I don’t see a thread created, maybe it’s a bit too early since the deadline is still half a month to go, but I will create one anyway. Feel free to post stats/questions!
Here goes mine:
Current college: Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan School of Business (originally came for athletic)
College Major Applying to: Finance/International Business (actually going there for entrepreneurship)
Current major/minor: Entrepreneurship
Entering as: Sophomore
HS GPA (Weighted, unweighted, don’t know. Canadian): 3.3
HS ranking: not sure, not good anyway
College GPA: 3.9; Major GPA: 4.0
SAT: 2010 (going to take ACT, comment below if you think my re-attempt is gonna be worth it)
First semester took one business course, this semester has three business courses
Extracurriculars:
High school:
no significant leading role but lots of participation (Me2We, student council, etc.)
Volunteer at Richmond Hospital
Won a highest level junior tournament in China and played in an European Tour (Euro PGA) Event
Ranked #7 in amateur ranking in China in 2011
College:
Two investments clubs, one of which manages a portfolio of $850,000
Miscellaneous:
Dean’s list
Essay (subjective rating):
transfer main essay: 7/10
Why brown: 9/10
Academic interest: 10/10
*subjective
Recommendation:
3, one from a English prof, one from a science prof, and one from History prof (this is definitely not helping, no professor in my major)
Why applying to Brown:
Shift of concentration from athletic to academics. the environment and the startup resources, financial center full of resources and connections
Hello yoyo45987!
Sounds to me like you stand a very good chance at being admitted. Mind if I ask which school you are applying to at NYU? I am guessing CAS.
Anyways on with my stats:
Current college: CUNY Queensborough CC (here in NYC)
Will be graduating: Associates Degree (60 credits) – Grad Date: May, 2015
Current major: General liberal arts (Math & Sci)
School applying: The Steinhardt School (CCTOP)
Major applying: Applied Psychology
College GPA: 3.8
HS GPA: 2.7
Entering as: Junior
SATs or ACTs: did not take (Not required; completed more than 1 year)
Dean’s List: 3 Semesters
Accumulated 12+ Honors credits
First generation to go to college
Extracurricular Activities:
Honor societies: Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta
Currently conducting an independent clinical neuroscience research project at Brooklyn College and Queens College.
Volunteer: EMS dispatcher, Ranger Convervation Corp Member @ Forest Park/Forest Hills
Conducted other research for the chemistry department @ QCC (related to psychology)
Student orientation leader (2 years @ QCC)
HS dropout. Left for medical/personal reasons.
Was required to explain that on my essay. Did return to graduate HS though.
Recommendation Letters: Two. One from advisor (part of ASAP program), other from psychology professor who is also my mentor (also connected me to BC and QC research in psych.)
Essay Ratings:
Transfer Essay: Good
Why NYU: Very Good
Explained reason for interruption: Very Good
Why applying to NYU?
Graduating from CC and have a clear focus on what I want to study. The curriculum for the applied psych is incredible and the emphasis that Steinhardt places between communities and academia makes the program extremely unique and fascinating.
Sorry I did not specify. I am applying to Stern. Since Stern is really really really hard, I am not sure applying there is a good choice, but I really want to study at Stern… It’s my dream school.
Your college stats look pretty good, I guess you really have to emphasize on how you started working harder in college. But I really don’t know anything about Steinhardt so don’t quote me… what I know from emailing the admission office is that for CAS the transfer admittance rate is almost 50% but for Stern is 2% (!!!)
Yeah I also did hear that Stern is really difficult to get into. I did describe in my essay how I am more serious about school and my future now than when I was in HS. Well I am hoping for the best. I am also applying to Steinhart because they have this program for community college student known as the CCTOP scholarship. But their program is what’s most interesting to me. I did speak with the program director concerning what the average GPA was for transferring students during the Fall 2014. She mentioned that the average GPA was a 3.6 with most students having 30+ credits. Out of the 90 applicants (community college students who at the time were eligible for CCTOP) that applied to Steinhart, around 60 were accepted. This is not very useful information to you since your applying to Stern, but may be for other students who will see this thread and have already applied to NYU Steinhardt.
