I was recently accepted into Steinhardt for Media, Culture, & Communications and I would love to go if it weren’t for the price. Do you guys think it’d be better & more worth it if I went to UCI for undergrad for 2 years and then transfer to NYU? Is it easier or harder to get into Steinhardt/NYU as a transfer student and would I be able to get more scholarship money?
Or do you guys think I should just go to NYU and get $11k in loans/per year. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks 
I think you should go! 11k isn’t that bad compared to most! Its totally worth it.
@sam1126 could you please share your stat for me? I am still awaiting…
@mk0293 WOAH I am so sorry, I didn’t get notifications that I got replies. Here are my stats!
Decision: Accepted to Steinhardt
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2040 superscore, but 2010 was my highest individual score
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Math 2 (660), US Hist (600)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
Weighted GPA (if available): 4.05 or so
Rank/percentile (if available): 88/556
AP: English Lang (3), AP World (3), APUSH (3), AP Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Multimedia, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Psych, Civics/Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Secretary), Environmental Club (Secretary), World Vision (DOA, then President), blogging, YouTube, JV Swim team (3 years), Varsity Golf Team (3 years), Piano Certificate of Merit, Nordstrom BP Internship
Job/Work Experience: YouTube
Volunteer/Community service: not much, just from being in Key Club and doing club events
Summer Activities: none
Essays: Personally, I LOVED my essays. I worked really really hard on them and I really believe that they were a great representation of who I am. I actually researched a lot for the NYU essay.
Teacher Recommendation: I showed a lot of dedication in my math class with getting my grade up to an A, and my other teacher saw my hard work from studying and whatnot.
Counselor Rec: idk I met my counselor like two times during the entire 4 years of high school
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Media, Culture, and Communications
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public, very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
Reflection
Strengths: I definitely think my strengths were from my extracurriculars (youtube and blogging) as well as my essays. My extracurriculars showed my dedication for the major that I wanted to pursue so that probably helped a lot.
Weaknesses: My low GPA and minimum community service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays and extracurriculars!!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCI (CHP), UCR, CSULB, CSUF. Waitlisted at UCSD. Rejected at UCLA, USC, UCB, & Stanford (lol duh)