<p>So my daughter is tossing around the idea of transferring to UNC as a junior next year. She is in- state for UNC (I know it doesn’t matter for admissions) and currently attending a school out- of- state so I can think of alot of reasons ($$$) why I could be excited about the move 
And thats without mentioning that her father and I are alum and she would be closer to home. But am I correct in that any business classes she has already taken would not transfer at all?</p>
<p>[UNC</a> Kenan-Flagler Business School : Bachelor of Science in Business Administration](<a href=“http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/bsba/faq.cfm#23]UNC”>http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/bsba/faq.cfm#23)</p>
<p>Is she a business major? Some business classes do transfer.</p>
<p>This has probably been asked, but:</p>
<p>If I apply for transfer this year, as a freshman at a UNC satellite school with 13 credits completed in my first semester, am I accepted with freshman or sophomore standing? </p>
<p>I saw that “below 15 credits” gave you freshman standing, but I wasn’t sure if that was for one or two semesters. Also, if it matters, I have 9 AP credits.</p>
<p>Thanks Blue box…that link was very helpful. My daughter woudl like to be a business major but it is so hard to get into at unc and you have to transfer into the Collega of Arts & Sciences first. So its hard to decide if its worth risking not making it into the business school at UNC for being assured she can major in business where she is. Sure wish they let you transfer right in…</p>
<p>Yea the choice must be really tough for you. I can’t really help you there, its sort of a personal choice.</p>
<p>To the person applying with hope of Kenan-Flagler, it’s not worth the risk. I transferred in my junior year from a top 50 private university in the Southeast with a 3.94 GPA. At my university, I was pursuing a B.B.A in International Finance and Marketing with a Real Estate minor. However, Carolina’s academics are very tough. A’s are pretty hard to come by with the deflated GPA and reliance on bell curves. You could have a 92 and end up with a B+, pending on the class and grade distribution. </p>
<p>It’ not worth the risk. Luckily, I did not care about keeping my Business major because I had a backup just in case. Kenan Flagler takes hardly any transfer students. They favor their instate and students who have been at Carolina for their first year. Since Carolina can be considered very challenging and hard to adjust to, people who transfer might be irritated with their GPA their first semester. And in Kenan is not very caring for transfer who GPA might not fully reflect their potential due to this adjustment process that most students at Carolina need to face their freshmen year. Also, classes in the regular college (Liberal arts) are much harder because in Kenan-Flagler, grades are heavily inflated, with an average being a B- or solid B in almost every class. </p>
<p>If you have your heart set on Business, don’t risk it. If you’re willing to sacrifice your major for an awesome college experience and a chance to challenge yourself and grow intellectually while not obtaining a super high GPA, then go for Carolina.</p>
<p>When I transferred, the counselor told me something and it’s true, People at Carolina are not interested in their grades, it’s more about the education. That’s why students who graduated with over 4.0 GPAs have to settle for strong B-B+ GPAs (3.2-3.4).</p>
<p>That’s my advice.</p>
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<p>I think this is inaccurate. Transfer students don’t transfer into Kenan-Flagler. You’re transferring into UNC. Then, you will apply for the business school which is a completely different application process from transferring to UNC.</p>
<p>From my knowledge, Kenan-Flagler doesn’t discriminate based on in-state or out-of-state or transfer students in admissions. Everyone is competing on equal footing at that point for a spot in the business school.</p>
<p>What Bruins said about transfer students having a possible disadvantage with lower grades from having to adjust to a new school makes sense. But, if you think about it, that would be the case wherever you transfer to.</p>
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<p>BruinsJEW: What did you decide to major in instead of business?</p>
<p>I’m a Sociology major. Though to the person who wants to debate me, walk around UNC and asks people who applied to Kenan-Flagler if they got in or not. I have not found one from my year that got in. What I mean was that since people who have been here since there first year have more wiggle room with their GPA and adjusting to UNC’s academics, which are entirely different from high school and other universities policies. I speak to freshmen, mostly out of staters and a lot of them express their frustration. It is not abnormal to get 1 full point below your high school cumulative GPA. For example, if you had a 4.2 GPA in high school, don’t be surprised to get a 3.0 GPA your first semester at Carolina.</p>
<p>At Carolina, most courses do not grade your fairly. They’re all bell curve and follow a grade distribution. On every essay based test that I felt very comfortable walking out of, the opposite emotions were felt after receiving my grade. Professors here do not care about giving you C’s even if you show that you fully grasp. Essay based test in 50-minute courses make it very hard to get your point fully across when you’re cautious and anxious because of answering all the questions. I see why Carolina relies on SAT scores heavily with admission decision, most tests don’t test you on if you know the material or not, but on your aptitude of explaining your answers in a constrained amount of time.</p>
