<p>Thanks for reading this. My life is very stressful from all this.</p>
<p>Accepted to Stern Fall 04 with $5,000/year merit
Chose University of Delaware Honors Program for financial reasons</p>
<p>4.0 at UD
3.85 HS GPA - 7th percentile at a good NJ public
1500 SAT I - 780m 720v
Math IIc 800, Writing 740, Spanish 690
Calc AB 5, Spanish 5, Euro 4, US Hist 4
Peer Leadership
Volunteer with mentally disabled students
ARC Angels Among Us Award for working with disabled
Chosen to represent my school for a county awards ceremony
HS Republican Award (I know, I know, I'm very left leaning socially though)
Varsity Lacrosse Player
I run my own successful math tutoring business</p>
<p>I feel pretty good about getting accepted because I was last year and I was able to get a 4.0 in college. The thing I'm worried about is scholarship money. Apparently there is even less money available for transfers than there is for freshman, so even though my GPA went up in college (as all else is the same, hs record and whatnot) I might not get any money. Any transfer students that got money or know anything about this? (merit based, I don't qualify for any need-based aid even though I'm going to have to take out loans even with a scholarship)</p>
<p>I really wanted to go to NYU in the first place but money made it impossible. I figured I'd do my best at UD and then transfer hopefully with a bigger scholarship. UD is a great schol, but its not for me. Everyone here is so sheltered here, and the university treats you like a child whose hand needs to be held all the time. I need to be in NYC and a better school.</p>
<p>I'm a transfer, and I've been dealing with the money issue myself. So, I've got to say - DON'T count on getting a lot of scholarship money as a transfer. I've spoken about this with financial aid advisors and the dean of admissions at CAS at transfers get the last of what's available.</p>
<p>Merit scholarships for transfers are very very rare. Transfer admissions are also more competitive so this makes getting a merit scholarship even harder. If this is a big issue for you, seriously apply to NYU as a freshman.</p>
<p>With 32 credits and a 4.0 GPA from a national European university, I received a merit scholarship of $1,750 per semester. When I took this up with the dean of admissions and financial aid to get more, I was repeatedly told that this amount was already very generous as far as transfers are concerned. Upon appealing, the amount didn't change. </p>
<p>I'm not upset about it, but I just want to let you know that you should really not expect a lot in scholarship money as a transfer.</p>
<p>Exactly. For me, the $1,750 certainly helps (I need everything I can get), but by the time I'm paying that much money, it doesn't really make a lot of difference. I might as well be paying it all.</p>
<p>That is a good point. Maybe it is more in my head because...</p>
<p>Going to NYU for 4 years with original $2500/semester=going to Delaware for 1 year and NYU for 3 with no scholarship.</p>
<p>If accepted I'm pretty sure I'm going no matter what. It will just be hard for me if I know that i lost the $20,000 total I was originally offered.</p>