<p>Little Background: I was a lazy student in HS with a 3.4-3.5 UW GPA and no real EC's besides some community service outside school. Didn't care what college I went to and I ended up at Pace University because they gave me a pretty nice scholarship. </p>
<p>Problem: I don't like Pace. I like the students, but it's a 3rd tier college and it's too easy academically. I was pretty depressed early into the semester and skipped my classes a lot. But I did end up with a 3.8 first semester, and it looks to be the same this semester, maybe higher. I also got into the honors program, which is a plus. </p>
<p>I'd really like to transfer to Tisch as a drama major after my sophomore year. I could get involved in theatre productions and different clubs this fall along with (hopefully) landing an internship this summer. That along with a strong audition (which I'm confident about), keeping my grades up, and a strong personal statement I should have a good shot (right?).</p>
<p>Anyway, what's REALLY holding me back is their transfer credit policy. I'm taking 28 credits this year, and hoping to take anywhere from 31-36 next year. NYU is supposedly notorious for not taking credits, could this pose a big problem for me? I'd love to go to NYU, but I have no interest in finishing college a year or 2 late.</p>
<p>Any advice/opinions would be great. I'm kind of anxious to make a decision because if I find NYU's too big of a risk, I'm gonna transfer out this year to attent Fordham LC this fall. But again, I'd love to join Tisch's drama program. I just don't want to go there and find out that I lost a year or 2's worth of credits.</p>
<p>Make sure u have a strong portfolio for Tisch.</p>
<p>Well you can accumulate at most 54 credits in one year if you want to. 18 in summer, 18 in spring and 18 in fall.</p>
<p>So a big loss of credits is unavoidable? I'm hoping someone who's transferred to NYU could shed some light on this.</p>
<p>And thanks for the advice. I'm gonna start building my portfolio this summer and audition/participate in whatever I can before it comes time to apply.</p>
<p>Don't even think about this until you actually get an admissions decision Spazboy. Keeping your hopes up is great and I'm happy to hear that your confident in yourself but please understand that Tisch is extremely selective for freshman and even moreso with transfers considering they have a high retention. m.kenien is right as well, getting credits back isn't difficult at all and should really be your last worry.</p>
<p>Jay, are you saying that due to a lack of faith on your part based on my current stats or just to bring me down to Earth? I do agree that my admission is definitely not guaranteed and that is also gonna be a factor in making my final decision in the next couple months. These concerns I've expressed are all with the assumption that I will get in, yes. I'm aware of the difficulty of getting into Tisch and I know it's extremely tough. Going back to my original question, though, will NYU not accept most (if any) of my credits (assuming I do get in when the time comes)?</p>
<p>Tisch drama will probably make you take an extra year. Most of the studios have a strict 4 year program. I know a student who switched studios (cap 21 to stella adler) after one year and they still made her repeat a year. </p>
<p>But worry about it once you get in. If you do, it will be worth it.</p>
<p>Not at all, you have excellent stats and you have a great shot, I just thought you were assuming because of your stats that you would get in and I wanted to clarify that it is Tisch is notoriously selective.</p>
<p>As for the transfer credit policy, you are correct; NYU has a very specific curriculum and does not take a lot of credits to the point where I believe Tisch transfers are required to start at NYU in the summer to start to gain credits. I think that policy speaks for itself with regards to credit selectivity. Best of luck.</p>
<p>If you like the people, just stay because the academics are easy you can have high grades so then you can easily get into med school or about any grad school you apply to. Remember, grad schools don't put much emphasis on the school you come from but more on what you do in that school. If you are truly unhappy, just transfer and you'll be accepted to many places you apply to!</p>
<p>NYU won't transfer in any CC courses, but other than that they're not so bad, as long as the courses match up.</p>
<p>If you get into Tisch, it might be worth it to graduate a semester late...</p>
<p>When I transferred to NYU I spent the summer in between the transfer there taking courses to offset the loss of credit with the transfer. I also took another summer of a course or two.</p>
<p>Transfers to the drama department usually have to stay for 3 years, unless they take summer courses. You need 2 years of primary training, and 1 year of advanced training. They only let you take a certain # of studio credits per semester. Besides studio, you'll have to take some humanities (8 points), sciences (8 points) and 8 points of either category. I think you'll be able to get these units transferred. What you'll still have to take once you get here are: Intro to Theater Stuies, Intro to Theater Production, and Theater Studies courses. Which studio are you looking into?</p>