Is NYU a good school to do a year at for high GPA, then transfer?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

They dissapate for the first 3 years at school then reappear when OCI is taking place junior/senior year and your friends get their pick of firms coming to campus

My kid is at Stern and Stern kids very much get their pick of firms coming to campus. It’s a target school for all of the top firms so your kid will be just fine if they want to work in finance/Wall Street.

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2015/02/04/the-top-feeder-schools-to-wall-street/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

They dissapate for the first 3 years at school then reappear when OCI is taking place junior/senior year and your friends get their pick of firms coming to campus

My kid is at Stern and Stern kids very much get their pick of firms coming to campus. It’s a target school for all of the top firms so your kid will be just fine if they want to work in finance/Wall Street.

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2015/02/04/the-top-feeder-schools-to-wall-street/

Yes but still there are a lot of Stern kids transferring to ivies every year. There is more to college than getting a top business job. At the ivies you also have access to the top firms but you are also getting a quality and well-rounded education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

They dissapate for the first 3 years at school then reappear when OCI is taking place junior/senior year and your friends get their pick of firms coming to campus

My kid is at Stern and Stern kids very much get their pick of firms coming to campus. It’s a target school for all of the top firms so your kid will be just fine if they want to work in finance/Wall Street.

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2015/02/04/the-top-feeder-schools-to-wall-street/

Yes but still there are a lot of Stern kids transferring to ivies every year. There is more to college than getting a top business job. At the ivies you also have access to the top firms but you are also getting a quality and well-rounded education.

Um, you’re also getting a quality and well-rounded education at NYU too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Princeton does not take transfers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Princeton does not take transfers.

Actually they have started taking transfers. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/10/24/princeton-offers-transfer-admission-process-undergraduate-students

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

They dissapate for the first 3 years at school then reappear when OCI is taking place junior/senior year and your friends get their pick of firms coming to campus

My kid is at Stern and Stern kids very much get their pick of firms coming to campus. It’s a target school for all of the top firms so your kid will be just fine if they want to work in finance/Wall Street.

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2015/02/04/the-top-feeder-schools-to-wall-street/

Yes but still there are a lot of Stern kids transferring to ivies every year. There is more to college than getting a top business job. At the ivies you also have access to the top firms but you are also getting a quality and well-rounded education.

Um, you’re also getting a quality and well-rounded education at NYU too.

Get real, you are not. Not compared to the ivies at least.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Princeton does not take transfers.

Actually they have started taking transfers. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/10/24/princeton-offers-transfer-admission-process-undergraduate-students

thank you. I didn't know that. Unfortunately, it doesn't apply to us: "We especially encourage students to apply who are from low-income backgrounds, who have served in the military or who have started at community colleges. We are reinstating the transfer program after many years and we look forward to greeting the first cohort of transfer students on campus next fall.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Penn.

Is Penn considered Ivy League? Isn't it a state school?

A simple google search with Penn as your sole keyword would have solved your question in 5 seconds, if it was in fact a genuine question and not trolling. Hard to know for sure because this is such basic stuff.

Agree with above, people who don't now this really lack sophistication. Not a good look. Also people who say a school is considered an ivy tend to be beyond clueless. The ivy league is a set group of 8 schools, how can a school be considered an ivy league? it is not subjective. A school either is or is not an ivy.

Not everyone is from the NE. I didn't know until a few years ago that Penn was Ivy League. University of
Pennsylvania sounds like a state school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Penn.

Is Penn considered Ivy League? Isn't it a state school?

A simple google search with Penn as your sole keyword would have solved your question in 5 seconds, if it was in fact a genuine question and not trolling. Hard to know for sure because this is such basic stuff.

Agree with above, people who don't now this really lack sophistication. Not a good look. Also people who say a school is considered an ivy tend to be beyond clueless. The ivy league is a set group of 8 schools, how can a school be considered an ivy league? it is not subjective. A school either is or is not an ivy.

Not everyone is from the NE. I didn't know until a few years ago that Penn was Ivy League. University of
Pennsylvania sounds like a state school.

Why would you flaunt your ignorance?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is NYU known for grade inflation?

It's certainly known for cost inflation.

And we have the thread winner !!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a risky strategy.

And boy oh boy is it nice to have infinity money.

No shit

NYU is pricy and if she is stuck there, so is housing and food

[Anonymous]

Terrible place to go for a high GPA. New York City is just too much fun and a serious distraction. She will end up staying.

It is fine to stay there, and I have nothing against NYU, but it is a terrible place to buckle down and spend all your time in the library.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Penn.

Is Penn considered Ivy League? Isn't it a state school?

A simple google search with Penn as your sole keyword would have solved your question in 5 seconds, if it was in fact a genuine question and not trolling. Hard to know for sure because this is such basic stuff.

Agree with above, people who don't now this really lack sophistication. Not a good look. Also people who say a school is considered an ivy tend to be beyond clueless. The ivy league is a set group of 8 schools, how can a school be considered an ivy league? it is not subjective. A school either is or is not an ivy.

Not everyone is from the NE. I didn't know until a few years ago that Penn was Ivy League. University of
Pennsylvania sounds like a state school.

Wow, dense. I’m not from the NE either but Ivies are pretty basic popular culture knowledge. When someone doesn’t know what they are, I judge. And I never even applied to an ivy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a risky strategy.

And boy oh boy is it nice to have infinity money.

No shit

NYU is pricy and if she is stuck there, so is housing and food

I recently went to a "college funding" talk and the speaker said NYU is the most expensive school in the country right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYU only accepted 27% of its applicants last year.

And 19% this year.