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Hey everyone, I'm kind of in a dilemma and any input would be awesome.
I'm in engineering at queen's, but I don't think I wanna do engineering after I graduate...I'm thinking of transferring to queens commerce or going for ivey after my 3rd year...so do you guys know what univ average you need to transfer into commerce? or what is needed for ivey?
it sucks because I'm in engineering, and naturally the courses are much harder, thus marks are lower compared to other ppl in like arts or something...and I dont think they take program and difficulty into account??
any experiences with this, or any knowledge about it at all?
thanks for the help
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on the website for ivey, it says you need a 70 average at an absolute minimum, and atleast 80 to be competitive.
i am also planning to apply to ivey after this coming year. I have an 83 average and decent but not outstanding extracurrics. anyone know if this will cut it???? i have no idea because a lot of the time what these univs post on their website and what will actually get u in is pretty different.
is there anyone who applied to ivey out of a university thats not western? what do you need?
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Very unlikely that you can transfer into Queen's Commerce, you'd have to probably do 3.5-the full four years. Plus they only take on transfers equal to the number of Commies that drop out/switch which is not many.
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yea, I think I read somewhere that if you're an upper year transfer to Queen's Commerce you can do it in 3 years, which I'd be willing to do if its the best career choice for me. Know what average you'd need to get in? Is there anything else considered in the application?
Also, does anyone know if they value recent grades more? The thing with me is my first year marks sucked, my 2nd was decent and I can get my 3rd yr fairly high I think...
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shake wrote:yea, I think I read somewhere that if you're an upper year transfer to Queen's Commerce you can do it in 3 years, which I'd be willing to do if its the best career choice for me. Know what average you'd need to get in? Is there anything else considered in the application?
Also, does anyone know if they value recent grades more? The thing with me is my first year marks sucked, my 2nd was decent and I can get my 3rd yr fairly high I think...
You need at least high 70's or low 80's. My friend wanted to switch (this was in 2006) and had a 79% but there was only one spot available so a kid with an 81% got it.
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Ooosh, was your friends average 79% throughout, or just in his/her last year? Also, do you know if there's anything else to the application other than grades?
I'm curious becuase if its based on an overall (my 3 yr) average, then I'd have no shot because my marks were crap in first year, but if its the last 2 yrs I could get it approaching mid 80s...essentially, my grades would go up pretty dramatically after each year if I do as well as I think I can this coming year.
one more thing...what program was your friend in? do you know if it matters?
sry for the number of questions, I'm curious as to how it works
thx
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jtjones wrote:on the website for ivey, it says you need a 70 average at an absolute minimum, and atleast 80 to be competitive.
i am also planning to apply to ivey after this coming year. I have an 83 average and decent but not outstanding extracurrics. anyone know if this will cut it???? i have no idea because a lot of the time what these univs post on their website and what will actually get u in is pretty different.
is there anyone who applied to ivey out of a university thats not western? what do you need? I know what you mean. In this case, when they say 80% is competitive, they mean it. My roommate got in with about an 83% average and just a few nothing-special extracurriculars, and his friend got in with even poorer stats. Albeit these are Western students (non-AEO however)... you should know better than I whether or not Ivey gives preference to Western students.
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shake wrote:Ooosh, was your friends average 79% throughout, or just in his/her last year? Also, do you know if there's anything else to the application other than grades?
I'm curious becuase if its based on an overall (my 3 yr) average, then I'd have no shot because my marks were crap in first year, but if its the last 2 yrs I could get it approaching mid 80s...essentially, my grades would go up pretty dramatically after each year if I do as well as I think I can this coming year.
one more thing...what program was your friend in? do you know if it matters?
sry for the number of questions, I'm curious as to how it works
thx My friend is in Economics & GIS (double medial). I am not sure if it matters, but ECON110 (or ECON111 & ECON112) is required for Commerce and he had already taken that, as well as COMM200. He had just finished first year and wanted to switch into it, so I am not sure about the cumulative average.
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Out of an applicant pool of 400, 15 students were able to transfer into Queen's Commerce.
The two people I know of who transferred had 84 and 88 averages in university, which are pretty high. So it all depends on how hard you work.
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thanks, and one more thing I just remembered I wanted to ask...
does it matter if you want to transfer after your 2nd or 3rd year for ivey? do they prefer one or the other? has anyone here got in after their 3rd year?
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shake wrote:thanks, and one more thing I just remembered I wanted to ask...
does it matter if you want to transfer after your 2nd or 3rd year for ivey? do they prefer one or the other? has anyone here got in after their 3rd year? you can't apply for ivey if u are in ur 3rd year...they won't even accept ur application...only 2nd year applications with 10.0 full credits and other requirments on their webiste
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I'm pretty sure you can unless they JUST changed it...I can't find it on the website now but I remember reading you can also apply after your 3rd year. Also, I emailed them a couple weeks ago and I started the email saying I was going to apply after my 3rd year, and they didnt mention anything about it..
...now I'm kind of wondering if its different if u apply after your 3rd year..is it harder?? anyone in this forum know anyone who's done this?
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From their FAQ page: Quote:If you apply to the HBA program after two years of university, all first year courses will be included in your average. You do not have the option to remove some grades from the overall average calculation. However, if you apply to the HBA program after your third year, your average is based on the 10.0 most recently completed courses. This would be the courses from your second and third year and none of your first year course grades would be included in your overall average (providing you have completed 10.0 credits during year 2 and year 3). Your first year average would still be noted on your file but not calculated in the overall average. Seems pretty clear that they take people with over 2 years.
 
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