NYU Stern Finance Transfer GPA

DaisukiDaYo:

Which uni are you from, or are you an internal ?

External, school ranked around UDelaware. 3.8 GPA for junior transfer, sats not required, got a couple weeks left till deadline

DaisukiDaYo:

You are going to be a junior transfer? How are you going to get the credits in ?

I don't know if it'll be worth it, even with summer classes not sure if you can make the credits/transfer them.

I've taken all of the required pre-requisites for Stern, except the 4 business classes taken sophomore year (not required for transfer, but would have to be taken by graduation). What are you talking about not worth it? Stern is a target while my school won't even get me in front of boutiques, let alone firms like lazard, barclays, etc. (my target firms since I have bad hs stats, NOT GS/MS/JPM). In any regard, Stern provides the best undergraduate finance education in the country with exception to Wharton

THBanker:

Im also looking at potentially transferring to Stern. OP it says you need Calculus I or higher correct? I haven't taken that but I have taken Business Calculus. Do you know if this excludes me?

End up getting in?

College Confidential

You are currently a Junior? So you would transfer in as a senior? Not sure that it's possible to apply for transfer after your sophomore year.

As the above posters stated, you can't transfer in as a senior. You will be able to transfer up to two years worth of credits, so you will redo your junior year.

He mentioned he was willing to go an extra year. He can still transfer, he will just be a junior.

Some help from this forum... I called and you can transfer at any point you want but as one person above stated you can only transfer 64 credits. That being said I would have to do another year. I just wanted to know the likelihood of getting into NYU with my credentials.

Also, the reason for transferring is Umiami (a great school don't get me wrong) has no opportunities for investment banking and very little for other areas of banking.

Transferring into Stern is competitive, I've heard a minimum 3.7 is recommended by the admissions office, but of course that shouldn't deter you from applying. If you do transfer, I would recommend focusing heavily on the essays to note your freshman year screw-up (everyone has that, including me), and focus on why you'd be a good fit for the school after transferring. It's obviously gonna be an uphill battle for you because your GPA isn't too hot, but its not impossible.

WFY...How much easier (aka minimum GPA) for the Arts and Science school say Econ major with a Finance minor???

there is no finance minor in NYU - the only minor offered in Stern for non-STERN students is "Business Studies". If you plan on entering finance from NYU CAS, then you must network on your own (you CANNOT rely just on the career center because as expected, you will get crushed by Stern kids).

All the successful (FO office type roles) NYU CAS Econ majors I've met and heard of had interned during the year and networked heavily on their own, whether it be from the clubs, societies, business frats and such. Among the 5 CAS econ successful people I've met, 4 of them were double majoring in math.

I hope this gives you an idea of how much effort you need in order to compete with Stern kids if you're a non-Sternie.

stern only takes transfers coming in as sophomores/juniors. if you are a rising senior, i dont think it's possible.also ocr for finance related opportunities during summer 2011 has come to an end

How wealthy are your parents to be jumping schools like this and losing a year of college credits? (at probably 50k a year when everything is said and done). Please do not tell me you have financed this with loans?

Thanks...Smitty

It'll be tough but certainly possible. As someone mentioned, you'll probably need a 3.7+ to be competitive. Regardless, you should probably open up your options a bit. There are other more transfer-friendly schools that can land you an IB-gig, such as IU-Kelley and Villanova.

I was under the impression that a general degree at NYU really wasnt that difficult to get admitted into

i would not listen to the people who are telling you its not worth it to transfer. I was at a complete non target and told many people in the industry that i wanted to transfer to a better school and they told me it wasnt worth it.

long story short, I got accepted for transfer to 2 ivy league schools and 2 other targets and picked the one i liked more. I have had so many networking sessions in the 8 months that ive been here its crazy. without transferring i would not have any of these opportunities. not to mention, I also learn alot more here.

Best decision i ever made.

i would not listen to the people who are telling you its not worth it to transfer. I was at a complete non target and told many people in the industry that i wanted to transfer to a better school and they told me it wasnt worth it.

long story short, I got accepted for transfer to 2 ivy league schools and 2 other targets and picked the one i liked more. I have had so many networking sessions in the 8 months that ive been here its crazy. without transferring i would not have any of these opportunities. not to mention, I also learn alot more here.

Best decision i ever made.

Stern will be very tough with a 3.4 GPA. CAS will be easier. If you can get your GPA up to 3.6 or even higher, you would have a good shot with NYU CAS. I hear that it's possible to break into IB with an econ degree from NYU but I can almost assure that recruiters will ask you why you're in CAS and not Stern.

Not that transferring would be a terrible idea, but it certainly is possible to go places coming out of UM... you just gotta network/hustle. Sure, NY will be tough (but not impossible, I know kids that have done it), but you should look at regional places like Raymond James in Tampa or even SunTrust in Atlanta. There are also quite a few boutiques in the South FL area that you could look into. I remember interviewing with some random mortgage fund in Miami when I was going through recruiting last year, so there are definitely possibilities at UM. But if you're already a junior, you better get your shit together... NOW

Hustle? You don't know anything about hustling. Please don't comment if you have no idea what you are talking about.

