<p>I am currently a freshman in college. I go to college in California, but I don't like it and want to transfer to a school in New York that I was accepted at when I applied last Fall. Do I need to re-apply as a transfer? But don't you need a certain number of credits to apply as a transfer...? because I don't have enough. So do I re-apply as a freshman? Or do I not even have to re-apply at all being that I was already accepted and it's only been one semester? I'm going to transfer in the Spring. Here are the schools I was accepted at, in which am conside4ring transfering to one of them: SUNY Albany, Plattsburgh State, Buffalo State, and Hoftsta. Also, I was waitlisted at Syracuse, which is my top choice. What do I do in that case? This whole situation is a mess.</p>
<p>What are you looking for specifically in a transfer school? What do you dislike about your current school? I can give you a first hand account of Hofstra.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! Yes please tell me about your experience at Hofstra.
It's not so much the school that i dislike. I don't like the city of Los Angeles itself. California in general is too damn hot and too damn dry. All my family is in New York and I miss them. I'm sick of being alone with no family. So basically I'm looking for a school in New York, preferably one that has small class sizes.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a school in New York, Hofstra is a great place to transfer. I am a student at Hostra in a program called New College (it's a program that offers the individualized major). My classes are really small (biggest has been 18 students) and it's tons of fun. Even in the Hofstra College of Arts and Sciences (i can't tell you firsthand, though), I heard that classes aren't too big. </p>
<p>Like I said, Hofstra is a really great school. If you want to know any more about the school, you can PM me or check out my posts in the Hofstra forum on this site, or just ask here!</p>
<p>Just curious, which school do you currently attend?</p>
<p>Not to knock Hofstra, because I don't know much about it but I do go to NCC which is right next door. I'm slightly afraid of Hofstra because everyone from there has an STD. I hear people like it there though, so take it for what it's worth. Additionally, Hofstra is basically all long island people. Being from California, I'd say they are comparable to the cast of the show O.C. So that should give you and idea of the students there. I just hate Long Island people a lot, it happens when you live on Long Island for 12 years.</p>
<p>Madden Bus, I definitely aggree with you in some respects. I am from Westbury Long Island, and you do kind of get tired of the barbie dolls and abercrombie models. However, not every person is like that. Alot of the Long Island kids at Hofstra are commuter students, and the campus is a very different place when they go home. There is, despite what it may seem like at first, alot of diversity at Hofstra. My first year, I lived with an italian girl from an all black neighborhood, an adopted girl from brazil, and an asian jew, and I knew of many who were in that same type of living situation. Lucky for everyone, the barbies and the abercrombie models usually stick to themselves. If you don't like them, then don't hang around with them!</p>
<p>Also, while sex does proliferate on the Hofstra campus, not everyone who goes there has an STD (i.e. me!). None of the people I live with have STD's and alot of my firends are still virgins. Just because you hear that everyone has an STD does not mean that everyone has one.</p>
<p>With that said, I must say that Hofstra is a college for college students. The population is traditional aged, and they do what young people do with no parent supervision - sex, drugs, and rock and roll. But keep in mind that Hofstra is not unique in this. Whatever college you end up at, you need to be careful. Just because other people at Hofstra may have STD's, that does not mean that you will end up with one. You have to be smart about it.</p>
<p>Also, there's alot more to do than hair and makeup and sex. For crying out loud, NYC is a 45 minute LIRR (train) ride away and the fifth largest mall in America (Roosevelt Field) is literally right down the street. I have never "hooked up" at McHebes or Boggarts (bars) and i've had lots of fun. It's all in what you make it. Hofstra is a great place and (at the risk of sounding like an after school special) the education that you get there will last a lifetime. </p>
<p>My adivce to the OP would be to just take a day and go to Hofstra (if you haven't already since you're from NY) for a couple of hours, maybe even walk around the residential side of campus for a little while. You can really get a sense of what it's like to go there. I know that Syracuse is your top choice, and I wish you all the best with that (b/c Syracuse is a great school!). I really hope that, in the end, everything works out the way you wanted it to!</p>
<p>If you're looking for a school around NYC but not in the city directly and you think you could bear LI people, Hofstra may be right for you. I have precisely 3 friends that go to Hofstra, they seem to like it. But just to give you a heads up, Hofstras STD rate is significantly higher than the average for colleges. But don't let that deter you from it. That's easily rectified by either not sleeping around at all, or using protection.</p>
<p>thanks everyone.
i currently go to Santa Monica College.
i visited Hofstra before when i was a senior in high school. i'm going back to visit in a couple of weekends.
i have friends that live on Long Island, so the people there don't bother me.
i might choose Hofstra over Syracuse because it's close to NYC.</p>
<p>Hey, I go to SMC also. Just curious, how come you came to SMC all the way from NY?</p>