Transfer chances??

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<p>I'm currently a freshman at NYU and I really want to transfer to Columbia</p>

<p>Please chance me.</p>

<p>SAT:
CR- 610
Math - 800
W- 670</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math II- 800
Biology (M)- 700
Korean (w/listening)- 790</p>

<p>AP:
Physics- 3
English- 3
Calculus BC- 4
Biology- 5</p>

<p>GPA:
high school- 3.75 < I've gotten all A's except for sophmore yr>
NYU- 3.85 (?)</p>

<p>NYU Classes:
Honor's biology, gen chem, psychology, World Cultures (req)
Conversations of the West (req), Writing the Essay (req)</p>

<p>EC:
- Academic Team:</p>

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<li><p>I've been moving around a lot. By this, I mean I've moved 4 times in high school alone. This has prevented me from doing things long term and also didn't help with getting much leadership positions and internships. Should I include this in my app somewhere?*</p></li>
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<p>I might be missing somethings so if there's anything else that you'd want to know just ask.</p>

<p>thank you so much!</p>

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<p>columbia usually doesn't accept students from other schools in new york city. i would try stanford. I was in the same position as you and when I applied, and I was rejected. After inquiring further, I found that they lean away from students who are already culturally aware of the city because they do not have anything to provide the campus. Also, because columbia just hates NYU (and vice versa). Also, i'm glad I stayed at NYU. I got an internship in the financial district this year (my senior year) and they're paying me double figures for a part time job (basically an internship) and i'm guaranteed admission to better ivies for grad this way.</p>

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<p>"After inquiring further, I found that they lean away from students who are already culturally aware of the city because they do not have anything to provide the campus"</p>

<p>where have you been inquiring, your friends at NYU? other columbia rejectees? Columbia is much more than the city, and would definitely not discount or dislike someone because they are already in the city, an outside transfer wanting to come to columbia primarily for NYC will likely get rejected. NYU students transferring in, have as much to offer campus as do students from any other school, columbia is not that stupid.</p>

<p>"Also, because columbia just hates NYU (and vice versa)."</p>

<p>this is baseless, and completely untrue, there is nothing to hate about either. I can see why some NYU kids would be bitter after a columbia rejection, but columbia kids def do not hate NYU, and on an official level too there is no bitterness or rivalry what-so-ever. I know of NYU professors who are great personal friends of columbia profs, William Easterly and Xavier Sala-i-Martin come to mind. There is a lot of collaboration between the two schools. </p>

<p>"I got an internship in the financial district this year (my senior year) and they're paying me double figures for a part time job (basically an internship) and i'm guaranteed admission to better ivies for grad this way."</p>

<p>1) double figure for a part time job soph year is standard, i have many friends who did/do exactly that and get paid that.
2) an internship in the financial district (financial firm?) is ridiculously far from guaranteeing you admission into an ivy grad program, let alone a 'better ivy' grad program, maybe you're stellar in every other way, but then staying at NYU is not the reason you'll get into a top program.</p>

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<p>wait you just said you have an internship in your senior year but you said</p>

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i'm a sophomore. it's not that nyu is "easy," because it's not....

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<p>in this thread:<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/641158-transferring-out-nyu.html#post1061696610%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/641158-transferring-out-nyu.html#post1061696610&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>