<p>"I was accepted to Arts & Sciences, but I want to (transfer, double major, minor) in Newhouse..."
Ok so it isn't even a question, because by this point we've interrupted and pointed to our stack of "How to transfer into Newhouse" papers.
I may have posted this answer soemwhere else, but I thought it should get a thread, just in case, because this is the only question anyone ever asks us at the Newhouse table at spring reception.</p>
<p>Double Major/ Transfer from a school w/in SU: </p>
<p>After you have completed thirty credits (this may be at the end of your freshman year or in the middle of it, depending on how many credits you bring with you), you will re-apply to Newhouse. Dean Grassi will have determined how many transfer students the class can support. If the magic number is 35 and 40 people apply, the top 35 GPAs get in. So we advise you to take really easy classes your first year. Your artsci classes will count toward your Newhouse core.
If you don't make it the first time, try, try again. That's it. </p>
<p>Minor: It is just as difficult to get in to minor as it is to major. A major only requires about 4 more classes than a minor, so you should really just double major. However, you can simply apply for a minor in the office of student records.</p>
<p>Transfer from a different university: Standard transfer application process. However, the school only accepts a couple out-of-school transfer students a year. It's easier to apply as an SU student.</p>
<p>Never annoying! Believe me, we love any question we get.
Come visit us at the dome on Friday and Monday and pick up the sheet and Max's card if you get the chance (and say hi to a certain ambassador!)</p>
<p>We'll be there on Monday's tour for accepted students! There probably wont be that many of us then as school vacation will be over. When you are talking about the dome, do you mean the Carrier Dome? Anyway, perhaps we'll see ya!</p>
<p>yes I do mean the Carrier Dome. The reception includes lunch at the dome and all the schools (and some clubs, and services) have tables set up with panels to answer your questions. I'll be there Monday too, please come by!</p>
<p>Where exactly will you be? Will you be representing a school or a club?? My daughter will be attending Newhouse for Graphic Arts and will probably want to talk to someone in the gymastics club! </p>
<p>I know she reads everything in CC, but don't know if she writes at all. </p>
<p>Anyway, hope to meet such a nice, helpful student!!</p>
<p>Thank you! Seriously, my friends and I LOVE helping with Spring Resception (they do dorm tours, I do info). I'll be at the Newhouse table, next to the radio station. Our sign says "Public Communications", and we have the candy bowl (makes us very popular).
Not every club is represented, but there are clubs to represent every kind of club at SU.</p>
<p>When we visited last Feb and spoke w/the people at Newhouse, they said the average GPA for someone transferring into Newhouse was 3.8. That was the secretary who spent almost an hour talking to us about their different programs. This was the figure she mentioned to us, and she mentioned average high school GPAs and SATs and all that to us. I don't know with any accuracy, but that is what we were told at the time!</p>
<p>Are most students that want to transfer into Newhouse able to? </p>
<p>How can I judge my chances of being able to transfer? I applied for Newhouse as first choice but was accepted to my second choice school. I have been accepted to another university communications program. How can I figure out my chances to make this decision?</p>
<p>Samsmom- you talked to the secretary? Terry? yeah, that's funny bc she's the one I asked about the transfer GPA. She doesn't always give the same answer twice.
If there are more applicants than available spaces: first they rank the applicants by GPA, then they make sure they aren't failing out or completely ill-suited to Newhouse. But yeah, apparently it's the GPA that really does it. I don't believe it, but it's what the office keeps saying.</p>
<p>When we visited in Feb of 06 we talked to the secretary for a very long time. She really liked Sam and asked her a zillion questions and had her wait to talk to another guy in charge of admissions, and took between 45 minutes to an hour with us. Meanwhile other people came in and she gave them booklets and sent them on their way. I sometimes wonder if she somehow helped her get in!!?? </p>
<p>We were there yesterday for the reception and it was pretty nice. We were going to say hi and introduce ourselves, but you had a long line of people waiting to ask questions and my daughter was anxious to visit dorms and grab more cookies! We liked meeting with some others in her area (graphic arts) although the group was very small (3 total) but knowing the expectations of the major was kind of interesting... especially when they spoke about what the graphic designers do and the photography people do and how they work together... and she probably would want to do both her own photography and design, so it will be interesting to know where she will end up!</p>
<p>Haha I just gave what might have been a hilariously bad info session/ tour ever. If u were on it, I'm sorry. And for the record, I'm NOT a tour guide.</p>
<p>So I've been reading the course guides religiously, but I just can't make sense of any of it. Say I have been admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences to major in Psychology. If I want to transfer to Newhouse after my freshman year/or sophomore year to double major in Psychology from CAS and something from Newhouse, what curriculum would I be following, while dually enrolled? Or are there courses that would fulfill both requirements? Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>most courses fill both. Dually enrolled students follow the a&s curriculum and get A&S diplomas bc it's the older college (that makes a ton of sense, right?). All art sci classes fill the art sci credit requirement for Newhouse</p>
<p>Lol, ok...so...for my first two years, I'd be taking classes to fulfill the Arts & Sciences core, but my third and fourth year I'd just be doing the required major courses and major electives of each? Wow, is that even possible?</p>