Current Stern Sophomore: Ask Me

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781

<p>Hello I am currently sophomore in cas, tried to transfer to stern last year but got rejected. Stern is my dream so I’m gonna try this year again as its my last chance. I am not sure if there will be any consequences from my last year’s rejection…</p>

<p>I do heard that there are around 15 internal transfer last time or even more than that from all different schools. </p>

<p>Also please chance me:
GPA: 3.7
took some of those required classes<br>
Major: very possible math but haven’t declared
Do have some business interns–mostly marketing–from high school and college
However I do wish to apply for finance.</p>

782

<p>Hey hellodocks,</p>

<p>I’m a Tisch sophomore living at Laf. I saw your post about getting Xbox Live to work in the dorms. I don’t want to buy a router. Sharing the wireless internet through my macbook is a bust. Is there a way to use a manual IP address, subnet, etc.? An ethernet cable straight into the jack? Or is buying a router the only way?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

783

<p>@njf
Not that I know of for sure financial aid is miserable across the board, but of my friends who did ED here, more of them have ‘merit’ scholarships than anyone else. I found that funny, because I didn’t get a very generous package and I had better stats than almost all of them.</p>

<p>@Snappy
This is a win-win. Apply to both places. If you get the GWM gig, take it, it’s vastly more relevant. If you can only do John Hancock, go for it nonetheless. Anything insurance tends to get laughed at on the Street because it’s pretty Busch League to be honest, you’re a bit of a gimmicky sales guy and bankers love to look down their noses at that, but if you’re doing it in high school, I say it’s good experience.</p>

<p>@loveforfinance
You ought to have a solid shot. The GPA is there, your SATs will probably play a factor too so if they are <2100, consider retaking them before submitting your application. You have great grades in all the courses required for transfer, that’s no worry. Your ECs show you have both interest in finance, dedication and time-management skills, and leadership. Overall I’d say you have a strong base, but a critical thing will be the letters of recommendation (if still required, I don’t know) and definitely the personal statements you will have to write.</p>

<p>@appletoapple
Your rejection last year will almost definitely hurt your chances. They looked at you then, there’s not much more value you could add to your application, sad as that may sound. They welcome freshman transfer applicants more warmly than sophomore transfers, the whole point is that you should be spending the majority of your undergrad experience in your new school. If you have 3 years ahead of you, they look at your app more kindly than if you only have 2.</p>

<p>To be honest, as brutal as this sounds, the GPA is a big thing. You are right, they take literally only a handful of transfers a year. It was single digits as recently as two years ago. Last year it was 11 (or so says a friend who works in the Office of Undergraduate Advising), this year it was 14.</p>

<p>I am not sure why this is your dream since you are already at NYU. You enjoy so many of the opportunities Stern kids do. You can attend the club meetings, put your email on the listservs, come to speaker events, even take a number of classes here. This is not make-or-break for you. I have a good friend in CAS econ who has done better in recruiting this year (even in a brutal down market) than 90% of my friends in Stern.</p>

<p>@ghhopkins
I did some serious Googling when I was trying to get around that. I am not sure how to do it since the new Dashboard came out, but before, you could go into the manual connection configuration options and plug in an IP address, configure the subnet settings, and assign a bootnet. If that doesn’t work, try the direct connect cable to the wall jack. If that doesn’t work, go to a used electronics store and get an old router for $20. I literally went up to my attic when I was home for a holiday and dug some piece of trash that looks eight years old and it worked fine.</p>

784

<p>Hello, i’m just another one of those people considering for internal transfer into stern. I was just wondering if recommendation letters are necessary for internal transfer?? I can’t find information regarding to this anywhere on the web. Thanks !!!</p>

785

<p>If the website for internal transfer does not say it is necessary, chances are it’s not. I know for internal transfer to CAS all you need is a personal statement about how/what/why you want to leave your current undergraduate program for CAS. I am not sure about the details for Stern.</p>

