<p>Reiterating what AlwaysAMom wrote, if you have matriculated and taken college courses after high school at any college, you will be considered a transfer appicant at any other college, not just Tisch. It doesn’t matter if you want to start over as a freshman, you are still in the transfer application pile. And the odds of getting into most BFA programs as a transfer student are more difficult than as a freshman applicant. </p>
<p>AlwaysAMom is correct that your college grades won’t wipe out your HS grades but if you do a lot better in college, that will surely help. Your HS transcript will still be part of your application. </p>
<p>At Tisch, if you were to get in as a transfer, you might obtain sophomore standing at NYU and only need to attend for three years, but would be a freshman in the studio track of your studies and would do studio for three years. I don’t think it is possible to come in with junior standing (but you should inquire) in Tisch because the BFA is a set curriculum and so it is not like transferring from a BA to a BA program. </p>
<p>I don’t know nearly enough about you or how low your academic profile is. Even if it is too low for NYU/Tisch, it doesn’t mean it is for other BFA in MT programs. In my view, you should not focus on NYU/Tisch. While it is too late now, if I had been advising you, I would have had you apply to BFA in MT Programs where your academic profile is in range for the school. Many BFA programs are in schools where the academic selectivity is much easier than at NYU…examples: Roosevelt, Hartt, BOCO, UArts, Pace, Baldwin-Wallace. I see no sense in going to college for six years when you can attend for four. However, that is water under the bridge since you did not apply. </p>
<p>If I were you, I would do a gap year and beef up the training and reapply to BFA programs as a FRESHMAN applicant next year (better odds than as a transfer) to colleges where your stats are in range for the schools even if it means NYU is not on your list. Students must realistically create college lists that fit their profile in order to obtain results. While NYU is a fine school, it is not the end all and be all. There may be options out there where you could get in…shoot for those.</p>