I'm a Stern sophomore and I'm applying to transfer out. Ask questions.

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<p>For those of you who are still wondering if NYU is a good fit for you, I can answer some of your questions. I'm a Stern sophomore and I'm going to submit transfer applications to other schools this year.</p>

<p>The main reason that I'm transferring out is the lack of community (like you've heard so many times). If you're naturally outgoing, ignore this part. You'll probably do well. Those of you who are more introverted like me will not have a good time at Stern. A lot of my NYU friends last year have transferred out and this year most people are so cliqued up that I'm having a hard time approaching new people (again, some people are naturally good at this. I'm not). Oh, and you'll mostly only hang out with Sternies and people you become friends with freshman year. This is true for almost everyone, even outgoing people. To NYU students outside of Stern, you're automatically "that ******bag in a suit."</p>

<p>The cost is an obvious factor. I'm not even sure the NYU or Stern name is worth that much money, though, because saying you go to NYU often earns you stares just short of hateful.</p>

<p>There is indeed a very high level of competition within Stern with 400 of your classmates trying to get a job at Goldman Sachs. I'm not sure this pays off, however. In the job market, you and 100 other classmates, who have 1-3 years of internship under your belt, are competing with Ivy League Liberal Arts majors who have worse resumes than 70 of the 100 Stern applicants. And you're all getting hired at similar rates, which puts Sternies at a disadvantage. The competition itself isn't too bad (or maybe I haven't had a taste of real Stern competition yet, but I'll definitely see as this semester goes on), but you might not be put at a disadvantage because of the competition in the end.</p>

<p>Going off of that, everyone at Stern is very focused on advancing professionally and it can make your life really boring, really fast. Every single one of Stern clubs is a professional club (obviously). After a little, you realize that All-Square Clubs are a waste of time and can't be put on your resume in most situations and end up only going to the Stern club meetings.</p>

<p>Besides, New York is effing filthy. I grew up in a city and I'm familiar with big cities, ones even bigger than NYC, but this is the filthiest effing city I've ever been in. I'm not from the US and I don't know if most big cities in America are like this, but every day I'm quite disgusted. x10 if it's raining. Culturally it's great... if you have a lot of money.</p>

<p>That's all I can think of right now. If you have questions, ask away. Keep in mind that I'm a sophomore so I may not know about being an upperclassman.</p>

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<p>It’s refreshing to hear your perspective on Stern! </p>

<p>I know this is kind of unrelated to your post, but NYU is a school I would actually love to go to. I love NYC and I would love the opportunity to study in the city. However, my stats are kind of really, really bad. Do you think I have a chance in applying into the general studies at NYU and then transferring into Stern?</p>

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<p>@oreosahoy–internal transfer into Stern is generally much harder than external. I have seen way more external transfers than internal transfers. And if by “general studies” you mean LSP, I’d recommend going somewhere else and then applying to NYU as a transfer. I don’t know what they’ve done since they gave you a choice to apply to LSP, but when I was applying LSP was just an extra division that most people suspected NYU places waitlisted people into in order to generate higher revenue.</p>

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<p>How much recruiting do the banks do at your school, and for the ones who don’t get in, what sort of jobs do they land afterwards?</p>

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<p>First of all, not everyone wants to do banking, although it is the majority. I’m not sure what you mean by banks, but a lot of students are marketing, accounting, actuarial science or other majors and go into their fields respectably. Not many people go into ibanking just because ibanks don’t recruit very many people in the first place, but they end up with non-ibanking finance jobs such as equity research, S&T, consulting and others (so basically almost every field in finance). I would even say not every finance major has their mind set on ibanking.</p>

<p>Banks actually do a TON of recruiting at Stern. There are at least two recruiting/networking events in an average week, and right now I would even say there are 4-5 professional events held by clubs. Wasserman (the career center) holds even more recruiting events.</p>

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<p>Sorry for not being clear, I mean specifically ibanking.
What percentage of people would you say get recruited by ibanks or major consulting firms?</p>

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<p>thank you so much! looks like I’ll be applying for a transfer from another school then!</p>

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<p>I have no idea on the percentage. Out of a class of between 500 and 600, I don’t think more than 50 or 60 would end up at major firms. But I also basically pulled that number out of nowhere.</p>

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<p>I’m a sophomore here and I totally get it. I feel NYU is overrated to be honest. Especially in Stern, there’s so many Asians…damnnnn</p>

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<p>I’m an Asian so I can’t really complain about that (but I’m also a girl so that might put me out of the great majority). But yes, Stern IS very homogeneous in population and a lot of people hang out within their races. I didn’t put this in the OP in case people thought I’m a racist.</p>

