19% Acceptance Rate???

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>STOP WORRYING!!!!!</p>

<p>At exactly this time last year, I was where you are (mulling over collegeconfidential, worrying about the SAT, etc.) Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that I ended up choosing NYU, and I don't regret the decision at all. It's a great place- seriously.</p>

<p>Here is my explicit recipe for success:</p>

<p>1) Don't worry about your "chances" of getting in. True, your acceptance might be governed by "chance," but there is no need to fret over this, especially since you're only soliciting the opinions of other (competitive) strangers. Focus on the SAT... or schoolwork... or something else.</p>

<p>2) Get to know the admissions officers, but don't get too pushy. In other words, stay in touch with the person who comes to your school to speak to you about NYU. He or she can probably help you. However, don't accost the person at his local deli.</p>

<p>3) Consider the admissions process an opportunity for you. It is not solely the time for colleges to selectively choose x amount of students; rather, it's the time where you look around and say, "hey, this is the school for me." If that's nyu for you, then you're doing it because of the olsen twins. Just kidding!</p>

<p>4) Personally, I feel that the majority of your acceptance lies in the essays you write. Ultimately, admissions will judge you hollistically and what not, but through essays you have the opportunity to stand out from the crowd. College essays (including "What did you do last Sunday") are meant to distinguish you. They're also meant to reveal your outlook, communicative skills, sense of humor, etc.</p>

<p>I would write a few more tips, but I have to get back to my computer science project, hehe. I'm a computer science/computer engineering major (5 yr prog). And yes, I know, NYU is not known for its engineering. But it beats getting only one degree, doesn't it?</p>

<p>Anyway, if anyone needs help with anything, including SAT help, college essay revision, nyu contacts, don't hesitate to let me know. I'm hesitant to put much of my contact information on this (sketchy) message board, but I've convinced myself to give you my email: <a href="mailto:RSpencer5000@aol.com">RSpencer5000@aol.com</a>.</p>

<p>I won't ask for your money. I won't bs you and tell you about how every school ends up being a good choice- because let's face it; a school is meant to give you credibility.. isn't it?</p>

<p>Basically, I'm just lending my help to you.</p>

<p>Robert</p>

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<p>haha robert i still haven't seen you since i got here</p>

<p>im going to have to disagree with the essay part, NYU seems to not give a ratsass about your essay.</p>

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<p>how do u know this??</p>

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<p>ask people who got in/who got rejected there sat scores gpa/class rank.....nullifying every other factor (essay, ECs,etc) except maybe race, you can guess about 98% of time whether they got in or not (excluding gsp)</p>

<p>my essay was the worst essay i ever wrote...and not only did i get in , they also gave me 20k</p>

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4) Personally, I feel that the majority of your acceptance lies in the essays you write. Ultimately, admissions will judge you hollistically and what not, but through essays you have the opportunity to stand out from the crowd. College essays (including "What did you do last Sunday") are meant to distinguish you. They're also meant to reveal your outlook, communicative skills, sense of humor, etc.

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<p>my essay was an absolute atrocity of an essay (the nyu specific essays were barely 3 lines...) and i still got in -_-;;</p>

<p>to get into NYU, get a great SAT score/gpa and you're set</p>

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<p>NYU gets on average over 30,000 applications per year. There is no way they could read that many essays that carefully. Just do your best and don't stress.</p>

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<p>How is the lifestyle? I'm applying ED and for a second was second guessing the decision, but now I'm going through with it. I'm visiting sunday for an open house, but was wondering what are the dorms like..social life..partying..things to do during the day..etc. Are there people for everyone? Would it be easy to find someone who's like you? How easy was it to find friends, etc.</p>

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<p>yOU WILL LOVE IT, IT IS DEFINIELY THE BEST PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE WORLD. So, apply, and relax, it is all in the cards.</p>

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<p>While it is correct that NYU gets around 34K+ apps per year, the essays do get read. Think of it this way, if applicant A and applicant B have same/fairly close SAT scores and grades, but applicant A has the better essay, who do you think will get in? My bet is on applicant A even if his SAT score is 10 points lower or his GPA is .05 lower. </p>

<p>Now I'm not saying you have to write some pulitzer prize winning piece to get into NYU, you clearly don't if the rest your app is up to par, my only point is that don't just blow off the esssay. Furthermore, a low quality essay can be a red flag to the admissions office and does have the potential to lead to a easy rejection. The quality of one's essay can indicate how much effort he put into his NYU application, and NYU does indeed want people who want to be there and are enthusiastic about the school.</p>

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<p>perhaps students on the very edge esays will matter at tie breakers, but ive yet to see nyu ever reject people who are in like the top 25% sat score/gpa range, due to EC's or essays. I know lots of people here who werent planning on coming to nyu, so they wrote the essay in like 10 minutes, and they got in also.</p>

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<p>yeah an NYU admissions rep. came to my school and they said they view applications wholelistically .. they also stressed AP/IB classes</p>

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<p>When I was first considering NYU for school and attended an information session with a woman of some position in the advising office, she stressed again, again, again, again, again, again, and again the importance of the essay in the admissions considerations. She seemed to want to make it clear to us that the essay was one of the most important factors of all in the process.</p>

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<p>the NYU lifestyle, as a whole, is awesome. it's new york city, so there are plenty of things to do during the day, besides classes of course :D. even if you live far from your classes, as i do in third north, you can relax in the park or in the student lounges between instead of walking back, as some people do.</p>

<p>as for partying goes, i'm giving you a fair warning: a vast majority of the freshmen do party. there isn't insane pressure to party if you don't want to, but you have a very good chance of getting a roommate that comes home late/drunk/high/loudly or all of the above, even if you think you're answering the three vague "personality" questions correctly on the housing application. it's basically luck of the draw.</p>

<p>i have 4 roommates, strange enough, most of us are very similar, go out on the weekends, take classes seriously during the week, don't know how that happened...i know people that drink everynight that room with people that will never drink a drop in their lives...just hope to get a compatible roommate...if possible, find someone via cc, myspace, facebook [once u get in], or orientation to live with if you're afraid of the total randomness of the situation... :D</p>

<p>it's easy to find friends, especially during welcome week, because everyone's pretty new...there are so many people and such diversity that you'll definitely find someone like you! it's harder as time passes because people have their groups of friends and classes and jobs and may be less friendly, but that's only certain people i guess...</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>is it possible to request for a certain person to be your roomate? Im guessing not but.. :;crosses fingers::</p>

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<p>yes, you can request a roommate and your request will be honored as long as that same person requests you.</p>

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<p>ya that is right</p>

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<p>awesome!!!</p>

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<p>if a person does not have good sat I score, but everything else (ec's, essay, short answer, recs, sat II's,rank,gpa) is really good, is he still going to get rejected?</p>

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<p>yeah, it's possible to request a roommate, you both have to write it on the housing app...</p>

<p>...i got the idea of meeting someone via internet/orientation because lots of people did it this year & it seems to be working out awesomely for them :D</p>

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<p>legionare, theyll put you in GSP</p>