<p>I am a prospective international student who would like to start my undergraduate education at a Community College in California.</p>
<p>As my decision is still node made, I could see myself spending my junior and senior year at an University in LA as well as in New York. Therefore I would love to keep my options as wide open as possible.</p>
<p>Is it possible to transfer from a California Community College (Grossmont College) to a University like Columbia, NYU or CUNY Baruch? If yes, do I have a disadvantage over NY State Students who go to a local New York Community College? I'm asking because California Universities seem to give in state CC students preference, and now I'm wondering if it's the same with NYC Unversities.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance and happy new year to all of you.
- Simon</p>
<p>CUNY is a public school and gives preference to NY residents. On the other hand, Columbia and NYU are private schools and do not give NY residents any significant preference. So, if you apply there, you will be on equal footing with anybody else applying from a community college elsewhere. If you have lots of money, Columbia GS takes almost anyone with sufficiently high GPA and gives the education as Columbia College (you take the same classes).</p>
<p>I didnt know about the Columbia GS option, I’ve been doing some reading up and this seems like a very valid option, thanks alot for the hint.</p>
<p>Is there a possibility to find out how to prepare best (what classes to take that transfer, what clubs to join, etc) for a school like Columbia GS or NYU? I’m asking because it’s a lot easier to find out how to transfer from a California Community College to a UC, CSU or private school in Calfornia as there are articulation agreements all over the place. Again, thanks for the hint.</p>
<p>You don’t need any significant ECs, just be sure to excel academically and do something useful with your spare time, if you have any. At the community college, take classes for your major and all the possible prereqs. You can take GE classes after you transfer.</p>
<p>A Columbia GS degree is not as prestigious as a Columbia degree and is open only (?) to nontraditional students. I also don’t think you have the same classes as regular Columbia students. But really if the acceptance rate is so high, that says something about the quality.</p>
<p>Just to clear things out, Columbia GS degree is just as good as Columbia College degree. Columbia College students do not consider GS degree as “prestigious” because admission standards at GS are somewhat lower. But nobody cares what Columbia College students think.</p>
<p>With the exception of two writing classes, as a GS student, you take the same classes as Columbia College students. You compete against Columbia College students (since GS is much smaller than CC). You get your grades under the same standard as everybody else. Graduate and professional schools are aware of that, and give GS degree the same weight they give to CC degree.</p>
<p>Am I right with the assumption that it is generally ‘easier’ to transfer into a school after 2 years instead of one year? Also, I have emailed CUNY Baruch, and their answer was that they do NOT give preference to in state students with the transfer process, luckily :-)</p>
<p>Missamericanpie: NYU Stern, I will major in business.</p>
<p>Is there any way to find out the prereqs for Colmbia GS and NYU?</p>
<p>NYU calls their prereqs MAP, or Morse Academic Plan. </p>
<p>[New</a> York University > College of Arts and Science > MAP](<a href=“NYU”>NYU)</p>
<p>I think Stern has a slightly modified core, but MAP is a pretty good plan to go by.</p>
<p>NYU Stern is ridiculously hard to “chance” for, because they are picky about transfer students. Their admissions rate is lower than the other schools because there are fewer slots for transfer students.</p>
<p>So if I would like to transfer to Stern, I should take classes that compare to MAP!?</p>
<p>Also, how does Sterns undergrad business program rank against Columbia GS’s undergrad economics program? That’s a vital aspect for me, as I don’t intend on visiting grad school later on.</p>