<p>Furthermore, I do not think I am "applying blindly". I happen to care about the prestige of a school over other factors. Do not give me all this "it should be a good fit" garbage. I am staying at the school for two years.. I think I can handle a less than perfect fit in return for a lifetime of opportunity a good school on your transcript provides. Applying to many prestigious schools is simply smart given the extremely low chance even qualified applicants have of being accepted.</p>
<p>You've missed my point. It's not a matter of whether you're happy or not in this case. It is important to apply to top schools that are ALSO good fits because so much rests on your essays and reasons for the school, particularly in your situation as you are coming from a lower-ranked school with a decent GPA. If you apply to every ivy and top school around but have relatively crappy reasons, it is highly unlikely that you'll get into any of them. </p>
<p>If you apply to 2 or 3 top schools that you really love and that shows in your essays, you will have a much better shot. If you can apply to many ivies (or all of them) with great reasons for each, that is very impressive, but writing a compelling essay is harder than it sounds. </p>
<p>Again, I'm not trying to change your mind and I don't care if you listen to what I say. I am just saying, as someone that was recently in your position regarding school choice, you should re-evaluate your approach to the transfer process, as I did.</p>
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<p>Reasons do not play as much of a rule as you think they do. I've seen students with relatively poor reasons get into Ivy League schools as a transfer.</p>
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<p>Nspeds, using your own advice: exceptions do not constitute the norm. I imagine people that get in with poor reasons to schools that accept 10% or less of transfer applicants basically have everything else going for them. This applicant does not - reasons will be very important.</p>
<p>brand_182:</p>
<p>With the amount of students I have seen get in without good reasons, I would say that they do not constitute exceptions to the rule.</p>
<p>Remember the old saying that CC students probably had a better chance of getting into a tier 1 institution than a student applying from a tier 1 institution, simply because the CC student would have better reasons/needs for wanting to attend the institution. If that were <em>really</em> the case, then CC students wouldn't constitute a very small minority of the admits at most tier 1 institutions. </p>
<p>Many students who, say, make it into Harvard, already come from top institutions. Transfer admissions is almost just like freshman admissions: write good essays, and have a good record, and you have a good shot. Explicating why you might need the school might help, but it is in no way necessary. I've seen many, many applications where students never explained why the specific institution would be so necessary to their plans, yet they were admitted.</p>
<p>I don't really remember that saying.</p>
<p>In a sense, that is discouraging, but at the same time encouraging for other schools I am applying to.</p>
<p>On another note: I read Strunk and White. Interesting book - finished it in about 30 minutes...hopefully my essays will improve.</p>
<p>I read an article from Yale saying that if you are already in a 4 year, you shouldnt waste your time cuz they would rather take CC students and maybe, some from other ivies.</p>
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<p>Really? Then how the hell did a good friend of mine get into Yale from Georgetown last year? </p>
<p>Obviously, he was just wasting his time [rolleyes]</p>
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<p>Strunk and White requires not only reading, but also internalizing.</p>
<p>haha, maybe im exaggerating a bit ;)</p>
<p>Just a bit.</p>
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<p>Obviously. Fortunately, I was well aware of many of Strunk's "rules."</p>
<p>The one that really stuck out was taking the active voice, where I will focus on improving.</p>
<p>W.R.T books (however lame a connection), I just finished re-reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri which re-invigorated me into free writing some more soul-stirring transfer essays.</p>
<p>If any have not read that book or the Interpreter of Maladies I HIGHLY recommend the works. Lahiri is also a fantastic speaker and a wonderful person (I met her in NYC).</p>
<p>"Mojojo, if I were an undergrad NYU student I would want to transfer too (but heck I wouldn't be there in the first place), even to a tier3 or 4 school. NYU is the most overrated school for it's price (which is roughly the same as an Ivy or top20 college where you can get a MUCH better education). OP I don't blame you for wanting to go.</p>
<p>But-- I wouldn't really shoot for an Ivy since that's just shooting for the stars having stepped out of NYU. Look at Siena college, Reed, Montana State U., Univ. of Nevada, and some good SUNYs like Albany and Binghamton if you want to stay in the New York area. Good luck."</p>
<p>That has to be some of the worst advice I've ever seen on CC. I really question whether you were drunk or on drugs when posting this...each year, about 5-7 students from NYU CAS successfully transfer to an Ivy. You obviously don't know what the hell you're talking about. I mean, I don't like NYU and I want to transfer as well, but what you said above is probably the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. If you are that stupid, you shouldn't be on here. You are definitely the most idiotic person I've come across on here, get of this ******* thread and go back to smoking your pot.</p>
<p>Hey, hey, hey. Let's not generalize pot smokers. That is wrong.</p>
<p>lol! hey, dont include my name under that post! haha</p>
<p>Seriously...why the **** would anyone transfer from NYU to "Montana State U., Univ. of Nevada, and some good SUNYs like Albany and Binghamton?" The only reason that I even see as fathomable would be financial reasons, but it seems as if the OP doesn't have that problem. </p>
<p>God damn that ******* idiot ticks me off. As brand_182 correctly stated, NYU is one of the top feeder schools into the ivies for transfer students(espeically Cornell). Keep in mind here I'm not trying to defend NYU in any way - I'm currently an undergrad here and I don't like it, but no one can deny that NYU generally has very good academics (philiosophy, math, business, and economics in particular). In fact, more and more CAS economics majors are getting recruited by top investment banks. The pre-med program here is considered excellenet, and many students get into top med schools. </p>
<p>I can't believe someone would be so stupid as to say the OP has no chance at an Ivy - that idiot should be banned from CC and live in a ******* cave with his fellow cavemen. Forgive my language, but this guy is undoubtledly the most idiotic I've come ever come across on CC. </p>
<p>By the way, brand_182 is one of the most knowledgable, lol. I'm glad to see someone so well informed as him on these boards to counter the idiocy that sometimes seeps through.</p>
<p>FBI_34 why haven't you enjoyed your experience at NYU? I applied and I'm slightly disheartened now.</p>
<p>qwilde, look at how angry he is. This is what NYU does to you. I've never met more unhappy students and as many people who want to transfer from any other school. Just hope you get in somewhere else, too.</p>
<p>What an interesting thread. I'm surprised I didn't notice it sooner. Btw, Brand if you're reading this then I can't help but say you've been more helpful in the past (i.e. several months ago) than you are now. ;) (And what the heck happened to nspeds? I kinda miss him)</p>
<p>In my honest opinion, transferring from NYU to an Ivy is not as difficult as Sergio makes it seem. In fact, I attended NYU freshman year only to successfully gain admission to Columbia (coincidentally, I'm a pre-med as well). One of my buddies is also heading off to Harvard next fall. And another to Cornell. I guess the difference was that it was the only school that I applied to, and I think my reasons were pretty well-founded. Sergio, NYU is a great school and has a lot of things going for it, but students seek transfers simply because they realize it isn't for them. It seems more often the case that a given student will either love or hate the school. It's not really the university's fault...it's just that I couldn't imagine missing out on a traditional college experience, rather than NYU's goal of integration with the city.</p>
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<p>Whyever would you say that?</p>