Transferring into Business from Arts & Appealing Process - Question

jonj

Hey all, hopefully some people can provide me with a little insight on my situation here (I'm sure many people are in the same boat also).

My Studying Background/Story :
I'm currently a 3rd year Student (credits-wise) as I was looking to get into Education after studying at SFU in Arts for a bit. Long-story short, Education wasn't for me so I am getting my Lower Division Core Business classes done so I can apply into Business where I feel I truly belong.

The problem with me is that my GPA right now is at around a 2.67 (only balancing on about 6 courses or so), and I have 3 more courses to go. This semester I will finish up 1 of them (Macro Econ; Econ105) along with 2 other courses for boosting my cGPA. My plan will be to finish my last 2 classes (Math 157, and Buec232) in the Fall, while also retaking Bus251; Financial Accounting.

3 kind of tough classes, however luckily I understood accounting well in the end but couldnt climb out of the hole the midterm got me into.

Main Question:

Okkkk, so anyways, about getting into Business. I know right now that the GPa Requirement is 3.17 to transfer in, and I can honestly see myself being around the 3.0 range, but not much higher (being realistic instead of overly optimistic).

I don't know if I will be declined or not (probably), so I was thinking about how I can have a bit of an advantage into getting in. I want to study International Business, and to show my dedication to it, I will be working this Summer in Asia for the Summer semester. I hope that this alongside with my personal motivations will be enough on an appeal letter to show that I might not have a really high GPA, but I truly do have the interest and dedication to getting in and studying business.



Thanks for any help/insight people can give me!


- Jon

jonj

I guess my main question is just how hard do you think it would be to get into Business with a ~2.9 or 3.0 GPA, even if I did some work in my prospective field to show that I am truly dedicated to be in a business-related field, and also to show how motivated I would be to study?

Would those things help on a supplementary Application (Appeal Package/Letter)?  How about letters of Reccomendation from Profs or TA's in Business?

Thanks a bunch!


- Jon

Anonymous

if you have CGPA for more than 3, i don't think you will get any trouble when you transfer into BUS

Changing Major is fairly common at school, don't worry

Anonymous

I don't think you can supplement your application (I just applied for transfer this semester). Are you talking about a CGPA or the GPA of your business courses? Either way, I think with a 3.0 GPA, you'll have a chance.

Anonymous

You need 3.17 GPA for the 9 lower division courses in order to transfer into business BUT you are allowed to re-take two of the courses if you aren't able to meet the requirements! As for CGPA, just take some GPA boosters and it'll be no problem.

jonj

It will be quite tough for me to reach the 3.17 level... I am well anchored around 3.0 now it seems... :/

Anyone have any luck getting in with less than 3.17?   (I am going to make a new thread just about that for inspiration lol)