Hi !
I want to transfer into Stony Brook for the Information Systems major.
I want some insight if any about how transfers are treated and the availability of classes/housing for transfers?
(I’m also concerned that my transfer wont be accepted because my hs transcript will be looked at (1190 math+reading, 3.4 hs GPA). If I get rejected, could I apply a third time (I applied in my senior year but turned it down for a CUNY) when I’ve acquired more than 24 credits? )
Availability of classes is hard to say, honestly, because it really depends on your individual situation – what you’ve completed, what you need. Once you’ve completed 24 credits, then we don’t look at the high school record any more, but if you’re still in the middle of that second semester, then we either look at high school stuff OR we wait until we get your spring grades.
Hope this helps!
Chris
I heard that transfer students register for classes late (with freshmen)- is that only for their first transferring semester or does that continue on for all semesters until they graduate?
Also, is there a way that I could see how my credits would transfer? My college isn’t on the list of colleges on the transfers site so it said i’ll have to wait until my orientation day. Can I find out beforehand?
& I didn’t know that waiting for my spring grades was a possibility!
Thank you so much !!
Transfers typically register before freshmen; your Orientation will likely be in June, whereas the freshmen don’t start until July. So you’ll get that much of a benefit your first time out. Once you’re here, when you register for spring, you fall in with your credit load. So if you’re bringing in 30 credits, you’ll register with those students who have 30 credits.
On the transfer credit question – yes: http://mobile.cc.stonybrook.edu/sb/undergraduate-admissions/events/?session=transfer
Hope this helps!
Chris
I am so happy to answer your question.
The freshman will take all the courses first. Then you will have to pick what is left for you.
Your major’s courses might be available, but the professor might not be who you like(ratemyprofessor).
Do a course evaluation to yourself:
http://it.stonybrook.edu/services/course-evaluations-students
The advisor during the orientation is probably going to use the exact same system to waste 2 hours to evaluate courses for you.
Be careful about the solar system registration. There are courses available but in Korea. Some of those courses do not have a clear identification. So keep a close eye on the course number, if 7 of them are starting with the same pattern and 2 of them are starting with different pattern, don’t jump into the course immediately.
Housing similar to the course selection, there is a chance that you will not have on-campus housing. At least that happened to me last semester( I am 2014 Fall transfer ). You might be place into BrookHaven dorm, which will guarantee on-campus housing next year. But I heard the bus schedule is terrible.
http://www.sbindependent.org/with-dorms-filled-stony-brook-turns-to-dowling-to-house-transfers/
High school transcript has no effect toward transfer.
Get ready to drive if you don’t have on-campus housing.
And ignore that paid worker.
I mentioned the high school transcript because I don’t have 24 credits yet, so they’ll see my hs transcript and my SAT scores. If I request on campus housing, when its already overcrowded, will I be rejected because of it?
So all freshmen register before transfers? Is that just for the transfers first semester as a transfer student? or does that continue on for more semesters? Also, did all/most of your credits from your previous institution transfer through?
When dorming at Brookhaven, do you move in to an on-campus room when space opens up (possibly during the year) or do you have to wait till the next academic year? and then, can you choose which building to dorm in?
thank you for the reply!
Your residency status doesn’t matter in the admissions process; you can decide if you want to place a housing deposit after your offer of admission, regardless of what you put on the application.
Most transfers register before the freshmen do; transfer orientation is in June, freshmen in July. It’s only the last-minute admits, or those who have a conflict, who register in August. And once you’re here, you’ll fall in line with your credit load – so if you come in with 24 credits, you’ll register with everyone else who has the same number of completed credits.
Brookhaven is a short-term solution; it’s a two-year contract, so I’d probably anticipate some space out there again this fall, but beyond that, I don’t know. Transfers are housed on a space-available basis, so unfortunately you don’t have a lot of choice. We offered Brookhaven as an option for people last fall in case they couldn’t commute and/or find their own off-campus housing, but it was not mandatory for anyone.
BB’s right on a very important point, though. Do your research and your homework on your courses, and have an idea of what you want to take, both now and in the future. You may not get every class you want your first semester, and that’s okay; but if you have an idea of what you need when you get to Orientation, you’ll be more productive. Your advisor is there to advise you, but ultimately, what you take is up to you.
Chris