<p>I want to transfer out of NYU. I have a 3.67 GPA and got a 1920 on my SATs as my highest score. What schools would be good to apply to? I want to upgrade... not downgrade. I'm willing to stick it out if better schools don't accept me, but i feel that it is worth trying... i just don't know where. columbia is one place i'm very interested in. How many schools would be a good number to apply to? I have a month to fill out apps and I have to have a teacher do recommendations so I don't want to overwhelm her. Thanks.</p>
<p>Are you a freshman now?
Did you get turned down by Columbia in the last admissions cycle?</p>
<p>To be honest, you're going to have to apply to many, many schools if you want to "upgrade." Transferring is even harder than getting in as a freshman (which already has most people applying to like 10 schools). By this point, schools like Columbia would probably expect even a higher gpa than that, though NYU's difficulty might help mediate that.</p>
<p>Why do you want to transfer?</p>
<p>was NYU too "easy"?</p>
<p>i'm a sophomore. it's not that nyu is "easy," because it's not. i just hate that i'm missing the traditional college experience which every other college in the world has besides this one. i know i'll regret it if i don't at least try and go somewhere that's normal. i mean, i'm involved here. i'm high up in the student government and other clubs, i'm well connected, i know a bunch of people, and i love the area... but i hate that this school requires hundreds of dollars spent every weekend just to maintain a few fake friends. everyone here wants to be famous and they're backstabbers who are self-interested. Of course there are nice people here too. but i can't take it. i want out... ASAP!</p>
<p>and yes... I did get turned down by columbia the first time around.</p>