myself as the infalliable RHA or student government official/leadership positions. From research on WSO, I get the impression that internships at top firms as a freshman is almost impossible unless my dad’s like the M.D. of a firm. Is there anything else I need to work out?</p>

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<p>Treat the essays very seriously, it is your interview. Present yourself well and best of luck!</p>

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<p>LOL r u shimshim? Busy yourself with transfer applications I guess haha. </p>

<p>I think you’ll have best of chances if you apply as a junior transfer, seeing your high school GPA.</p>