Do I have a Chance to Transfer to NYU?

Anechkkaa · 01-01-2010, 04:19 PM

I am currently a freshman (but with sophomore standing because I have a lot of credits) in Baruch College. My GPA is 3.925 and might be better. I am in Finance, Marketing and Women in Business clubs and have been volunteering for New York Cares. Since February I am going to volunteer for VITA (tax assistance to poor).
My high school GPA was 98.21 and my SAT was 1930. I also took SAT 2 Math (got 730) and SAT2 History (720). I took 3 AP classes: History (got 3), Calculus BC (got 5) and Macro Econ (got 5).
I applied to NYU Stern last year, but was not accepted.
Do I have a chance of being accepted to NYU as a transfer student for the fall 2010? What do you think?

Toshtemirov · 01-17-2010, 08:19 PM

Anechka,
Well it depends on how many credits you have earned in Baruch. If you have more than 24-45 credits and your GPA is 3.9 then you will probably going to be accepted to NYU Stern.
I, personally, think that as a transfer student with a lot of credits and high GPA you can go anywhere. You definitely need to maintain the same GPA or even improve it, in order to have a better chance.
I also have a question to you. What have leaded you to think about transferring, besides the reputation of NYU?

Erin's Dad · 01-17-2010, 09:10 PM

Can you afford NYU vs. Baruch?

Anechkkaa · 01-17-2010, 09:24 PM

I am going to have 51 credits by the end of the year (that includes credits for college now and APs) and I'm pretty sure i will be able to maintain a high GPA. But i am worried that i don't have too many extracurricular activities like student government etc.

Toshtemirov · 01-18-2010, 12:23 PM

Then yes, it may play a big role on your acceptance. My suggestion to you is to try to apply
to NYU itself, not STERN and then, when you have been accepted, transfer to Stern. I'm saying this because I know that it's much easier to transfer from NYU to NYU Stern than from other colleges. I believe you will be accepted to NYU because Baruch is pretty respected school and AACSB accredited.

mom2collegekids · 01-18-2010, 12:25 PM

Erin's Dad asked a good question.

Can you afford NYU?

Anechkkaa · 01-18-2010, 12:30 PM

i don't think money should be on the first place when choosing where to get an education.

Toshtemirov · 01-18-2010, 12:35 PM

Guys what are you talking about? If she wants to transfer there, it means that she can afford it. (OMG lol ). I, personally, would recommend to everyone to choose NYU over Baruch
only when you planning to have just a bachelors degree, but if you planning to obtain a MS or MBA degree then it's not necessary to go to such an expansive school like NYU.

NYU bachelors < Baruch bachelors +MS,MBA, or certifications

NYU bachelors >> Baruch bachelors

Удачи!!!

mom2collegekids · 01-18-2010, 12:47 PM

i don't think money should be on the first place when choosing where to get an education.

We're only asking because NYU gives horribly inadequate FA to incoming freshmen and gives even less aid to transfer students. So, if a student was needing FA to go there, money has to be considered.

But, if you can pay full-freight, then no problem

missamericanpie · 01-18-2010, 03:32 PM

Hi, NYU transfer here.

NYU Stern is the least predictable school to "chance" for. Their retention rate is very, very high, so the seats that ARE available to transfer students are few. People do transfer (I think "Ohboi" was one of them) but it's very unpredictable. That being said, you have excellent stats and I would definitely say you have a fighting chance. I also transferred from a CUNY, but I transferred to Steinhardt.

Re: extracurriculars

If the few you have are solid ECs, you're fine. I only had three (student teacher, varsity sport and volunteer) and I got into NYU.

And Tosh is wrong, wrong, wrong. You cannot apply to NYU CAS and then transfer to Stern. You're committed to the NYU division you transfer to for ONE ACADEMIC YEAR. And Stern will not take you from another NYU school. So it's Stern or bust.

jadetransfer · 04-20-2010, 09:26 PM

I'm applying to transfer to NYU from Baruch too. I think you have almost 100% chance at CAS, and 50% at stern. Anyhow, I found that NYU love 4.0. Try to get as near as to 4.0 and it's a IN to NYU. One more advice. If you want a 4.0, you should really check out myprofessor.com before choosing a professor in Baruch. To get good result, it's not only about effort. For example, my ENglish 2 professor told us that a B is a good score for ENG. And noone get A in their paper.

Just do your best, 4.0 is so possible in Baruch, I had experienced that.