<p>I'm a freshman at Fordham Rose Hill. Yes, I know I've only been here a month and I'm already thinking about transferring? You should really give it more time, it'll grow on you! Things can change. Yadda, yadda, yadda. I know all this, I'm not 100% sure yet but I want other options.</p>
<p>I've got a lot of questions about these two schools versus each other. I'm not happy with the student body at Fordham nor the location. I'm not really looking to go out to the same four bars for the next four years of my life. I also am not fond of the smallness of the school which I thought I would like. I get a vibe that a lot of people are pleased as punch doing the same exact thing every weekend here and even so after they graduate. Frankly, I'm bored. Very bored and very much unhappy. </p>
<p>Also, I want to be in Manhattan. Yes, I know the LC campus is an option but it's just too small for me. So I've started thinking NYU. I'm a creative person, I'm not really a partier but I will go out. Mostly I really like to experience new things and actually do something or see something rather than just drink and do the same thing every weekend. I get along well with other creative type people and people who really want to use Manhattan to their advantage. I want to go into some sort of media but I don't think I'd ever get into Tisch. I'm looking for communications/english double major. I just want to get the general feel for NYU and my interests and also, is it easier to get in as a transfer? And how's their financial aid?</p>
<p>It’s harder to transfer into NYU than it is to get in as a freshmen. I believe, last I read, the acceptance rate for CAS for transfer students was below 20%. A lot of students want to go to NYU, so they have thousands of applications. Not that many people leave NYU, so there aren’t a lot of spaces to fill. </p>
<p>Financial aid for transfer students is absolutely dismal. Most transfer students get only little aid, with some getting absolutely none.</p>
<p>Well I was reading about the Steinhardt school for communications… does that have the same or lower acceptance rate for transfers? Anything in particular that looks good for a transfer? </p>
<p>And with the aid is it like that even for someone who demonstrates a high need for aid?</p>
<p>Steinhardt has a somewhat higher acceptance rate for transfer, though I’m not entirely sure what it is. </p>
<p>The average financial aid package for incoming freshmen (who get priority for financial aid) is only $23,000 – which means you’ll likely get that or less, leaving you with $27,000 per year OR MORE to pay.</p>
<p>I know a lot of kids who transfer to NYU. Most of them were not accepted when they applied as freshman. A good first year at college did the trick. </p>
<p>However, NYU does not guarantee to meet 100% of need, nor does it, for its freshmen and they get first priority in terms of need/merit packages. They also don’t have the generous merit awards that FOrdham tends to give out. You are highly likely to be gapped big time.</p>
<p>It’s cheaper and easier to just hang out around NYU evenings and weekends. There is cheap and easy access to Manhattan from Rose Hill and NYU is so big and has so many commuters and those who don’t just live right there, that joining a group of such students is no big deal. You don’t have to go to NYU to socialize with the students and it’s not like NYU is providing the entertainment. THey don’t even try to compete with Manhattan and the VIllage. My kids hang out down there all of the time and know a number of NYU kids and they don’t go to school any more or go OOS. It doesn’t matter a whit. If you want to get even closer, transfer to LC. Once classes are over, you can join the mass of NYU kids who are a mixed bag of kids from everywhere the way that university is integrated into the city.</p>
<p>FInd a job in Manhattan, a part time one for all the more reason to go down there, be down there and meet people down there, though you really don’t need a reason. It’s crazy for you to take on the extra expense, even if you can, when what is bugging you about Fordham is the social aspect.</p>
<p>Fordham is a great school, and you’re already in it! If I were you, I would take advantage of the LC campus and give it a try at least for a semester. You would be able to have an extremely similar “city as your campus” experience and be mixed right in with all of the NYU students/ area without paying the NYU price. Not to mention, the Communication & Media Studies major at FCLC is fantastic- you would definitely have a lot of career opportunities in the city.</p>