Should I stay or should I transfer?

HappyBuddha
Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:25:43 +0000

I would advise you do the dual degree route. Marshall isn’t too hard to get in if you have a solid GPA. Im guessing that you have As in your econ classes are they were simply a review of high school material. 20 units isn’t that bad - I take 18-20 units a sem (6 classes) and half of them are engineering. To be honest some of the Marshall pre-reqs, like Econ 251/252 and BUAD 304 aren’t that hard. You seem to know what you’re doing, so getting an A- or above shouldn’t be impossible.

If you get a high GPA with a rigorous courseload you can offset the prestige factor by goint to a prestigious grad school. Im sure a double major with a 3.7-3.8 GPA and solid ECs will be competitive for Harvard grad school admissions or something. USC is also rising rather fast. I’d imagine that in a few years time our prestige will begin to mirror our rise in academic quality.