Transferring from Ivy League

justinmeche
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:34:20 +0000

I transfered from an Ivy League engineering program to state school engineering program that is nowhere near as sophisticated. So far, it has been better for me. The different atmosphere allowed me to buckle down and raise my GPA from 2.0 to 3.5. I’ve also gotten internships and research scholarships. My academic performance at the Ivy was not good enough to get good rewards. Where it might hurt me is when I apply to companies that routinely hire from the top tier schools. I fear I may not be able to compete with a MIT engineering grad with the same GPA.