<p>I really wanted to get accepted to stern, but im not good on paper:
sat - 1600 (critical reading and writting 520, and math 560)
GPA: 3.2- 3.5 /4.0 scale unweighted
i did two internships regards to my interest in finance, hope that helps…
my ec’s are few but strong.
is there any way that @hellodocks you can help me?
i would really much appreciate it… and owe u big time
thanks</p>
<p>I understand that health is probably something that you have to give up on a bit, but I’d have a question. I read previously that you have several weeks where you may have a lot of work and several weeks where you can relax a bit, but for the overall year in general, about how many hours of sleep do you get each night?</p>
<p>@iambunky Sorry to say but your SAT and GPA are way too low for Stern. I would look at lower tier schools and ace your freshman year and apply for transfer if you think you just need a new start.</p>
<p>@GamBino You have plenty of time to workout and whatnot, it’s just during exams that you won’t really have as much time. I workout every other day and during exam weeks I might go once or twice. Everyone is pretty much free of exams until mid-october, and then they creep up on you again in mid-november if it’s a 2 midterm type of professor. You have Thanksgiving break, and then 3 weeks later you have exams again. There are a few exceptions, because it depends on the teacher but that’s generally how it flows. </p>
<p>The sleep schedule depends on the above flow of the year. During casual weeks maybe like 7-10 hours depending if I’m working part time or not that day. During exam week anywhere from 0-5 hours.</p>
<p>@AoDay
do you know any good universities or community colleges that might have helped to transfer to stern after two years? i am still looking for other universities like: syracuse, miami u, northeastern, purdue, fordham, university of wash…?
what are my chances for them? i am an international student… if that helps… i do an IB program kinda like the AP classes…</p>
<p>Haha sorry this is late, but thanks again! :D</p>
<p>I know that NYU consists of many types of different people (homosexuals, preps, jocks, etc) and that’s why I really like NYU. But is this diversity the same for NYU STERN? Sternies are competitive, serious people. Yet do they have a variety of personalities? I’m asking because I’m a pretty quirky person (xP) and I don’t want to feel like an outcast…
If I go to CAS I know I’ll fit in easily, but with Stern I’m not so sure…and Stern is the one that I really want to go to…</p>
<p>@iambunky
Look, all else aside, just apply. You never know what will happen. The statistical average is exactly that – the average. That means there are people above it, and also below it.</p>
<p>Personally, I can’t do anything to help you other than offer guidance on your personal statements. Beast those. It’s what I did, and it worked. If you can convey yourself powerfully, succinctly, and admirably in those, the school will want you for your raw intellect, past performance aside.</p>
<p>You might consider applying to Bentley, for some reason it’s considered a top-25 or -50 program and two of the four transfer kids I’ve met came from there. I even applied there undergrad, but it was a blind decision based only on its rank, I knew nothing about it.</p>
<p>@GamBino
On weekdays, I probably average 7-8. I have a 9:30 Monday-Wednesday, so getting to bed by 1 on weeknights means up by 8/8:30 to get ready and get out the door in time. During hell-weeks, I’m happy to get 4.5 a night (4.5 because multiples of 90 minutes means you’re maximizing your REM cycles, i.e. sleeping 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, or 7.5, 9 hours will do more for you than any odd amount in between).</p>
<p>I pull an all-nighter at least once a week. Two or three during really bad weeks. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say AoDay might be either a freshman or not in Stern, or maybe simply hasn’t discussed OCR much, but that’s what really murders you. I can handle 18 credits, 21 credits a semester. I can handle all the ECs, the leadership positions, the time commitments outside class. What’s rough is the bulge bracket firms coming in for OCR, on-campus recruitment. Prepping for interviews is harder than for exams. Basically, picture this. In a 17-day period: three midterms, two oral presentations (one Stern, one language), six interviews, two networking panels … and 12 hours of paid work each week. I didn’t sleep for ****. </p>
<p>It’s rough sometimes. It’s different for everyone depending on:
: credits you’re enrolled in
: extracurriculars you’re active in
: on- or off-campus work you have
: OCR you decide to pursue</p>
<p>@esthetique
Stern is not diverse. Let’s be real. It’s 61% Asian, fairly equally split around 12-18% Caucasian and Arabic each, 5% Hispanic, and 3.1% African-American. Minorities are therefore well represented, but Asian leaves minority status and becomes the overarching stereotype. Yes, there are a variety of personalities, but you might not come across too many because people are extraordinarily cliquey. You won’t have trouble finding an immediate circle of friends because of the Cohort program, but after that initial circle, you typically won’t make many solid or lasting relationships in the later years.</p>
<p>Then do Sternies associate with the rest of NYU students? Or do most Stern students just stick within their own group of friends from Stern? o.o</p>
