<p>I'm currently a sophomore at NYU, and I just can't take it here anymore. It's a mediocre school, with mediocre students. A lot of teachers in my high school told me I had a lot of unmet potential: partially because of my home situation, and the other half because I was very lazy and unfocused. Going into NYU, I knew I wanted to transfer out, but I gave NYU a fair chance. I worked really hard to get to know my professors (the best part of NYU besides the city itself) for potential recs, and I made sure to go to office hours to get the best grade(s) possible. So without further ado: </p>
<p>Current school: NYU (Class of 2014)
Entering as: Junior
High school GPA: 3.41 UW w/ strong course load (12 AP's)
College GPA: ~3.90 w/ 46 credits (However, I do have one "W" on my transcript...)
ACT: 32 (Should I retake??) No SAT II scores worth mentioning </p>
<p>Top college EC's: </p>
<p>1) SUNY/EPA environmental sciences internship-research (10 weeks)
2) Badminton club (Intramural)
3) Islamic Center/PAKsa
4) Work-Study jobs (18 hours/week)</p>
<p>Top high school EC's: </p>
<p>1) Medical Club President (2 years VP, 2 years President)
2) Co-founder of Students for Improving Healthcare (3 years)
3) Student Government VP (4 years)
4) Varsity Wrestling, NY Journeymen (5 years)
5) Travel Soccer private team (8+ years)
6) State community service awarded by congressmen for hospital/mosque volunteering</p>
<p>I won a prestigious scholarship which is a grant and interest-free loan combination of 20K dollars. I am also constantly pursuing any finance-related (or consulting...) internships for the spring semester because it'll help me balance out my high school and college EC's. I am looking at applying to the college of arts and science (I would reject myself at Wharton lol) as a middle eastern studies major. I wouldn't want to apply as an economics major because I haven't taken college calculus yet and that's a pre-req as I've read on the website.</p>
<p>haha neither, I’m in LSP going into CAS. Anyway, how could I be a middle eastern studies major if I was in Stern? (Speaks of NYU’s academic constraints if anything…)</p>
<p>Yes, NYU put me in LSP. Honestly half of my course load by the time I am entering my Junior year at NYU will be in CAS? Is being in LSP really that bad? The courses are just as rigorous as CAS courses, and actually a lot of the courses I’ve taken in CAS have been LESS rigorous than courses in LSP. What do you guys have to say about this? Also, I’m not a sophomore transfer, I’m a junior transfer. The reason why I was put into LSP is because of my high school grades, which universities don’t give much weight to as a junior?</p>
<p>Also, students last year could choose to apply to LSP. It’s one of the largest undergraduate colleges at NYU. I’ve asked a lot of my professors, students, and advisor whether LSP will affect my chances to transfer, and all of them don’t think it will.</p>
<p>Furthermore, for my recommendations, I’m asking a CAS professor and an LSP professor. So it’s not like i’m bound in any way as an LSP student if that makes sense.</p>
<p>iantolee - What’s the problem with dumb people? It’s that they exist. You’re 18 years old, not even in college yet, and you’re telling me in a few, slovenly written sentences that being in Stern is the end all? For now, I’m gonna blame your age and inexperience, but please let me know what your college GPA ends up to be after a year. I feel as though you have no perspective as to what my credentials delineate, and you’re putting me down as a result of your insecurities. Did you even read my credentials? I’m a middle eastern studies major, so how could I even be in Stern? The only reason why I wanted a finance internship is because they’re plentiful in the city. (well…unpaid) </p>
<p>Now please, can someone with collegiate experience on this UPenn board please help me. I don’t want any high schoolers to comment on this thread. I have stated that I’m an MEIS major who might be looking into Pre-law as I know UPenn has a fantastic Pre-Law program.</p>
<p>Seeing as collegeconfidential is filled with more high school-college hopefuls than actual college students or alums (as even parent perspectives don’t count in this scenario) put together, you might not get decent replies…</p>
<p>I will make it clear that I have nothing against LSP (actually I didn’t know LSP till recently) however I remember one of the profs here started bashing community colleges online classes then Univ of Phoenix and DeVry and then went on to mention NYU LSP and Harvard Extensions saying something like “Now they are also granting 2 years program which make them totally community colleges” </p>
<p>I will be honest that the prof had a huge ego and she might or might not be accurate. I am a poor kid who myself took classes in community colleges and think that many courses at the comm coll are pretty good. If you ask me, I think LSP is of coz way up from comm coll and is super fine. In your case, I would say that you normally have a pretty good shot. But let’s hope the admission office doesn’t share my prof’s opinion of NYU LSP.</p>
<p>Ivy League profs are sometimes just freaking elitist :(</p>
<p>haha after going on a rant and defending LSP, I had a couple of people PM me about how they transferred to Dartmouth, Cornell through LSP so I’m over it! </p>
<p>Thank you for your response mixter, and yes, soulful, that is indeed true. The difference between my senior year of high school and my first two years of college are astounding.</p>
<p>I think you can actually make an advantage out of your less-than-perfect high school performance by telling them how you made your way back. One W won’t hurt you as long as you have an explanation. Good luck bro! Don’t forget you can always double-major later with the economics thing!</p>
<p>Mixter, do you think I should explain the “W” I got in one of my classes? So far I’ve taken 11 college classes, and I’ve gotten straight A-/A’s in all of them. I mean by the time I would matriculate to any of these schools I would have over 46 credits and 15 college classes…</p>