<p>New to the thread! I'm applying for Steinhardt's Media, Culture and Communications program. I'm curious to inquire about the process for transfer students, as it appears that most of the threads on this forum are from out-of-high-schoolers (actually, I've sifted extensively through the NYU site and need to vent some anxieties!). </p>
<p>Does NYU/Steinhardt accept more freshman students than 2-year college transer students? </p>
<p>Also, transfer students are LIMITED to answering Essay D on the application, which gets me miffed because I feel I could whip up something much more COLORFUL with the other essays. Basically, they want me to tell them WHY I want to transfer to NYU. This is what prompts my question -- ARE THEY BEING FA' RILL?! What am I posta do, kiss their rear ends the entire essay? What am I gonna say that hasn't already been said? What angle should I take?</p>
<p>Futhermore, how diverse do I have to BE to get into this school? What if im a bilingual, hispanic, gay orphan? Does that give me an edge?</p>
<p>Phew! Thanks for baring with me. Wish me luck, I'm taking the ACT tomarrow morning.</p>
<p>You dont need to kiss anyone's ass. Just honestly think to your self, why in the world would I want to transfer here. If it is to be in the city, talk about all of the opportunities that NYU has to offer in the city. </p>
<p>Also, they accept rich white protestants, so you dont NEED to be diverse.... but being a bilingual gay orphan will help your cause. (Try to mention it somewhere on your app) </p>
<p>Good Luck on your ACT!</p>
<p>Bryan </p>
<p>PS- Just out of curiosity, where r u transferring from?</p>
<p>Honestly, being bilingual and an orphan can definitely help you in writing an essay personal to you, but I would stay away from mentioning the fact that you're gay. Why? Because it's not really necessary and the people at NYU won't sympathize you for being a minority of the majorly heterosexual crowd. Also, what about the possibility that the counselor who is reviewing your application is against gay people? Including it could be detrimental to your application as a whole while not including it can't help/hurt your application.</p>
<p>I'm transfering from Suffolk County Community College in Long Island, NY. </p>
<p>I never graduated high school. I got my GED instead, and now I'm an Phi Theta Kappa, Honors with a 3.6 (hoping to bump up to a 3.7). Do you think I can pull the "I've come such a long way" thing on them?</p>
<p>Furthermore, am I suppose to include a resume with my application package?.......</p>
<p>Alright. I suppose I wouldn't out right SAY that I'm gay, but I AM the Vice President of the Gay Straight Alliance at my school. I'd have to high light that as a EC anyway, ya know?</p>
<p>Tiny... what kind of NYU employee hates gay people? Do you know what college we are talking about here? (this is NYU... not BYU) </p>
<p>Nufo... it sounds like you have a really good shot at this. And totally do the whole I have gone along way thing. And make sure to mention the GSA... they want leadership experience.</p>
<p>Bryan, I am very much aware of what college we are talking about here. I have wanted to attend NYU for the past 2 or so years. Regardless, there are people in the world who are not completely accepting of all sorts of people with all sorts of backgrounds. And yes, there are even people like this at NYU. Mentioning the fact that he is gay won't help him at all and doesn't contribute to the whole "I have come a long way" approach that he is aiming for. However, like I said, there is one person between him and NYU (at least to my knowledge) and what if that person isn't so accepting of him being gay?</p>
<p>Speaking of clubs, what other "diversity" clubs should I join to impress NYU? I have one more semester before I apply for the Fall of '09 semester. I was thinking the Latino Student Association.</p>
<p>I was actually told by my advisor that the GSA isn't diverse enough for NYU because "half of the students there are probably gay". Hmpf.</p>
<p>Hm, that could very well be true. As I said, I'm not completely sure. I called up the Admissions Office one day and spoke with a counselor saying that "the counselor reading your application is completely random" so I assumed it was only one person. But if you're trying to be unique, your adviser is probably correct: being gay isn't too unique in NYC, lol.</p>
<p>Who knows haha. They told me one counselor does the initial review of the app, and then it is presented to the committee. Why is admissions such a mystery? Sigh...</p>
<p>Nufo... it is better to show that you are very active in one club than sort of active in alot of clubs. But join the hispanic students... it can't hurt.</p>
<p>Bryan -- I've actually been involved with GSA for 2 semesters. And I figured I'd branch out to my Brown peeps to deversify myself a lil' bit. I need to rock the feces out of my 4th semester!!!!</p>
<p>Will NYU think I'm a fluke if I score high on my Spanish Subjest Test, being that I'm a Spanish speaker?</p>
<p>hmm... well, if you fluently speak spanish, and they know that... and you do poorly of the SATII, thats not a very good sign. For my 2 tests, I took the ones that I knew I would do best in... US Hist (790) and MathI (720). My advice would be to try to shoot for a 700 in any subject test you are taking, but they use them mostly for placement purposes, and only a bit for admin purposes. It is much better that you do better on your SAT-R/ACT than on your SATIIs. </p>
<p>Oh, and NyJeo is right... I have heard that from many admissions counselors at many schools. But, I do like your reasoning!</p>
<p>an NYU admission counselor said it. And they also said if you do bad on your native language test they gonna have some questions in the back of their head. So I would recommend just not to take it.
But it's up to you.</p>
<p>OP - first of all, it might help if you post this on the Transfer Forum. Here, the majority of the responses will be from HS students based on what they learned in an Info session. On the transfer board, there are a bunch of actual NYU students. </p>
<p>Also, being gay or hispanic doesn't really make you diverse at NYU. Being an under-represented minority might help though. The Literature Test does not test understanding of English, it tests reading comp...the Spanish test reveals your understanding of Spanish. But If you're transferring after 2 years, they don't care about SAT's and stuff - why are you taking a subject test? Also, the NYU Transfer question about "Why NYU" is pretty standard. I'm applying for transfer also and most colleges have that. I don't know what you could have possibly expected...they want to know why NYU, it makes sense.</p>