Non-traditional Transfer Student w/ a kicker

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>I’m a non-traditional transfer student, I’ve been out of this game for a couple years while receiving real world management experience, so I desperately need some matching to some top undergrad business schools!</p>

<p>3.91 GPA – 46 credits (presently completing 16 more) from a little known college in Nevada. </p>

<p>I’ve taken all the basic business classes – Econ/Statistics/Calculus/Finite Math/Accounting/Bus Management – and received A’s in all of them. </p>

<p>23, white male</p>

<p>No SAT’s/ACT’s – which most schools I’ve e-mailed tell me not to bother taking them because I’m nearly two years in.</p>

<p>I’m an assistant manager for a railroad company – I’m responsible for roughly a million dollars a year in budgeting (not that big compared to many companies, but I reached this level when I was 20). </p>

<p>Over 100 hours of volunteer work over the last six months at hospitals in Las Vegas</p>

<p>Currently starting my own ticket exchange company, trademarked, in the process of building the site, etc…</p>

<p>I have atleast 3 recs and solid essays</p>

<p>Here’s my little kicker… I have 9 W’s on my college transcripts because of my work schedule (which often exceeded 50-60 hours per week) was constantly getting changing as I progressed up the ladder in my company. Otherwise I would’ve transferred as a typical 20 year old. I can provide my time cards and anything I need for the proof of this, I typically didn’t have a chance to step a single foot in any of these dropped classes.</p>

<p>So, what would my best match schools be, guru’s?</p>

<p>Also, is there anything you ladies/gents would recommend I do to improve my chances?</p>

<p>Thank You!</p>

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<p>Let’s try a chance with these schools, any help guys? </p>

<p>Boston University
Boston College
WUSTL
Columbia
Georgetown
Cornell
Yale
Harvard</p>

<p>I realize the last two are nearly impossible for anyone…</p>

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<p>First of all CSN is well known as it is one of the top five largest CC’s in the country and has articulation histories with universities all over!:slight_smile: Second of all I wonder if I know you? I’m transferring out of csn after this semester and I’ve told a number of people recently to hop on collegeconfidential for transfer ideas. </p>

<p>I’ll chance you anyway:</p>

<p>BU - In easily. Consider Northeastern also as their program is a bit better and you’d get in there too if you’re looking at Boston.
WUSTL/BC/Gtown/Cornell - In/waitlist (I was waitlisted at gtown last year with the same gpa and twice as many credits)</p>

<p>Out of that list I’d apply to all of the above with BU and one other for a safety with wustl/bc/gtown/cornell as your target reaches. Keep in mind Cornell also requires a two-biology course series so you’d have to have taken bio 189 + whatever comes right after it. BC requires 4 years of foreign language to be completed while there as well. </p>

<p>Columbia/Yale/Harvard have no business undergrad program and all require sat/act, even for transfers.</p>

<p>In regards to your W’s, that is a lot of them. That really throws a big what-if into the situation and I don’t think anyone other than the admissions rep at each school could tell you what that means but make sure to explain it thoroughly in your applications somewhere.</p>