I was admitted to Stony as an undergrad straight from HS but chose CUNY City College instead for financial reasons. The major i’m pursuing is Comp. Sci. and Stony is a really strong college for that so my plan now is to transfer to Stony after 2 years at City College to complete a bachelors there. What are the chances of being admitted into stony from ccny? Has anyone done this and how’d it go?
Good question. My answer is going to seem really rough, but it’s the reality of the admissions process as it is right now.
Full disclosure: it is really, really hard to transfer into our CS program. We admit almost nobody directly to CS, and the ones we do are only part of the joint admissions program with Suffolk. If you’re spending two years anywhere else, I’d definitely have a backup plan, because I have no idea what it’s going to look like for Fall 2019. It could be easier, but I doubt it; CS applications for freshmen go up every year, and there just isn’t space in the program to accommodate everyone. If you don’t get into CS as a freshman here, it is not easy to jump in midstream, even if you’re admitted here under another major.
Chris