<p>@roymond
thank you so much for that info!!! i was looking for it for hours lol</p>
<p>@tallFrodo</p>
<p>My tour guide lived in Gramercy Green. She said she loved it. Marble counters, touchscreen microwaves, etc.</p>
<p>[Explore</a> the Residence Halls](<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/life/living-at-nyu/on-campus-living/explore-the-residencehalls.html]Explore”>http://www.nyu.edu/life/living-at-nyu/on-campus-living/explore-the-residencehalls.html)</p>
<p>@tallfrodo
i want to double major in French-how hard would it be to get into the USC major and then also add PR as a double major once I get into the school? Also-would French be hard to get into?</p>
<p>Hey there,</p>
<p>I just want to share my experiences with applying to NYU. It might be helpful to those who have been rejected. It’s a long story so bear with me but I believe it might be worthwhile. </p>
<p>I went to the University of Maryland CP, where I was miserable. Because I hated it so much, my grades suffered and with every semester that passed, they just got worse. So by my fall semester sophomore year, I was miserable even though I had tons of amazing friends. My friends were all older than me and my 2 best friends were going abroad in the spring. I knew I couldn’t stay in UMD so I applied to Spring in NY at NYU. If you don’t know what it is- it’s pretty much a study-abroad at NYU program that allows a student from another school to spend the spring semester as an NYU student. I was accepted and loved every minute of it. When May came along I knew that NYU was where I belonged and so even though I had a 3.1 GPA at UMD, I had received a 3.7 GPA in my NYU classes and I decided to apply to transfer. I was rejected and I was so depressed; I refused to return to UMD so I studied abroad in Rome the following fall. </p>
<p>When I was in Rome, I knew I still couldn’t return to UMD, so I attended my second Spring in NY semester in NYU.
Once again, I applied to transfer again for Fall 2010 and once again, I was rejected, even though I retained my 3.7 GPA in NYU with 32 credits. I went back to UMD for my senior year completely depressed, after not being there for almost 2 years; plus all my friends had graduated except 1 or 2. I couldn’t go to class and would come home (to NY) every weekend to visit my friends at NYU. I honestly wanted to just drop out of school. Instead, in the beginning of October, I called my parents, who knew how miserable I was and I told them I just had to withdraw for the semester. I knew that both my mental health and academic career depended on it. It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make and it took a while to see that it would end up being the best decision I have ever made. I came home and for a few weeks tried to figure out my life.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, my dad had called NYU and explained my situation. He spoke to a very sweet lady in admissions who was extremely understanding and she told my dad that although I wasn’t technically allowed to apply to NYU again until the fall, that she would waive that rule for me and grant me an exception. I didn’t want to apply- why would i want to get my hopes up again only to be disappointed AGAIN?! But, my dad insisted “what have you got to lose?” I called her and she said I didn’t even have to do anything- that she would just renew my last application for the spring semester. So I let her do that and then I got a job and almost completely forgot about the application, knowing that UMD had given me permission to spend another semester with Spring in NY anyway. </p>
<p>Then about 2 weeks ago I had 2 dreams that I got into NYU but I was oversees and I didn’t even know if I had received any news back home. So I called my housekeeper and asked her if I had received any mail from NYU (a process we had gone through for years). She put me on hold for what seemed like forever and when she picked up the phone she said, “yes, actually- there’s a big white envelope.” My heart stopped and I asked her to open it and read it. All I needed to hear was “Congratulations” and the tears came (I’m THAT cool, I know).
