Official Fall 2012 SOM Transfer Thread

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I highly recommend applying to other schools that either admit transfer students on a rolling basis or have deadlines placed further down the road. I also understand that is wouldn’t be the most desirable option on your part, but you could also consider attending your local community college for the next semester and reapply to your top choice schools if you don’t get in this upcoming fall semester.</p>

<p>In regards to taking a gap year, you probably already know this but I’ll just point it out just in case I’m wrong in making that assumption. I’ve heard that the concept of taking a year off is only a good idea so long as you’re are planning on doing something significant during that year. For example, people go abroad, take on full time jobs and, in some cases, learn a trade. Again, you probably shouldn’t limit yourself to those two schools and might benefit from applying around a little bit more.</p>

<p>I obviously can’t say how they are going to make a decision but so long as your essays, extracurricular and/or supplementary materials look good, it’s my opinion that you should be competitive in the process. Below you will find examples of New York schools that admit students on a rolling basis, consider applicants beyond the listed deadlines or have deadlines placed later this year.
Fordham University
Syracuse University
University at Albany
University at Buffalo
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stony Brook University</p>

<p>I hope that this post was a help to you!

Thank you so much for your input! Unfortunately community college would not be a viable option for me.
Hmm… I see. So a gap year is definitely not an option either. So I’m stuck with applying to colleges past the deadline. Syracuse really interests me but their deadline is Jan. 1 which was 3 months ago and Whitman is fairly competitive. Fordham is too expensive and the other schools don’t really entice me, although I did get in the SUNY’s for Spr 2012. I probably should’ve went. </p>

<p>Again, thank you so much for giving me feedback as to what I should do at this point. Hopefully I’ll be accepted into somewhere… BU hasn’t even received my college transcript and I sent that out two weeks ago. </p>

<p>Last option- walk in admission for Baruch (their deadline was Feb. 1 I believe) they allow you to bring your transcript and have them review it on the spot. </p>

<p>Whats your take on this? </p>

<p>I really want to attend SOM… but at this point my hopes are giving up.</p>