<p>For those of you who aren’t sure about LSP - LSP is (or has become) a program that you can directly apply to. And it has become quite competitive - E.g. SAT scores in the 2000+ range are now considered relatively normal for LSP. (In case you’re wondering… CAS has an acceptance rate of around 10-15%; so it’s really actually HIGHLY competitive for admissions) So if you do get into LSP from the waitlist - really consider LSP. You complete all of the Gen Eds and then move right into CAS/whatever school you applied to, to work on your major requirements.</p>
<p>NYU2013,</p>
<p>Where did you get the CAS acceptance rate of 10-15% from? As of the 10/2010 Parents" Weekend stats cited by CAS Dean Santirocco, the acceptance rate for the Freshman class of 2010-2011 is 26-28%. How can there be such a drop in acceptance rate in one year (I gather you are referring to stats for Freshman class of 2011-2012)?</p>
<p>the 10-15% means that out of the amount applied, 10-15% will be enrolled in the class, with roughly 40% yield rate, the acceptance rate is about 25-35%</p>
<p>No. Please note EXACTLY what you said. The Freshmen class acceptance rate was “26%-28%”. Yes; that is ALL of NYU freshmen class acceptance rate. The CAS/Stern/Tisch acceptance rates are almost always between 10 and 15%. (Of course it varies by year). Note that this year, NYU’s acceptance rate (not including LSP) was 28%. (As reported by NYU). This includes, CAS, Stern, Tisch, Gallatin, Steinhardt, etc. etc. etc.</p>
<p>NYU2013,</p>
<p>I am sorry I did not make it clear. By citing CAS DEAN SANTIROCCI, I meant to say that he was referring to CAS’s acceptance rate only. NOT any of the other schools. He might have been greeting CAS Parents only in 10/2010. I called up and the Dean’s Office in CAS re-affirmed the 26-28% for CAS acceptance rate 2010-2011 only. (I thought I heard something in the teens for CAS acceptance rate, so I wanted to confirm.)</p>
<p>I am recalling my call to the Admissions Office which referred me specifically back to CAS for the CAS acceptance rate.</p>
<p>What is the source of your CAS specific acceptance rate and it is for this year, then?</p>
<p>getting close to 5 o’clock. looks like we won’t hear from them today. this is agonizing =(</p>
<p>I don’t recall the exact source. It’s from dabbling through here on CC. But I’ve always been generally sure that the CAS acceptance rate was always lower than the overall. NYU overall (for this year) had a 26% (excluding LSP). Since CAS is one of the more selective colleges, it would make sense for it to be lower than 26%.</p>
<p>How would that make sense?
Any lower it would almost be at Ivy level, and CAS is definitely not a Ivy level school…</p>
<p>Well… Let’s see… NYU gets more applications than any other private school in the world. It;s ranked the #3 dream school by princeton review. And actually, CAS, depending on the program is quite good. Arguably, it’s the best place to study philosophy on any continent. It’s economics program is also quite highly regarded, because of it’s ties to Stern. The politics dept. here is one of the most quantitatively inclined programs in the US for undergraduates. And… The ivies have acceptance rates 6-18% for this year for the entire incoming class. Meaning that individual college acceptance rates vary. So… I’m sure their CAS equivalencies range from 4% to 10 or 12%. Quite a large difference between 10%-15% + or -.</p>
<p>Ugh. NYU officials don’t ever seem to be on top of things. Why are they taking so long? It’s already the second week of May and the dean said they’d start notifying after the 5th. 
Maybe just none of us cc’ers have been taken off the waitlist while others have been.</p>
<p>lol, hows 6-18% different from 10-15%, they are in completely same range, there is no way NYU CAS has under 15% acceptance rate, even stern only has about 25%. Or are you trying to say the CAS is even better than Stern now? Even Wharton’s acceptance rate is about 10%, are you saying CAS is at the same level as Wharton?