So, that’s it. I’m officially an NYU student. I will most likely graduate next December because I took this semester off. I will be studying Political Science at CAS and I’ve already completed a minor through Wagner in Social and Public Policy (through my classes in Spring in NY). </p>
<p>I guess I wanted to share this story to all those who really truly want to go to NYU, or any other school for that matter. I have 3.1 GPA from UMD and I’m sure most people would give up after getting rejected 3 times (I applied in H.S.) and some may say I’m completely pathetic. But I NEVER gave up and it got me everything I wanted. So if you don’t get into NYU this semester or whatever other schools you applied to, and you really can’t see yourself anywhere else then it’s up to YOU to make it happen. Just keep trying because you really never know. Good luck to everyone and I hope you get where you want to be–in school and in life.</p>
<p>If you have any questions or want advice, I’d love to try and help out so DM me if you’d like.</p>
<p>@greatbeliever
thanks for sharing your story!! 
Congrats on getting in! I’m glad you’ll be somewhere where you are happy!! Yeah I got rejected as an incoming freshman, and now I’ve applied for next semester as a second semester freshman. If I don’t get in, I’ll just reapply in the fall Congrats again! That’s so exciting!!</p>
<p>@greatbeliever thanks for your story!! maybe i’ll try again if i get rejected… sigh im already a junior</p>
<p>Okay, I am screwed. Can you guys give me some suggestions? This is going to be pretty long.</p>
<p>The thing is I don’t like my current school for many reasons, so I have tried to transfer two times before.
The first time was because I had originally wanted to do Cornell Hotel, but I got rejected, the second time I applied to Barnard and that was because I just really wanted go back home to NY.</p>
<p>My dad actually got really upset over me trying to transfer, and I don’t completely understand why he got so angry with me, but he said that I should just suck it up and stay put at my school. So he told me that that was the last time I could try transferring.
We actually got into a lot of intense fights over schools and their name value.
Plus now I get a lot of fin aid from my school so I don’t pay as much as I used to.</p>
<p>But then this past summer I have discovered that I really want to work in television, and I wasn’t even thinking of transferring, but then when I looked at the majors offered at my school they weren’t very helpful, and there was no way I was going to get into the film school because I would have to stay another couple of years.
Then my friend told me about how she was getting all of these internships and I asked her what her major was and then I talked with her about the MCC major at Steinhardt and it sounded perfect. I didn’t know it existed before. I didn’t know, but I have a couple of friends that are in that major, and it is helping them get the skills that they need for the future, and they all speak highly of it.</p>
<p>So I decided to just apply because this was the first time I was genuinely interested in a school’s program, and I decided not tell anyone at my school or my parents that I was applying because a. I didn’t want to cause unnecessary tension with my aptmates (because they would get mad, they are the type that would feel betrayed) if by chance I get rejected then there was no point in me causing that tension and b. I don’t want to upset my dad just in case I do not get in.</p>
<p>So I have this problem, on top of another. I go to a quarter system school, so my finals are this week, and since I hadn’t told my parents, my flight to home is already booked as well. I would like to bring my stuff back with me, if I am going to be accepted. Some of my friends have already left since they ended finals, and I would really like to tell them if I am leaving, that I am doing it in person. It’s getting close to the end of school, and I still don’t know if I am going to be here or not. If I do get accepted, I still need time to convince my dad to let me go to NYU.</p>
<p>I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on how to ask NYU if I could somehow find out my decision earlier? I am ending my finals on Tuesday. I’ve tried asking them and emailing the Steinhardt counselor, but I got no where and they just tell me second week of December.</p>
<p>Sorry I typed so much, but I wanted to explain why I am so antsy about finding out.</p>
<p>THANKS!</p>
<p>@pinkgrapefruit</p>
<p>The best method I’ve seen on these threads is to call and explain how you have been accepted to school X and they require your deposit within X days. You would like to know if NYU can expedite the process or if they can inform you about your decision because it will greatly factor into deciding to send in the deposit or not. Also, try talking to someone high on the chain such as an admissions counselor as opposed to a file clerk, etc.</p>