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<p>hey, could you please chance me for stern ED? thanks so much.</p>

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<p>So I know Stern is very prestigious for banking and finance, but how is it for a person who wants to go into the consulting field. Do big companies such as Mckinsey and Bain recruit from NYU? Also, how is the social life for people enrolled in stern?</p>

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<p>No chancing please. I have a point sample of applicants who got in, and that’s me. Here are my stats if you are interested. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/1088215-nyu-official-class-2015-decisions-6.html#post12256892[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/1088215-nyu-official-class-2015-decisions-6.html#post12256892&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>@mcmatt212–Both McKinsey and Bain recruit at NYU. I’m not quite familiar with consulting though.</p>

<p>Sternies are not very different from people in other schools in terms of social life. There may be more people who go all into partying in Tisch/Steinhardt, but you can still be a Sternie and party. You will most likely end up hanging out within the Stern community, though, since it’s pretty isolated.</p>

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<p>A large majority of the Greek life (fraternities at least) and from Stern. You got a wide mix at Stern from partiers to studiers so don’t worry about finding your group.</p>

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<p>Holy ****t. This really scared me. I am, was, applying ED 1 to stern this year. I am in love with the campus in Shanghai and the professional opportunities. But i am from Texas. I am TERRIFIED of going to a school where everyone already has friends from their high school and wont branch out. I am pretty outgoing, i love talking, having fun :wink: but I also love to work hard. I DO NOT want to feel excluded, alone, or out of place.
Is the social reasons the main reason you transferred?
And where are you transferring to?
I was gonna apply ED II to GWU if I was rejected… but dude now I wonder if I should change this to ED I. The consensious from Jackhammer really worries that I am about to make a big mistake.
What made you want to apply to NYU in the first place?</p>

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<p>I have not transferred yet. If I get in, I will transfer next school year. I just wanted to show people the other side of the coin. Since I’m applying to schools that have high admission standards for both freshmen and transfers, there’s a very good chance I might just end up at NYU next year, in which case I’ll just try to graduate early.</p>

<p>I don’t think a lot of people have friends from high school at NYU unless you lived in the city. I knew some people who did, and they NEVER hung out with their high school friends. It’s just that you have to make most of your friends during orientation week and basically the first month of your freshman year, and after that everyone is going to be clique-y. </p>

<p>NYU wasn’t actually my target, I applied to Columbia ED and got deferred and then rejected. There were like 6 schools (out of 13 total) I would have rather gone to instead of NYU, and at the end it was UVA vs. NYU. I don’t remember ever being really stoked about going to NYU, so I might have been biased from the beginning. I suppose I applied most because of location and reputation. I didn’t quite realize what people mean by “NYU doesn’t have a community.” You won’t have as bad a time as I did, though, if you’re outgoing. I’m very introverted and that doesn’t work out well in Stern.</p>

<p>I think jackhammer25 is not a Sternie. Take that as you will.</p>

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<p>thawowtso,
my D went to NYU and most, if not all kids do not hang out with their high school friends if any of them do get in. A HS classmate also went to NYU and my D saw her 2 x the entire 4 years. They never ran into each other even though they lived at the same dorm. As a mater of fact, you will find your own tribe of people and I disagree that it is clickie. My D found friends all throughout her 4 years there.</p>

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<p>I’ll just add that I’ve seen a bunch of my high school classmates but its not like I hang out with them. And there’s 9 other people from my school so chances are high ha.</p>

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<p>Thawowtso, you would be foolish to decide which college to go to or not go to based on a few threads on cc. My daughter is a freshman. She has 4 other roommates, all from different parts of the country, all with different majors (one in Stern) and none of them knew one person when they got there 4 weeks ago. They have become fast friends and have made MANY other friends as well.
If you go to Nyu , I would recommend living in one of the classic dorm style dorms, rather than apartment style. And I would suggest having roommates and joining clubs, etc. if you make an effort to be social I’m sure you will have no problem.
Keep in mind when reading cc, that typically the happy, social students are not sitting around on the computer writing to strangers on cc. They have better things to do. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Almost everything milkandsugar and MOMMY5 have said is right (although I didn’t live in an apartment style dorm my freshman year so I don’t know what that’s like), but NYU community tends to be different from school to school. Tisch, where MOMMY5’s theater major daughter would be in, is very different from Stern. Possibly the two NYU schools most different from each other. Theater majors also have practice 8 hours a day with other theater students so it’s easier to find your own community there.</p>

<p>And I can’t really do anything about the fact that I was born with an introverted personality. You might not have many of the social problems that I had if you’re very outgoing. I think I made this clear. But other things I said in the OP, like the professionally obsessed Stern culture and competition, still hold true.</p>