786

<p>Hellodocks is 1510/2240 (M:760 CR:750 W:730) good enough for Stern undergrad? My grades freshman and sophomore are very weak (3.4 UW), but I am doing far better JR year (3.8 UW) and planning for a 4.0 UW Sr year. I will be applying ED if that makes any difference.</p>

787

<p>Yes, your SATs are pretty stellar. Your GPA is definitely on the low side, but you are aware of that. Make sure you put the time in before graduation and really crank, if you have a dramatic upward trend like that and apply in the ED round, I think you stand a very good chance. I hope this helps.</p>

788

<p>I’m very sad about my math downward trend as I am a prospective econ major at CAS, I’m a high school junior. From grade 9 semester 1 all the way to semester 1 of grade 11, it went A- (Geo) > B+ (Geo) > B (Algebra II) > C (Algebra II) > C (Pre-Calc H)
I’m really pushing hard for an A this semester but its difficult with this teacher, her assignments are simple enough but her tests are notoriously tricky. I did get an A- in Statistics though, probably wouldn’t help too much.</p>

<p>I have a 3.4 UW gpa and 4.2 W, I know it’s a bit on the low side, I’m really trying to make up for it this year. I’m in SAT classes and am taking it in March, the practice test I took today was a 2070 but I’m pushing for at least a 2200, well actually as good a score as possible given my less than stellar grades. I’m rank 38 / 784 at a pretty mediocre California school.</p>

<p>I’m really trying to get 5s on my APs this year as well.
And to further depreciate my chances I’m not that committed to any ECs, just a few clubs I moderately participate in, got some hobbies on the side nothing extraordinary.</p>

<p>It’s a clear reach, but fingers are crossed. What’s your advice to get my chances up?</p>

789

<p>Hello, </p>

<p>I have just been admitted to NYU Stern as an ED2 applicant. I am so excited! I heard early applicants had a priority at choosing their dorm over the regular applicants but I couldn’t find the info on NYU’s website. Is this true? </p>

<p>Do you know when we get to choose our dorm? Like what’s the schedule? And this question has probably already been asked but … what’s the best dorm?</p>

790

<p>Would it be worth incurring a ton of debt from NYU if I were to major in marketing with a minor in english or communications, hoping to land a public relations job after graduation?</p>

791

<p>Hi there!</p>

<p>I was wondering if I apply to NYU next year, and I get accepted via Early Decision i ; are the ED offers conditional or non-conditional? Is there a certain grade average that you expect us to maintain until we graduate, or are there no conditions? And also, if these conditions are not met, will we be revoked of acceptance?</p>

792

<p>I’m intending on majoring in finance (incoming Stern freshman), and was wondering do I need any special permission or something to attend the Courant Institute of Mathematics for a minor in applied mathematics?</p>

793

<p>@jsraquel
This sounds harsh, but do better in school. Your unweighted GPA is not in NYU’s range. If you’re applying CAS, even with stronger SATs, you’d probably be deferred to LSP if anything. They use LSP as a kind of talent pool, so to speak, where applicants with one particular sub-standard piece of their application spend 2 years proving themselves before they get the opportunity to roll over into another program.</p>

<p>@applefan
I think the Class of 2016 is either the first or second year where that is no longer true, unfortunately. It used to be that way, if you ED’d here, you got first crack at housing, which is why Hayden was almost always just about entirely full of ED kids.</p>

<p>Best dorm is so subjective. Hayden is popular because it’s close, Jewish kids love Weinstein because of the kosher cafe, party animals like Third North because it’s so gigantic and has so many people to meet, etc. etc.</p>

<p>@njf
I personally wouldn’t. I incurred substantial debt to come here, but I knew I was getting a very marketable degree and pursuing a very lucrative industry. PR is not the most high-paying of professions, at least as far as I know. Especially at the junior levels. If you’re making <$50,000 a year right out of school and you have to face six-figure debt, you’re putting yourself in too much of a hole.</p>

<p>@cecilia
I honestly have no information I could share with you on that. Simple thing to do is call the Undergraduate Office of Admissions and someone would easily walk you through that; all you have to deal with is a bit of time on hold until an Admissions Ambassador can take your line.</p>

