NYU 2018 Transfer Forum

NLaw13 · Post by **NLaw13** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:56 pm

Got the call today around 6 pm! Timeline is: UR1 7/5, UR2 7/16, UR3 7/17. Stats are top 10% at a school ranked 40-60 with strong softs.

ReganSays · Post by **ReganSays** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:34 am

Anyone that has accepted an offer of admission: what’s the deal with oci? I read on another thread that schedules have come out already.

Robert Vaco · Post by **Robert Vaco** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:24 am

If I get in I'm turning down since I just accepted at Columbia, but someone that went to the same t20 school as I did and was outside the top 1/3 got in yesterday. Maybe softs matter more than we think for transfers, I'm top 16% and I haven't heard been heard a decision as of yet.

StandardWhiteGuy32 · Post by **StandardWhiteGuy32** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:32 am

ReganSays wrote:Anyone that has accepted an offer of admission: what’s the deal with oci? I read on another thread that schedules have come out already.

I've looked at the packet they sent, and I've talked with several transfers. Apparently, almost all the firms reserve spaces for the transfer class. We get our own mini replication of EIW week. The transfers that I've talked to have been wildly enthusiastic about the process. They say that if you want a big firm job, you're essentially guaranteed one.

Be prepared for two drawbacks (based on what I've been told):

1) The transfer write-on competition conflicts with callbacks. I'm not doing write-on for that reason. Best to do EIW with everything you've got, rather than half-ass the writing competition *and* callbacks.

2) Some--but very few-- big name firms are not interested in transfers. These include WLRK and S&C. The transfer I spoke to said Cravath was on that list, but they accepted quite a few transfers this past cycle.

Hope it helps. I'd recommend doing some research/verifying with your own sources.

bobthelawyer · Post by **bobthelawyer** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:08 am

any news today???

greensmoothies · Post by **greensmoothies** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:28 am

NLaw13 wrote:Got the call today around 6 pm! Timeline is: UR1 7/5, UR2 7/16, UR3 7/17. Stats are top 10% at a school ranked 40-60 with strong softs.

Can I ask what those strong softs are? Work experiences, rec letter...etc.
Did you submit any additional documents not required?

Thanks

kumako · Post by **kumako** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:40 pm

I am stuck at UR2 from 17th. Anyone got a date update today??

NLaw13 · Post by **NLaw13** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:45 pm

Can you PM me?

greensmoothies wrote:
NLaw13 wrote:Got the call today around 6 pm! Timeline is: UR1 7/5, UR2 7/16, UR3 7/17. Stats are top 10% at a school ranked 40-60 with strong softs.
Can I ask what those strong softs are? Work experiences, rec letter...etc.
Did you submit any additional documents not required?

Thanks

greensmoothies · Post by **greensmoothies** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:28 am

NLaw13 wrote:Can you PM me?

greensmoothies wrote:
NLaw13 wrote:Got the call today around 6 pm! Timeline is: UR1 7/5, UR2 7/16, UR3 7/17. Stats are top 10% at a school ranked 40-60 with strong softs.
Can I ask what those strong softs are? Work experiences, rec letter...etc.
Did you submit any additional documents not required?

Thanks

Hi, I could not...it says "you are not authorized to compose a message"...maybe because I am a new user and just started using this account?

notellewoods · Post by **notellewoods** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:25 am

Anybody heard anything?

sc564 · Post by **sc564** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:00 pm

Just got the phone call 30 minutes ago!!

notellewoods · Post by **notellewoods** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:07 pm

sc564 wrote:Just got the phone call 30 minutes ago!!

Congrats! Were you at UR2 or UR3 before you got the call?

sc564 · Post by **sc564** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:53 pm

notellewoods wrote:
sc564 wrote:Just got the phone call 30 minutes ago!!
Congrats! Were you at UR2 or UR3 before you got the call?

