<p>I am currently a freshman at NYU, and I sent in my transfer applications to Cornell, Boston College, Bucknell and Johns Hopkins earlier this month. Being all of these schools are extremely selective, I am beginning to get nervous, and I am afraid I won't get accepted anywhere. As a HS senior, I applied to Hofstra as a safety, and got into the Honors Program on a full tuition scholarship, but I chose NYU instead. After my first semester, I sent in to get my application at Hofstra re-opened, because I felt just so miserable at NYU and I wanted to get out as soon as possible. I got accepted again, but chose to stay at NYU to finish out the year, and to try and apply to some more schools that I actually really want to go to. Do you think Hofstra would look negatively on me if I tried to apply one more time? I really don't want to stay at NYU another year if I don't get into any of the four schools I already applied to. I figured Hofstra would be a decent safety for me, and I wouldn't mind going there if I got rejected from all four schools on my list.</p>
<p>Any info on this? Thanks!</p>
<p>If your stats are really good I don't think it would matter that much.</p>
<p>dancergirl,</p>
<p>Why are you so unhappy?. You're scaring me acutally. What's your major? have you not made friends?</p>
<p>collegecheck- i am a chem major- premed. NYU is just NOT the school for me. I thought I would love the city atmosphere- I actually hate it. I thought I wouldn't mind a big school- I just feel lost in the crowd... not only the crowd of the school, but also the crowd of the city. The way the dorms are set up (my dorm is an apartment style, and there are only three apartments on my floor, and im the only apartment on my wing), it makes it impossible to make friends. My roommates are nice, but they just aren't the type i'd hang out with all the time, because all our interests don't match. I tried joining clubs, talking to lots of different people in class and stuff, but nothing was really working. Most people here, that I've met at least, are very independent. Kids are always walking by themselves, eating by themselves, etc. At first it didn't bug me as much, but it just gets SO lonely. I feel more like I live in NYC, and take classes at NYU. There is no sense of community whatsoever.</p>
<p>Now, I don't mean to go bashing NYU. Some people absolutely love the way its set up- its more like a real life experience than your typical college "bubble". But personally, I want that bubble. It's my last few years before I really have to be an adult, and there is always med school to try out the whole urban enviornment thing. But for now, I really feel like I need the close knit campus community, with a smaller school and not as urban an enviornment. My classes are pretty good, i've only experienced one bad professor so far, in a calc 3 class. But otherwise, I don't really have any complaints with the quality of education here. </p>
<p>I really hope I didn't scare you too much. If you like the whole un-traditional college experience, NYU will be great for you. Some kids love it. But I've noticed it's more of a love-hate relationship, there aren't many kids standing in the middle ground.</p>
<p>I'm applying to several schools for the first time, but also to the University of Chicago, making it the third time I've applied there. As a HS senior, I didn't get in (waitlist), but I got in last year and turned it down for various reasons including financial. I was worried about how that would look, so I emailed an admissions counselor who wrote be a lovely email back saying not to worry, and that my previous history wouldn't affect my chances this time. I hope it's true! :)</p>