<p>In all honesty, if I had it over again, I would of transferred to a smaller top private school like Duke, where they grade you individually and not objectively. At these large public schools, you’re nothing but a statistic. They do not care if you pass or not, they just care about their reputation. They an applicant reserve, meaning they can replace you 1, 2, 3 if you fail out or don’t like their way of teaching. Go to a private school if you’re an out of state student. Stay away from UNC, UVA, UMich, Berkeley, UCLA and all those other overrated top public schools. They’re only ranked because of the people who come here and the research that is conducted.</p>
<p>Hi all,
Applied EA as a senior out of state and rejected with 3.89/2280 SAT/32 ACT and lots of activities.</p>
<p>Currently attending Boston College and plan on applying transfer to enter class of 2014 with around a 3.74 GPA.</p>
<p>My question is are college extracurriculars a huge factor in transfer admissions? I had lots of HS activities but zero in college 
Will this be a huge problem?</p>
<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I also transferred in last year and thought I would offer my experience thus far in addition to BruinJEW’s and BAH’s. </p>
<p>I transferred in as a sophomore with around 50 hours thanks to having taken 21 hours worth of online college courses during highschool. My best advice would to consider Carolina IF AND ONLY IF you already have a major. When I applied, I was undecided, and over the summer chose to major in nursing. However, many of the majors here have requirements that are almost impossible to fulfill if you were not a freshman at UNC and did not immediately know your major. Despite having all of the General Education requirements fulfilled, I’m still not going to be able to begin the nursing program until the spring of my junior year (a year later than most students in the program) because many of the required classes cannot be taken without having a certain prerequisite. Thus, even if you only need three classes, it could span out over 3 semesters because you cannot take two or all of them at the same time. I have been considering other majors due to this, but each time I come across similar problems. It’s very difficult to graduate within 4 years if you are a transfer student and were unprepared for your major. If you don’t care about how long it takes to graduate, then simply ignore this post. </p>
<p>I don’t necessarily agree about automatically having a lower GPA. The classes are certainly challenging, but I’ve found the grading to be fair and the professors I’ve encountered have been more than willing to help struggling students, even if it only means directing them toward peer tutoring. I haven’t felt like any of the professors don’t care whether you pass or fail - quite the opposite, really. </p>
<p>@jenx1234 - I don’t believe a lack of college ECs would be a huge problem at all. They concentrate more on your HS transcript for sophomores, and your stats are excellent. I wouldn’t list too many activities on your application, though - they prefer that you only concentrate on a select few.</p>
<p>Hey guys. I’m applying as a sophomore to UNC for fall 2011 as well. Right now I am planning on double majoring in political science and psych, but that will most likely change. Hopefully I’ll see some of yall next fall!</p>
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<p>This is more or less just false.</p>
<p>For a start, almost no UNC classes are graded on a curve. And it sounds like you think you did a lot better in exams than you actually did. Isn’t it possible that the problem is with you, not the grading system?</p>
<p>50 minutes is more than enough time to answer essay questions if you understand the material as well as you think you do. (and I should point out that 1 hour timed essays is the standard means of examination at Cambridge and I think Oxford, so it’s not just places like UNC).</p>
<p>About transferring: I can tell you from personal experience that you don’t need to be exceptional to transfer, either in GPA or ECs. But you do probably want good support from your current college – they take the words of other university teachers very seriously.</p>
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<p>^^^When applying to UNC as a transfer, do we need letters of rec? I looked on the website and didnt find them, so im assuming no?</p>
<p>holy hell, i remember this madness from last year…</p>
<p>UNC was my top choice. i was an OOS transfer: junior, ~70 transfer units, 3.65 gpa, honors transfer, strong ECs, letters of rec. i was waitlisted, and as it turns out, no waitlists were accepted.</p>
<p>i don’t really appreciate the comment about overrated public schools. I opted for UCLA, and (in part) because of the selective nature of the admissions process, there are tons of brilliant students and faculty here. i have been part of many class discussions that i never experienced in high school or junior college, even at the honors level. i’m sorry that your experience wasn’t what you expected.</p>
<p>edit: UNC admissions was extremely unorganized. i have never heard of a university missing their promised admissions deadline twice…left most of us waiting well into summer.</p>
<p>oh, and BAH, congrats on everything man. part of me still wishes i could be there with you all!</p>
<p>I think I’m going to start the application over winter break. ahh i just wish it could be May already so I could find out where I’m going to be next year!!</p>
<p>hi guys, im a sophomore at a private college in new york city. i have a 3.65 in college, had a 3.5 in high school, and a 31 on my act. i reaaaally want to transfer to chapel hill next fall!</p>
<p>As the mother of a junior at UNC I concur with BruinsJEW about the grading at UNC. My son received a B in a class in which he had a 92 average. He has told us since his freshman year about the bell curve grading. Since he is planning on going to law school, his GPA is a factor. He may want to learn, but he needs to be graded fairly as well.</p>