transfer student to new york city

Transfer Students
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<p>I was hoping someone might be able to help me out. I live in Michigan but I have always wanted to live in New York City so I'm looking into transferring somewhere there in the fall of 2009. </p>

<p>About me:
I want to be a writer so the particular degree program doesn't matter TOO much as long as it involves language in some way (Creative Writing, English Literature...maybe even Journalism). Also I plan on either double-majoring or at least minoring in French.</p>

<p>I'm gifted intellectually but I have had a very hard time succeeding in school. I skipped a grade when I was younger and excel on tests but I also have some nasty ADD and have lost focus really easily in the past. As such, my grades are very hot and cold. When I have actually applied myself I get a 4.0 no problem, but at other times I've completely failed out of or dropped every class that I was taking.</p>

<p>I have an associate in arts at a community college with a GPA of 2.6. Like I said though, there is a definite trend and it's pretty obvious to anybody looking at my transcript that it's a matter of applying myself. I did very well in the most recent semesters. In high school, I got roughly the same GPA but I don't think you need to submit high school transcripts once you have an AA. I got a 27 on the ACT if that matters. Also, I'm very confident in my writing ability so any application with a lot of writing is to my advantage.</p>

<p>I'm wondering if anybody could tell me
1. what schools I have a shot at getting into?
2. as far as reputation/value/etc. goes, which schools should be my top choices, were I to be admitted?</p>

<p>So far I've applied at CUNY Brooklyn, CUNY Hunter, Pace University and Marymount Manhattan College. I've already received word from Marymount that I've been accepted. I applied at CUNY a loooong time ago and they keep changing the date at which I'm supposed to hear word about my admission status. I originally was supposed to be notified the last week of November. Then it was changed to December. Now it's January. I only just recently applied at Pace so I don't expect anything back for awhile.</p>

<p>I considered applying at NYU as a sort of "hail mary" kind of thing, just because...I know I could write an impressive essay and...hey, you never know. Might as well try. Also, I looked at Pratt and at The New School.</p>

<p>Any recommendations as to where else I should apply?</p>

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<p>sounds like you’ve got a solid list and covered all the schools in that range in manhattan…applying to nyu with a 2.6 from a cc is a joke however</p>

<p>all the other schools you mentioned are of essentially the same prestige, whether you go to pace or marymount or whatever will not significantly effect your career path…go visit the ones that you get into and see which one strikes you the most</p>

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<p>Haha yeah i realize it would be a joke. However, don’t you ever see the graphs of GPAs that are admitted into really good schools, and there’s always that tiny like .25% that’s admitted with GPAs in the 2s, and you’re like WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE??!? In fact, my friend knows a guy who got into NYU with something around a 3 based on some community organizing work that he’d done in the past. So, you never know.</p>

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<p>The answer: legacy people</p>

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<p>or people who are connected or whose parents are major donors to the school</p>

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<p>Touch</p>

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<p>Anyone wanna chance me on those other ones I was talking about? Like I said, I already got into Marymount but the other ones I really have no idea what my chances are.</p>

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<p>“I’m gifted intellectually…”
who says that?</p>

<p>and dufflebag: ‘effect’, the noun, has a different meaning than ‘affect’, the verb… you know, in case you don’t want to be made to look the FOOL! again!
sick burn…</p>

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<p>oh, i just figured out who says it: the guy who wants to waste $75 and a few good hours of effort on an application to NYU with a 2.6, justified by sporadic bursts of performance… not to laugh in the face of your dreams, or anything, but… hahahahhahaha</p>

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<p>OH OK</p>

<p>I didn’t say that I was going to do it. I acknowledge that it would be a waste of my time and money. I said that I briefly considered it because there ARE times when people will get into schools that are way out of their league because the admissions staff is impressed by something else on their application.</p>

