<p>I have been wanting to go to University of Pennsylvania ever since I could remember but since I didn’t think I could get in, I chose to go to a state university( unweighted high school GPA 3.8 with act score of 28). My initial plan was to apply to U Penn after undergraduate school but I am going for business marketing and I have been reading that if I want to get into a more competitive company after undergrad, I should transfer to either ivy league, or a more competitive program. So is it better if I apply for U Penn as a transfer junior year or wait 2 years after undergrad to apply.</p>
<p>Top MBA programs expect a bare minimum of two years of increasingly responsible professional experience. They prefer more than that. MBA admission is not particularly dependent on your undergraduate institution. It depends on GPA, GMAT score, letters of recommendation from college professors and work supervisors, and your essays/statements of intent. If you are happy where you are, stay there, keep up your grades, and then after you’ve got a couple of years of work behind you, think about which MBA programs really are best for you.</p>
<p>If your grades are good, and you think a bachelor’s from Penn will jump-start your career, go ahead and apply for transfer. However, please remember that Penn doesn’t admit very many transfers, so your chances there are limited.</p>
<p>Like the previous poster said, transferring to Penn would be very difficult. While it’s true that Penn grads have access to prestigious fields (i.e. I-banking, management consulting), you can still get into those fields if you do very well at a decently ranked state school like Pitt or Penn State. You will have more competition to be sure, but it is certainly possible. Getting into Wharton for grad school will be tough, but you can more readily control the metrics they examine (MBA, GPA, work experience).</p>
<p>So lets say I was considering transferring, how is the process of transfering as a junior different from applying as a freshman? Are grades more important, does class rigor hold as much weight, should I apply for competitive internships, what should I focus on?</p>
<p>Moving to the Transfer forum.</p>
<p>Read the Transfer 101 sticky thread for info.</p>
<p>Oh ok thank you!</p>