Transfer from NYU to USC

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi, I'm currently a student at NYU, just starting my sophomore year. I absolutely hate it here and really want to get out ASAP. I'm thinking out just withdrawing and taking a year off to possibly do some volunteer work. </p>

<p>I have stellar grades at NYU, my GPA after my freshman year was a 3.93. I had a lot of AP credits that carried over so I'm already almost a junior at NYU technically. In high school I had close to a 4.0 and my SATs were 800 Writing, 740 Critical Reading and 640 Math. I was student council president and captain of the varsity cross-country team.</p>

<p>I really just don't fit in at NYU and have found that I don't like NYC at all. USC was really my dream school but my parents didn't want me to go that far away so I never applied. Now after seeing how miserable I am at NYU they are OK with me applying there. </p>

<p>My questions:
Will it look bad for me to take this year off and just apply as a sophomore to USC? Especially if I do some sort of volunteer work, or actual work, during my year off and I'm not just sitting around doing nothing?</p>

<p>What do you think my actual chances are of being accepted to USC?</p>

<p>and also, I know USC has a high transfer acceptance rate from California community colleges, so do you think it would be worth it for me to try to attend one of them for a semester and transfer to USC from there?</p>

<p>I really don't know how the whole transfer process works/ what will be expected of me so any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for all your help.</p>

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<p>may I ask why you hate NYU…? just wondering. Is it because of all the goddamn hipsters? How did you even manage to pay for it?</p>

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<p>Yeah, it really the people here, including the hipsters. Most are so full of themselves and condescending and just plain weird to the point where I can’t even hold a conversation with them. I also just don’t like NYC, it’s dirty and hot and crowded and I’d rather live on an actual campus.</p>

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<p>dude i’m in the same position as you are, nyu sucks.</p>

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<p>Apply to USC. I bet you would get in. You could always take online courses @ Santa Monica College in the meantime.</p>

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<p>USC is a private and does not put higher priority on transfers from CA schools. With that GPA I’m sure you’d have a great chance at getting in. I transferred to USC from a cc in NV and did a campus tour of NYU also and after visiting both I was totally sold on USC. Although I can’t answer your question regarding taking a year off, I can say that it is incredibly easy to talk to and become friends with most anyone at USC,.</p>

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<p>Wow I feel better knowing I’m not the only one who hates NYU. If you don’t wanna get drunk then your options to have fun start to dwindle away, and the lack of a campus is quite annoying. I don’t have anything to add to this thread, but I wish you the best of luck in your efforts to transfer, I’m gonna be looking to be a sophomore transfer if at all possible.</p>