Hi,
So I applied to NYU Tandon because there was a lot of family pressure for me to go into a stem related field and I knew it would be easier for me in the long run (possibly) to find a good, high paying job with a degree in science or engineering.
However, after being here for even one semester, I hated it and had a terrible academic experience. I didn’t enjoy my courses, nor did I do well in them and I wanted to transfer into CAS or Gallatin super badly.
Upon speaking to advisors though, I was told I wouldn’t be able to transfer so I should just suck it up and try harder. So I stuck it out for another year to try to boost my terrible GPA.
It didn’t help much and I’m currently at a 2.5… as a sophomore in my spring semester, applying for a fall 2017 transfer as a junior.
After talking with some friends who transferred into Gallatin though it seemed like it would be the perfect fit for me since all my credits from tandon (save for like a few courses due to the max transfer credit limit) can transfer over and go toward my degree of individualized study.
I wrote a very strong personal statement, spoke to two advisors, and a professor at Gallatin to plan things out and ask for guidance, and included their names in my personal statement as well. They all told me they thought I had a strong chance of being accepted because all my good grades were in my humanitarian and non stem courses, and it was evident that Tandon wasnt for me. I also took a couple CAS classes this semester.
I spoke about my current and previous internships and my background in my statement and gave them my full story of how its taken me two years to admit to myself and my family that I’m not happy at tandon or happy studying STEM.
Do I have a likely chance of being admitted as an internal transfer to Gallatin?
TLDR: I hate it at tandon, and wrote a really strong personal statement to transfer into Gallatin; what are my chances?