<p>I'm an international student, finishing my BA in a few months. I'd love to do my master's degree in communications at NYU, but I can't meet their application deadline for the fall semester 2011. Due to financial reasons and some other things, I have to start with grad school by the end of 2011. So I thought about starting with my 2nd choice (HPU) and then transfer to NYU. </p>
<p>Except not being admitted to NYU, is there any problem I could come across? What are my chances? Is it very difficult to transfer in the US?</p>
<p>I have excellent letters of recommendation, good TOEFL results, great work and internship experience etc. But my GPA is only "B". (maybe 2.4. or 2.5). Do you think that could be a problem?
I need to take the GRE.
What do you think is most important to get accepted?</p>
<p>NYU told me, they can only accept up to 10 credit points. I'm not that familiar with the US system yet.. Are 10 CP a lot? How many CP do you need approximately for a master's degree?</p>
<p>THANKS SO MUCH, I really appreciate it your help!</p>
<p>10 credit points at NYU appears to be about 2 or 3 classes at most (at NYU, most of their graduate classes are 4 credits each).</p>
<p>I would think transferring into NYU would be about the same difficulty as it is to get into the NYU masters program in the first place. Doing very well in a few master level classes may be good for transfer, as your undergrad GPA is a bit underwhelming (2.5). However, I can only imagine that NYU masters program is not easy to get into – I am not familiar with their stats for admissions. You should dig around for these kinds of stats to get a better idea of your chances for admission.</p>
<p>Is HPU a good fit? Because if you start there and you don’t get into NYU, you may find that you need to finish your masters at HPU.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I think I made a mistake with the GPA equivalents. I did some research and my GPA is 3.0 or 3.3 (depends on my thesis and two classes). Do you think that’ll be fine for NYU?</p>
<p>I’m interested in their Master of Arts degree in Media, Culture and Communication (Steinhardt). Does anyone know how hard it is to get in there?</p>
<p>And, by the way, how about CUNY? Is it a good school?</p>
Thanks so much in advance!</p>