<p>I initially applied for CAS program to NYU, but I was "deferred" to GSP and the letter was way too vague... Should I be ashamed or be happy that I got deferred/accepted, NYU was my top choice, but I'm not sure anymore... did anyone else get into this program?</p>
<p>To be blunt: It's for kids who don't have high SAT scores or other qualified stats. They basically milk you for 45k a year and then let you into CAS.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, recruiters and employers see that you have been in GSP so I don't know how "worth it" it seems. </p>
<p>I personally wouldn't go as it seems like a personal insult of "Oh you're rejected but we like you just enough to let you fund our college". </p>
<p>However, others who are really interested in NYU would probably take the offer. Definitely visit the college and the GSP students. Visit CAS students and ask them what they would've done and what they think of GSP. </p>
<p>Don't make a decision without visiting and asking the opinions of students because the people who weren't sure about GSP HATED IT once they went. Make sure you are sure.</p>
<p>The General Studies Program is a two-year, full-time program that allows students to complete an Associate in Arts degree, which forms the first half of a conventional bachelors degree program at NYU. The General Studies Program is based on a broadly defined interdisciplinary core curriculum that offers the kind of comprehensive liberal arts background usually required during the first two years of college. But we depart from the typical pattern. We think that an education should be carefully designed. The General Studies Program has a unified curriculum, where one course relates to another, where all aspects of a curriculum focus on a common goal, and where both students and faculty are committed to the development of a community dedicated to learning.</p>
<p>Students may not apply to the General Studies Program. Instead, the NYU admissions committee selects highly-qualified students to refer to GSP -- students they believe are worthy of admission to the University and who will benefit from the experience. Last year only 7% of applicants to NYU were admitted to GSP.</p>
<p>Al GSP students will have the opportunity to transfer to the NYU division which they orginally applied to . Students who have completed the appropriate courses and and met the GPA requirement can expect to transfer seamlessly to the NYU division in which they originally applied.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/gsp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nyu.edu/gsp/</a></p>
<p>Read the information from their site.</p>
<p>If you have your heart set on going to NYU, attend the admitted student events, ask questions see if it meet your needs. </p>
<p>I can tell you as a current NYU Grad student who has met students across the spectrum, that once you are on campus very few people ask or really care what "school" you attend.</p>
<p>good luck</p>