And yes I do agree with a few of you who said it is worth it to transfer. I had to scratch and scrap to just get 2 interviews one in IBD and one in S/T. People that I've talked to in targets are getting 8-10 interviews and landing about 15-20% of them. Numbers just aren't in my favor.

And no I do not want to work at a Private Bank in Miami or do some other bullshit WM gig. Thanks for the input and people really need to some commenting on things they have no clue about.

Whatever you say kid... best of luck to you

237 banana points from all the comments that you leave...I wish I was a "Senior Baboon" like you

ITSALLABOUTTHEU:

This is a question for any NYU undergrads in the school of business.

I am currently a Junior at the University of Miami with a 3.4 Cumulative GPA looking to transfer to NYU. My goal is to break into the Ibanking field...

The GPA could hurt you, but your essay will have to be bad ass. Additionally, I would not recommend transferring as a Junior.

Once you transfer there (assuming you get in) will probably be the worst decision of your life - why? Because you will be 3 years behind all of the other Ibanking wannabees there. Not only that, but if you are arguing that NYU Stern has better resources than U of Miami - (which I would agree with) - you will be competing for those resources with all those other students who have been tapping those networks for a few years longer than you.

At U of Miami - or any other school or non-target it will be easier to stand out as "a big fish in a small pond" than as a "small fish in a huge ocean."

You are much better off networking your ass off where you are.

Just my thoughts.

external is very hard - generally less than 2% acceptance

internal transfer is apparently much easier based on my experience

Not very difficult. It is highly selective, don't get me wrong, but I know a few people who have been able to transfer in as sophomores.

A good friend of mine (pre-transferring, that bitch) made that exact move. She had a 3.8 as well, but no internships and only 1 extracurricular. Was a foreign student, too. My school is barely top-100 (I had to look at a top 200 list once to find my school, so I guarantee yours is better).

I think the essays are actually crucial to getting accepted into Stern. A friend of mine from a semi-target school was rejected from Stern (when applying as a junior). He had a 4.0 and a PE internship under his belt.

Don't do CAS. Stern or bust

I highly doubt it. He is always on top of his game, brilliant kid. I guess it doesn't matter anymore since he got a IBD SA offer from a BB.

I don't mean to scare you. Just wow the readers.

I don't think financial aid was an issue. I know a few transfer students who had pretty decent financial aid. He was not poor according to my knowledge, and I am sure he would not mind taking out loans for Stern.

just transfer to ivey

No such thing as senior transfer (and you missed junior transfer), so yeah it's too late.

3.4 is too low to be considered for transfer to stern.

No hope

go to a shitty state school, i recommend mount holymothafoke college

HAHAHAAHAHAH

Respect

I am just, so thankful for your words of encouragement. In fact, I applied to Stern for EDII as a freshman and got rejected. Stern has always been my dream school and even up until now, I haven't give it up yet. As an international applicant from Canada, the competition for the 2014 year was insane, I see amazing people getting rejected by Ivies and NYU. But sometimes I guess I'm just such an arrogant person, I love NYC, I love finance, I love Stern, so I'm going to work my butt off to transfer there with all I got. Do you think NYU would look down at Pace and CUNY (since they are not as well known as Fordham or any other NYC school)? I've been so helplessly in love with the city (I've thought about this million times, so this is a rational decision). Seen too many posts of discouraging comments about transferring already, your last sentence definitely cheered me up.

Congrats man

jiashik:

i'm not, otherwise i wouldn't have chosen my school yet. since i'm new on the forum and no one's talked about the school before, am i not able to even ask about it? heh, this is like my second time mentioning it so don't pull the trigger so fast.

I thought you weren't insecure and in fact were set on going to case western.

keep your gpa high, very important

develop good relationships with a few professors and get to know them well so they will write you killer recommendations

do some business/finance related extra-curriculars to show your true interest in business

make sure to take all the prerequisite classes (macro, micro, financing/managerial accounting, etc) and do well with them. schools will look at these more than they will look at "The History of Musicial Theater"

also

id consider applying to umich unc uva nyu indiana (safety) cal ucla

best of luck.

stop wasting this board's time asking the same question over and over and over. case western isn't that great, your chances of transfering aren't that great, especially to stern which would be nearly impossible. stop being so god damned insecure - you have what you've got, so stfu

thats pretty harsh

i know kids from community colleges who have transferred to ivies such as cornell and yale

work hard have a monster gpa and a reason to stand out and you might get lucky

i go to a top 25 mba program (part time)... my current school doesn't allow us to transfer part time to full time..... i've been here a year ... and have done well in school.... would it be possible to transfer into a full time top 10 mba program? Can you even do this? if so, how feasible?

Thanks.

LOL.

Mr White, you're hilarious dude..

jiashik:

preferably after freshmen year, but after second would also be okay. what else can i do besides maintaining a 3.8ish to have a decent chance?

Stern is a shitty school where you overpay for tuition. Mostly filled w/ gay people too

go find out at collegeconfidential.com

this is an ibanking board

nyu is hard to get into, gets K's and K's of apps. regardless of its 'weak' (according to ibo.com board members) credibility as seen by the lashing it gets on this board.

all those applying aren't gaywods either.