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post #1 of 18
7/23/10 at 7:01am
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Hey guys. So I bound to be one of the Generals next year at Washington and Lee down in Lex, VA. Now the school is a fine fit for me and I have some friends there but I have high aspirations in either finance/economics/law and am looking to attend grad school in one of those directions. Haven't decided exactly which yet.

My situation as is is that I pretty much bombed second term senior year in high school. And I understand that WLU is a pretty good school as is. That being said, Georgetown has always been my dream school, Columbia is my free school (my father teaches there), and Harvard is where my highly demanding Asian parents want me to go to regardless of anything in the universe (and I would not mind going myself). My parents don't mind paying for my education in particular so I think I am financially set for college although they would still appreciate saving the money if I could go to Columbia. Is it worth transferring then? If so how does that work/is there any advice/ how am I impaired by my poor performance last term? Should I just aim for one of those 3 schools or give em all a whirl? Is WLU a school where it's easy perhaps to nail a good GPA? Would any of those other schools make it more difficult - I understand that is vital for anything I want to do for the next 4-5 years.

Thanks for all advice!
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post #2 of 18
7/23/10 at 12:09pm
1. Transfer because Georgetown/Harvard/Columbia >>> WLU 2. A 4.0 GPA at a less known school < A 3.5 GPA at a top school 3. According to your situation, I would put my priority like this: Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown
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post #3 of 18
7/23/10 at 1:27pm
Georgetown girls are pretty hot and easy though...
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post #4 of 18
7/23/10 at 1:34pm
Why would you not simply go to Columbia?
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post #5 of 18
7/23/10 at 1:40pm
How could you say no to free education? Reputation of the school means a lot, but so does forking over close to $40k a year to go to Harvard.

Now I'm not going for business/law/econ, but as an Engineer Cal-Berkley was a wish and getting to go to school in California was a dream, but when free school presented itself at Oregon State (which is a good Engineering school itself) there was no reason not to.
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post #6 of 18
7/23/10 at 5:24pm
Look, Asian parents don't care how much the school cost as long as it's a top one. If they've already indicated they are willing to bear the brunt of tuition so you can go to a top school, why not do your best and try to get there?

I suppose I'm in a similar situation, albeit a year ahead of you. I have straight A's through my first year here at SC (two A-s though) and am looking to hopefully transfer upwards. As far as whether your HS grades will affect you, unfortunately, at any super competitive school the answer is yes. They will still ask you to send your transcript and SAT and they will consider it...

But I mean, that shouldn't stop you from trying to transfer, if it does, then the only thing I can say is you don't have the competitive mindset to succeed in college anyway.
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post #7 of 18
7/23/10 at 6:40pm
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Originally Posted by TheJer View Post
How could you say no to free education? Reputation of the school means a lot, but so does forking over close to $40k a year to go to Harvard.

Now I'm not going for business/law/econ, but as an Engineer Cal-Berkley was a wish and getting to go to school in California was a dream, but when free school presented itself at Oregon State (which is a good Engineering school itself) there was no reason not to.

I turned down Georgetown for Berkeley. Berkeley cost 25% of GT. I did get a $5,500/year scholarship at UCLA. But fuck that, Los Angeles is terrible. OP, if you get into Harvard, go. It may cost a lot, but it's an excellent investment. Georgetown and Berkeley aren't really comparable to HYPS--in US prestige, anyway (Asia is a different story). If it was between Berkeley and Harvard (or Yale or Princeton or Stanford), money wouldn't even cross my mind.
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post #8 of 18
7/23/10 at 7:24pm
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if it does, then the only thing I can say is you don't have the competitive mindset to succeed in college anyway.

lol
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post #9 of 18
7/23/10 at 9:31pm
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Should I try to transfer into all three? And just see how the cookie crumbles? I would certainly love to get into one of those top schools, but on a school by school basis, no matter how good I am, the odds are still stacked against me aren't they? And as far next year is there really no better advise than working my ass off and nailing that GPA?

Haha I already have an 8 x 16 ft single with a private bathroom (and 2 windows!!!! 1 more than any other single in the building) to help me focus.
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post #10 of 18
7/24/10 at 3:26am
hard to make this decision for you. my only advice = if you decide you want to pursue law, go to whichever school you think you'll get the best grades at, regardless of reputation. 4.0 at a shit school > 3.6 at harvard.
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post #11 of 18
7/24/10 at 3:32am
if you want grad school stay at the crap school at get a 4.0
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post #12 of 18
7/24/10 at 4:20pm
Or just get a 3.7/8+ at a good school.
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post #13 of 18
7/24/10 at 9:45pm
If you have a chance to go to a school like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc, you should take it.
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post #14 of 18
7/24/10 at 10:17pm
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If you have a chance to go to a school like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc, you should take it.

depends on what he wants to do as far as grad school goes. it's not always that simple.
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post #15 of 18
7/24/10 at 10:22pm
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Thank you all for your advice! I do want to go to either Business or Law school. But is it advisable to try to transfer into more than one college? Those are just the options I am currently presented with. If there was hypothetically no limit and I had a realistic shot, I would give maybe 5 Ivy's a shot, Stanford, UVA, etc.

I originally had the option actually of Michigan, University of SoCal, and UNC, but I decided a small liberal arts school outweighed the large resources of those schools in my book and their prestige didn't quite impress me enough.
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