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<p>MikeyW-</p>

<p>Firstly, congrats on your acceptance to Marymount! With regards to the CUNY schools I cannot say whether you will be accepted or not. My gut tells me yes, but you never know. I am currently leaving the CUNY system and will be attending Columbia University, so I have a bit of an understanding of their system. As you know from their application process they really have no interest in your subjective activities and admission is purely quantitative. When I considered applying to Baruch I was told by an admin. that a minimum of 3.0 was necessary to be eligible for admission. I am not sure, however, if those same standards apply to Hunter and Brooklyn College. My advice to you would be to call both Hunter and Brooklyn College and ask what them what the GPA cut off is. That should give you a better idea of your chances. </p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>here come the grammar nazis again</p>

<p>mikeyw-</p>

<p>dont worry about pinkerfloyd</p>

<p>pinkerfloyd-</p>

<p>hey, buddy, maybe if you spent less time correcting people’s grammar on internet message boards, you would manage better than a 3.5 at your little community college, idiot. I have a hard time being called a “fool” or taking any criticism from community college kids seriously …We know, we get it, you are insecure about the fact that you can’t keep up in academia despite the fact that you are older than all of your peers so you take out your frustration on people who have fared far better than you have so far in life. You laughed at mikeyw for wanting to apply to nyu but, lets face it, they would laugh you off for applying just as fast, buddy</p>

<p>Night night</p>

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<p>pinkerfloyd-
I was reading your series of posts and just wondering exactly what kind of person shuts down someones dreams over the internet especially on a website with such an important topic as college admissions. Judging by your character you probably wish you had the initiative of someone like Mikeyw to push themselves and try to achieve at the highest possible level. So for that I say go for it Mikeyw. Show 'em up.</p>

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<p>don’t forget that academia is pronounced acadeemia. For those who are into that kinda stuff.</p>

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<p>dufflebag: </p>

<p>if i had the opportunity to take one minute out of every single day to get a dyck like you to take a grammar nazi post so seriously, please trust that i would. for the record, over the course of three semesters, while working 35 hours a week, promoting A list parties and events in hollywood, making more money than you’ve ever had and getting hotter women than you’ll ever see, i racked up three C’s and three B’s. after two years, i got sick of the scene, took a semester off, came back with a 3.8, got into the honors program, and my last 13 classes have been A’s. this semester, i’ll get three more. i didn’t apply to NYU, despite my more than reasonable shot at admission, because a) 35k a year + another 20k for food and a tiny manhattan hole in the wall is more than i care to spend on undergrad, and b) i think berkeley or ucla will provide better academically, + i have good friends at both of those schools… like, real, non-imaginary friends. </p>

<p>*statistically, CCC transfer students perform better academically and graduate with higher GPAs than those who began at UC.</p>

<p>lastly, i’m sorry that a little time at whichever T20 you attend has, in your mind, placed you on a pedestal so high above any other person who has lived life a little differently than you have. </p>

<p>somewhere:</p>

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<li><p>i resent people who pawn off their crappy performance in school on ADD. you’re not schizophrenic, you’re hyper active. there’s medication available. get on it and stop subscribing to the notion that it’s, “the only thing holding me back from actualizing my true ‘intellectual gift’!” that’s absolute crap and won’t fly anywhere other than in the mind of a child. </p></li>
<li><p>mikey didn’t push to achieve at the highest possible level. he performed with average results at the lowest possible level, and now wants to delay the inevitable acceptance of reality even FURTHER, opting to send in an application to a school WAY out of his league rather than face his not-so-bad circumstances. he’s gambling, not, as you put it, “pushing.”</p></li>
<li><p>you ask what kind of person am i… the kind who actually did try, actually did push myself, actually did prioritize and achieve… but if i told you i’d be sending in applications to yale or stanford, you, and a lot of other people on CC would laugh me off the page; and i feel like those closer within my reach than nyu is to mikey’s. </p></li>
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<p>mikey - look, man. if you’re going to apply, apply. who the fck am i, anyway, right? but when you get your rejection letter, go to marymount and DO WELL. pull A’s there, get INVOLVED, publish something, actually work and don’t slack, and you’ll be eligible for any of the grad schools an NYU graduate looks toward.
if your dream is to live in manhattan, consider delaying it by two short years that will serve as yet another stepping stone to that ultimate end.
and don’t refer to yourself as, “intellectually gifted.” the world is intolerant of intellectuals as it is. the worst thing you can do to reverse that sentiment is to be pompous.</p>

