<p>If I applied ED II to CAS at NYU but end up getting into GSP instead, is the ED still binding? Or does it become sort of like a deferral where I can let them know by May if I want to enroll?</p>
<p>In my opinion, it seems like it wouldn't be binding because it's not the original school that I applied to.</p>
<p>As with ED I, if you are deferred to LSP, it is no longer binding. You still must give them an answer within 3 weeks.</p>
<p>and is there a greater chance of being offered into LSP than to being rejected into CAS?</p>
<p>You aren’t binded to the ED agreement when they first offer you to enter CAS through LSP. Instead, you are given about three weeks to determine if you can afford NYU and if LSP is something you actually want to do. Then, if you accept the LSP offer, you are binded again. You have to cancel your other applications and offers once you accept. </p>
<p>Students that excel in smaller classrooms/more liberal art oriented curriculums are selected from the application pool to enter LSP. So, if you don’t see a reason for them to select you for the program, then you will either get rejected or accepted to CAS. Statistically speaking, CAS has ~29% acceptance rate. 10% of the remaining 71% are placed into LSP (~7.1%), and the final 63.9% are rejected. </p>
<p>Contrary to what you may hear, LSP is neither better nor worse than directly going into CAS. It’s just there to A) increase the amount of students at NYU without raising the average class size and B) give students who excel at much smaller class sizes (private/homeschool) a place to be. It’s up to the individual student to decide if the environment will help them or not.</p>
<p>The above is slightly false. Almost everyone in LSP is either a bit resentful of their deferment or quite honest about the fact that there was at least one somewhat subpar component of their application. i.e. One of my absolute best friends here is very straightforward about the fact that he goofed around in high school and got a substandard GPA, but he’s not dumb at all and beasted the SAT. And he’s probably one of the single smartest people I know at school. Another girl was a hard worker, did really well in high school with a lot of leadership in extracurriculars, had a ton of community service, but struggled with exams. Her essays were really great, but she isn’t the best test-taker, so her SAT was below average.</p>
<p>I could go on and on, but the simple fact of the matter is that LSP is softballed a bit and gets marketed as something of an alternative beginning for your first two years at NYU when in reality its a deferral pool. At the end of the two years they measure everyone by one simple standard, your GPA. Since it’s very standardized academically, i.e. each semester every single LSP kid takes three identical classes, there’s no subjectivity. A 3.9 is clearly better than a 3.6, no subjectivity for ‘oh this person’s food nutrition classes in CAS were easier than the pre-med kid or the Stern kid so you have to account for the difference in GPA.’ Basically, as long as you do well in LSP, you get the option to move into any school at NYU except Stern. If you don’t, well, you’re living up to the fact that they deferred you.</p>
<p><----3.9 unweighted GPA, 2090 SAT score.</p>
<p>That is not substandard for CAS. The average class size at my liberal arts high school was 23, which is why I suspect I got placed into LSP - not because of something lacking in my character.</p>
<p>There is subjectivity. You take fundamental classes. The rest are actual course classes of your desired major. Yes, while in freshman year, you can only probably take 2-3 courses off your major. However, sophomore year, you take a lot more. My professor has told me I will be transferring to CAS second semester of sophomore year. </p>
<p>Hellodocks, it’s rather a large generalization to say everyone in LSP resents being in it. I’ve met a lot of people who are having a great time and I wouldn’t say “resentment” is the general feeling in LSP. We’re going to NYU, after all. It’s not like we all line up in the back with our high school diplomas and asking for second opinions.</p>