Dual major difficulty - Tisch students especially?

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<p>Thanks for responding. It’s great to hear from a philosophy major! I have a few follow up comments that may help…</p>

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As far as film majors go, a double major is possible however, you most likely wouldn’t be able to take an elective classes - you would probably only be able to take major requirements/gen ed requirements to graduate on time. (Taking around 18 credits per semester)

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<p>Well, take into consideration I’m applying as a transfer student. I’m not sure how good NYU is about credit transference, but I’ve taken the following at community college: intro to biology, into to chemistry, preCalculus and Calculus, English Comp I and II, a history class, and so on. I’m hoping I won’t have to take too many general ed classes when I attend NYU.</p>

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I would recommend accepting the Tisch offer and trying it out. If you decided that you can’t or do not want to pursue a double major in Film and philosophy and instead only want to go for philosophy, you could internal transfer from Tisch to CAS.

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<p>Here is my concern. NYU is really expensive. (See my other thread about financial aid.) Since Rutgers has one of the top PhD programs in philosophy, and I could attend there virtually for free, it doesn’t make much sense to me to attend NYU for just philosophy. Maybe you can speak to this from a different perspective?</p>

<p>On top of this, there may be no gaurantee I could internal transfer if worse came to worst. I hear internal transferring is difficult.</p>

<p>I was thinking that worst case scenario, if things got rough and too expensive, I could just transfer out of NYU to the cheaper Rutgers, but (1) I would lose my instate scholarship by then (NJ Stars) and (2) I hear that certain colleges won’t accept students after they have completed so many years of college (and I have attended 2 years of community college).</p>