<p>does nyu do transfer interviews?</p>
<p>na they dont give interviews for stern at least</p>
<p>Gender: Female
State: PA
School in NYU: CAS, French Major
College GPA: 3.57/ First semester freshman University of Scranton, all a’s in my major classes and a couple b’s in gen eds.
H.S GPA: 3.8
High School Performance: three ap’s senior year
SAT: 660 M 680 V 630 W
Acitivies: College - Varsity Cross Country, SCranton Emerging Leaders, Rugby H.S - Varsity Track and Soccer Captain, Multiple Varsity Letters, N.H.S, PennServe (volunteering club)
Comments: I was already acceped into CAS last fall but i didn’t go becuase i thought i wouldn’t be able to handle it financially, but have recently had a change of heart. so hopefully they’ll be nice and let me back in :)</p>
<p>No interviews for transfers.</p>
<p>hey guys im on this forum a lot since I am leaving NYU, and know a lot about the area if you guys have any questions.</p>
<p>But two things are for certain: new york city is amazing and this campus is unmatched by another university in the world and this is an awesome school.</p>
<p>Gender: Male
State: New York
School within NYU: Steinhardt (Media, Culture, and Communication
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.): Freshman, 3.898
H.S. GPA ( W & UW if available): 93.11 Weighted, probably like a 90 uw
High School Performance (AP’s and the like): 4 APs and CollegeNow course
SAT (full breakdown): ACT- 25 Math Level 1 Subject Test- 600
Activities (brief list):
College: Front Desk Clerk at a health club, President/ Founder of a Club, Class Representative of Student Government, Active Member of Movie Makers Club, Helped raise money for Haiti through Doctor’s WIthout Borders
College Honors: Phi Eta Sigma, Peter Vallone Scholarship
High School: Violinist for Symphonic Orchestra (which won 2 NYSSMA Gold Medals), an editor for the magazine, debate club, 300 hrs of community service at the library and tutoring children
HS Honors: NYS Comptroller Award for Academic Excellence & Community Leadership, National Honor Society, Academic Honor Roll </p>
<p>Comments (brief - maybe whats makes you better from your h.s profile): I feel like I took on much more work in college and improved by GPA and leadership roles. And my essay is much better; it really elaborates on why I think this major at NYU is perfect for me. I talk about my background and activities and relate it to my interest in Media.</p>
<p>Gender: Female
State: CT
School within NYU: Steinhardt (Media, Culture, and Communication)
College GPA & Year : Transfer for junior year, 3.44 from Bentley currently
H.S. GPA ( W & UW if available): 3.3
High School Performance : lots of AP’s, and UCONN credits
SAT (full breakdown): Math: 620 Verbal: 590 Writing: 600
Activities (brief list):
Student Government elected senator, liaison to many boards, charity fashion show coordinator, community service coordinator, high school student council president, varsity soccer captain
College Honors: Dean’s list multiple semesters</p>
<p>what do you think??</p>
<p>Gender: Male
State: CA
School within NYU: Tisch (Department of Recorded Music)
College GPA: 3.65 (from CC)
College Honors: Dean’s List all 4 semesters
H.S. GPA: 3.3
H.S. Performance: Colleges Courses, Honors
H.S. Honors: Honor Roll (Junior/Senior Year), Student of the Month (Senior Year)
SAT: 550V, 500M, 550W - lol
Activities: InterKey Club Member (Community Service), Photography Club Co-President</p>
<p>I’m hoping my creative portfolio will distract them from my less than stellar grades and scores. Heres to hoping!</p>
<p>NYUSteinhardt10,</p>
<p>I’m also applying for fall 2010 for the same major. I think you have a good chance. They will really be impressed by the fact that you are an elected senator and soccer captain. Personally, I know that one of those takes up A LOT A LOT of time and doing both is just really amazing. Hope you get in!</p>
<p>Gender: M
State: NJ
current school: Middlesex Community College
School within NYU:College of Arts and Sciences
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.): Soph 3.87 GPA (after 57 earned credits)
H.S. GPA: 3.6 GPA
High School Performance (AP’s and the like): 3 AP’s (2 Eng & 1 U.S History)
SAT (full breakdown): 580 reading, 560 math, 520 writing (terrible i know), SAT II 620 U.S history, 540 Literature
Activities (brief list): College Assembly, College Curriculum Task Force, Phi Theta Kappa, WVPH 90.3 FM Station manager, Pathfinders Organization (like boy scouts), High school: Bergen County youth Council for the Homeless: vice president and over 100 hrs logged volunteering</p>
<p>Comments: My SATS/HS stats are going to kill me, my activities compared to you guys just depress me, and my CC background puts me in a disadvantage. However, my transfer counselor says I have a shot at NYU so I am sure they look at everything holistically. That being said, this is my first post EVER on CC (hope it was sufficient)& good luck to all and hope we all get in!!</p>
<p>feel free to comment on my stats and let me know if i even have a shot!</p>
<p>Hey. Any one got their “status” letter yet? that states if the application is complete/ whats missing?
thanks</p>
<p>Lets try to maintain this type of structure:</p>
<p>Gender: Female
State: IL
School within NYU: Gallatin (public health/psychology/international studies)
Essay about how I want to work as an OBGYN in Sudan to improve child birth survival rates within the local communities.(plan…masters in public health as well as an OBGYN speciality)
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.):3.4 First semester, will be at least 3.5 hopefully 3.6 by years end
H.S. GPA ( W & UW if available):3.6 (crazy high school stats…transfered long story grades were very affected.)
