Hello, I am a current student studying finance at another school but want to make a lateral transfer to GU McDonough from a slightly less prestigious/less alumni network top b-school, I really love Gtown and I don’t mind the school I’m at, but I’m paying full ride and really want to get the best opportunity dollar for dollar, especially since its my mother and fathers hard earned money. I believe that education comes first which is why I want to transfer, I don’t care about restarting and making new friends, I simply just want the best opportunities possible. But I have an issue, I don’t have a real reason for transferring to GU besides the facts I mentioned above which doesn’t sound great for an application. Does anyone have any advice above? People who similarly transferred mainly due to prestige, what reasons did you use that got you in?
Too hard to answer without more information.
Every time someone posts one of these threads, it turns out that they are actually making a lateral move- i.e. transferring from a school which SOME rankings put HIGHER than the place they are desperate to transfer to. So the alleged “prestige” is for sure in the eyes of the beholder!
Why do you think Georgetown’s alumni base is stronger than the school you are at? I’d describe the alumni community at Georgetown in Foreign Service/Government as A+. I think the business corporate community is less cohesive/helpful/strong than that. Many alums stay in the DC area, so it’s natural that the power base in is government… but I’d have to know more about what you think you are getting to give you advice.
Adding to blossom’s post…What year are you in at your current college? Have you applied to Gtown before?
Freshman, applied to Gtown, deferred - then rejected :C
I believe if I get a 4.0 at my current school it will show that I am more than prepared to do well at GU because it is also a jesuit university business school that is also highly ranked - this should probably make it obvious what school im at.
Freshman, applied to Gtown, deferred - then rejected :C
I believe if I get a 4.0 at my current school it will show that I am more than prepared to do well at GU because it is also a jesuit university business school that is also highly ranked - this should probably make it obvious what school im at.
I want to go into finance and I have done extensive research that proves Georgetown to be quite the target school. I only go to a semi target.
It’s unlikely that a Gtown app with only four months of college courses/grades and ECs will be enough to overcome last year’s decision. Your HS stats will still be important to Gtown’s review.
A target school for what type of job? Finance is a very broad category and industry. For example, Baruch is a target school for certain types of finance jobs.
You might consider waiting another year to transfer. Spend the time you would have on transfer apps networking/applying to find an internship for next summer.
Then why would you transfer?
because even at my university with a 4.0 getting a job in finance is a big uphill battle and is restricted to the area, whereas GU’s resources and name are essentially nationwide - regardless of whether or not it is in Gov’t or not. GU grads are highly sought after, my schools, not so much.
True, but i also do want to just shoot out the app to see where it goes, also Its better to transfer earlier in my philosophy because than you’ll have 3 years at that school rather than 2 meaning you have more time to connect with people.
I get it, and we will have to agree to disagree. If you apply to Gtown now and aren’t successful, I expect another app next year would also not be favorably reviewed. BUT with 3 semesters of grade grades and ECs (including a summer internship), your chances increase.
Pretend I’m a Gtown AO…sell me on why Gtown should admit you with one semester of classes/grades/ECs.
its fall 2025, so id be an incoming sophomore, id have freshmen year entirely under my belt.
and they also review high school resume which mine was extremely good, i just think I didnt do well on my essays which is what I think ultimately got me rejected. I took rigorous classes and got a 4.6 W
Apps for Fall 2025 are due March 1, 2025, so you will be applying with only one semester of college grades (Gtown could ask for second semester grades before they act on your app though).
What will you write about your reasons for transfer and why Gtown in your transfer app?
But, that’s just a guess, no? Even if your HS GPA/rigor was fine, so were the GPAs/rigor of most of the other applicants who were denied.
Ah I see, however, I feel like if I keep a good GPA thats rly all that matters, especially since my second semester classes will be just as rigorous as first semester, I just genuinely dont know what to sell on for reason of transfer. I want to just create a convincing story.
I think you have a remote chance of being accepted to Georgetown after being deferred and then rejected the first time around - especially as you will only have one semester of college to report as part of your transfer application. If your heart is set on Georgetown you’d be better off applying your sophomore year when you have more to show.
So you’re at BC, Villanova or Notre Dame and you need a compelling storyline to why Georgetown should accept you now when they rejected you six months ago?
Just want to get the facts in order here. You don’t need to identify where you are, just want to make sure we’re talking in the same general ballpark.
If it’s ND- it is typically ranked in the top five nationally for strength of the alumni network (yes, there are companies that measure these things, and sell the data to employers). The others in the top 5 are usually Smith (are you female?), SMU, West Point (that ship has sailed- or should I say that tank has driven off?), Michigan. Sometimes SMU gets beaten out by A&M or Ohio State.
So transferring for the alleged strength of the alumni network is a weak reason for transferring, under the circumstances.
Being able to take a class on Valuation with one of the professors who actually wrote the classic textbook on Valuation; being able to take a seminar which explores the impact of dark money/corporate funding on election results by one of the experts in campaign finance abuses; working at one of the university Think Tanks/special programs which pioneered using detailed census data and regressions to examine income inequality-- these are the kinds of things which will add some actual intellectual heft to your reasons for wanting to transfer. But your belief that the Georgetown alumni network is going to get you into Goldman Sachs-- nah. Because it won’t. And because the adcom’s won’t care. They don’t believe their job is to provide an apprenticeship program for the global investment community with the easiest onramp possible.
Have you looked at ways to boost the experience right where you are? Working for a professor on fact-checking an article and preparing the tables/charts/stats for a book in progress? Volunteering at the alumni office to do a ten year analysis on donations and restricted funding? Volunteering to help the board member in charge of updating the monthly reporting to the trustees on the endowment performance???
I’ll add my 2 cents worth. If you are looking to transfer to a Jesuit college for finance, why aren’t you applying to Fordham!
Of these schools, I believe that BC represents the only Jesuit institution.
You said you’re at a top 15 finance school. I doubt the school doesn’t have a national reach.
Not sure your ranking source but US News has a top 12 and all are regarded highly.
Gtown is in the 13-49 unranked category.
I’d have to think your current school is very good.
You can try. But to chance you is impossible. The overall acceptance rate is a tad over 10%. How many are third year vs second I don’t know. And how many McDonough takes I don’t know.
What area of finance is of interest ?
Good luck.
Note that Georgetown is ranked by U.S. News for finance. Its specific position is available to those who have paid for this information. It might be worth noting that BC, at #7, places as the highest ranked Jesuit school in this category,
Tre but the point being that it’s unlikely ‘more’ than whatever school they are at or that much more impactful than the current school. Different environment, size, alumni base and likely cost but I’m guessing the student can get to similar places from either.