<p>Hey so I'm stressing out about getting into NYU! It really is the only school I want to go to so I want to make sure I am in the best place to get in.. I have a ton of questions!</p>
<p>I am a going into my senior year at a very competitive private high school. My grades have been prettyyy good (my overall GPA so far is a 3.79 weighted and I think like a 3.69 unweighted).. do they count arts in unweighted? I have only taken 2 honors courses from freshmen to junior year, but senior year I am taking 3 honors and 1 AP. Do you think that will help or do they not pay attention to senior year? I am also in the National Honors Society.
Besides grades, I have a lot of extracurricular/leadership activities (10th grade senator, peer leadership, editor-in-chief of the school's magazine, varsity volleyball, club volleyball, big brother/big sister program, and some school clubs).</p>
<p>Do you think I have a good chance of getting in? please be honest!! and tell me if there is anything else I could do to increase my chances!
Also, is it easier to be accepted into CAS or Gallatin?</p>
<p>My D is going into junior year at Gallatin. If you know you want NYU, your best chance is to apply ED. Your GPA and activities are OK, but you don’t have many APs. First semester senior grades are not in by the time of ED, so won’t count, but they will definitely look at the difficulty of your classes. Gallatin is for those who are interested in multiple areas of study. They take only 300 per year, so it is definitely harder admission than CAS. You only get one shot at applying to a specific school, and it can be difficult to change from one to another. Changing majors within liberal arts (CAS) is easier. If you fall in the lower range of students admitted, they may offer you liberal studies in a 2 year core program that has smaller classes. Then if you succeed in this program, NYU will enroll you in the program to which you originally applied.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go by the fact that since its class size is 300, it is “definitely” easier to get into than CAS. CAS will obviously have a larger class size as it covers the most majors and as a result, will have a proportionate amount of applicants. </p>
<p>Bottom line is, apply to the school that suits your interests. If you want to study something that’s offered at CAS, then apply to CAS. If you’re interested in 2-3 different subjects, then apply to Gallatin and explain why you want to combine those things into a single major. There’s still debate however as to whether or not “making up” your own major has a positive or negative effect on job recruitment.</p>
<p>Okay thank you guys so much! Do you think having great essays help a lot?</p>