…</p>
<p>Meh, ^ could be…</p>
<p>There was some discussion about this previously and hellodocks had made the comment that admission rate to Stern is in the 20+% range. I thought it was closer to 16-18% admission rate to Stern with CAS higher than Stern and then the other schools following behind (except for NYU Abu Dhabi).</p>
<p>The admission rates for the various schools have been shrouded in some mystery for whatever reason and I would like more clarification on this. It is also related to students’ expectations of how hard it is to get into NYU and the various schools in NYU. Can’t believe NYU makes it so hard to find the breakdown of official admission rates by school.</p>
<p>I have started another thread on this matter since we have hijacked this thread long enough. I do not want the attention to be taken from these “longsuffering” individuals here, though of course some of the admission rate info is relevant for the waitlisted students to know.</p>
<p>Back to NYU2013’s point about LSP. I think it is a great option if money is not a big consideration for the waitlisted student who gets into NYU through this channel. Let me provide a link previously seen here with some feedback from LSP students.</p>
<p>[The</a> Liberal Studies Program, Explained · NYU Local](<a href=“http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2011/02/07/the-liberal-studies-program-explained/]The”>http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2011/02/07/the-liberal-studies-program-explained/)</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information about when NYU will start notifying waitlistees? Killing me softly…</p>
<p>noidea,</p>
<p>Looking back a year ago, it seemed there was a flood of notifications towards the end of May. It looks like it is being staggered a little this year, with some notifications already (esp. into LSP), but probably the bulk of waitlistees will be notified end of May. Though last year, a few reported here that they were put on a second waitlist going into June. Hope that does not happen with anyone here because it makes it really, really hard for those who have not given up on NYU yet.</p>
<p>Anyone here know any actual LSP students? I feel like I’ll have an inferiority complex at LSP, especially because I’m considering rooming with a CAS student and a Stern student in a three person suite.</p>
<p>^I know an LSP student who just finished her frosh year. I asked, and she says the inferiority complex exists only if you make yourself think that way. Otherwise, there’s no stigma or anything, people mix together.</p>
<p>Yeah… this waiting is killing me, it’s like, I keep telling my self Berkeley is a fine even if I don’t get in, but i just REALLY REALLY REALLY wana go to New York, especially a school like Stern, where I’ll get to travel soo much. Would be SOO happy to go there.</p>
<p>FormerElitist (Haha, I hope your acceptance into LSP did not cause you to pick your userID here but maybe it is a good thing?).</p>
<p>First of all, I hope you read the LSP link I provided above. It mentions that one LSP student moved right into CAS Honors from (and, according to the student, because of) LSP.</p>
<p>It was also mentioned here that LSP students can blend seamlessly into CAS and other schools, with a case mentioned that a LSP student became Class President of CAS and other achievements that do not put them “under” students of other schools. It really, truly depends on the work ethic and the motivation of the student, along with the person’s talent and the specific subject (so many factors and the world is so complex no one person can know it all).</p>
<p>In many ways, the college application process is such a numbers/ stats driven “game.”
At times, the substance/ gestalt of the person cannot be captured by mere numbers. Or even the essays that are written or how they are received by the readers. </p>
<p>I say, you have to be careful of the shadow from within yourself or the tendency to feel less than. In that case, it will be doubly hard against some of the “minimizing” of LSP students by others at NYU based on the “stereotypes.” </p>
<p>I have to be honest with you. I think overall NYU does a fairly good job in putting into perspective one or two areas of relative “weakness” in their selection process (though I cannot speak to Stern and NYU Abu Dhabi admissions as much). While the school has to be “tuition-driven,” they also seem to look at the person as a whole (“gestalt”) even with one or two areas of "relative weaknesses’ (let’s face it , we all have these areas). So, my son’s SAT I scores could have been higher for the scholarship he was awarded but they took into consideration all the other really strong factors besides his basically solid but not super outstanding SAT I score of 2100 and ACT of 32. Despite this, he has proven to be a good fit for the scholarship program. </p>
<p>I am just pointing this out in the hopes that you will not put yourself down, but go into NYU LSP with full confidence that you are paying a hefty amount of money, along with others at NYU, to learn from the same great teachers and absorb the same great experiences others have as a result of being a NYU student.</p>
<p>You will have good things to offer your suite-mates, just as they will have good things to offer to you. Let the “good” times roll without self-doubt (unless it causes you to learn more about yourself and your strengths ultimately). :)</p>
<p>So… who wants to call admissions with me tomorrow to see when they’ll be notifying us? I feel that would be useless though. They’ll probably just say oh… anytime before July! -_-</p>
<p>I’m not going to school tomorrow (senior skip day). I’ll call…I have nothing better to do. lol.</p>