<p>I got accepted to BA/DDS program, so basically i am going to be in CAS for three years. Then i go to College of Dentistry. It's a 7 year program so i want to give a try. But the problem is i have to maintain minimum GPA of 3.2 for overall and 3.4 for science classes. Plus, i have to take DAT(dental admission test) Going into College of Dentistry is not gauranteed so i'm really worried about that. Is it hard to get 3.4s in science classes? I like Chemistry but I don't like Biology that much. The program says i have to major in Biology. How hard is the class?</p>
<p>jn2park: </p>
<p>Congrats on getting into the combined degree program! Since you were accepted, you probably have the knowledge, study skills, and discipline that's necessary, so maintaining a 3.4 should really be no problem. As my roommate and I say:</p>
<p>1) If you want a 3.0 GPA, go to class and pay attention.
2) If you want a 3.5 GPA, go to class, pay attention, do the homework, study for tests.
3) If you want a 3.7 GPA, go to class, pay attention, do the homework well, study hard for tests, go to office hours every now and then.</p>
<p>If you're willing to do some work, a 3.4 is not hard to achieve. You should be fine. :D</p>
<p>"If you want a 3.7 GPA, go to class, pay attention, do the homework well, study hard for tests, go to office hours every now and then"</p>
<p>-go to office hours every now and then-
What does it mean?</p>
<p>I'm going into film & television and I have been trying to work out my schedule looking at albert (I am aware I might not get all the times I want). Is it a bad idea to arrange my schedule so that I have fridays off and only one class on wednesdays? tuesday would be my busiest day, and I would have a gen ed class, the recitation for that class, my writing the essay workshop, and then my freshman colloquium (which I think is basically guest lecturers). Would that be terrble?</p>
<p>also, do you know why so many classes are so late at night? on wednesdays I'll be ending class at 9:50 or 9 and to me that seems so crazy... but it is the only section offered. </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>crazy4ivy: Office hours are times when the professor is available (usually in his/her office) for questions about the material, homework help, etc. It's definitely a good idea to go if you don't understand lecture. Also, it's a good way of getting to know a professor who can write you recommendations and stuff.</p>
<p>Dawn:</p>
<p>It's definitely not a bad idea. You can use the time to work, study, hang out with friends, whatever. I don't know how terrible the schedule you outlined would be, but I've found that I don't like having more than three classes a day.</p>
<p>I have no idea why classes are so late at night, but I have a few ideas. Firstly, classroom space apparently is pretty tight at NYU, so classes get spread out through the day in order to make everything fit. Also, I know that a lot of the Tisch classes are kinda long - if those were held earlier in the day, chances are you wouldn't be able to take any other classes 'cause those times would overlap.</p>
<p>Good luck. :D</p>
<p>oh, okay... thanks! I was just curious whether you thought I'd be bogged down with work or anything... I should be fine I guess. Have you heard anything about intro to sociology? I think I'm going to take that as my gen ed first semester... according to ratemyprof.com the guy who teaches it is awesome and everyones loves the class, so hopefully it will be cool.
