<p>I got into the creative writing program at Johns Hopkins to my total surprise which is the best creative writing program in the country. However, I didn't bother applying to Tisch for dramatic writing because I wasn't sure I could A) get in and B) if I wanted to confine myself to an art school because I have a strong interest in more technical subjects too (ex. Psychology and Spanish). I liked JHU but my heart has truley been on NYU for years (both of my parents went there and I was going to do ED to NYU but pulled out last minute because of cold feet). Before I used to think that Gallatin was this cockamany school for confused kids but now that I have researched it more thoroughly, I see that it's exactly the opposite and exactly what I need.</p>
<p>So question: How difficult would it be to transfer from CAS to Gallatin at NYU?</p>
<p>Note: I got into CAS at NYU with the intended majors of English // Journalism // Psychology.</p>
<p>Not hard to transfer in at all.</p>
<p>Really? I know Tisch and Stern are next to impossible to transfer into, internally or otherwise. But do you know how many actually do get accepted who transfer to Gallatin? Like, would this be a realistic thing for someone in my position to do?</p>
<p>I don’t know how many get accepted for internal transfer to Gallatin, but keep in mind that you wouldn’t be able to do it until the end of freshman year. You’d have to spend a year in CAS prior to applying for transfer. Just as an aside, you could have applied to Dramatic Writing at Tisch and then chosen to double major in CAS. Too late for that now, but just thought I’d mention that that option is a possibility for others who may be reading this.</p>
<p>Gallatin is largely comprised of transfer students, for exactly the reason you say; they don’t research the program, then discover (gasp!) it’s EXACTLY WHAT I WANT. </p>
<p>Gallatin knows this. Gallatin puts a lot of emphasis on the essay. you need to show Gallatin that you love Gallatin, and that you know exactly what you want to study. since it’s so self-directed, it can be easy to get lost. i’ve met so many people who internally or externally transferred into Gallatin.</p>
<p>completely doable. you can even try to coordinate with your adviser and try to take classes within that first year in CAS (can’t transfer until the next academic year) that will complement Gallatin.</p>
<p>good luck!!</p>
<p>I definately don’t mind waiting to apply to transfer internally until the end of freshman year since, with the MORSE plan, I’d be doing primarily required courses then anyways. But I think that going to NYU, trying CAS out for a year, and then if necessary trying to internally transfer to Gallatin if I really miss writing would be my best bet. I was just curious as to the difficulty of transfering in since I know it’s hard to transfer into Stern and Tisch.</p>
<p>Thanks so much. This is kind of a huge relief.</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p>I am having more and more concerns about turning down Writing Sems @ JHU as the days go on. So one last question:</p>
<p>is it at all possible to transfer into Dramatic Writing @ Tisch?</p>
<p>if you keep your grades up, it’s entirely possible. it’s not like Stern with it’s super-high retention rate.</p>
<p>Alright. I think I am going to NYU. I loved JHU’s program but NYU has so much more … flavor. Plus, I feel like no matter what way I want to go, if I am good enough, NYU will have the opportunities.</p>
<p>Okay, okay–one last final question, I promise! Is it true that Gallatin students are limited to a very finite list of courses at other schools within NYU?</p>
<p>Thank you all for answering all of my college questions on here. It really has been a lot of help.</p>
<p>this i don’t know off the top of my head, just asked my Gallatin roomie and she said she’s never had a problem taking all the writing classes she wants, since her concentration is mostly in creative writing. </p>
<p>there might be more hoops for you to jump through, but there are Gallatin students in all of my media classes, even the VERY popular video games class. i’m going to guess that you really can take whatever you want, it’s just that you have to talk to more people to get into the class.</p>