<p>What's life as a transfer student like at NYU Stern? It would be great to hear from people who have either transferred into NYU Stern or know people who have on the following questions:</p>
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<li><p>What schools do they generally come from? Like similar-ranked schools, T20 (USNEWS) schools, etc. </p></li>
<li><p>Are you still able to get involved in the Stern community easily? (For example, joining a business fraternity)</p></li>
<li><p>Were you at much of a disadvantage when applying for internships since you have only been there for a much shorter time than the rest of the Stern student body?</p></li>
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<p>Overall, what's the experience like? NYU is already an unique experience, Stern adding another layer to it, and the transferring process another too.</p>
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<li><p>My anecdotal experience so far from transfers I’ve met:
a) Transferred from Tepper at CMU (top-10 undergrad business as well). >3.5 college GPA, solid recommendations, SAT in our range, committed to ECs in just his freshman year. Basically a kid that could and would have applied, been accepted, and fit in here right out of high school.
b) Nice guy from a T20 school who wrote amazing essays and had glowing recs to counterbalance his slightly lower SATs and average-ish college GPA.
c) Kinda weird kid from Bentley (great school on paper, awful in practice apparently) who hated it and hated himself for choosing it over his other options. 4.0’d his freshman year without trying because it wasn’t challenging and he had no idea why it carried the ranking it does.</p></li>
<li><p>For joining a business society, the majority (read: all the competitive ones) don’t allow pledging until sophomore year anyway, so you have no disadvantage there. To me personally they aren’t worth it, but if you need it, you can definitely go for it if you want.</p></li>
<li><p>Nope. You have the same access to Wasserman, to OCR, and to networking and all that Stern offers the minute you walk in the door. It’s up to you to make as much of it as you want. Your resume, transcript, and email address will read Stern, and that’s what you need.</p></li>
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