thanks again!</p>
<p>Dawn: Get acquainted with the CAS Course Evaluation Guide(<a href="http://www.nyu.edu/cas/studentcouncil/ceg/)%5B/url%5D">http://www.nyu.edu/cas/studentcouncil/ceg/)</a>. :D It's the official CAS way to rate courses and professors.</p>
<p>How bad is writing the essay course :(?</p>
<p>I have been accepted to NYU as a transfer in fall 2006, and want to know what the best dorms are for transfers. I'm female, really social, but studious. Thanks for the any info</p>
<p>hi im currently on the NYU wait list for CAS...do u noe what chance i have to get in? they said may 1st to june 5th they'll let me noe...but i havent heard anything yet.</p>
<p>merumerume: I think I've answered this before, but here it is again. I hated it because I could never understand what the heck I was supposed to be doing. However, some kids really kicked ass in that class. So it depends on you. If you do well in that class, congrats! (I couldn't do that. :P) But if you have trouble, talk to the teacher and keep talking to the teacher. At least they can't say you didn't try hard.</p>
<p>collegegirl05: There's no best dorm - each has its own pros and cons. "Female, social, studious" won't help you narrow it down. I'm not a transfer and I don't know any transfer students well, but I'm guessing that you might try for one of the Union Square dorms. Being closer to campus might help you get adjusted and stuff.</p>
<p>liltim412: Sorry, I have absolutely no idea. If you trawl the NYU website they might have statistics, but I have no idea.</p>
<p>I'm interested in Stern (applying ED actually for class of 11)....do Stern students need to take the CAS core as well, or do they have their own core?</p>
<p>And in your experience, are Stern students generally more cocky/arrogant than other students in NYU because their stats are higher/for whatever reason?</p>
<p>Also how big are the dorm rooms? According to someone I know you end up breathing on your roommate. What freshman dorms have the largest rooms? (I'm marginally claustrophobic...not officially though...)</p>
<p>haha futurenyustudent (or iHateCA-- i remember you), i think i can help answer some of your questions about the dorms but I'm not a student yet (will be). So i attended the University Day receptions and some of the things that opened up prospective students to the dorms.</p>
<p>The dorms are decent to big in my opinion, compared to other schools (like UCLA, Columbia <--- just some of my experiences. I've lived at Columbia) And no, you don't end up breathing on your roommate (not unless you have a low-cost triple, which isnt even that bad). The dorms are about the same size, with apartment-style ones a little bigger. But the thing is the apartment style halls have smaller rooms but it compensates because they have a kitchen, living space, etc. But the traditional residential halls have bigger bedrooms. </p>
<p>P.S You should probably focus on getting admitted first though before you start contemplating housing and dorms</p>
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<p>Hahahaha. I know. I'm VERY focused on getting in. I already printed out the essay topics...although they're ridiculously hard to write. You know...I haven't like rescued people from New Orleans or done covert operations for the CIA or balanced the IMF's budget.</p>
<p>oh well
write anything!
I wrote "IMF Sucks. It's the most evil organization. It's a bloodsucking leech" and got in with 3.8/1880 :)</p>
<p>Can I say that about the IRS? or better yet, the SAT?</p>
<p>I'm just kidding. I'll think of something original...eventually. I could write that....laissez-faire economics makes absolutely no sense and why it's so....but that's kind of a stupid topic, and I'm sure thousands have written on this topic...God why is this so frigging hard?!?!</p>
<p>Ooooh....um......OK fine, I'm stuck.</p>
<p>I wrote my essay on how Days of Our Live impacted my life.</p>
<p>I'm assuming that means you can pretty much do anything =]</p>
<p>futurenyustudent:</p>
<p>Stern has their own core classes. I have no idea what those are, but according to my roommate, some of them are the same MAP courses that we CAS students take - they take Con. West, World Cultures, and a semester of CAS Writing the Essay.</p>
<p>There's no evidence available to suggest that Stern stats are higher than any of the other schools (though I suspect it might be true), but I've never met anyone who had a big head just because he or she got into Stern. It really makes no sense - sure, you got into Stern, but so did your roommate and like a third of the other kids on your floor. It's not really an exclusive group.</p>
<p>As for the dorm rooms - first, focus on getting into NYU. :D Second, once you start making school visits, you'll realize that a lot of other schools have dorms far crappier than ours. :D</p>
<p>Regarding the essay, I'm with scrapnel on this - write something creative! Like pre-med advising tells us for the AMCAS application, don't bother espousing a controversial view because you can't possibly do justice to it in 500 words or less. I think it's far better to write a positive, feel-good essay about what motivates you, what drives you, what makes a movie good, your experiences as a dog-sitter, etc. than to deliver some half-baked diatribe against "the system," whatever that is. If you write something negative, I think it's far easier for readers to discount you because they don't agree with you (even though they're supposed to be neutral) or because they think you seem like a ranty high schooler.</p>
<p>Hey can anyone tell me about the CHOICES program. Are there any advantages to it</p>
<p>hiii everyone...shadeschildren..i know you're probably really busy with this but I really need some advice. I got accepted to NYU's General Studies Program..where in 2 years I'll be a CAS student....I want to go to med school..so I'll be takin pre-med courses, with a major in Communication & media studies (yeah i kno--totally different)..I also have an option of going to NYIT's 7 year BS/DO program....WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF GETTING INTO AN MD SCHOOL FROM NYU?? DO YOU KNOW THE STATISTICS? SHOULD I GO TO NYIT WHERE I'M SAFE OR SHOULD I GO TO NYU WHERE I HAVE THE NAME TO BACK ME UP???</p>