NYU 2008 Transfer - Page 33

trojans14 · 04-01-2008, 04:52 PM

yes i did. I said that NYU would be better suited for someone studying economics than my current university.

ScionCars · 04-01-2008, 04:57 PM

Carolxiaoran, I suggest that you put in a deposit for a school that you likely to go if rejected. It happen to me before when I was a senior and I didn't get accepted to waitlist. I end up "being rejected" from many schools that accept me because I did not pay my deposits on time. I was lucky enough that my safety allow me in anyway.

You probably won't get your deposit back if accepted to NYU but it would be worse if you can't go to your second choice schools if you didn't get accepted to NYU and pay the deposit on time for other schools that accepted you.

If you have money to spare, I strongly support putting in a deposit for a school you would like to go if NYU does not accept you. Well there's always your current college but if you're graduating from community college or dislike your current one, then yes. If there's financial hardship, I am sorry I have no ideas then. But then again, NYU is pretty expensive and infamous for poor financial aid.

Serenityhope · 04-01-2008, 05:01 PM

Thanks! I was thinking of the same thing.

j3nnyyx3 · 04-01-2008, 05:03 PM

Can anyone tell me what the average gpa for stern admitted transfrer students is and also what is the acceptance rate for transfers?

ScionCars · 04-01-2008, 05:22 PM

Ah j3nnyyx3, don't worry on that. Acceptance rates do not determine whether you will get in or not. You will know in the end.

Note that the acceptance rate varies from year to year. It depends on the number of spots remaining from internal transfers (many freshman from CAS and other NYU schools attempt to transfer into Stern) and freshman will attend.

According to the NYU Admissions Bulletin Board, the average GPA is 3.8. If you less than average GPA, don't worry I know someone who got in with a 3.3 as a sophomore transfer last year.

The acceptance rate is generally 10%-20% through the years. However, remember there was a rumor about a 6% acceptance rate for CAS. It can happen to Stern as well.

Serenityhope · 04-01-2008, 05:37 PM

Thanks Scioncars for your comments! They really helped. =]

What if your essay is not as great, but your grades are decent? Would I still have a chance?

k1man · 04-01-2008, 05:39 PM

in honestly i think NYU just tries to make predictions on how successful you will be without really knowing you. Of course having a higher GPA would help

Serenityhope · 04-01-2008, 05:58 PM

Good point!

What is everyone where applying too?

I am applying to Gallatin.

ScionCars · 04-01-2008, 06:05 PM

The better the grades, the more competitive you are.

Serenityhope, grades alone cannot help you nor it can predict any future success alone. There are people with 4.0s rejected before. On the NYU undergraduate admissions website, they said they are looking for people who do not simply could do the work but express themselves as people that deserve to go there.

I got to admit this, but most admission officers look for people who are likely to be a leader some day after they graduate and become great alumni that will give back to the university. That's why most colleges like leadership positions. It shows you are capable as a leader. There are also many things such as being capable of taking a hard courseload. It's better to have high grades in hard courses than high grades in easy courses or decent grades in hard courses.

No one can tell if your essay is great. One person may think it is great, one may think it is horrible. Like the essays in SAT Is, they will be more than one person reviewing your application.

I worked in the Fordham admissions office a while ago doing freshman admissions. Some of the admissions officers are actually professors of sociology or psychology. Generally they separate by region to read the application. They generally check everything in the application first and the last being your grades. I remember them giving out numerical scores (similar to the 1-12 scores for the essays on the SATs) for each application. The lowest scores of course end up well in the rejected pile while the remainder would be re-read and graded again and again until they meet their the number of applicants they would like to accept. As for me, well I send the rejection letters... :cough cough:

I don't know if the admissions process is the same in NYU but that's in Fordham.

I recommend exploring the NYU admissions website. They somewhat provide tips to you on who are they looking for. Here are some links I think that are important:
General requirements:
http://admissions.nyu.edu/applying.f...uirements.html

What they say about their transfer admissions process:
http://admissions.nyu.edu/applying.f...admission.html

Paper Application Tips:
http://admissions.nyu.edu/applying.f....do.paper.html

Online Application Tips:
http://admissions.nyu.edu/applying.f...do.online.html

By the way, are you applying for transfer 2008? The deadline is today!

Serenityhope · 04-01-2008, 06:09 PM

Yes, i am applying to transfer as a transfer for 2008. I finished the whole application, and just want to touch up on my essay before I submitted.

Serenityhope · 04-01-2008, 06:16 PM

Thanks. I just have one question. What is the Undergraduate Statistical Form, and where can i get this?

Serenityhope · 04-01-2008, 06:18 PM

Okay, I got it. Thanks scioncars!

k1man · 04-01-2008, 06:20 PM

i have a friend who got in(CAS) with a same gpa as me which is like 3.2 and he has like the same sat scores which is average like 1600-1700. That is pretty much the only reason why i think i have like a 1% chance.

But my case is a bit different, I had a 59 in highschool, got lucky to get into a decent college, and started with a started with a 2.7 gpa, and worked up to 3.25.

As for ecs, i only have like 1 or 2, but I took 4 classes in the summer and 2 classes in the winters. I hope they take into acount that I havent wasted much time in these 2 years. I have a overload of credits, like almost 80, but I changed my major and minor so thats why Im applying to NYU.

so i consider myself a unique applicant, but im pretty sure my chances are extremely slim.

ScionCars · 04-01-2008, 06:39 PM

k1man, generally NYU would not focus on your high school grades as much if you have about 60 credits or more (about 2 years/4 semesters worth of college). However, NYU may still use your high school transcript in really tight situations to determine your acceptance.

Don't worry about your chances. Enjoy college and look forward in life. Why stress myself when stress does not help me and make me worry endlessly. Think yourself as positive. You are a great person. You may have a 59 in high school but at least you are trying to improve yourself for your own well-being.

Although I have a 4.0 unweighted GPA (4.8 weighted GPA) in high school, I still got rejected from Columbia and Harvard. Also, I made many mistakes that cause me to lose many opportunities I could have use to fulfill my goals. I think my chances alone are the same as yours as much I like to think I am better.

angelzstar · 04-01-2008, 06:44 PM

how much weight is the teacher recommendation? Like if the professor sent it but it's a day late, would it affect the decision? Cause it's not really my fault since I keep asking him but he was like, don't worry, i'll get it before the deadline...and he wasn't at school today when I went to ask...i'm worried because I have everything sent in already...it's just the recommendation that I'm worried about...