<p>As a current Stern sophomore I’ll try to answer some of your questions.</p>
<p>a) It’s much harder to get into Stern than any other school at NYU except Tisch. Stern and Tisch are the two most selective here, which is logical considering their top-5 status each.</p>
<p>b) You have a worse chance getting into Stern as a transfer student than as an incoming freshman. Although this is true for any school anywhere, it’s exceptionally fitting at Stern. Our curriculum is so significantly different from other schools, even other top-10 undergrad b-schools, that by default they vastly prefer accepting someone and educating them over a four-year progression than taking someone else who’s coming in with an educational background they can’t control.</p>
<p>c) Having quantitative coursework will definitely help your application. Stern does accept transfer students, but the ones I’ve talked to who joined my cohort as rising sophomores all either came from another competitive b-school (Tepper @ Carnegie Mellon, currently #7 to Stern’s #5, Bentley University [not sure of their ranking, still moderately prestigious]). If you’re able to take classes through Wharton to get accounting coursework, by all means, do it.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. If you’d like, you can visit my current thread to ask more: <a href=“Current Stern Sophomore: Ask Me - New York University - College Confidential Forums”>Current Stern Sophomore: Ask Me - New York University - College Confidential Forums;