<p>I'm not insecure about anything. I just think there is no way that you would know. You act as if you know all of these things for a fact. I too have had a lot of experience with the college application process; I come from a family where everyone went to a university. I just know that what the admissions counselor told me conflicts with what they told you---they said that since there we so many eligible applicants that they had to look at essays with great importance because that is the only way that they can distinguish a Love3qualshate from a DuffleBag.</p>
<p>So Duffle, please be encouraging on this site; nobody likes a downer. Like I said in an earlier post, people come on here to vent their worries about getting into college and to feel better and have a sense of security. If they wanted to get scared and become paranoid of their chances, they would go on another site.</p>
<p>Maybe you have twisted logic, but I don't know how stating a 3% accept rate in a forum that will see hundreds of people will make anyone feel better.</p>
<p>coming on here to vent is fine, coming here to try and vent at somebody elses expense is not</p>
<p>it is quite obvious that you are taking your insecurities out on me (calling me "boy" is not very mature and throwing the fact that your whole family went to a university as if i denied it or it was of any kind of relevance)</p>
<p>i'm not acting if i "know" on a complete whim to throw it in your face...i told you where my opinions are derived from...again, of course they look at essays as a way to distinguish applicants, of course they matter, of course a representitive from the school is going to say as much to you over the phone or to a group of applicants. the point is, however, that according to the people ive talked to and what i believe to be the general consensus is that they matter less at nyu than at most other comparable universities...</p>
<p>i don't know what your continued obsession is with me stating that cas acceptance rate was around 5% last semester, if you wanna go look up when i originally stated it, i was not being rude or condescending but merely trying to help the person who it was relevant to...moreover, you might not like to accept it, but thus far it has not been contradicted...transfer rates are a basic piece of information, if simply stating it like i'm sure its stated with other schools on this forum is offending your personal notion of what this board should be...well, then I can't help that</p>
<p>I'm not going to allow this to get drawn out any further than it has, so i will not be posting in this thread for the forseeable future or viewing any potential responses...if you still want to talk about it, feel free to pm me</p>
<p>i disagreed with you dufflebagjesus. I got into CAS with less than stellar high school grades and poor first semester college grades. </p>
<p>I am sure the admissions officers wont lie to anyone about what they are looking for. They want to look for attributes of each applicant that lead them to accept him/her but definitely not for ways to reject them. If grades are more important than essays rather than on the same level, then it will be a joke and waste of time for the applicant has to write an essay and answer all those short responses. if that is so, the best they can do it not allow transfer students at all or simply ask for their transcript. Grades are important but they aren't the only factor. The same goes for employers. Would you hire a 4.0 nerd who simply studies everyday and has no experience or a worker who has an average GPA with lots of experience?</p>
<p>I copied this from the transfer 2008 thread. the gpa below is only up to 3rd semester. my fourth semester was 3.4ish</p>
<p>university: stonybrook SUNY
GPA: 3.3 GPA (3.28 exact)
ECs: pretty much nothing special
- Math Tutor in high school and college
- part-time paramedic </p>
<p>High school: FDR, a school in NYC
GPA: VERY LOW 2.1 GPA i had no idea how I got in Stony with that low average it was my reach
ECs: Vice president of a chinese club in senior year
treasurer of the same club junior year
handball team from sophomore year to senoir year</p>
<p>SAT I:
800 Math
510 critical reading
490 writing</p>
<p>retake in senior year for fun:
800 Math<--- i like math
550 cr
500 writing</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
- MATH II: 790
- Biology: 560
- US History: 670</p>
<p>Edit: I was a former health science BachelorSci. major, didnt like it and switched. 4.0s last two semesters there. the first semester was terrible. i am still embarassed to say it.</p>
<p>i was formerly pre-med health sciences, then switched to economics and political science at stony. at nyu, i was thinking about double majoring in economics major with theory concentration and politics. However, I dropped the idea of a politics major. I am now in an joint major in economics theory and mathematics with a politics minor.</p>
<p>punkrock101, i also think it's my 4.0s last two semesters too. without it, they probably will reject me.</p>
<p>does anyone know if a 3.4 english major would be considered a competitive applicant to NYU for FALL 09 admission? i have a lot of leadership roles and activities on my transcript and great reccomendations from the academic dean at my current junior college(ca) in addition to a few teachers. by the end of this school year i would have completed all of the required courses that fulfil all of the UC's.</p>
<p>I have a 3.67 gpa for last year, but I'm scared that my gpa is going to drop after this year. Does anyone know if they are going to look at the overall total gpa or look at the each semesters gpa.</p>
<p>Hey all. If I don't get into Cornell for the Spring, I'm applying to Stern for the Fall. I'm currently a sophmore at UMD-College Park taking 20 credits this semester(Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra, Number Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics, Finance, and Physics) and sitting in on an MBA course on Futures and Options Theory. I was into a lot of trouble my sophmore year of HS, and ended up as one of those turn around stories that guidance couselors love.</p>
<p>Stats:
College GPA: 4.0(40 credits, not including AP's)
HS GPA: 3.7
SAT 1: 2030(660 Critical Reading, 700 Math, 670 Writing)
SAT 2: 670 US History 620 Math 1
AP's: 3 US History, 4 Language, 4 Calc AB, 5 Euro History, 4 Literature, 1 Computer Science</p>
<p>I played Tennis and Soccer in High School, and joined a few clubs. Yet, other than that I don't have any spectacular EC's. I'm on the Tennis Club and UMD in addition to being involved in the Finance/Banking Society and Entrepreneurial Club. My strongest EC is that I'm certified as a Maine Trip Leader, and I spend 9 weeks of my summer in Maine every year at an all boys summer camp leading hiking trips in the White Mountains. </p>
<p>I'm worried about my SAT 2's and Comp. Sci. AP.</p>
<p>I think they look at overall GPA, but I'm sure they would notice a trend. If you have an upward trend (3.2>>>3.7>>>4.0) I'm pretty sure they would see your increased commitment to your academics. Can't tell you for sure though because admissions marches to the beat of their own drum.</p>
<p>focuse-ready-your gpa is certainly going to be a weak point and really hurt your chances, but it won't necessarilly cripple them...people have gotten in with a 3.4, but everything else has to be spectacular for you to be really competitive</p>
<p>illusion bmore-you certainly look to be a competitive applicant for stern and will have a shot...however your ec's do appear to be very weak compared to most other successful stern transfers...most stern transfers have real world business experience (internships), being a travel guide during the summer is nice but i'm afraid it won't help all that much</p>
<p>again, you should have a shot...you should be in that top 50% of applicants who all have a shot in the crapshoot that is stern admissions...from there it is really about making yourself standout, so do all you can to do that</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. I agree that my EC's are weak. Yet I don't understand why sitting behind a desk working with Excel for the summer would be more impressive than leading overnight trips in the wilderness where you're responsible for the livelihood of eight 13 year old boys. I would think that given the appropriate spin, my work as a trip leader would come off as much more impressive than a summer internship doing grunt work. Nonetheless, I wouldn't be surprised if you were right, and I thank you again for your comment.</p>