<p>hey, i was just wondering how well students who transfer to Stern in their junior year adjust? Is it really difficult to make friends? to get leadership positions within clubs and stuff? network with faculty? and how does housing work? do junior transfers automatically get shafted? ahh..</p>
<p>I'm thinking about transferring to NYU next year (i'm currently a sophomore) but i might have to reconsider if all stern transfers end up sitting alone in their rooms... </p>
<p>I am a Junior in Stern. This is my first semester there. I have had such a WONDERFUL time. I absolutely love NYC and Stern. I think transferring to Stern was the best decision I have ever made.</p>
<p>I am also a commuter student (I am too cheap to pay for the dorm) and that hasn't really been bad either, I am commuting from Queens. I have had ZERO problems meeting people. All of the clubs are very welcoming. Unlike my previous university, most of the clubs at Stern are not exclusive. All you have to do is show up to a meeting that sounds interesting (they send out an e-mail every week with all the club meetings and what the topic is). There is almost always free food at the meetings as well.</p>
<p>From the way I understand it, transfers are given middle priority with regard to housing. You will never get the "best room" but you will never get the worst room. They do something strange like give you the best dorm, but a mediocre room, or a great room in a mediocre dorm something like that. </p>
<p>The faculty has been wonderful. I haven't had any problems with any of them; all of my professors are extremely approachable. I think every one of my professors knows my name. All in all my experience so far has been wonderful.</p>
<p>thats really great! where did you transfer from tally, if you don't mind me asking? ooh and what do you think about the difficulty of the courses?</p>
<p>I transferred from Florida State University. I would rather not post my stats, because I think they are useless! I remember last year when I was applying I was always trying to compare my stats to those of other applicants and those who had successfully got in. I can tell you it is a pretty large mix. You don’t have to have a high SAT and a high GPA to get into Stern. My SAT and GPA were OK, but nothing to write home about.</p>
<p>The courses at NYU are much different than FSU. At FSU the midterm and final often composed your entire grade. I don’t find NYU to be the same way. FSU never graded homework, or assigned mandatory problems from the book. NYU like to assign homework and although not every class will collect it, you look very dumb if called on and you don’t know the answer to the HW problem. All in all, I don’t find the courses to be terribly more difficult. Writing the Essay for example is NO BIG DEAL!!!! I think all the whining you see about that class on CC is just a bunch of freshman who have never been exposed to college writing. The only I can say about WTE is it is strange and they want you to be creative. I really have been satisfied with all of my professors so far, I truly feel like I know each of them. So in essence the class does not seem that hard when you feel like you know the professor. If you have a question or don’t understand something you just go up an ask them. I also have a few profs that give out their personal cell phone number. They don’t seem to mind us calling them up asking a question about an assignment or for clarification about something.</p>
<p>I agree with tally, stats are useless. Mine werent the best but I did manage to transfer to Stern my junior year and had a great time (I just graduated in May of 06). Living in the dorms helped but a number of my friends were commuters that transferred as well and they seemed to have very little problems meeting people. I would suggest attending the transfer orientation, I still talk to 90% of the people I met during those first 2 or 3 days. </p>
<p>Most Stern classes put a large emphasis on groupwork so you're kind of forced to meet people that way too. Not to say you'll hit it off with or want to be friends with everyone you work with, but I met a couple of friends that way. </p>
<p>The clubs during common hour (12:00-1:30..i think) are great too. Initially I showed up to them just to get free lunch (though they usually have just pizza or subway..but I never get tired of either) but as an added bonus, I met a lot of people as well. Many of my transfer friends managed to get board positions in the that clubs they really liked so I dont think there are any worries there.</p>
<p>As far as housing goes, Its easy to get shafted, transfer or not. The best bet is to have absolutely no expectations at all or to expect the very worst. This way if you get stuck in a crappy dorm you wont be as dissapointed. I ended up in a decent dorm relatively close to campus my junior year but ended up having to share an 8ft x 10ft bedroom. My roomate and I had bunkbeds and all of our furniture touched. So it was kind of cramped. He was also kind of a messy dude. But all in all the rest of the dorm was pretty spacious and if anything it forced us to become good friends. The experience did play a role in my decision to off campus for my senior year though. I shared a great apartment in the village with a roomate (which turned out to be cheaper than the dorms) and it was good times.</p>
<p>haha these questions are exactly the ones I was wondering as well. I'm thinking of transfering to Stern as well, but as a Sophmore transfer. </p>
<p>I'm VERY worried about my stats. I know if I can get it, I'll be set for life as I know once I get into a good school, I'll be motivated to do well. :)</p>
<p>IS there any way you can PM me with roughly the stats you got? </p>
<p>I'm thinking of hitting in with around 32 credits...</p>
<p>What about the rigor of the classes that you choose from your old school? What kind of school did you transfer in from?</p>
<p>This is the sheet that was sent with my acceptance letter. Basically I was given credit for everything that lined up (Science, Economics, Accounting, etc.). I DID NOT lose credits for the classes that did not line up, those were simply recorded as elective credits. Now at my previous university most of my classes were 3 credit classes, so for every class that was a 3 credit fulfilling a 4 credit, 1 extra credit would be added under the elective category. So for example let’s say Biology 1 worth 3 credits at my prev. univ. gave me credit for Natural Science worth 4 at NYU. There is a difference of 1 which is added under electives, so now I need 19 elective credits rather than 18. That’s how it works pretty easy. I had to show a syllabus for some of my classes and had to take a placement exam for marketing and statistics. The statistics exam is impossible to pass, but I suppose people have done it before.</p>
<p>I should graduate on time, although it will require taking 18 credits a semester (which so far is doable). </p>
<p>I have been offered 2 internships, but have turned both of them down. They were unpaid and I didn’t feel like essentially volunteering my first semester here. NYU seems VERY supportive in helping you find internships. Plus, all of the clubs at Stern have lots of connections to various corporations.</p>
<p>I haven’t really seen too much of the Stern curve. It does exist though, but seems like if you work hard it shouldn’t be a problem. We shall see what the future holds.</p>
<p>I transferred from a large public university in the southeast. I find the classes at NYU to be different, but not really in a bad way. NYU assigns and checks homework which is something I was not really used to. NYU expects active thoughtful participation. I yawned in a class the other day (a 50 person class) and the teacher looked over at me and asked if I was alright. I thought it was kind of strange that the prof is paying attention to one person’s yawn, but I guess that means they really care. I was also used to the 30%Test1 30%Test2 40%Final grading style, here could be like 25%Participation 30%Project 30%Project 15%Homework. </p>