<p>@GlobalStudies - I thought you couldn’t transfer into that program?</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I am CAS- Psychology. A few days before I was accepted I could already see the credits, but I called an admissions counselor and he said that it doesn’t mean anything. They do it for everyone. I found out on Tuesday. I received no Financial Aid 
but they did give me a slight merit scholarship. Good luck to everyone! I can’t wait for September, I am trying to see if they will let me take Summer classes.
@ Concoll- Have you submitted your deposit yet? I need to start applying for housing, it would suck if I couldn’t get it.</p>
<p>@ Concoll- I grew up in Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, & Singapore, but I was always in the US school system. I have been in NY for nearly 2 years now</p>
<p>Im visiting some friends at nyu tonight!! well, actually, ive been visiting nyu almost every other weekend this whole school year lol! but tonight im going to my friend’s sorority’s formal!!! Id deff consider nyu greek life!!! im soooo excited blahhh…now i can celebrate my acceptance with nyu friends!</p>
<p>thts awesome anal, lol, I live right outside nyc!</p>
<p>Caligulashorse-</p>
<p>I initially got that impression too, but the admissions officers assured me that you can transfer into Global Studies, but you may lose a significant amount of credits. </p>
<p>I thought they were sending out more emails today…I can’t believe no one else has heard anything</p>
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<p>Why would they wait for freshmen? NYU is concerned about their rising class sizes as for their retention rate is 92%. The freshmen and sophomores on this thread are NOT competing because they are both going into different classes. Freshmen are irrelevant.</p>
<p>Well I can see why NYU would want to wait until May 1. Since May 1 is the national date for high school seniors to send their deposits, NYU can get a better picture of how many students will be attending in the fall.</p>
<p>Say you have 100 spots for major X. You accepted 80 freshman. However, only 60 accept. Maybe 10 get in off the wait list. With these numbers NYU can make a better decision of how many transfer students to accept.</p>
<p>I don’t know. That’s how I would reason but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Thank you Mitch. That is my point exactly. My son’s major takes 32-40 students. According to a facebook page I found they offered admission to 37 freshman. If they all accept the odds of my son getting in are nil. I don’t think it matters at all how many admits from 2008, 2009 or 2010 are still in the program because the classes my son would be taking are 100 level in the major which are going to be all freshmen. Upper classmen have moved on.</p>
<p>I promise to you all that if I get accepted to NYU, I won’t be mad at all. So go ahead NYU… accept me! lol</p>
<p>That’s not how it works, Mitch 
Transfer students take the spots left by students in the same year as them who transfer out. My spot at my college right now, for instance, will be given to someone else in the class of 2014. Freshmen are irrelevant. This is part of the reason why transfer admissions can be so unpredictable–the number of kids who leave from year to year varies.</p>
<p>Case in point? Few people get into Harvard or Yale as transfers, but tons of people get into, say, University of Connecticut because almost nobody transfers out of the former and a lot of people transfer out of the latter.</p>
<p>I think the reason why NYU does admissions so late is because they have so many applications to look over (both for freshmen and transfers). They probably don’t even look at transfer applications until after freshmen decisions are done in April simply because they don’t have time beforehand.</p>
<p>@caligulashorse</p>
<p>That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation.</p>
<p>@caligula - I guess unless we could talk to the head of admissions we could debate this topic for hours. Fewer people get into Harvard as transfers because they have a higher retention rate but I don’t believe they exchange a sophomore for a sophomore. Under your scenario if 10 current freshman and 20 current sophomores transfer out and they receive applications from 15 current freshman and 9 current sophomores they would accept 10 freshman, 9 sophomores and leave 6 vacant seats not bringing in any money. For a private university that doesn’t make alot of sense.</p>
<p>@Concoll- WHich college do you go to right now? I don’t know anybody at NYU! You’re so lucky you already know people there</p>
<p>@Rickysmom - that would make sense if only a few people applied, but generally speaking, far more people apply than can possibly get in. NYU could fill in its open transfer spots two times over if it wanted to, and all schools admit more students than they can actually take as a matter of course because they know not everyone will accept. Hence, having open spaces like that never happens.</p>
<p>@Caligular</p>
<p>I just got this from collegeboard.com</p>
<p>NYU bases their decisions on this but I can find nothing online that fits your assertion. What college do you currently attend and where did you receive your info on how NYU accepts transfers?</p>
<p>Finally, we recommend that you pay careful attention to the question of when the transfer college makes decisions regarding transfers. Some colleges do rolling admissions for transfer students in which case it is important to get your application in early so that you are one of the first transfer students considered. Other colleges will not make their transfer decisions until they have completed freshman admissions to know how many places they will have available for transfer students. Even for these colleges, it is best to get your application in before the deadline so that you dont risk any last minute problem with a late application.</p>
<p>Yes, some colleges do do rolling admissions, but my point remains the same–your hypothetical situation of underenrollment at NYU isn’t possible because so many people apply. Admittedly, I don’t have specific information on how NYU admits transfers, but what I described in my previous post is pretty much the standard process at all competitive colleges.</p>
<p>I hope that clears things up :)</p>
<p>edit: btw, for people who plan on calling admissions for missing documents or anything similar–ask for Bobbe Fernando (pronounced like Bobby). I happened to get her on the phone today about a missing document, and she personally made sure what I faxed today went directly from the fax machine into my file instead of the ‘‘it’ll get added to your file eventually, just wait a few days’’ response I got last week from another counselor (which ended up with what I faxed getting lost, like I expected :/). Super nice lady and really helpful.</p>
<p>When am i going to find out!</p>
<p>@rickysmom
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND!!! OMG… i almost yelled at the student assistant on the phone… cuz two days ago… i called and they transfered me to an Admission Counselor… so the lady told me that my HS transcript was missing… i was freaking out… cuz they didint send out any email… so I sent to them immediately and got there the next day… so I called today to make sure my stuff is there./ but the student assistant didnt transfer for me… and the attitude was really rude and bad… ignored what I explained… he was still saying NO… for five times… I really dont understand… what makes him so arrogant and rude. So I called the other time… a girl picked up… but she said they’ll email me if they are still missing my transcript… I was so angry… and explained I never got email even my HS transcript was actually missing… so she transferred me… but the call didnt go through… and ended… I didnt bother to call again after that… and felt so depressed…</p>
<p>No email today from SCPS. That means it’ll arrive Monday or Tuesday. Damn it!</p>
<p>drunk. can’t wait to eat chipotle later.</p>