Trying to transfer to NYU

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm gonna try and keep it concise as possible.</p>

<p>After being rejected by NYU, I'm currently at a school that I admittedly did not want to attend (UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)) but was probably the best school that accepted me. </p>

<p>My high school grades were rather abysmal, with a 2.7 GPA and a 1920 SAT with subject test scores of 600 and 570. I have no ECs from then and only one non academic recommendation letter. </p>

<p>To make up for my awful high school career and redeem myself in my own and everyone else's eyes, I'm planning to perform extremely well this year (3.5+ GPA, 34 credits, multiple ECs).</p>

<p>So a few questions: </p>

<p>1: Would high school scores matter too much after two semesters of college?</p>

<p>2: If I submit an application in April for Fall 2014, would it include my final grades for the second semester or would it only include the fall grades, meaning that high school grades would definitely take priority? </p>

<p>3: If the second semester grades are not included in an April application, would it appear badly if I skip the Fall 2014 semester and apply for Spring 2015 in November? </p>

<p>4: Do transfer students still have to submit the SAT after two semesters at another school? And if so, would I have to take another subject test for the minimum of 3? </p>

<p>5: Does the school I'm transferring FROM have much impact on my admissions result? </p>

<p>I realize that NYU cannot be as perfect as dreamers make it out to be, but it is my dream school and I've made it my goal to get accepted to there. Thanks for reading and potentially answering.</p>

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<p>A friends D has just transferred from Towson to NYU, after 1 year at Towson. She had applied to NYU as a freshman but was denied at the time. She got a 4.0 at Towson, but her high school grades were ok, about 3.5 or so. Her scores were ok as well, about 2000.</p>

<p>I think you can find out some of the answers to your questions here: [Transfer</a> Applicants](<a href=“Transfer Applicants”>Transfer Applicants)</p>

<p>Transferring can be done, just won’t be easy. Try to do as best you can with your GPA at UMBC. </p>

<p>You might also give UMBC a chance. Get involved in clubs and activities. It could be that you like it there! Good luck.</p>

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<p>I contacted NYU’s office of admissions and they said that they would not have time to consider spring semester grades for Fall 2014 but they would for Spring 2015. I suppose I’ll just apply for both and go work if I don’t make it for the fall semester unless grades for that semester are reviewed for Spring 2015 which I doubt since the deadline for that is in November, before classes are finished. </p>

<p>Thanks for the answer, but I’m pretty much dead set on transferring out; even if I don’t make it to NYU this year, I’m confident I’ll get accepted to another school that I’ve been rejected from, such as Rochester. I’m sure there are people that like UMBC but I don’t, and I plan to use that dislike to motivate me to study hard so I can get out of here. It’s some sort of negative elevation, I suppose.</p>

<p>Looking for more opinions and answers.</p>

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<p>I’d really like to get more opinions on this, bump</p>

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<p>In the event that you are successful in transferring to another school, will you need any financial aid? NYU is notorious for giving terrible aid to freshmen and transfers generally don’t get much aid anywhere so you should carefully consider the costs involved, particularly since your next school may not accept all the credits you’ve earned thus far.</p>

<p>I’m sorry you are currently unhappy but frankly the concept of “dream schools” is ridiculous and there are a fair number of people (some on this site) who have gone to their dream schools and hated them. You have been at UMBC how long…a week or two?
Sorry but you haven’t been there long enough to know whether or not you can be happy there and if you were my kid, I’d advise you to forget completely about transferring for at least a year and do as much as you can to be successful where you are. You obviously started this semester with a negative attitude and need to lose that (along with your high school fantasy of a dream school) and bloom where you are planted.</p>

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<p>The cost isn’t a problem.</p>

<p>And really, it’s hardly about whatever’s my dream school or where I’m currently at, it’s just that I had this goal of getting into NYU and I don’t want to give it up now. </p>

<p>I’m currently convinced that I’ll love the place, and even if I don’t then that’s okay, since I know I gave it my all to get in and even if I do end up transferring out, I can live with the satisfaction that I tried hard for once and actually succeeded. </p>

<p>Call me naive or foolish or stubborn or whatever, but there’s my own two cents.</p>

<p>And honestly, I’m fine with spending a year or two unhappy if it means I can be happy later.</p>

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<p>So a few weeks have passed since I last came here, I think I’ve had some time to calm down my self melodrama on this. </p>

<p>I’m still hell bent on transferring but I’ve started to look at the matter with a more positive and rational view. My classes have been going pretty well so far despite taking more work than the usual freshman, but I think that has to do with actually enjoying them. I don’t know if intro classes don’t usually give much work as advanced classes but whatever. </p>

<p>(I kinda wish I’d get more opinions on this before it starts becoming my blog or something)</p>

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<p>Happy to hear that you are enjoying your classes and that things are going well for you. Having a positive outlook makes a big difference.</p>