High School Performance (AP’s and the like): ap biology, euro, english, composition, us history.
ACT (full breakdown):31 overall, 32 math, 28 science, 32 english, 30 reading 11 writing
Activities (brief list):
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Keep a child alive member
AED (pre-med frat)
APO (service Frat)
Young Democrats
Students united for Africa member
UNA (feminist group member)
Bio club member. </p>
<ul>
<li><p>Job/Work Experience:
Waitress (1 year)
Hostess (9 months)
Camp Counselor (summer)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at hospital four times a week</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer in child life</p></li>
<li><p>Work in pediatric cancer wing with art therapist…group called project picasso. </p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer once a month a doorways a HIV living community</p></li>
<li><p>Mentored a refugee family senior year. (took them out once a week, assisted with bills and learning english</p></li>
<li><p>Youth president of befriend a family a chicago based charity. </p></li>
<li><p>Works with rebuilding together during the summer</p></li>
<li><p>Fundraised 3 thousand dollars as service chair in high school for local charity project hope…created a very sucessful dodgeball tournament that has become a tradition </p></li>
<li><p>Worked with disabled kids all throughout high school</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered at nursing home for nuns during high school</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Comments (brief - maybe whats makes you better from your h.s profile): My grades have improved and I have excellent reccomendations
PLease chance me</p>
<p>Just curious, is it too late to submit an application to this school? If I remember, it wasn’t due till April 1st, and I started it back in November, just never finished it (kinda lost interest in NYU).</p>
<p>If the application isn’t due until the 1st, no, it isn’t. We’re on Spring Break now, but I think the Admissions Office is still open.</p>
<p>ok if i am borderline should i apply for gallatin CAS or global liberal studies. </p>
<p>i am in love with Gallatin but dont want to apply if it is harder to get into… please help me</p>
<p>act: 31
GPA:3.5…tons of reccs.
tons of EC
Great volunteer experience.
my info is above please please chance me I will chance you back :)</p>
<p>High School Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 1600, 550W 500M 550RC
- GPA: 3.3 (Took several Honors Classes)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 134/416
- Major Awards: Honor Roll (11th, 12th grade), Student of the Month (November).
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photography Club (Co-President), InnerKey club (Member)
- Volunteer/Community service: Over 75+ hours working at a Food Bank, Women’s shelter, and Creekside Clean-Up</p>
<p>CC Objective
- GPA: 3.65
- Units Completed: 62
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Oak Leaf Newspaper (Staff Writer)
- Major Awards: Dean’s List (2 years), Honor Society, Scholarship Recipient for grades
- Work experience: Hyatt Hotel (25 hours per week/1 year), Starbucks (25 hours per week/June 09-Present)</p>
<p>Application:
- Essays: I think it’s a strong essay. Discusses how i’m not sure what i want to be when i grow up - but thats ok for now. Discusses how i grew up and where i want to go.
- Teacher Recommendation: Great, from Speech Teacher, he helped me out a lot.</p>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
- Intended Major: Media, Culture, and Communication
- Intended Minor: Entertainment Business
- State (if domestic applicant): CA
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: M
- Income Bracket: Low
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation college graduate</p>
<p>NYU is my dream/reach school. I know i don’t have the best scores, grades, etc. But i still want to give it a shot. Wish me luck!</p>
<p>good lucK its a reach but with strong reccs and a good essay i think you have a real shot the first generation aspect definitely makes you stand out 
Wish you the best of luck</p>
<p>Im even more of a reach…keep your fingers crossed.</p>
<p>when do we get our final decision??
if the apps are due by april 1st,
does it mean they’ll start sending out the letters from the beginning of May?..</p>
<p>Gender: Male
State: California
School within NYU: Gallatin or CAS (Philosophy)
(Also applied to Berkeley, UCLA, Northwestern, Stanford, Claremont McKenna, USC, UCSD and UCSB)
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.): 4.0
H.S. GPA ( W & UW if available): Weighted - 3.92, Unweighted - 3.45
High School Performance (AP’s and the like): 7 AP scores, all 4’s and 5’s. AP Scholar with Distinction and National AP Scholar.
SAT (full breakdown): 1440/1600 (took it once in 2004 and never again)
Activities (brief list): I’m the founder of 2 successful non-profit foundations in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area as well as being a board member, planner, volunteer and involved actor in many other nonprofit groups, community organizations and philanthropic endeavors in Los Angeles and San Francisco. </p>
<p>Comments (brief - maybe whats makes you better from your h.s profile): despite a pretty good high school resume and acceptance letters from Northwestern, Berkeley and UCLA I decided not to attend college at all because I found my calling in senior year of high school when I founded U.F.I.S.H. my non profit program dedicated to training homeless in basic trades and setting them up with employment contracts with local companies. I’m 22 years old now and have realized I can do more with a degree, I want to become a civil rights attorney and expand my non-profit work. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone :)</p>