Hello. As many, i got sucked into the dazzling life of new york during my first year at NYU. I tried to do well in school truly, but first semester I ended up have to drop chemistry and biology because I could not handle it and it was extremely difficult. For that semester i ended up with a 2.5. The following semester i dropped ANOTHER class (Calculus) like a dummy and for that semestsr i ended with a 2.7. Overrall i ended the year with a 2.6 but with unsatisfactory academic progress so im behind on credits. Anyways, this fall im taking 18 credits with the intention of doing well (actually tho, i was a good student just distracted and lacked motivation and reality struck). I want to raise it to around a 3.0 by end of fall and apply to transfer into Rutgers Arts and Sciences for fall 2019( my junior year). How are my chances? Going from a 2.6 to a intended (as of now) 3.0 at NYU.
Also, I applied to Rutgers for freshman year and I got accepted so i have applied before. In highschool i had a 3.6 and my sat score was a 1360/1600. If that even matters.
Anyways, i want to transfer for spring 2019 but i know i wont be able to get in with a 2.6 but what about finishing the year at nyu?
(Btw, i want to transfer because NYU took away my financial aid)
If NYU took away your financial aid, why would you go back? You may be better off going to a community college for a year. It would save money and you can focus on getting a solid GPA. I don’t think that overloading on credits after struggling your first year is a good idea.
I appealed to be put on a financial aid probationary semester, it was granted this morning. Either way the school is not worth it and I would still transfer.
I don’t think it is fair to say NYU took away your financial aid… I’m guessing you didn’t meet the GPA requirement to have your merit aid renewed. If that is the case NYU is not to blame.
Dropping the 3 classes probably meant student didn’t meet SAP and is no longer eligible for student loans and other aid (although post # 3 says it was reinstated).
I agree that you should leave NYU now and either go to community college or take a gap year to reapply to Rutgers. It doesn’t seem worth it to spend $70k to go to another year at NYU to transfer.
If you did poorly your first year at NYU, then taking 18 credits at one time seems like quite a bad idea. This will be too much and is not likely to help your GPA. At a minimum, cut this back to 15 units maximum.
Have you talked to the admissions staff at Rutgers? You might be better off taking a gap semester or a gap year and applying with your current record to attend Rutgers. At this point your high school record will still matter. Also, many students have a bad semester or a bad year at some point. Harvard and Stanford expect perfect applicants, but very good universities such as Rutgers are likely to understand that we are human.
I would talk to admissions staff at Rutgers as soon as you can and see what they suggest.
Do not take 18 credits - take 14-15. If you had trouble with 12 cr before, you will need to work extra hard to get grades of B+ and higher in every single class you take, and 14-15 is the absolute most you should be taking with that goal in mind.
jar are you going to do to ensure that B+/A- in every class?
How much will this semester cost you? In net cost ? In loans?
You will not have Fall grades when you apply to Rutgers for Spring - you’d be better off financially applying from a NJ CC, especially since you may have to attend two semesters before you apply to Rutgers.
Hi there, OP.
I’m sorry that you have found disappointment within your college experience thus far. With that being said, it is not too late to change things up. Rutgers will take into account that NYU is a pretty difficult school. The amount of classes that you’ve withdrawn from may be a red flag to them. And honestly, having a sub 3.0 GPA is not favorable, as the average for admitted transfers this year was 3.2-3.7. A 3.0 is what admissions recommends having.
If I were you, I would not take 18 credits in one semester at NYU. This seems excessive. As a matter of fact, I would recommend maybe switching to a CC as you mentioned the lack of financial aid being a problem. I would do at least 12-16 credits at the CC. Given the difficulty of your school, a full time semester with nothing below a C at your community college may be enough to transfer in the spring. I’ve seen many cases where Rutgers held off on a decision until they got fall grades, subsequently delivering a final decision 10 days before the spring semester. Of course this is all dependent on when you send your transcripts in. Beware though that if you do carry out a spring transfer and took bio 1 in the fall, it will not transfer over to Rutgers therefore putting you behind. You could always take bio 2 at the CC during the summer but you will likely miss out on taking bio electives until fall ‘19. Doing 2 semesters may be your best bet. No shame in that as you will be saving quite the lump sum of money.
In short, getting into SAS usually requires at least a 3.0 GPA. You go to a really difficult school, so you can always try to apply for the spring, but remember that the applicant pool for spring transfers is more competitive. Good luck!!
Isn’t it true that if you get an associate degree from one of NJ’s CC, you can transfer to Rutgers? You may not like CC, but you have a better chance of success.
