<p>Hi everyone</p>
<p>I'm a current freshman at NYU and I'm thinking of how likely it would be to transfer to one of those schools during my FRESHMAN year. Is it possible to transfer during my freshman year? or is it much much better to wait for my sopohmore year? Out of those schools, the only one which i wasn't rejected from out of high school was Columbia (never applied).</p>
<p>2280SAT I, 780/780/720 SAT2
98% GPA, top 5 out of 650ish
Founded various orgizations and such and such</p>
<p>...unfortunately some of those schools are impossible for you to transfer into during freshman year. For example, Stanford and Columbia require at least one year of full-time study in order to apply.</p>
<p>Yeah, that doesn't make any sense to try and transfer out wait this year try transferring to go to those schools during the fall of sophmore year!</p>
<p>IVYPoison,
If you want to enter your new transfer school as a sophomore, you have to apply DURING your freshman year. Usually, applications are due around Feb 15-March 30 for the schools you've listed. </p>
<p>So while you wait to find out whether you get in or not, you finish up your freshman year at wherever (in your case...NYU).</p>
<p>You cannot leave halfway through freshman year.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response guys, but I was referring to the "difficulty", so to say, of transferring into the school during my sophomore year, I didn't mean like leave NYU half way through my freshman year. I'm saying, does it put it me at a disadvantage of any sorts if i apply during my freshman year at NYU?</p>
<p>bump, is it a good idea to apply freshman year?</p>
<p>I'm in the same position as you transferring to really top schools from a good school's honors program during my Freshman year. It seems that its better to wait until we are Sophomores to apply since we will have more grades for them to evaluate. Having said that, you can still get in your Freshman year, your grades just have to be damn good. Even a 4.0 for only one semester still prices most Ivies out of your range, unfortunately. Worth a try though, thats what I'm doing. If you're hellbent on leaving though, apply this year, and then if you're rejected, apply next year too. It will definitely show commitment if you apply three years in a row. It will also mean you will have spent more on application fees per school than a business suit would cost... so they eventually owe you an acceptance, right?</p>
<p>Well, I had 2 quarters (I was on a quarter system at my first school) of courses, had about a 3.85 and got into my transfer school of choice. I applied during my freshman year...it's not impossible.</p>
<p>Whats the proocess of transfer applications?What do you need to transfer to another college?</p>
<p>And why are you asking that in this thread?</p>
<p>Sam...you're question is very general..i'm assuming that the transfer process is similar to that of a freshman applicant...DO WELL IN SCHOOL. (also look at your prospective college's prerequisites for transfer students depending on the major you select).</p>
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It will definitely show commitment if you apply three years in a row.
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if this is true then ill be the happiest person in the world. I REALLY want to get into columbia. applied during freshman year, that was a rejection, i'm in an honors program at another school, and am considering applying again..however i KNOW that i'll be rejected again. i would like to apply over and over...but it seems that it will reveal something to the adcoms about me not being serious enough. i'm not sure, but i feel that they will think the applicant just doesn't get the message.</p>
<p>my DILEMMA:
i will be applying to more than just columbia, and if i do get into some other school, say stern at nyu (as a sophomore)...do i go? (considering that i'll still be wanting to apply to columbia AGAIN for junior standing). how do schools like columbia judge an applicant who transfers TWICE? thanks..</p>
<p>p.s. maybe i should've started another thread...but it seemed appropraite?</p>
<p>ALSO...to the OP...you have amazing stats. i think you may have a shot at any of them. however it'll certainly be more difficult to get into harvard than columbia (not that im hating on columbia..its my dream school). as for wharton, you would need a pretty compelling reason as to why you wan't to get out of stern. and, just out of curiosity..why do you want to get out of stern (i hope its not for the designer school names)? good luck.</p>
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**External Transfer students:
* External Transfer students cannot apply until they have completed two resident semesters at Penn.
* External Transfer students can apply for the Dual Degree program ONLY. They cannot apply for Internal Transfer.
* External Transfer students who are accepted into the Dual Degree program MUST complete the degree program in their home school and cannot just complete their Wharton degree.
* External Transfer students accepted into the junior class at Penn (i.e., students who have already completed 2 years of college) are NOT eligible to apply for a Dual Degree with Wharton.
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<p>yup. also, the university's name is penn. use it. </p>
<p>admissions officers get annoyed when you just use "wharton" because it implies a tunnel-vision mentality, which no one wants on campus.</p>
<p>I'd say that based on your list, you're only interested transferring because of name-prestige. Frankly, unless you're interested in academia, the name of your undergraduate institution doesn't matter after graduate school or a few years of work experience. I'd advise you to examine your reasons for transferring. Only do so if you feel that your target schools offer something that is absolutely unattainable at your current school.</p>
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i will be applying to more than just columbia, and if i do get into some other school, say stern at nyu (as a sophomore)...do i go? (considering that i'll still be wanting to apply to columbia AGAIN for junior standing). how do schools like columbia judge an applicant who transfers TWICE? thanks..
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<p>Wait until the results come in, and then think about it instead of wasting brain cells now.</p>
<p>After receiving two rejections, I expected a third and was gearing up for my sophomore year at the university where I started. I started planning my transfer applications until, a week later, my Georgetown acceptance arrived.</p>
<p>You never know before the decisions arrive, so do not plan until they do.</p>
<p>i guess i should focus on getting a high enough gpa for now. thanks.</p>
<p>are you sure, Stanford requires you to study at your first college for at least one year before you can apply?</p>
<p>the web says, must have compeleted one year before anticipated enrollment at Stanford.......so what does that mean?</p>
<p>one year of transferable credits perhaps?</p>