<p>Ok so I am going to be a Stern Scholar next year but I applied to basically every college known to man and didnt get in. I want to be in the finance world (ibanker, asset manager, etc, etc) and wanted to know whether I should be contemplating a transfer to another college, say an Ivy even though they dont have a business program but go off the colleges connections and overall prestige. Or possibly a Uchicago, UTexas, or Haas? Are the connections in Stern overblown and will being in NYC help me actually end up in NYC?</p>
<p>If you want to do stuff in the finance industry, stay in Stern. They have excellent connections, and the only school you should give up Stern for is Wharton.</p>
<p>Stern is awesome but If anything, transfer out to Wharton or Harvard/Stanford Econ</p>
<p>There is only a handful of colleges that match or exceed the connections/recruiting of NYU Stern in the "finance world." It seems like you are a bit discouraged by the fact that you didn't get into many colleges that you applied to (which I find hard to believe because you are a Stern Scholar), and thus, seems to doubt the quality of Stern. Anyway, even if that is that case, I assure you that there is no point whatsoever in transferring to the ivies, UChicago, UTexas, or Haas...as you have mentioned UNLESS you do not like the college experience/fit provided at NYC and NYU Stern. If you are considering to transfer solely based on "connections and overall prestige," transferring to the schools you have mentioned are what I consider to be "horizontal" transfers; transferring to schools that are at the same level OR even below. </p>
<p>Granted, HYPSM and UPENN Wharton may be considered more prestigious in the general world...but NYU Stern is nothing to be ashamed of. NYU Stern finance (which would be the major since you want to go into the finance world) is behind only UPENN Wharton...and is on par with the majority of the ivies and other top business programs. </p>
<p>To keep it short, give Stern a shot. And I assure you, there are not many schools that would be an "improvement" over Stern. However, if you are so bent on tranferring...or do not like the NYU culture after all, a vertical transfer would be to the Wharton and HYPSM. That is about it. If you got into the Stern Scholar program, you are very, very talented and could compete with anyone in the business world. So don't let the rejection letters discourage you (after all, much of admission to top schools is luck) and keep you from fully trying out NYU Stern and what the city has to offer. Trust me, you are on the right track.</p>
<p>Stern is excellent...a transfer isnt necessary to another school even to Wharton (and im going to wharton)</p>
<p>Unless you absoultely hate it at NYU, I would not recommend transferring unless you get accepted to an ivy and they pay for your tuition.</p>
<p>I think after reading what you guys have been saying, I am going to apply to the following schools for a transfer next year based on them being a "vertical" transfer.</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Stanford</p>
<p>Upenn has a bunch of requirements for transfer students so I dont think I would be eligible because of my schedule next year and Princeton doesnt accept transfers. So I guess I'll be applying to those three schools in the wintertime.</p>
<p>Am I leaving off any other schools?</p>
<p>I didn't mean to encourage you to think about transferring at such an early stage...after all, you haven't even started your freshman year yet. What I meant was...give Stern a shot because it's a great program. However, after a few months of experiencing NYC, if you still decide to transfer based on fit/prestige/whatever, then prepare to transfer. In other words, do not get caught up in transferring just yet. Good luck.</p>
<p>Yeah I guess you're right, but i just dont feel that Stern is that great of a program if I get into their Scholar's program and then get waitlisted/rejected everywhere else I apply.</p>
<p>Dude I seriously dont understand why you are considering transferring already. Yeah if you totally hate nyc than maybe thats a plausible reason. But if you work hard at Stern and get summer internships (which you def will be able to) you can get the same jobs as a Harvard or Wharton grad....but its up to you</p>
<p>where else did you apply ?</p>
<p>You will be flat out rejected from Stanford, let me tell you that... and I agree with the others in this thread... essentially, "You're trippin'" if you think Stern isn't a good undergrad b-school. You should wake up and take what you have.</p>
<p>At least give NYU a chance. It doesn't seem like you have a compelling reason to transfer (since you havent even started yet), so more than likely you will be dinged at those schools. Get over the inferiority complex you have because NYU Stern isn't exactly Podunk U. School of Business. In my opinion admissions isn't exactly a science, so the results will vary.</p>
<p>Yeah dude I got rejected from Cornell and waitlisted at UVA...but accepted to Wharton...so uh..is Wharton inferior?</p>
<p>"Yeah dude I got rejected from Cornell and waitlisted at UVA...but accepted to Wharton...so uh..is Wharton inferior?"</p>
<p>i'm the opposite. rejected from wharton, but got in the other two.
darn. ;)</p>
<p>One boy in my school got admitted by Cornell and Duke, but did not make Stern. People here think that's very normal.</p>
<p>If you know you want a job at Wall Street right after undergrad, what's wrong with Stern? Let's say 50% Whartonites land a Wall Street job while only (yeah, let's use this greedy word) 35% Sternies make it, who can give us a quantitative answer to show there are only 15% more competitive at Wharton than at Stern? I'd say that, you may have better chance to find a Wall Street job as a Stern Scholar than as an average transfer wharton student.</p>
<p>But if you don't like NYU and/or Stern, that's different.</p>
<p>well to answer the first question, I got waitlisted/rejected at most of the ivies and rejected from stanford. I was also waitlisted at UChicago. But after posting here I think I will hold off on transfering unless I hate NYU/Stern.</p>
<p>DextrOz, if I were you I'd go full steam ahead into Stern and not look elsewhere... it's a top notch business school, and the opportunities there are as good as/better than anywhere else you are looking.</p>
<p>well, some people want more than stern.</p>
<p>Well some people (like me) want Stern more than anything.</p>