<p>Hey guys,
Im a freshman at NYU's business school (Stern) looking to transfer elsewhere.
Is a 3.75 GPA too low? </p>
<p>Also, I was waitlisted at one of the ivies last year and was wondering how this would factor in.</p>
<p>I have a pretty good story (some basic but important reasons to transfer), good ECs high school, some freshman year college.</p>
<p>I'm contemplating as to what I can do since I'm pretty unsatisfied and unhappy at NYU.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>BUMP 10char </p>
<p>Main quesiton: is it too low?</p>
<p>I think the answer you’re going to get from anyone who knows what they’re talking about is “depends.”</p>
<p>Elite schools take very few applicants, and lots of people have high GPAs, so decisions usually come down to things like essays/reasons for transferring, major, and of course, luck.</p>
<p>Might as well try it.</p>
<p>It’s really hard to say, with so few spots available, transferring to selective colleges is not easy to predict.</p>
<p>It sounds like you were a competitive candidate as a fr, so that’s a plus. Of course there’s no set gpa cutoff, but a 3.75 doesn’t do a lot to bump you up from last year’s WL decisions. </p>
<p>If you’re really unhappy with NYU and want to leave, you could apply to a some highly selective colleges and some with the selectivity on par with NYU, but with other attributes you like more.</p>
<p>IMHO you have 50% chance to get stuck with Stern, a school everyone else wants to get in. If that happens, you have to hunker down and be happy.</p>
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<p>Agreed. People would kill to get in there and you want to leave? I don’t get it lol</p>
<p>anyone know if I can contact the ivy that WLed me and ask for what made me stand out last year? </p>
<p>also, more specifically, I just wish to know if a 3.75 from NYU or Stern is considered at least enough to be considered again? </p>
<p>thank you all for your input! sorry entomom!</p>
<p>I highly doubt that they keep good enough track of the people they waitlist to even have that information and if they do I doubt they’d tell you. Try not to worry about things from the past that you can’t change. And a 3.75 from a strong school like Stern should be enough to get you considered unless you’re talking about Harvard or Yale.</p>
<p>Dude. You’re at NYU Stern. Thousands would die for the chance to study there. Don’t give it up, man.</p>
<p>i guess 3.75 isnt strong enough but heres the thing
3 out of the 4 classes that I have taken last semester have been NYU CAS classes. Also, I wasn’t a “competitive applicant” last year, my SATS were near 2200 and my unweighted GPA was around 3.78. I was just lucky enough to be waitlisted at one of the more selective ivies. </p>
<p>anymore thoughts? Wait a year? or try for my dreams again?</p>
<p>I would suggest waiting a year. Especially with schools of Ivy-League caliber, GPA along with professor recommendations matter a lot. Waiting a year would allow for you to either increase your GPA, or meet more professors who could write you great recommendations (or simply give you the time to strengthen bonds with professors you already had by doing research for them, taking more classes from them or otherwise keeping in touch). At that level, needless to say, it is very competitive and you will need the slightest edge you can get. Otherwise, you’re practically playing the lottery with your $70-$80ish or so application fee.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, all those I know who have successfully maneuvered transfers to top universities have done so as sophomores transferring as juniors.</p>
<p>Well I have a 3.84 at NYU, and I’m applying to “ivies” aka Brown. Anyways, in my opinion if you work hard and get to know your professors at NYU getting at least an A- isn’t really hard at all. Not saying there’s grade inflation, but I feel that students at NYU are vastly more pre-professional and spend their time job-hunting rather than hunting for a good grade in class. It’s something that I’ve gotten tired of hearing and seeing, so I’ve made the decision to transfer to a school that’s more “learning” oriented and student-focused like Brown. </p>
<p>Unlike the administrators at NYU, I feel as though an education is a prerequisite to any job. Anyways a 3.75 at NYU is good enough to “transfer up,” but only as a junior. If you want to transfer up as a sophomore you should have no less than a 3.92 or at most 1 A-. Even Yale on their website says that you should have at least a 3.8 regardless of school or major to be competitive. </p>
<p>My advice to you would be to stay another year and try your best to get a GPA at or above a 3.8. Then, get recommendations from professors that directly correlate with the major/minor you choose to apply for. Second, use NYC to your advantage and try some volunteering and internships, that way you’ll seem like you’ve saturated yourself in terms of the opportunities presented to you by NYU. Good luck, and wish me luck!</p>