Can I get into NYU???

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a freshman in USC and I decided to change my major from Economics to Actuarial Science. However USC doesn't have such major thus I decided to transfer to NYU Stern. My GPA is 3.85 and have good activities and a strong recommendation. My high school grade is not bad as well. The only thing I am concerned is my SAT score. I got 550 on reading and 770 on math (because I am a international student and my first language is not English).However, I once called NYU and asked the person who is in charge of NYU Stern Admission to ask her about whether my 1940 SAT score would hurt my application and she said no. I already submitted all my files.</p>

<p>I'm soooooo nervous now! :( Do you guys think i could be admitted? I mean.. It's Stern! It can be really hard!</p>

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<p>I mean being strong in math is what stern cares about </p>

<p>you need to have taken calculus before you applied
no AP credit is granted for anything
they expect an A in any calculus you took or higher level math
probably the best thing you could do for yourself is nail high level math.</p>

<p>your math is obviously good with a 770 and your gpa overall is within range. </p>

<p>that 550 will hurt but its not a gamebreaker as long as you explained somewhere why you got that score and what you’re doing to remedy it.</p>

<p>honestly you tested on average with college bound native speakers, I doubt I could do the same going abroad in another language even with extensive study.</p>

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<p>wait what? unrelated question but, if your former school takes AP credit, and your latter school (the one you transfer to) doesnt, does that mean you have to retake calculus in your former school if you got a 5 on the ap exam in high school?</p>

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<p>that 550 will hurt but its not a gamebreaker as long as you explained somewhere why you got that score and what you’re doing to remedy it.</p>

<p>umm…i didn’t explain that in my application… do you think i should make it up by emailing them?</p>

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<p>Your application does explain that you are an international student though, right? They should realize that English is not your first language and take that into account without your having to remind them.</p>

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<p>yeah you are right…but i am just nervous…</p>

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<p>lol trust me on this, do not worry about any english related problems. from my experiences living in nyc, half the kids i have met from stern are asian or another minority and had very poor english speaking skills. but they possessed prodigial math skills and could probably recount the number of consanants in our conversation while explaining poincare’s conjecture</p>