NYU Spring Transfer 2015

<p>Could you please evaluate me? Thanks!</p>

<p>This is my second transfer. I am an international student and transferred to the Ohio State in August 2013. Now I want to transfer again and I applied to Department of mathematics in NYU only. I didn’t apply to any other universities.</p>

<p>In OSU
Major: Mathematics
Current GPA: 4.0 (two semester), this semester is also likely 4.0.
Credits:28 taken/ 14 currently taken</p>

<p>In university before transferring to OSU
Major: Taxation
GPA: 3.3(two years, first year 3.0, second year 3.6), TOP 15%
Credits: 77 taken</p>

<p>High school GPA: 93
TOEFL: 104</p>

<p>I know my situation might be different and more complex than most of you guys… And my gpa is not very attracting in my previous university.</p>

<p>two internships:

  1. Intern Assistant: in the fourth largest sovereign fund in the world, using Bloomberg terminal to report data
  2. Intern Analyst: in a financial engineering laboratory of futures company utilizing MATLAB to develop trading models.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:

  1. Fundraiser in a student organization, raised over 15,000 dollars in 2014.
  2. Teamleader in a investment club, engaged in stock investment and acquired 10% return rate
  3. Vice president of the university soccer association
  4. Teamleader of a environment pollution survey
  5. Volunteer in Museum, 4 weeks, 8 hours/week</p>

<p>Recommendation letters from my C++ instructor and mathematics professor.</p>

<p>Bromary, probably should’ve applied to other places in case you don’t get into NYU unless you plan on staying at OSU.</p>

<p>Thank you. My plan is that if I don’t get into NYU, I will stay at OSU. Do you think I have a chance to be admitted? @PSC2IVY</p>

<p>I think your likelihood of admission is in the ballpark of WhiteChiner for three reasons. 1.) You are applying with over 100 credits and NYU might feel that you might not come because of how close you are to completing your degree at OSU (which is a totally awesome school.) Of course, you could make it very clear that you WILL transfer if accepted, I would write a letter to them emphasizing this. 2.) Your major of choice is one of the most competitive in CALS as NYU has the #1 applied mathematics department in the US and an overall department in the top 10. 3.) They may wonder why you could only perform at a 3.3 GPA at community college and a 4.0 at OSU which is confusing to me. It is great that you are doing so well at OSU now in a very difficult STEM major but it is odd that you did not perform as well at community college. If there was a reason for this disparity in performance between these two schools, you should share this with NYU. </p>

<p>You have very strong ECs, a strong GPA from a tough institution, and you have recommendations from relevant instructors which surprisingly most students don’t do. I would be equally surprised if you or Whitechiner were not offered admission. @whitechiner‌ & @bromary‌, realistically NYU can be a bit financially sensitive and gives preference to economically well-to-do families, this is unfair but the truth, what are you guys money situation as that might factor into their decision. I am trying to analyze your situations as critically as possible so that my comments are helpful.</p>

<p>@PSC2IVY, thank you. </p>

<p>By the way, it is not a community college. On the contrary, it is one of the best universities in China. As for credits, in order to get a degree in OSU, I will graduate in 2016 Autumn semester. I mean, in fact, I just started my math major which cannot be completed in a short time. The reason why I have so many credits is that Chinese university usually have nearly 30 credits per semester, yeah, semester. </p>

<p>I didn’t study really hard in China, so only got a GPA3.3, but still top 15% in major. But after came to OSU, I started to work hard. I changed my major to mathematics just last semester. When I applied to OSU, my intended major is finance… </p>

<p>At last, my family has a high income, so tuition is not a problem.</p>

<p>Thank you very much!</p>

<p>@PSC2IVY, Thank you very much! I feel nice to talk to you and your suggestions are really helpful.</p>

<p>No problem. You should share with NYU the credit situation as they might see it as 105 credits which in the US is only a semester away from graduation.</p>

<p>@PSC2IVY‌ , I was thinking about explaining the low GPA in China. But I also worry about that explanation may cause a negative effect, which seems like you are trying to hide something… </p>

<p>I will call the office on Monday asking their suggestions.</p>

<p>Hi! I’m applying for the spring semester to NYU as a freshman transfer. I’m currently at Hamilton College with a 3.7 HS GPA and currently have two A-, B+ and a B-. What do you think of my acceptance potential? Thanks!</p>

<p>@josiebous, maybe your GPA should be higher and more extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Hi all, I was just wondering how long it took for you to get your Albert account information after submitting your common app? Many thanks:)</p>

<p>@bromary I had a job throughout high school (and at Hamilton work for a nonprofit), earned bronze/silver awards in girl scouts, been the leader of various community service organizations, did dance in HS and the varsity crew team here. Do you think those are helpful?</p>

<p>@anabo1‌ I got mine pretty soon after… I think about a week…</p>

<p>Does anyone know when acceptance letters are coming? I read online somewhere December I really hope that is not the case!!</p>

<p>you can check out the thread NYU Spring transfer 2014, the acceptance letter will begin to come out around Nov, 15th and will be all released by mid Dec I think, according to last year’s data. AO will prefer to give more competitive applicants admission letter first and they have 3 weeks to make decision. As for those who are less competitive, they all will get the decision letter after the first round applicants make the decisions I think. Hope it will be helpful and best luck! @pinkpop</p>

<p>@pinkpop‌ thank you, and on the NYU website it says acceptance letters should start coming out mid november, so we should hopefully know by the end of the month!</p>

<p>@psc2ivy I have the means to pay full tuition from NYU.</p>

<p>@bromary Where in China did you go to college? I grew up in Shanghai and did a few courses at Jiaotong in high school.</p>

<p>@whitechiner, Central University of Finance and Economics (中央财经大学)</p>

<p>Do you guys know how much the mid term report affects acceptance? I only ask because I have all As except for a B+ but that is only because my teacher hasn’t updated grades and I don’t think he will until the end of the semester. I was just wondering if that will hinder my chances?</p>

<p>Lol, you’ll be good Emily.</p>