NYU, Please Chance Me? Business Major

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What are my odds of transferring to New York University beginning my junior year? I’m a business major hoping to double major in finance and management/real estate. I will 50 credits completed at the time of application because of their deadlines. Please find the details below.

High school GPA: 2.8
High school Business GPA: 3.99

High school Involvement:
Football Freshman Year
Speech Team Sophomore Year
Golf Team Senior Year
Student Council All Years
President of my Marketing Class
CEO of my entrepreneurship Class
Top Marketing Salesman of the Year
Outstanding Business Student of the Year Scholarship

Illinois State University (Freshman Year)
GPA: 3.94
Credits:34

Involvement:
Founder of a political club
Treasurer of another political club
Director of Finance for a ski club
Two bids from fraternities I declined

The Ohio State University (Sophomore Year)
OSU GPA: 3.88
Credits at OSU: 16

Involvement:
President of political club
Ski Club
Mock Trial Club
Finance Club
Intermural Golf

Other:
White male
Adopted
Founder and Owner of a Business
Completed Calculus
Completed Economics + Accounting
Used electives to study physics

Overall:

Majors: Finance & Management

Total GPA: 3.927
Total Credits Completed: 50

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To add: I was on the dean’s list at Illinois State University.

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I’d really appreciate anyone who could take the time to advise me on this. Thank you!

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It’s really difficult to do an external transfer into Stern, but not impossible of course, and some people in the fall transfer thread were successful. Suggest you look through that to see what kind of background they were able to show, to compare with your own.