<p>--- Well, I repost this again because first time I posted it in NYU forum. However, I think this forum would give me more accurate and in-depth information since it's all about transfer students. ---</p>
<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I'm a senior international high school student and will be graduating by the end of this month with both New York State High School Diploma and IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma. I have several questions about transferring to NYU - College of Arts and Sciences. Well, before going into those questions, let me clarify my situation for a bit.</p>
<p>At first, I didn't plan to go to any college in the US at all. Since I've decided to do the IB Diploma, I aimed my goal to the UK and didn't apply to any the US colleges by the deadline of January 1. At that time, everything went pretty well; I got accepted into my UK firm choice school -- The University of Manchester (Manchester Business School) However, last 2-3 months I suddenly changed my mind about going to college in UK. Well then, my parents asked "so what's next?" </p>
<p>I knew it was pretty late to change my mind and started taking SAT and applying to the US colleges in the middle of february. I knew I missed all the chances for getting in the US top colleges. But that's the only thing I could do, so I decided to ask my counselor for help and applied to 6 schools for Economics BA. Fortunately, I was accepted into everywhere I applied to -- NYIT, Suffolk, U of Illinois Springfield, U of Wisconsin Green Bay, Pace, and Indiana University at Bloomington. I'm not very sure yet where I will be attending this fall. Honestly, I love being in the city. (Well, maybe you guys could give me a suggestion.)</p>
<p>Last three weeks, I went for a luncheon and tour at NYU. I really like the atmosphere, environment, and everything there. These elements have led me develop a strong feeling and passion of getting into NYU. So I came up with four major questions about transferring. Some of the questions may seem foolish, but bear with me guys. I just want to make sure and gather all of the information as much as I can.</p>
<p>Firstly, what classes should I take exactly? Should I just take a core liberal arts courses, or should I just declare my major and take Economics classes? -- I asked my counselor; however, he wasn't pretty sure about it. He said that it would be better to take a core liberal arts courses because it's universal, and all (or almost all) credit could be transfered. On the other hand, if I declared my major in the first year, some of credits would not be able to transfer since different universities have different courses. And on the NYU website says that all transfer applicant to CAS have to declare a major. I'm not exactly sure if eventually in the freshmen year I decide to take liberal arts courses and undecided major, would this be an obstacle for transferring? </p>
<p>Secondly, is it possible if I wish to transfer to NYU in the second semester of my freshmen year? It says here on CAS page, "The most competitive applicants to the College of Arts and Science are those who have completed a minimum of one full-time semester of college/university coursework at another accredited institution." However, on the regular transfer page says, "Our most competitive applicants will have completed at least 32 credits/points of liberal arts coursework by the time you would enroll at NYU (equivalent to approximately one year of full-time study)." This one is pretty ambiguous and confusing.</p>
<p>Thirdly, in accordance with the second question, this leads me up with a question how many credit will I make in the first semester and the whole freshmen year for core courses of liberal arts? and how many credit will I make if I decide to go with Economics BA major? It doesn't have to be an exact number, I just want to know it approximately because I went on some transferring threads and saw many people had a significantly different number of credits. Some earned 45 credits in their freshmen year, some earned 32 in their first semester, some earned 24, and some earned 18. Nonetheless, they were accepted into NYU anyways.</p>
<p>Lastly, I've heard that if I chose to transfer as an incoming sophomore, I do not need to submit SAT Score, is that true? On the other hand, I would still have to submit SAT score if I wish to transfer in the second semester of my freshmen year. Though, this one needs to be clarify. It's from an unofficial source, so I wouldn't believe it thoroughly.</p>
<p>Here is my stats</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT/ACT breakdown: 630 CR 680 M 630 WR (Not impressive. I took it in January, plan to take it again this october.)
[</em>]SAT/ACT Superscore: 1940
[<em>]SAT IIs: Never take any of SAT IIs.
[</em>]TOEFL: 106 (iBT)
[<em>]GPA (Unweighted): 4.00
[</em>]GPA (Weighted): 4.4/4.7 (My school uses this as a class rank standard.)
[<em>]Rank: 6 out of 170 (Top 3%)
[</em>]IB: Not done with the IB exams yet, but was predicted for 39
-English A: Language and Literature HL (6)
-Spanish Ab Initio SL (5)
-Economics HL (6)
-Business and Management SL (7)
-Math SL (6)
-Biology HL (6)
-Theory of Knowledge (A/7) Presentation 19/20, TOK Essay 37/40
-Extended Essay (A)
[<em>]Leadership Positions:
-Vice President of School's MSG Varsity Club (12)
-Leader of school's Culture club (11-12)
-Leader of Business and Economics Tutoring club (11-12)
-Leader of Math game at local elementary school (11)
[</em>]Awards/Honors:
-Outstanding Academic Performance (10)
-Winner of School Founder's Scholarship (Worth $40200 for 2 years) (11-12)
-Headmaster's/Dean's List (11-12)
-President's Award for Educational Excellence (GPA 4.0 or higher) (11-12)
-President's Award for Educational Achievement (Biology HL) (12)
-Will graduate with both NYS HS diploma and IB diploma with high honor. (12)
[<em>]Other Extra-curricular:
-iOS and BlackBerry Operating System Developer -- received over 300,000 clicks of download in 3 months. (9-12)
-Community Service over 500 hours (11-12)
-Volunteer teaching Math, English, and Computer during Summer 2012 (11)
-School's Photographer/MSG Varsity Club's Photographer (My work was aired on MSG Varsity Channel along with my friends.) (12)
-School's News Anchor/News Reporter (12)
-Writer for School's Literary Magazine, MSG Varsity, and Yearbook club (12)
-School's Yearbook Committee (12)
-Vice President of school's MSG Varsity Club (12)
-Leader of school's culture club (11-12)
-Leader of Business and Economics Tutoring club (11-12)
-Leader of Math game at local elementary school (11)
-Drama Club's photographer (12)
-School's Blog Admin (12)
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Strong, reviewed by 2 English teachers.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Strong, I believe.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Strong
[<em>]Hooks (if any): International Student, maybe?
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Others[ul]
[</em>]Will Apply for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>]Intended Major: Economics BA
[</em>]State: Attending school in New York
[<em>]Country/Origin (if international applicant): Thailand
[</em>]School Type: Private Boarding High School
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]Income Bracket: ~ $400,000[/li][/ul]</p>