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<p>It’s funny that that is what this thread sort of became about. If you reread my original post, you will see that I only said that I had thought about it. I noted immediately afterwards what an extreme unlikelihood my being considered at a school like that would be. It’s a fairly common practice to apply at a bunch of schools where you know you’ll probably be accepted but also apply at like 1 or 2 where it’s a long shot, just in case you happen to get in at a “dream school” by some strange fluke. I find it odd that you’d ridicule me even after having stated that reason. If I wanted to throw away my money, what’s it to you? It never hurts to try, even if there is no chance. </p>

<p>As far as the “gifted” comment- I wanted to convey that my academic failures have been as a result of my own lack of motivation and drive, not because of intellectual shortcomings. I’m fully capable of academic success as proven by…my academic success. I basically flunked college but have since raised my GPA immensely by achieving high grades for the past three semesters. When there is such a striking contrast, it really could have some sort of effect on the admissions process, so I wanted to make sure I made that clear. There’s not really any way of saying that without sounding a little unintentionally arrogant. But it’s not like this is a dinner party or something. We’re not socializing. We’re talking about college admissions on a message board. I’m not really worried about whether I sound pompous or not on here…</p>

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<p>“…I also have some nasty ADD and have lost focus really easily in the past. As such, my grades are very hot and cold. When I have actually applied myself I get a 4.0 no problem, but at other times I’ve completely failed out of or dropped every class that I was taking.”</p>

<p>i resent you because you pawn your failure off on ADD, a half-assed, over-diagnosed ailment that, in any event, is treated easily, effectively and economically. you should not have been able to destroy your gpa to the point that a 2.6 was the best you could have hoped for, before realizing the need to actively approach your problem. if you let it get that far, it wasn’t the ADD, it was YOU. if you’re past it now, you should be proud of yourself, not rationalizing your shortcomings and up-talking your potential. </p>

<p>‘shaky’ implies A’s followed by D’s followed by A’s, etc. not crappy for a long time, then, after prioritizing, 3 semesters of A’s.
i empathize with your banking on the upward trend consideration, but how, after three semesters of “high grades,” how are you only at a 2.6? are they only high relative to your record? </p>

<p>you should know that the people who get into NYU and similar schools with grades below mediocre, if they’re not legacies, have done something substantial outside of school. SUBSTANTIAL, mikey.
getting yourself out of an academic slump is responsible, NOT substantial; and if you think it is, well, you’re really setting the bar high there, aren’t you…
your confidence is great, sure, but indeed be confident, not foolhardy.
i’m over this.
best of luck. you’ll need it.</p>

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<p>what’s more, $75 dollars would buy a damn nice christmas dinner for the hungry homeless persons of your choice.</p>

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<p>Pink: It’s his money. If he wants to spend it on NYU app, so much more power to him. Given mike’s GPA, I personally think it’s a waste of time and money for him to apply to NYU, but he will never know unless he tries. Also, colleges do make money of app fees, and, hopefully, NYU will manage it wisely.</p>

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<p>It’s just funny that you want to jump all over me when I basically agree with what you’re saying. I wouldn’t apply there because I can’t afford to just waste money on something that has no chance at all like that. I only even said that in the first place as a sort of nod to other NYC schools that I know about, since that’s what the thread was about. And because I sort of figured it would get some LOLs. I have no intention at all of actually applying there. It’s rather silly that you would want to attack me about it though, considering that I conceded everything that you’re saying about it. You were essentially getting bent-out-of-shape because you thought that there was a possibility I might waste $75. It’s not like you’ve disillusioned me about how pitiful my grades are or something.</p>

<p>As far as the ADD thing, that was a gross over-simplification of a much more complex set of problems. “Pawning my failure off on ADD”, as you put it, is just a suitably brief explanation for an online audience. But you don’t know me, so I won’t fault you for that. Suffice it to say that my own confidence in my ability to succeed is what matters, not yours.</p>