Where is it easy to transfer from engineering to business? Where is it hard?

[Anonymous]

Business major is one of the hardest majors to get into now. All the computer science kids now apply to business with the hopes of being the next tech millionaire. Immigrant parents have added business to the degrees they are okay with their kids doing. You won’t be transferring into any top business program. Your kid should apply into business if they want business. Also, look at doing Economics with a business minor. At some schools the business minor requires acceptance and can be competitive, but at other schools it is open to all.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

Yeah I remember those days when we (engineering students) used to make fun of business majors as engineering dropouts

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

It's never really hard. The opposite at certain schools can be very hard if not impossible depending on the popularity and rank of the Engineering Program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Business major is one of the hardest majors to get into now. All the computer science kids now apply to business with the hopes of being the next tech millionaire. Immigrant parents have added business to the degrees they are okay with their kids doing. You won’t be transferring into any top business program. Your kid should apply into business if they want business. Also, look at doing Economics with a business minor. At some schools the business minor requires acceptance and can be competitive, but at other schools it is open to all.

These kids will be majoring in CS with a minor in Quant Analytics or just Quant Analytics.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

It's never really hard. The opposite at certain schools can be very hard if not impossible depending on the popularity and rank of the Engineering Program

This is just not true. It is very hard to switch into business at certain schools.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

There is no "guaranteed transfer" at UVa from SEAS to McIntire. Above generalization is confused at least for UVa.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

As previous posters have stated--do not listen to this poster. UVA has no such guaranteed transfer. Application to the business school is done sophomore year and every applicant needs the same prerequisites (which frankly most kids in the school of engineering will not have taken unless they planned on this transfer from when they arrived at UVA), has to enter at the same point in time and has to compete against each other for a seat.

People really write whatever they want out of their a$$es on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Typical DCUM. Ask for specifics and you get decent info (along with some nonsense) on UVA and VT, and nothing but vague, ill-informed hand-waving on anywhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

As previous posters have stated--do not listen to this poster. UVA has no such guaranteed transfer. Application to the business school is done sophomore year and every applicant needs the same prerequisites (which frankly most kids in the school of engineering will not have taken unless they planned on this transfer from when they arrived at UVA), has to enter at the same point in time and has to compete against each other for a seat.

People really write whatever they want out of their a$$es on DCUM.

Application to the business school is actually done at the end of first year at UVA.

[Anonymous]

OP, you can find internal transfer requirements on the undergrad business program's website. The more competitive the undergrad business program, generally, the more difficult internal transfer tends to be.

Schools where internal transfer is very unlikely include Michigan and Boston College.

Internal transfer into, say, CU Boulder Leeds School of Business is relatively straightforward - there are particular grade requirements. Similar for TCU.

And then as mentioned above, there are universities without a specific business program, like Northwestern, or where switching is easy for other reasons, like U Rochester.

[Anonymous]

Keep grades above a 3.5 most schools.

It will add an extra semester or year as core requirements are different

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

As previous posters have stated--do not listen to this poster. UVA has no such guaranteed transfer. Application to the business school is done sophomore year and every applicant needs the same prerequisites (which frankly most kids in the school of engineering will not have taken unless they planned on this transfer from when they arrived at UVA), has to enter at the same point in time and has to compete against each other for a seat.

People really write whatever they want out of their a$$es on DCUM.

Application to the business school is actually done at the end of first year at UVA.

yes, that's what i meant but my phrasing was confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe the University of Rochester would allow such a transition without any official transfer process. Their entire curriculum appears to be accessible to all undergraduate students.

Same with Case Western - easy to transfer between the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

As previous posters have stated--do not listen to this poster. UVA has no such guaranteed transfer. Application to the business school is done sophomore year and every applicant needs the same prerequisites (which frankly most kids in the school of engineering will not have taken unless they planned on this transfer from when they arrived at UVA), has to enter at the same point in time and has to compete against each other for a seat.

People really write whatever they want out of their a$$es on DCUM.

Application to the business school is actually done at the end of first year at UVA.

Tbf, until recently. it was at the end of sophomore year. But yes, its at the end of first year now.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

This is a myth.

OP, look up your targeted schools and see what THEIR internal transfer policy is. Generally speaking, admission is competitive and space-limited, in many business programs after the first year.