NYU Stern Chances, Need a Reality Check

Transfer Students
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<p>I would like to go to NYU Stern and I’m here to simply see if it is realistic or at the very least what should be done to make it realistic. Feel free to give me a reality check, I don’t want to waste my time on a pipe dream. Ok, here goes …</p>

<p>HS: 3.6 GPA but a dropout, reasons: business (cause) and health (effect)
COLLEGE: CC (Dallas, TX); 21 hours; 4.0 GPA (taking mainly University Physics, Calculus, and etc.)</p>

<p>SAT: 1910 (MATH: 720 READING: 610 WRITING: 580)</p>

<p>There is actually a twist with my SATs. Since I didn’t take them in HS and I haven’t been in college for a year yet, NYU seems to want me to take them as a transfer. The scores above are from the tests I took on March 1st and as far as I know I can retake the SAT up to a year into college because of my situation. I took this test after not being in school for nearly two years, so if necessary I believe I can raise all three of the section scores, I would like to know if the above scores are not good enough around what type of numbers I should aim for to be a competitive (more then a coin-flip) transfer applicant?</p>

<p>Here are two scenarios I came up with, please tell me which one you think is more plausible … </p>

<li><p>Over then next 3-4 months try to raise my SATs to around 2100-2200 and apply for transfer to NYU Stern for junior year straight from CC. Is it even possible to transfer to NYU from a CC?</p></li>
<li><p>Transfer to SMU Cox (20th undergraduate b-school) for my sophomore year, and after a year there apply to NYU Stern for junior year.</p></li>
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<p>FYI: Option one is around $40K cheaper.</p>

<p>How unlikely is it for someone to raise their combined SAT score by 200-300 points, especially if there main problem was with the verbal sections? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Don’t fret over your SATs… NYU said that you can skip them if you have more than 64 cr hrs…</p>

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<p>The reason I feel like I need to do well on the SATs is because I am a high school dropout and I have nearly nothing of value to show from high school, except a bunch of angry teachers, counselors, and a lot of other “issues”.</p>

<p>Also I think I will have like 50 or so hours when I apply because I have only been in CC for like a semester and half because I came late and because I’m currently taking classes like Physics which require labs, effectively taking up another 4 hours with actual counting for any extra credit.</p>

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<p>i say stay an extra year and save the $$$$$ - nyu is extremely expensive, especially plane tickets(assuming your from Texas). your math score is about average for stern, but assuming you keep getting A’s in Calc, and Statistics(i think its required, or maybe thats macro/micro economics?), i wouldnt worry too much. plus if nyu stern is truly a “pipe dream” like you say, you can still transfer to SMU COx for junior year, and still save money…</p>

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Don’t fret over your SATs… NYU said that you can skip them if you have more than 64 cr hrs…

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<p>Whew, thanks for the info! Do you know if it’s the same for Boston University?</p>