NYU Student transferring?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am a current NYU student. The financial aid is dismal and it's very hard for me to continue studying at this school. Besides this, I don't feel like anything I do is appreciated or even acknowledged at this school in addition to the very apathetic, almost cynical feel I get from all the students. I was in depression last year (freshman year) because I met some very mean people and because the classes kind of sucked.</p>

<p>My GPA is 3.6 (I have a B+ average in all the suckey core classes, and 4.0 in my courses for my minor in South Asian Studies).
My SAT is 1480 (CR is 770).
My high school GPA is 4.0 (I went to a high school in India, my percentage was 91+%, which is VERY, VERY high). In addition to this, I also did A levels, and got a BBD (my last subject was screwed up because the courier sent to the GCE center was lost and they gave me a random grade). I got 16 credits in Econ and English Literature for these A levels.
I have an excellent record for service, I volunteered at New Orleans, I am training as a Red Cross volunteer. I am also involved in a project to build schools for the urban poor in India.
I interned at SEWA, a non-governmental org. which works with women emancipation and rural development.</p>

<p>I am planning on majoring in Econ and Journalism at NYU. I also want to study a year abroad at London School of Economics. I am very, very interested in literature, writing and drama. I ended up at NYU for two reasons 1) NYC and 2) I was accepted at Grinnell and Emory, and NYU seemed like the best option. I was waitlisted at - wait, here it comes - 6 colleges. I guess since I applied from India, I was very, very confused and my applications reflected it (I barely knew about the universities I was applying to). I was rejected at Stanford, Vassar and Uni of Chicago.</p>

<p>After all this information, what do you think I should do? I would love to transfer. NYU rejected me at their Pres. Honors program (top 5%) and though my GPA isn't top-notch, my records and essays are amazing. I don't want to be at a university that doesn't appreciate me (the idiots in the program are appalling). It is certainly unfair. And the courses aren't amazing either. I feel demotivated and the money crunch certainly isn't helping. (For all of you who are wondering, I was born in the US, but went to India after my parents split up).</p>

<p>I was thinking of applying to Cornell, maybe Columbia, maybe Vassar. I really, truly love NYC and it's breaking my heart to leave it - but I was going to go to London (hopefully) for a year abroad and I can always come back after college (and what a relief it would be to not be heavily in debt!).</p>

<p>Please, please help me...</p>

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<p>Look at Sarah Lawrence as maybe a safety/match. It is similar to NYU except the academics are much more personalized, the classes are smaller (15 max for non-lectures), the kids are more quirky, and there is more freedom in choosing what you want to major/concentrate. You will certainly be “appreciated” at a school like SLC.</p>

<p>Its in Westchester, 20 mins from Manhatten by train.</p>

<p>Sadly though its also very expensive and the financial aid is probably not loads better than NYU.</p>

<p>Thought I’d suggest it anyway though!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think Sarah Lawrence is the most expensive university, just ahead of NYU (and I hear the finaid is pretty bad too). That’s why I was considering Cornell.</p>

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<p>One thing you might want to consider, if classes haven’t started yet, is to take a year off. First of all, NYU isn’t getting any cheaper. Second, many schools won’t let you study abroad during the school year if you are an incoming junior transfer. Third, why stay where you are miserable? </p>

<p>If money is a major concern check out this link: [Project</a> on Student Debt: Financial Aid Pledges](<a href=“http://projectonstudentdebt.org/pc_institution.php]Project”>http://projectonstudentdebt.org/pc_institution.php) first. The financial aid pledges listed are for freshmen; they may be different for transfers. Still, it’s a good place to start. </p>

<p>Vassar doesn’t accept many transfers at all. The college board has this statistic, and other transfer admit rates, on its website. Are you female? If so, check out Barnard in NYC, and Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley in MA. North Western is another Chicagoland school, but I believe that this past year it didn’t give financial aid to transfers for their first year. You might also like Bard. Other schools in NY are: Colgate, Hamilton, Union, Skidmore, St Lawrence, Hobart and William Smith, Ithaca, Syracuse, Fordham, SUNY/ CUNY, and Rochester.</p>

<p>I think you should reapply to the schools you got into, and go for Cornell and Columbia.</p>

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<p>Neither Cornell nor Columbia is need blind to internationals, so if you qualify for need based aid, I’d look at some schools that are.</p>

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<p>he was born in the US so i think hes not classified as international :confused: so cornell and columbia arnt needblind to u</p>

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<p>sry i meant ARE needblind to u</p>

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<p>Haha som1, I guessed as much</p>

<p>college_ruled, I ran some of those colleges by my father and he thinks they are a step down (with the exception of Cornell) from my current university… I don’t know anymore. I really want to study abroad at London School of Econ but if I can’t do that if I transfer, there’s no point…</p>