Thanks! I actually haven't been checking my status checker because I had almost given up hope. The call came as a complete surprise today.

notellewoods · Post by **notellewoods** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:34 pm

sc564 wrote:
notellewoods wrote:
sc564 wrote:Just got the phone call 30 minutes ago!!
Congrats! Were you at UR2 or UR3 before you got the call?
Thanks! I actually haven't been checking my status checker because I had almost given up hope. The call came as a complete surprise today.

Oh okay. Yeah, I've pretty much given up hope lol. But that's awesome for you!

janty25 · Post by **janty25** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:13 pm

Transfer orientation is 8/6 according to Admissions Office rep, and they intend to render all decisions before then. Good luck!

ReganSays · Post by **ReganSays** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:58 pm

janty25 wrote:Transfer orientation is 8/6 according to Admissions Office rep, and they intend to render all decisions before then. Good luck!

Orientation is 8/2...EIW starts 8/6. Just FYI.

janty25 · Post by **janty25** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:40 pm

I see. The person I spoke to didn't know at first and had to go check, so I am not altogether surprised her information was incorrect. Thanks for clearing that up.

lurker816 · Post by **lurker816** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:14 am

StandardWhiteGuy32 wrote:
ReganSays wrote:Anyone that has accepted an offer of admission: what’s the deal with oci? I read on another thread that schedules have come out already.
I've looked at the packet they sent, and I've talked with several transfers. Apparently, almost all the firms reserve spaces for the transfer class. We get our own mini replication of EIW week. The transfers that I've talked to have been wildly enthusiastic about the process. They say that if you want a big firm job, you're essentially guaranteed one.

Be prepared for two drawbacks (based on what I've been told):

1) The transfer write-on competition conflicts with callbacks. I'm not doing write-on for that reason. Best to do EIW with everything you've got, rather than half-ass the writing competition *and* callbacks.

2) Some--but very few-- big name firms are not interested in transfers. These include WLRK and S&C. The transfer I spoke to said Cravath was on that list, but they accepted quite a few transfers this past cycle.

Hope it helps. I'd recommend doing some research/verifying with your own sources.

Re the latter (and in general for EIW), a good rule of thumb is to consider how your application would have been treated if coming from your old school. Of course the benefit of transferring is access to NYU’s EIW, which certainly helps to get people in front of a wider array of firms & this certainly increases odds of callbacks, but your old transcript will be judged by your old school’s standards, etc. For example, most of the Cravath people transferred from other T14s.

ReganSays · Post by **ReganSays** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:58 am

I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!

bartoneason · Post by **bartoneason** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:29 pm

ReganSays wrote:I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!

just got the email (missed the call I was sleeping) and I'm in! thought it was that slot!

thanks!

janty25 · Post by **janty25** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:36 pm

bartoneason wrote:
ReganSays wrote:I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!
just got the email (missed the call I was sleeping) and I'm in! thought it was that slot!

thanks!

Me too! Thanks Regan.

ReganSays · Post by **ReganSays** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:40 pm

bartoneason wrote:
ReganSays wrote:I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!
just got the email (missed the call I was sleeping) and I'm in! thought it was that slot!

thanks!

So happy for you! Congrats!

edyw · Post by **edyw** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:07 pm

ReganSays wrote:
bartoneason wrote:
ReganSays wrote:I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!
just got the email (missed the call I was sleeping) and I'm in! thought it was that slot!

thanks!
So happy for you! Congrats!

Where did you end up going? just curious

ReganSays · Post by **ReganSays** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:31 pm

edyw wrote:
ReganSays wrote:
bartoneason wrote:
ReganSays wrote:I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!
just got the email (missed the call I was sleeping) and I'm in! thought it was that slot!

thanks!
So happy for you! Congrats!

Where did you end up going? just curious

Sticking with my current school.

notellewoods · Post by **notellewoods** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:34 pm

bartoneason wrote:
ReganSays wrote:I withdrew my acceptance yesterday. Hope that helps someone that is still waiting!
just got the email (missed the call I was sleeping) and I'm in! thought it was that slot!

thanks!

Congrats! Stats?

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