<p>(Looks like I posted in the wrong forum initially, whoops >_>)</p>
<p>Hey there again guys, you've been really helpful over the past few weeks, and I hope you can help me again</p>
<p>Well, I got accepted into NYU, and am planning on going there (bar a surprise waitlist acceptance) but the financial situation is killing my family. I did stock up on scholarships, but they simply aren't big enough to cover such a huge tuition (and Penn State didn't give me much easier, <em>sigh</em>). My question is, how exactly hard is it to transfer? Say, after my first year for example.</p>
<p>Are they going to look more at my high school stuff than my college grades? Are they going to look primarily at my HS activities?</p>
<p>IMO your college grades are more important than your HS grades/activities. SOme unis are apecific about SAT scores, meaning they consider the ones you took during HS and not the one you might re-take during your first year. You need to research more carefully about your transfer colleges and the financial aid they provide to transfers. Also have a backup plan with your financials if you are unable to transfer during your first year(fingers crossed).
Good Luck!</p>
<p>If you are planning on trying to transfer after only 1 year at NYU, then your HS grades are still very important. At that point colleges will only have 1 semester of college work to evaluate your performance since you graduation from HS. In addition, you should know that at "top" colleges, the acceptance rates for transfer students are usually lower than for freshman applicants.</p>
<p>And I know that some colleges want a full year done when you transfer... but does that mean you can apply during your 1st year, or does that mean you have to do so in your 2nd?</p>
<p>And just how important are EC's in determining transfers? Is it the same weight as freshman applications?</p>
<p>EC's are of much less importance for transfers than for freshman. The most important factors are your grades- both in college and in HS. If you are trying to apply "'up the food chain" then you need to have stellar grades in college. A word of advice, because I have seen this asked every year at this time by HS students disappointed that they did not get into their " reach" college- If you were not accepted to a highly selective college as a freshman candidate, then realistically your chances of acceptance are even less as a transfer student, unless you can show remarkable improvement in college. You shoud take a look at the transfer rates threads from the last 2 years to get an idea of how hard it is to transfer into the most selective colleges. Transfer acceptance rates can be less than 1/2 of freshman acceptance rates, or can be virtually non existant =1-2%. Private colleges "in general" save few spots for transfers applicants- the number of openings for transfer students is determined by how over-subscribed the incoming freshman class is and how many students want to transfer out. There are exceptions- USC takes a lot of transfer students each year.
You apply in early Spring of your first year of college, and decisions are normally made in May. You will have completed a full year of college by then.</p>