<p>okay so i just got my very thin admission letter and was denied fall 2010 as an undergrad freshman. But NYU is still my number one school and so i was thinking about transferring as a sophomore into NYU, after completing a full freshman year at UC Irvine [and yes this is possible i talked to an admissions officer] I applied to stern this year, but as a transfer should i apply to stern again? is there an easier school to get into than stern? and if i get in, will i be able to transfer into a different school in NYU? </p>
<p>ALSO many have been telling me that freshman year is the most important year to make your friends in college, so transferring as a sophomore i'm a little worried..please give me some advice! my mind is so boggled up right now thanks!</p>
<p>I am an NYU freshman so I think I can give some light. Don’t ever worry about friends at NYU. ITS A HUGE SCHOOL! lots of people. you will get close with classmates and hallmates so no worries! I love it here and have a bajillion friends. You will too haha. </p>
<p>just do well at irvine and apply to stern. gallatin is easy to get into but i dont think a transfer then internal will work</p>
<p>Once you have transferred into NYU, you cannot then internally transfer to Stern. Stern is notoriously hard for transfer students. I remember reading on their site that they accept something like 10-15% of transfers.</p>
<p>Castiel - I disagree completely, the sophomore transfers that I’ve met have a had a very hard time making friends and meeting people.
missshorty - From my experience, large classes here tend to be really unfriendly (and almost all of my classes have been very large), and everyone I’ve asked has said that the residence halls after freshman year aren’t very social. Most people room with friends from freshman year, and don’t try to make friends with people on their halls. Coming in as a transfer, I’d say your best bet for making friends is trying to get into as many small classes as possible, and getting involved in clubs. But, I’ll admit that the transfers I know are a bit shy, so if you’re very extroverted and outgoing, it might not be a problem at all.
Also, what were you looking to major in? Stern would be the hardest to transfer to, so if you wanted an econ major then CAS might be a better choice.</p>
<p>^ well my classes are 700 people each and i manage to make A LOT of friends. NYU is the largest private school in the nation and theres a lot of people. I live in the same dorm as you lol and I am close with my hallmates. we have hall activities at the beginning of the year and a WHOLE week called welcome week to make friends doing fun stuff</p>
<p>It depends on the person i guess.</p>
<p>But yeah theres a program called project outreach for freshman and transfers and i was in it and the transfers integrated well (it showed u how nyu works and people got close through volunteer projects)</p>
<p>“It depends on the person i guess.”
That’s EXACTLY what I’m saying. If you’re not very outgoing, you’re probably going to have a hard time making friends, so it’s something you SHOULD worry about. My hall is friendly, but it’s also a freshman residence hall. From the people I’ve spoken to, the on-campus housing experience completely changes after freshman year, and as a transfer student it can be hard to make friends. A sophomore transfer friend of mine came to my floor and was shocked at the fact that people even knew each other’s names. Also, the huge student body isn’t always a good thing, and can make it hard to make friends if you’re not very active in pursuing friendships (asking for numbers/becoming fb friends, etc.). I’m not, so I’ve had a ton of great conversations with people that I’ve never run into again.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to say what you’re saying is untrue, at all, and I’m sorry if it came off that way. I’m just trying to give a different perspective, especially as a student in Stern (which is where OP wants to transfer). NYU isn’t for everyone, it can be extremely unfriendly, and it really does take a certain type of personality to be happy here. I wish I’d known before choosing NYU, because I have over $30,000 in student loans for a year at a school I can’t wait to leave. I wouldn’t want anyone else to make the same mistake, especially because transferring twice is probably difficult.</p>
<p>^haha no worries monsters, we talked a lot on this before over PM’s so I know your trying to be fair to the OP.</p>
<p>Its all good, and I understand. and tell me about the debt I am only 18 and have a borrowed more money than my parents in one year then they did in a lifetime</p>
I am only 18 and have a borrowed more money than my parents in one year then they did in a lifetime</p>