Undergrad business admin transfer

thisisnowhere
Sat, 28 May 2011 19:17:53 +0000

Hi,
So I’m just wondering what my options are in terms of transferring in Fall 2012.

I currently attend Santa Barbara City College, and I’ve just finished my first year there with most likely a 3.8 GPA. I’ve finished all of the usual business prerequisites I’ve seen except for managerial and financial accounting, and I also still have 2 semesters of English and Calculus to finish. I thought I was going to have a 4.0 after this semester, but recently found out that I got a B in both macroeconomics and intro to business!! (missed too many classes and screwed myself…) How much is this likely to hurt my chances of getting into a highly ranked business school?

Some other information about me:
I’m white
I had around a 1.9 GPA in high school
SAT- around 1850
My essay should help me a lot (I’m in a way an orphan)

Given the above, what are some good business schools I should apply to? I am up for private or public schools. Some schools I have been looking into already are UCB Haas (was originally my top choice), USC, UCI, NYU, and GWU. I am starting to feel that my less than perfect GPA and lack of ECs will make most of these choices improbable. However, I might have a connection to someone on the board of admissions at USC, so that’s quickly becoming my highest hope.

The grandmother I used to live with passed away last October and left me a considerable sum, so money is not really an issue anymore.

Will waiting this long to take calculus hurt me as well? I am planning on getting straight As throughout my last 2 semesters at JC. I am definitely capable, as long as I don’t make any more dumb mistakes!

One last thing! I am not satisfied with my SAT score and I know I could do a lot better. I took it twice during high school but I didn’t study either time. I know the biggest things holding that score back the last time I took it when I was a senior were my weak math skills (I didn’t care too much about anything back then and especially not my math classes) and I also didn’t realize the length of my essay would have such a large impact on my writing score. So what I want to know is if taking it again sometime during my next school year (or this summer, but if I remember correctly it’s only offered once or twice during the year) would be a good idea? I know I could at least get a score over 2000, but I’m unsure if the schools I apply at would even see the newest scores.