<p>Thats just way its historically been. A friend of mine from GSP didn't have the GPA for CAS, and got a spot in Gallatin. Also some people actually like the core at NYU. CAS has more pre-meds, pre-law, pre-PhDs, econ, math, scinece majors...etc. But look, its not like the schools are that much different in terms of getting into, so apply to the one you want. Applying to one instead of another is not going to move NYU from an easy match to a super reach for you.</p>