I applied to NYU CAS and havent heard back, should I assume I was rejected?

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<p>I am really nervous and scared because I know that people have already heard back from the College of Arts and Science. I dont know whether to assume I was rejected or whether there is still hope. </p>

<p>These are my stats though:
NYU (college of arts and science) Biology Major</p>

<p>wrote some really killer essays and I really emphasized on my diverse cultural background, if thats a good thing?? (if you have time to read em u can drop me ur email)</p>

<p>Im pretty sure I got some good recommendations, and I also got a recommendation from a neurosurgeons office I worked with at Johns Hopkins Hospital, if that helps?
But this is my resume:</p>

<p>Clubs and Activities:
• Chemathon Team (10th grade,12th grade)
• Academic Team (11th grade, 12th grade)
• National Honor Society (11th grade, 12th grade)
• French National Honor Society (11th grade, 12th grade)
• History Club (10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade)
• Peer Tutoring Club (11th grade, 12th grade)
• French Club (10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade)
• Journalism ( 10th grade)
• YBES World Language Tutor (11th grade)
• General Band ( 9th grade)
Outside of School Activities:
• Hindu Temple Sunday School (9th grade)
• Hindu Temple Sunday School Teacher (10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade)
• Tutor neighborhood children in math (10th grade)
• Intern at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute: Pediatric Neurosurgery Department (11th grade)
• Recreational Basketball (9th grade, 10th grade)
Advanced Placement and Honors Courses:
• Honors English (10th grade)
• Honors Biology (10th grade)
• Journalism (10th grade)
• AP World History (10th grade)
• AP US History (11th grade)
• AP Biology (11th grade)
• AP English (11th grade)
• Honors Trigonometry (11th grade)
• Honors Pre-Calculus (11th grade)
• AP French V (12th grade)
• AP Literature (12th grade)
• AP Chemistry/Biochemistry (12th grade)
• AP Environmental Science (12th grade)
AP Statistics (12th grade)</p>

<p>Academic Credit Distribution:
• 8 Math Credits: Algebra 1B, Geometry, Algebra II, Honors Trigonometry, Honors Pre-Calculus, AP Statistics, Calculus
• 8 Science Credits: Earth Science, Honors Biology, Chemistry, AP Biology, Microbiology, AP Environmental, AP Chemistry, Biochemistry
• 5 English Credits English 9, Honors English 10, AP English 11, AP English 12, Journalism
• 3 Social Studies Credits: Government, AP World History, AP US History
• 4 French Credits: French Two, French Three, French Four, AP French Five
Honors and Distinctions:
• National Honor Society
• French National Honor Society
• Academic Letter and Pin
• Distinguished Honor Roll
Leadership Roles:
• Peer Tutor
• Sunday School Teacher
• YBES Tutor
Work Experience:
• Cashier at Gas Station (10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade)
• Indian Grocery Store Worker (11th grade)</p>

<p>SAT SCORES
CR-630
MATH-690
WRITING-650
SAT II MATH 630
SAT II LIT 610
GPA
3.45 UW
3.6 W</p>

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<p>The answer is on the web site, <a href=“Undergraduate Admissions”>Undergraduate Admissions;

<p>“… all decisions - offers of admission, denials, and wait list - will be mailed during the last week of March so as to arrive on or about April 1st.”</p>

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<p>Right. You should not assume that you were rejected. You will receive a decision by April 1st, although some people are receiving notifications/invitations in the mail that lets them know their acceptance is on its way.</p>

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<p>i’m pretty much in the same boat as you are, but i live in texas so idk maybe it takes awhile?</p>

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<p>I am just as worried :frowning:
Live in NJ and have not heard a thing.</p>

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<p>citybound - im from NJ too. still nothing and getting a lil antsy. whr exactly / relatively in NJ are u from? and which school did u apply to?</p>

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<p>CAS- Pre Med</p>

<p>Right outside of Philly.</p>

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<p>Oh I see Cherry Hill on your location. Yeah I live like 10-15 minutes away.</p>

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<p>yea I applied to CAS-pre med/biology…are you guys scared or what…i want answers now…hahaha…has anyone heard if there is going to be another wave of CAS invites on the way??</p>

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<p>amanmagoon- i would bet that that’s probably the case since CAS is one of the largest schools in NYU, so they prob not gonna invite everyone at once to the same event. idk just a hunch. plus they’re prob still reviewing apps as we speak. </p>

<p>good luck to everyone</p>

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<p>bahrunychoi— that actually makes a lot of sense…but based on my stats do any of you think I stand a chance???</p>

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<p>Many of you are not paying attention: </p>

<p>“… all decisions - offers of admission, denials, and wait list - will be mailed during the last week of March so as to arrive on or about April 1st.”</p>

<p>Is it the last week of March yet?</p>

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<p>vossron-- it doesnt make sense why NYU would send out early invites to only some of the people who were accepted…and why is it that it seems that the CAS standards have dramatically increased</p>

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<p>Most schools accept far more applicants than will matriculate (the “yield”), and they want those accepted more than they want those rejected. Within the group accepted, they want some more than others, and those “most wanted” may get early notice in an effort entice them to matriculate at a higher rate than others.</p>

<p>The best/only way to know if standards have actually increased is after the fact by checking published acceptance statistics. In many cases, including NYU’s, the Common Data Set is a good source, where yearly changes can be tracked. Start at [NYU</a> > Office of Institutional Research and Program Evaluation > Factbook > View Tables](<a href=“Factbook and Common Data Sets”>Factbook and Common Data Sets), “First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission”. It can be a bit tedious (which is why I’m not doing it :wink: ).</p>

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<p>vossron-- so are you saying that NYU will accept the kids with the higher stats a little earlier so that they will opt for nyu over other schools they get into, thus raising the standard for NYU. so does it make sense to say that kids with lower or borderline stats will get acceptances closer to april 1st?</p>

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<p>In general, I think that’s a fair assessment, except for the “borderline” stats idea which, I think, doesn’t exist in this context. In broad general terms, the adcoms for each school start with the number of available freshman seats, then estimate the yield, giving the number of applicants they will admit, and they just go down the list, which we can think of as “ranked” where everyone has good stats, but there’s a cutoff point when the seats are filled. In broad general terms.</p>

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<p>That wouldn’t make sense in my friend’s and my case, though. We both had incredibly low SAT I, and SAT II scores (in terms of NYU). I had a 2070, and she had ~1800, with SAT II scores in the 400 and 500s. Maybe we were exceptions?</p>

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<p>Stats are only one component of acceptance criteria, sometimes as low as 20% of deciding factors. Above, instead of “good stats” I should have written “good enough stats,” and “ranked” doesn’t mean ranked by stats. If you’re accepted, the only thing you know for sure is that the school wanted you more than they wanted someone who was rejected, but you don’t know why they wanted you (unless they told you why!).</p>

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<p>NYU’s pretty famous for the randomness of its admissions - not in the crapshoot sense, but in the sense that academically, admitted students are all over the board. Just check out an NYU scattergram and compare it with that of a heavily numbers-based school.</p>

<p>So while the applicants who haven’t heard yet may be “borderline” (they do say that they continue making decisions through to the end of March), I don’t think they’re necessarily borderline by the numbers.</p>

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<p>my bottom line question to everyone is whether or not you think NYU will continue to make more decisions for CAS applicants and also if it makes sense to even think about getting admitted anymore</p>