<p>NYU is my dream school. I have always been a high performing, highly motivated student (primarily by my desire to attend NYU). My one downfall is more-than-likely going to be the SAT. Specifically the math. As far as verbal scores, every practice test I've taken has been at least up to NYUs standards. Unfortunately, the math has been a bit below. To add insult to injury, June 3rd will be the first and ONLY time I will be able to take the SAT I, as I must use the October test date for subject tests (I am applying ED in November).
I have, however, heard from many that the ACT mathematics test is less difficult than the SAT. So, if I perform well enough on the ACT and submit only that, will I be less-likely to be admitted than someone who has submitted the SAT?</p>
<p>I must say that it bothers me to think that one test seems to make or break admissions decisions. And yes, I know you will say that standardized tests aren't everything... but I garauntee you no one is getting accepted to NYU without amazing test scores, so they might as well be.</p>
<p>P.S. Any current NYU students with less-than-earth-shattering test scores, feel free to correct me.</p>
<p>I don't think it matters. I only sent my ACT score and I was accepted ED. I did quite badly on my SATs but pretty good on my ACTs. They might have had my horrible SAT scores because I sent them when I took the actual test, but I only put my ACT score on the application.</p>
<p>If I am rejected ED... can I apply RD? I know that might seem pointless, but it would buy me more time to improve test scores and thus, perhaps raise my chances of admission. But I don't know if you can do that.</p>
<p>someone on this board posted what the nyu admissions board put on their website regarding the pool of applicants, etc...if you're not accepted ED, then most likely you'll be rejected RD. the competition in both pools are similar. so if you think you can improve your scores for RD, and can wait that long to find out, then i suggest doing RD. if you get your scores, and you find out that you did pretty good, then do ED. also for ED, make sure you're ok with the financial aspect, because most NYU students don't get ideal packages and doing ED, you've got to accept it whether you like how the package looks or not</p>
<p>au contraire...the contract you sign says that the decision is binding unless you can prove that they didn't give you enough aid, based on your fafsa efc and whatever else.</p>
<p>the bottom line is, you can't back out of it because the financial aid package doesnt look favorable to you...otherwise, everyone would..its NYU. </p>
<p>the only exception is if you absolutely CANNOT pay for it, and i think thats the difference between what everyone is talking about</p>
<p>Queenie00, I took subject tests but I never sumbitted them because for Tisch the audition counts for those. The application said that if you were auditioning then you didn't need to submit subject tests...thank god! :)</p>