<p>@iambunky
I myself am a transfer from Penn State and have met tons of other transfer students. Although a few transferred from same tier schools, I would say that most of the transfers I’ve met came from a top 20 to top 60 business school. I know people from Purdue, Syracuse, Miami U, and Fordham from the list you stated. Your chance of getting into those colleges is obviously higher than Stern, but your SAT is really killing your chances, so I would DEFINITELY retake them if you can. If you want more info just send me a message, and I can help you narrow down a list of colleges to apply to since I already went through it all. As for being an international student, US colleges have huge pools of foreign students so I wouldn’t count it helping much.</p>
<p>@esthetique
You don’t have to worry about feeling out of place at Stern if business is what you are passionate about. We aren’t all corporate robots. There are tons of personalities with tons of hobbies. You should visit the campus if you haven’t yet if you are really that unsure.</p>
<p>Sternies generally do hang out with other Sternies but not because of a lack of compatibility with the other schools. Students from all the schools generally hang out with others from their own school simply because they always see each other in their classes and because of a common ground. I have a quite a few friends in CAS and SCPS, but very few if any at all in Gallatin, Steinhardt, Tisch, and whatnot.</p>
<p>So would life be slightly easier if you did not have any paid/unpaid work on/off campus? Sorry if this sounds rude, but do most Stern students have jobs during their college year or is it just those that need money to support their education? Would having a job affect your chances of obtaining a job after graduating?</p>
<p>esthetique - don’t worry, I have a feeling i’ll be one of those random quirky ones too at Stern 
provided that I actually get into Stern! :S</p>
<p>@esthetique
You live in a building with many other students. Not many are in Stern, so most of your friends, the people you see on a day-to-day basis as neighbors and community-mates won’t be the ones you share classes with. Most Sternies are more than willing to leave the classroom and all its worries behind when it comes to just hanging out.</p>
<p>@GamBino
Life would definitely be easier. Not many kids have jobs because they need the money; NYU is, by in large, a very affluent school. The kids in Stern I know who have jobs are doing it for resume-building or networking or using the position as a stepping-stone to something better, not because of financial necessity.</p>
<p>Having a job would probably have the effect you mention because of a few things. If you don’t have a job in school at some point, you won’t have recent experience to list on your resume, meaning you’ll have a significantly harder time getting hired. If you don’t work, during your interviews you may come across as someone who doesn’t have a strong interest in a challenging position or the ability to balance it along with your schoolwork.</p>
<p>Haha Thanks! I’ve already visited the campus. Sadly, I wasn’t able to find any Sternies when I was there. :(</p>
<p>@esthetique
Most students at Stern don’t get jobs for financial reasons, but many of them do have jobs for the experience and resume builder. Many freshman/sophomores if they do well, get small firm internships over their summers and starting in junior year, you begin on-campus recruiting, or OCR. You will network a lot, and these internships are more important because if you perform well they will obviously consider you for a full time position since you will be graduating soon. A few juniors and many seniors will work throughout the school year and then be set for a career before they graduate.</p>
<p>I am currently working part time (20-25 hours a week) on 15 credits with OCR, and it really is pretty tough making sure you can fit everything in, especially with the large amount of group project courses I ended up taking this semester.</p>
<p>You will pretty much have to have had internship experience before you graduate so better get prepared! :P</p>
<p>AoDay-- I think that was supposed to be directed towards GamBino haha</p>
<p>yea i just noticed lol >.<</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question, so I’d say that the work is good for resume building? What type of work would you usually do at Stern during the college year if you were a Finance major? I’m curious, because this is the first time I’ve heard about this.</p>
<p>This might be a problem for me as well, because I think being an international student prohibits me from getting any work because of my F-1 student visa. Do you know of any International students in Stern that take up part-time jobs?</p>
<p>This is all assuming that I get into Stern in the first place…</p>
<p>GamBino - F-1’s are allowed to work, but only after their first year.</p>
<p>thanks for the answer guys @AoDay and @hellodocks…
is it easier to transfer from community college or university? to stern? i heard their transfer rate is 33% :s
i have decided uni im applying to: uni of wash, purdue, fordham, syracuse and miami 
just did a toefl today… hope i got 630 ish ! (Y)</p>
<p>Ah I see, if I get into Stern I suspect I won’t be doing any work for the first year at least…but my question still stands regarding the types of work that a typical Sternie does, if anyone would answer that.</p>