Didn't get into a target -- Should I keep transferring until I do?

I was rejected from University of Michigan--Ann Arbor due to lack of certain qualifications (You could say that I wasn't good enough). I was, though, accepted to Michigan State University with a scholarship. I'm majoring in finance right now and my GPA at MSU is 3.8. My biggest desire is to go to Ross for a BBA. There is NO way I'm going to give up my goals. Here's my plan: should I just transfer to UMich LSA for Economics and then try to transfer into Ross? The good thing is that I'm younger than most of my peers so I should graduate by age 21 or 22 with this plan if it takes me longer.

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BTbankerHow the hell does one get rejected from uMich with a 3.8 from MSU???

What exactly makes you unqualified? Are you like 16?

I believe he was implying rejected out of high school.

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BTbankerHow the hell does one get rejected from uMich with a 3.8 from MSU???

What exactly makes you unqualified? Are you like 16?

I believe he was implying rejected out of high school.

Somehow I misread that.

OP, it's a bitch to transfer into Ross. They have like a 1% acceptance rate for transfer students.

 

Thank you everyone for your replies. BTbanker, I know the the acceptance rate for transfer students is immensely low but I was implying that I want to transfer to Ross as an LSA Economics major at UMich, which has a much higher acceptance rate.

 

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