<p>@bsumone
No, you don’t need special permission. You simply need to declare it, which you can do both on Albert via the Student Center or in person at the Undergrad Office of Advising, they’ll do it in 30 seconds on the computer.</p>

<p>I have two friends who are both double majoring in finance and math. Minoring in it is definitely doable.</p>

794

<p>Do I have a chance of getting into Sterns NYU (early decision)?
I am currently a Junior
For 9th and 10th grade, I attended public school where i received a GPA of about 95%.
I now am at a private boarding school near NYC.
My GPA for this year will be at least 90%</p>

<p>My best SAT score so far is 2050
SAT II French 700
SAT II Chemistry 730</p>

<p>-Internship at a real-estate company
-Taken an entrepreneurship college course online through Brown University
-I have been Vice President of my class
-Attended HOBY Leadership Conference
-Attended a business course at Clarkson University
-National Honor Society
-In 3 clubs
-Play Varsity Sports
-Have community service hours
-Will be taking 2-3 AP Classes Senior Year</p>

<p>**(At the time to apply for college) My biggest feat, I believe, is that I have had a summer job at a coffee shop/art gallery for 4 years, 2 of which I was head manager.</p>

<p>I know I don’t have the stats to get into schools like Columbia, Dartmouth, or UPenn, but I’m hoping I will have a decent chance for Sterns, especially if I ED.</p>

<p>Additional Details
My goal is to pursue International Business and real-estate.</p>

795

<p>@Docks</p>

<p>I applied regular decision to the Stern School of Business. On the NYU supplement, I listed my major of choice as Business and Political Economy. If I do not get into the Business and Political Economy Program, can I still get into the Stern School of Business? Thanks!</p>

796

<p>Hey Docks,</p>

<p>Sorry if you’ve answered this already (haven’t read through the 52 page thread) but I recently got admitted to CAS Economics although I really wanted to do Stern, but did not want to risk it. I’ve heard that CAS Economics is just as competative for job spots as Stern students as was wondering if this is true. I want to get an internship with JP Morgan or Goldman and eventually work at one of the two; is this possible through studying Econ at CAS? Thanks</p>

797

<p>@2013ag
Can’t help you much with chances. I say try to boost your SAT (2100 is considered ballpark).</p>

<p>@hopeful
Last I heard, you could be rejected from BPE but still accepted into Stern. I don’t know many kids who enjoy the BPE program either, so that may be a blessing in disguise.</p>

<p>@vigilant
It is not as competitive. You will have some standouts who do well in recruiting, but so far I have met a grand total of 3 kids in CAS 2013 who have gotten meaningful offers of any kind. There are obviously more, but the simple fact is that it’s not like Harvard or Princeton where there is no undergrad business program. If you’re at a school like that, you can study pretty much anything and if your grades are good, you can succeed in recruiting. At NYU, there is a preeminent business program, so it’s a huge signal to recruiters to see that you failed to enroll in Stern. Recruiting opportunities out of CAS are not the same as out of Stern, it’s just a fact.</p>

798

<p>Hey, you mentioned that you got a lot of your knowledge about the industry and what its like from reading books and things. I have a lot of freetime now as im a 2nd semester senior, and was wondering if there are any books or guides such as the WSO one that I should be to get myself aquitned with everything.</p>

799

<p>hey docks! is there a way for a stern student to get past the problem of stern not giving credit? if an internship requires me to be able to “receive documented school credit,” would i be able to say yes and just not use the credit?</p>

800

<p>Good luck with that. D (not in Stern) got an internship with SONY. She needed to have proof that she was receiving credit from NYU. An official document had to be given in to personnel. This was Sony’s requirement, not NYU’s.</p>

<p>We needed to get her dept head to agree to grant her 1 credit through NYU as Independent Study.</p>

<p>So in the end her non-paid internship ended up costing us ovre $1300 to get a credit she doesn’t need.</p>