<p>I was wondering if the survey they send to prospective NYU students applying for the Global Liberal Studies Programs has any affect on their application.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I was wondering about this too…got the survey today as well…
But I guess they definitely would… I mean, they wouldn’t have emailed just for fun or to waste some time during their busiest month of the year.</p>
<p>My D received this email as well, I think NYU just wants to get an idea of the number of Freshman actually interested in studying abroad their freshman year…each freshman has the choice to study at the New York campus their first year and many prefer that because they fear being socially isolated from the students who may have already developed friendships at the NYC campus once they return from being abroad…you will be surprised how many freshman are just not ready for a year abroad but would prefer to wait until their junior year which is an option in this program…Good luck to you guys I think getting that survey may be a good sign!</p>
<p>Thank you so much that puts me more at ease. Do you think your daughter will spend her freshman year abroad? @yumeno2010 and you, do you plan on studying abroad your first year?</p>
<p>Yes, my D filled out the survey and said that she would want to be at the NYU Florence campus, she’s been to Paris and I studied abroad in italy and loved it so she wanted to experience that as well so she opted out of London for that reason…we shall see…I think unfortuantly what has happened in Haiti with the earthquake and the students volunteering abroad there as scared some people from wanting to travel abroad now… I think that might be another reason NYU wants to guage how many of the students are still interested in going abroad in general…</p>
<p>@09farahs I said yes :). I’m not really scared to study abroad; afterall I’m an international student to start with xD, and I live near NYC, so I don’t mind about that either. Actually, after getting the survey, I like GLS program even more than ever lol. @CollegeBoundNYC, do you think they would care if the student is fluent in either french or Italian? I would love to go to Paris, but since I’m not fluent in the language, I chose other one instead. The curriculum said they have extra language training, but I’m not so sure about what’s going to happen…</p>
<p>i said maybe to london 
and i think its great collegebound that your daughter and @yumeno2010 that you guys are interested still in studying abroad. it sounds like a rare opportunity especially for freshmen. i am hoping for all of us to get in!! good luck to you both!! :)</p>
<p>Read the email text that came with the survey link – it clearly says that the survey has no bearing on your application or your chances. They are trying to get a statistical sense of the distribution of first year students for the GLS program. It’s a new program and they really don’t know how many students will opt to begin in each of the sites. </p>
<p>I seriously don’t believe the earthquake in Haiti will scare students off of study abroad programs. Either you’re afraid of the world, or you’re not. If you’re afraid of the world, GLS seems like a poor choice of a program for you.</p>
<p>@scro14 i read the e-mail again and you’re right. thanks. did you apply for the GLS program, would you like to study abroad your freshman year if you get in??</p>
<p>09farahs: D applied to GLS – NYU overall is a reach for her but she’s a good fit for GLS so we think that improves her chances – she has already studied abroad 1 semester & has studied 4 foreign languages. I don’t know how she responded to the survey but my guess is that she would like to study abroad freshman year and would probably put London as her first choice.</p>
<p>Good luck to you – it really does sound like an amazing program</p>
<p>@scro14 thanks and i thought so too :)</p>
<p>hey everyone,
I’ve also applied to the global liberal studies program, and I’m kind of nervous…especially since if we don’t get accepted to GLS, we won’t even be considered for admission to CAS. </p>
<p>Do you guys think a lot of people applied? I didn’t even know this program existed until like a month or so before I applied. </p>
<p>On their website they said admission to this program is highly selective and I dunno I’m thinking that I might have killed my chances to NYU by applying to this program instead of another major in CAS…however I speak five different languages and feel this program’s perfect for me so I applied. I come from an elite private school, and a lot of kids applied to NYU, but I’m the only one applying for this GLS progam. My grades and my ACT scores are okay, but not superb, they’re just average, however I studied three languages at my school, two the highest AP level this year, and I am and have been always very involved in my school and local community. Do I stand a chance?</p>