Plz help me with my transfer to nyu,I have been accepted at RIT with scholarship for fall 2015 and my NYU poly results are awaited(expected rejection )but I desperately want to go there for doing a double major in integrated digital media and computer engineering.I don’t think I will get into NYU due to my bad HS GPA.i have been good in extra co-curriculars,no sport achievements but will play tennis in college.I am confident that I will get a nice GPA but what I am concerned about is transfer of credits.how should I plan my transfer to NYU poly?Plz help me,I am desperate to go there
Hi guys applying to Stern as well.
However, on the application portal my high school and college transcripts are marked as missing, even though I sent that way over a month ago. Is it just happening with me, or others have the same problem (aka they haven’t started processing)?
@loodik1
I believe what you are mentioning is the NYU Albert (or portal). If that’s the case then yes, I have the same thing on mine. I did call admissions to find out whether or not they received my transcripts. The only thing I got from them was “no news is good news”. Admissions is probably being flooded with so many documents from students that they are still organizing all of the paperwork. I wouldn’t be too worried though. If something were to be missing they would contact you.
Truthfully I’m not getting my hopes up too high for admission.
Current college: CC in Texas
College Major Applying to: English
Current major/minor: Journalism
Entering as: Sophomore? Junior maybe?
HS GPA: 3.1 I think, wah
HS ranking: Probably terrible
College GPA: 3.92; Major GPA: 4.0
SAT: Not submitting
Extracurriculars:
High school:
Two years on newspaper, junior year as editor of two pages, senior year editor in chief, improved paper significantly, held office on student council as treasurer
College:
Three semesters on award-winning college newspaper - currently managing editor, served on executive board of student government association, held office in press club multiple semesters - current vice president, currently editor for award-winning campus literary magazine, volunteered at local cat shelter since 2012
Miscellaneous:
Dean’s list every semester
Member of Phi Theta Kappa
Member of another school honors program
Recently won regional journalism award
First generation college student
Essay (subjective rating):
transfer main essay: dumb probably I don’t know
Why NYU: Hopefully it doesn’t suck
Academic interest: 10/10 ???
Recommendation:
2, one from the English professor who encouraged me to switch from journalism to english major, and one from my newspaper advisor/ former professor
Transferring from WUSTL/
GPA 3.96 (Freshman, with courses mostly “3” or “4” level)
HS GPA 3.97
SAT 2200
Good ECs
With deadline tomorrow, I am still on the fence which school to apply to, since Stern is real hard to get into… But NYU is my dream school anyway…
Thinking about Stern or Econ/Math in CAS…
Can anyone give me their opinion on my chances going to NYU?
Sophomore Transfer
GPA: 3.933
Total credits when Applied: 16
Currently Taking: 19 credits
SAT: 1980
ACT: 31
High School GPA 5.4 W/ 4.0 UW
High School Rank: 1 out of 268
Major: Pre-Business
EC:
Soccer Instructor / Volunteer: 8 hour/week
Work at Nike Retail Store: 16 hours / week
Ace Fitness Study Program: 8 hours / week
Varsity Soccer in High school: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Student Body Treasurer (elected)
Pep Club Treasurer (elected)
FBLA Treasurer (elected)
Honors Society Intra-club Representative (Elected)
Current School : University of Nevada- Reno
I was wondering if any of you had an idea of when external transfer applicants should expect to hear an admissions decision? I heard that NYU does their transfer admissions on a rolling admissions basis, but am not sure if that is accurate… I am applying to Steinhardt as a MCC major if that matters. Thanks!
you guys stated the GPA in college, did you guys add every GPA and gave the average? or is the latest one? i’m part of the CCTOP partnership school, may apply for SPS and Steinhardt also, cuz i predict my GPA for this semester highest i could get is 3.5 ish :S doesn’t feel safe…taking 17 credits this semester
Applying from: California CC
Applying to: College of Arts and Sciences
Major: Physics/Computer Science Double Major, Astronomy Minor
GPA: 3.86, will be 3.88 and end of semester, but they won’t see that
Honors Units: 36 units of honors, 9 classes specifically.
ACT: 35
ECs:
Swim (4 years at CC)
Waterpolo (4 years)
Student Government (3 years. 1 as senator, 1 as vp, 1 as pres)
SSCCC (2 years. 1 as delegate, 1 as secretary)
Forensics Debate (1 year)
