<p>Can you guys give me an idea of how I fare in comparison to other transfers?</p>
<p>I’m a transfer applicant for Fall 2010 in NYU. I’m a freshman and will have completed approximately 49 units (maybe 50, depending how much my internship will take). </p>
<p>I am applying for the journalism major (CAS). </p>
<p>HS GPA: 4.3 (weighted) 3.93 (unweighted)
SAT: 2110
Extracurriculars: Played tennis for two years, did 100 hrs of community service senior year, played drums</p>
<p>UC Davis (current institution) GPA: 3.96
Extracurriculars: Am a staff writer for the newspaper, reporter for university TV-news team, part of radio news team</p>
<p>I got two letters of recommendation: one from a professor and another from a TA. </p>
<p>Can someone tell me what kind of chance I have?</p>
<p>thk u for comforting me. At least someone told me I could do that. Anyhow, I think it’s time to call tmr, after seeing all kinds of problems here. </p>
<p>So, do you guys think tat among all application, only 50% is completed, and the 30% acceptance rate comes from tat only 50%? It seems that almost all applications ve problems</p>
<p>Yelmjouie, you should be fine. CAS’s applicant pool isn’t nearly as competitive as Stern or Tisch, which are the only two schools I’d consider it hard for you to transfer into.
In simpler words, if you did a good job with your letters and essay, you should most certainly get in. [:</p>
<p>I am NOT running down CAS at all, its a brilliant school and very hard to get into. But when you compare it to Stern and or Tisch, its applicant pool is less competitive. Thats all.</p>
<p>Yeah I know, Stern as a business program is only second to Wharton. CAS is ALMOST as competitive to transfer into though. However, there are still better liberal arts programs out there that are easier to get into (Franklin and Marshall College). Stern is in a league of its own :D</p>
<p>I need to still send in a statement I think.</p>
<p>The problem with my application is that it has too many holes.</p>
<p>High school transcript only a year. Did the other two years of high school by self-studying within half a year. Got 3A* 3A and 1B for IGCSE.</p>
<p>Took SAT I in a rush right after I enrolled in CC (didn’t want to waste a year since most application deadline for universities are over) and got only 1920; 670 Math 630 CR 620 Writing.</p>
<p>Lived in 4 countries, bilingual; extremely fluent in both mandarin and english (writing, reading, conversing). ABRSM Grade 8 in Piano (highest achievable before pursuing professional degrees), ABRSM Grade 5 in Classical guitar and ABRSM Grade 5 in Theory. Vice president of current college chess club.</p>
<p>GPA: only 3.5 right now (I know, such a disappointment but I’m taking all sophomore level classes)</p>
<p>One great recommendation letter (we only needed one right)? One coming in from former Rice professor (maybe too late for them to consider).</p>
<p>@ bjelifish: “Complete your portion (top) of the Teacher Recommendation Form and give it to a professor with a stamped, addressed envelope.” (NYU Transfer webpage)</p>
<p>NYU requires only ONE recommendation letter. Two to three are apparently acceptable however.</p>
<p>yea it’s only one. I asked the admission officer last year that if submitting two rec letters would be beneficial, they said if they realise two or more letters are beneficial, they would of required two instead of one.</p>
<p>Well, When I apply I saw that it was two. It seems like website has been changed. I’m not sure though. I sent three
Two of them from the prof. the other one from Dean of the school</p>
<p>There is never any harm in sending more than the required amount, unless they specifically ask you not to send supplementary materials. The worst that happens is a teacher spends the time writing a letter for you, and then the school doesn’t bother to read it. OR, the school will read it and get a better sense of the kind of student you are, and perhaps you will up your chances of getting in. Unless it is specifically prohibited, I don’t see anything wrong with sending in an extra rec.
(I sent in 2 to NYU and they certainly didn’t seem to mind…)</p>
<p>is it true that the of the decisions will go out based on how many pple [ for pple who’s already received the decisions] actually turn in their deposits by May 1st?</p>