<p>Hey guys, I just got LSP’D for Global Liberal Studies!! Good luck to those still waiting!!</p>
<p>What does that mean - LSP’d for Global Liberal Studies? Does that mean you are in the GLS program? </p>
<p>Also, does anyone know much about class sizes for Global Liberal Studies? Are they all small or are there some lecture style?</p>
<p>If you choose to study abroad freshman year, do you also study abroad junior year?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore transferring out of GLS. No one seems to know what courses will be offered in the junior year abroad. The first two years are basically identical to the Liberal Studies program. My boyfriend transferred out last year because he thought the GLS program would be like an IR degree. It isn’t. Most of the classes are humanities-type classes. Many of us are worried that graduate schools will not accept us for not completing a major. The academic counselors say that GLS is our major, but really it’s a major of no major. One administrator who always wears polyester mini-skirts (OMG! eek) told me that junior year students will have to take a “tele-conference seminar” with a teacher back home in New York. Like we’ll want to be up at 4 in the morning? She also made fun of the teachers, calling them stupid for not using her blog. I was shocked to hear this. I think almost all of my teachers have been awesome, but there is just a feeling that the administration is making up the upper-division courses as they go along. It’s very frustrating, and many of us worry that graduate schools will not want to accept us unless we complete remedial coursework for a major. The students who are happy like the idea of having an easy junior year of traveling, without having to work that hard on any one thing. </p>
<p>Global Leisure Studies</p>
<p>Save your $$$$$ for graduate school</p>
<p>You apply for GLS only just like you apply to Stern or Tisch only. You cannot get LSP’d to GLS.</p>
<p>I disagree with LucyTechtalk (who’s been reposting her comments everywhere) for numerous reasons,</p>
<p>1.) You can double major (I’m double majoring in GLS + East Asian Studies w/ a minor in Public Policy and Management) all you have to do is understand what is going on in the world? Read the website, talk to the advisers with a cohesive plan?</p>
<p>2.) The Junior year abroad courses are outlined on gls.nyu.edu and the respective abroad location’s page (ie: NYU Shanghai) and the classes offered there even have syllabi! Whoa!</p>
<p>3.) I know who LucyTechtalk is talking about, just ignore the one administrator that seems odd, the rest are awesome people especially the advisers who are really helpful.</p>
<p>4.) Most graduate schools are going to look at your GRE scores, your application essays, what you’ve done with your major, etc. It’s not like someone goes “THIS PERSON DID GLS THROW THEIR APPLICATION AWAY!!” If anything, the relative novelty of it would create a space for potential re-read or being added to the “good” stack of applications lol.</p>
<p>5.) LucyTechtalk said the professors are awesome, which the are.</p>
<p>6.) “The students who are happy like the idea of having an easy junior year of traveling, without having to work that hard on any one thing.” <—Gross generalization especially when you look into what you can do in addition to the major. </p>
<p>7.) “My boyfriend transferred out last year because he thought the GLS program would be like an IR degree. It isnt. Most of the classes are humanities-type classes.” <---- He could have minored in politics or a specific study of a region. IR has become the new “business” degree so I don’t know if you’d want it anyways. Especially since it somehow adds quantitative elements to decision making. Like game theory is interesting in a vacuum, but does it really account for the multitude of actors involved in international politics? I digress…</p>
<p>8.) Small classes anyone? Does anyone think that is valuable in and of itself? My friends at BU, Harvard, MIT, NYU CAS/Stern, all have huge classes of 50+. My biggest class maybe has 20ish kids in it? That’s the exception since the others have 15-17.</p>
<p>9.) You can do a 5 year BA/MA program through NYU with the GLS program. Meaning, you can get into NYU GSAS for a masters in Global affairs. Boom, problem solved.</p>
<p>Regardless of what you are looking for in a school, you should always do your own research and really think hard about what you want to do. That is common sense really (no offense to those who didn’t expect what GLS is, better luck next time?)</p>