Transfer Dilemma

kk23
Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:05:42 +0000

Hi,

I’m having a real dilemma about transferring that I was hoping I could get some advice me on.

I’m currently a freshman in college and I applied as a transfer student to several colleges for fall semester. I was rejected by some of them, but am currently on the wait list for UVA. If I do get of the wait list, I’d be in the CAS and then try and transfer to McIntire, the undergraduate business school, because I want to work in investment banking. I really like UVA because after a year at my current school I realize that I want a good academic/social life balance in a college and believe that UVA can give me this option in a university.

However, my concern is that if I were admitted of the wait list. There is the possibility that I might not get into McIntire and would be stuck in a school that is not good for investment banking recruitment.

My other option is to apply to Cornell for Spring Transfer for the AEM major. If I got admitted, I’d be in the business program, be in an Ivy and also get a discounted tuition since I’m a NY resident.

However, my concern is that if I did get into Cornell, I’d loose the good academic/social life balance in a college, which I want in a college and I’d potentially sink into severe depression, which I went through at my current institution cause I’d start mid-way through the semester and have little chance to make friends, which I’m not that great at doing anyway.

Sorry for the long post and thanks to anyone who can offer me any advice on my problem.