<p>How much does it increase one's chances of being accepted, if at all? i'm talking about stern btw</p>
<p>Your chances are a little better but not that much better.
I read statistics once that said something like 3,000 apply early ed and like and around 1500 (maybe more) get it. If you even look on the NYU site they say about 40% get in ED while 30% get in regular. I actually NYU’s regular acceptance rate is actually increasing now and is up to like 35% or more…but of course they will say 30% to keep them looking good. So if regular in actuality is like 35% ED is probably much more than 40% as they say.
The criteria is not different…but much less people apply.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where these statistics are coming from…NYU admitted about 26% of applicants this year, LSP not included, which is a dip from recent years. It is generally true that you have a better chance if you apply Early Decision. However, it is also true that you will get much less financial aid. I have a friend who applied ED because it was her dream school, and her financial aid was a joke. She’s had to quit her extracurricular activities and hold a job since January to make it work, along with working 2 jobs 7 days a week this summer. </p>
<p>Obviously, those ^^ are extraordinary circumstances, but there are other caveats to Early Decision besides the financial aspect. If you are a student who is applying ED because you feel like it will make up for a lackluster transcript, put that energy into making straight A’s and demonstrating passion in your ECs your first semester instead. More candidates are admitted Early Decision, but most of them of the admitted are also more qualified, if not eminently so. If NYU is your first choice, you feel that you are a strong candidate, and money is not a concern, then it is probably the right choice. If you can’t answer yes to all three of these questions, then you should probably hold off until the regular cycle.</p>
<p>I personally believe it makes a big difference. A lot of my friends with lower stats, no extracurriculars, and mediocre writing skills got in through the ED process. By the time it comes to RD, many of the spots have already been filled. I think it was especially harder for RD applicants this year because there were 2 rounds of ED.</p>
<p>youarebeautiful is correct and this increase in early admits because of EDII was documented in an article about fewer students getting in as RD students this year.</p>
<p>I. <a href=“http://nyunews.com/blogs/on-assignme.../31admissions/[/url]”>http://nyunews.com/blogs/on-assignme.../31admissions/</a></p>
<p>This first came out in March 2011. NYU Overall Admission Rate for: </p>
<p>1) Class of 2014 RD Applicants: 29.2% (11,136 Accepted);</p>
<p>2) Class of 2015 RD Applicants: lower but nothing out officially (just over 8,000 offers to RD applicants); suspected due to higher numbers of applicants who committed to attending NYU via Early Decision (especially with the new EDII option added for Class of 2015).</p>
<p>youarebeautiful</p>
<p>"I personally believe it makes a big difference. A lot of my friends with lower stats, no extracurriculars, and mediocre writing skills got in through the ED process. By the time it comes to RD, many of the spots have already been filled. I think it was especially harder for RD applicants this year because there were 2 rounds of ED. "</p>
<p>I have problem agreeing with that, a highly competitive school which has pool of over 42000 to pick from ED1,ED2 or RD why would they harm their own entering school stats. It is not as if they are short on applicants. </p>
<p>I am of the view that as an ED applicant, all things being equal (GPA, SAT, ECs, stellar Essays, the rigor of curriculum and everything else ) the only real reason for high admit rate is the binding clause. Money makes the world go round, and if it comes with outstanding stats why settle for anything less.</p>
<p>It would be interesting to know if the ED acceptances are weighted toward full-pay. NYU’s financial aid is relatively poor partly because the endowment per student is relatively small. Even though ED acceptances could lower average student stats, they could also help keep the school funded!</p>
<p>Is it true that ED applicants really get less FA? Why is that?</p>
<p>I don’t know of statistics or reports or statements by NYU that show this is true or false. :(</p>
<p>Stern’s acceptance rate is nowhere near as high as NYU’s global acceptance rate. Just want to throw that out there.</p>