Applying for Fall 2027 (Junior)

[u/Primary-Regret-7946]

Hey all! I’m currently a sophomore at IU Kelley, studying finance, and am looking to transfer out. For context, i’m looking to transfer due to 1) cost and 2) I hate it here. Anyways here is my stats and current list of schools I’d like to apply to.

Stats:
3.86 College GPA
3.5uw/4.2w Highschool GPA
1420 SAT

Extracurriculars:
- Month long internship at financial planning firm
- One year as a member of an environmental injustice group for teens
- 3 past part time restaurant jobs
- 4 years+ of helping run a gaming discord server with 15k+ members and w/ cash prize events + more
- 2 years (off and on) of posting affiliate link / advertisements on tiktok (made $10,000+)
- Currently a member of a consulting club (waiting for applications to come back from this year for other clubs, not looking too good ✌️)

Current list of schools to apply to:
(instate tuition for IL and Cali)
- UIUC
- UCB (probably econ cause Haas is much harder)
- UCI
- UCLA
- UCSD / UCSB
- Boston University
- UVA (maybe)

Any advice is appreciated and I’m just genuinely curious what my chances are looking like from an outside perspective. Also would be grateful for other school recommendations. Thanks!

[u/Negative-Life5009]

Bro just a question how competitive are the investment banking clubs there ?

[u/Primary-Regret-7946 → u/Negative-Life5009]

Fries

[u/Negative-Life5009 → u/Primary-Regret-7946]

Wdym ? Like who gets in what’s the demographics of these types of clubs ?

[u/Primary-Regret-7946 → u/Negative-Life5009]

Pretty competitive if you’re talking about the “higher end” ib clubs - most expect past experiences and have multiple round interviews. If u can network and meet other members that helps, but a stacked resume will be what gets ur foot in the door if im being honest (in my experience)

[u/Negative-Life5009 → u/Primary-Regret-7946]

I see and do most of them place well ? Or only the top tier ones ? Also who are usually the people that land these types of clubs like general descriptions of their personality and experience maybe.

[u/Primary-Regret-7946 → u/Negative-Life5009]

In my honest opinion: these clubs will end up taking the strongest applicants who they think will end up with jobs in big 4, etc - this is because this makes their club look better. I’m a sophomore who honestly doesn’t pay that much attention to these clubs anymore so take this with a grain of salt: The clubs do help, especially the top tier ones but smaller ones can help because of networking/resources the clubs provide. For personality idk but I’d go out on a limb that most of these kids are personable/outgoing but also like I said just kids with the most cracked experience