<p>@pinkgrapefruit
what mitch suggested is what i did. the admissions counselor i was in touch with even made a decision earlier on my file because of my situation. throughout my numerous phone calls and emails i expressed that nyu was my first choice 
i think that helped me a lot / showed interest.</p>
<p>@kmart
are all you courses the same number of units? if so, 3 A’s and 2 B+'s is a 2.7 and 4 A’s and 1 B+ is a 3.8, which is a really good gpa! with your gpa and solid HS stats, i wouldn’t worry about applying for an ‘easier’ major. if you really like communications, go for it. i think you wanted NYU more than USC, and NYU communications is easier to get into than NYU CAS so it all works out but in case you want a solid backup, applying to USC as a psych/french major wouldn’t be a bad idea b/c since USC requires a separate app, you can focus your essays completely on psych/french and not have a wishy-washy common app that tries to incorporate comm/psych/french. but if you haven’t really taken any psych/french courses, you probably have a worse shot than if you applied to annenberg even if it is harder. </p>
<p>i haven’t got much sleep, but i hope what i wrote helps / makes sense :)</p>
<p>@tallfrodo
whoa wait 3 A’s and 2 B+'s is a 2.7? Why so low–it’s such a huge change if it’s 4 As and 1 B+… how does it go from a 2.7 to a 3.8? But I don’t think they’re all the same number of units- 4 of my classes are 3 credit hours, but my french class (in which i’m getting an A) is 5 credit hours. Yeah I took french this semester and got an A and i took IB Psych in high school, got college credit and did pretty well on the test (as they’ll see from my IB and AP scores, so hopefully that will make a difference to them I really hope I can get into one of those schools. I still haven’t heard a thing from NYU =</p>
<p>Thanks Mitch and Tallfrodo!
I’ll try to do that tomorrow, after my finals.</p>
<p>So do I just lie and say I have been accepted to another school?
They won’t ask me what school it is right?</p>
<p>@pinkgrapefruit
nope they shouldnt ask which school-i called last week and said “i want to know wheere my application is in the whole process because I need to let another school know soon” and in my case, my app was still under review but she didn’t ask which school</p>
<p>major typo -------------- 3.7 my bad hahahaha</p>
<p>@pinkgrapefruit
i actually had to respond to UCSD haha maybe say you have to pay for UCLA really soon?</p>
<p>@tallfrodo
ok cool…holy crap that scared me hahaha i was like “efffff i can’t make any B’s ever again” but it’s all good now 
NYU needs to let me know nowww</p>
<p>still haven’t heard from NYU–not looking too promising =\ and that link still doesn’t work for me :(</p>
<p>For all those still waiting to hear from NYU admissions, here’s is what I got from speaking with multiple admissions directors:</p>
<p>Admission notifications are sent out starting Nov. 15th and sometimes will be received by the student AS LATE AS JANUARY. </p>
<p>I was in the situation where I had already applied to U Michigan and had been accepted so I needed to hear back from NYU prior to Dec. 1st. (I had submitted my app on Nov. 1st). I had called and emailed NYU admissions three to four times, speaking with different directors addressing the situation.
One of the director of admissions eventually contacted me via email, asking for current term grades and provided me with a form. I returned the filled out form and repeated the information to her that I need a decision prior to Dec. 1st, as NYU was my first choice. After submitting my grades, I received my acceptance a week later in the mail. Showing interest, saying it was my first choice, etc. I really believed helped me get my acceptance asap.</p>
<p>I feel so dumb right now, but I just spoke to an admissions counselor and they told me that they had mailed my rejection letter at the end of november. Just spoke to my parents and they said they never got a letter.
Explains a lot. Going to go sulk now lols.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else. If you don’t get in this time you can always try again!</p>
<p>@pinkgrapefruit</p>
<p>Sorry to hear the news. Might sound clich</p>
<p>Man sorry to hear that pinkgrapefruit…
I was rooting for u - ur situation was really similar to mine.
but…ur still in ucla so its still all good right?</p>
<p>Does anyone know how hard it is to transfer to tisch for photography? My friend wants to try but hes afraid that its really hard to transfer to. Also…what jobs would one get post graduation lol</p>