NYU Stern FALL 2010 TRANSFER

bankersball2
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:43:45 +0000

Tame any expectation to get in easily.

NYU Stern is the cream of the crop. The school is on par with Wharton for IB placement.

I was rejected this year with a 4.0 GPA through 2 years at the University of Tennessee. I started my own investment club, worked throughout my time in college at a prestigious technology company and did volunteer work.

I felt that two disadvantages for me were the prestige of my current school and the fact that I was trying to transfer as a junior.

akalboy’s school prestige is fine, though pennstater’s may put him at a disadvantage. pennstater has decent extracurriculars, whereas akalboy’s are somewhat subpar. Both of you need more volunteer work.

I’ll be frank: you’re both going to get rejected. I’m willing bet money on it - not because I’m upset about not getting in, but because the competition is absolutely insane. You’re going up against students from Wharton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, etc. who have higher GPA’s, better standardized test scores, better high school GPA’s, tremendous extracurriculars (not just starting an investment club, but generating tens of thousands of dollars worth of capital), work experience (in finance) and volunteer work (lots of it).

My suggestions would be to make your profile look like the one above. Start a club and pool LOTS of investors. Get some finance experience, and be able to write about some volunteer work on your application. Your essay will need to be killer (keep it to two pages, and have a damn good reason for wanting to transfer). Find other people who transferred, and find out how they were successful. You do all of that stuff, and you’ll have a chance. Even then, it won’t be good.