comparison between safety school and NYU....admits have the same stats???

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a safety school in my state (70% acceptance) accepts very average students at my school, and only the top 15-25% of people are accepted to NYU at my school. But NYU’s GPA stats are the same as my safety school’s for all applicants worldwide???

Here is the proof:
Safety:
Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher: 39%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 28%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 21%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 10%

NYU:
Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher: 29%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74: 34%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49: 23%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24: 10%

NYU also has a very low percent of people with gpas above 3.75 compared to the rest of the top 50 universities…

can someone explain to me how this is possible?

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NYU may emphasize other things (e.g. test scores) over GPA.

NYU is divided into divisions, some of which may not be as popular or selective.

It seems that you are ashamed to name the safety that you got into.

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@ucbalumnus not at all, i don’t want people to know what state I live in.

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Another reason for that could be the high volume of international students in NYU. I think the US is one of the few countries where GPA can get higher than a 4.0, being a 4.0 almost impossible to get. For example, im Italian and here there is not such thing as AP classes to boost an applicant’s GPA.

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@camwow I answered this on your other thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/20468124/#Comment_20468124

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Also, in reviewing the actual Common Data Sets for 2015-2016 year, I think you might be looking at the college as a “whole.” you can’t really do that, your specific branch safety had a 45% acceptance rate and GPA’s were much higher, about 86%. As I said in the other thread, your safety is public versus a private uni, big difference.

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If people going to NYU are coming from top high schools they may not have the highest GPAs compared to kids coming from not such great high schools. I wouldn’t even think twice about that

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@citymama9 I come from one of the top high schools in the us

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Because kids are crazy about nyu due to its being in NYC and not as selective as Columbia or Barnard. That gives the school a great reputation far and wide. But that reputation isn’t necessarily on par with reality , and its stats may well be similar to top state flagships. On addition, some students with sub-par stats but wealthy parents can get into special programs like Global Studies or Liberal studies for two years, or into off campus programs in DC or abroad for a semester before returning to NYC in the spring , which lowers the average. Finally, there’s Tisch, where admissions are based on sheer talent and gpa/test scores don’t really matter as much.