<p>Just to add on, the benefit of sending in your deposit before June 1st is to secure housing and the housing assignments are completely random BEFORE June 1st.</p>
<p>$1000 housing deposit is non-refundable. I’m not really familiar with single rooms, so I can’t advise you much there. Look on the 2012-2013 housing info. It should say which dorms have singles and which don’t. 3N is ok, but if Hayden was your other option I’d take Hayden. The rooms aren’t as nice in 3N, although you’d have the possibility of 4 or 5 other roommates there.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m looking for as much help as I can get regarding what courses I’ll need to take in the fall as a freshman. I’m doing pre-med and probably majoring in biology so I have a general sense of what I need to take, but I’m pretty overwhelmed by the number of courses available in the Albert course search. How do I know which course is right for my major? Also I’m utterly lost regarding the courses required for the MAP. How do I know which course to take from the massive volume of courses in Albert? Will I have an adviser to help guide me through this process? As much guidance as possible would be much appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>@newatnyu: Here is what you need for the biology major:</p>
<p><a href=“Department of Biology”>Department of Biology;
<p>What do you know about the Presidential Honors Scholars program other than what it says on the website?
Is there student parking around the NYU?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>@newatnyu</p>
<p>Whoa calm down. You have an advisor who will guide you through it during CAS orientation week. Just be familiar with the courses, especially pre-med and MAP. Typical pre-med is taking principles of biology, gen chem, and some other pre-med course along with all the MAP classes. So 2-3 classes will be pre-med and 1-2 will be MAP. </p>
<p>The MAP courses are Texts and Ideas, Cultures and Contexts, Writing the Essay (mandatory for freshman year), Nat Sci (you don’t need to do this since you’re pre-med), 4 semesters of language if you haven’t placed out, and Expressive Culture (usually done soph/junior year). </p>
<p>First-year pre-med classes are large lecture halls with 750+ kids in it. In general, going to lecture isn’t necessary. And for MAP, unless you get lucky with an easy professor most courses are painfully boring.</p>
<p>@connie no student parking, there are however private parking such as the one on broadway when walking to nyu from astor place subway stop but they are super expensive. Dont drive. take the MTA or NYU buses.</p>
<p>i hear from lots of friends already at nyu that the presidential scholars is just some program where they make the “smarter” people feel like they are special. You arent really getting much out of it and you have to take these seminars that are a big waste of time. But thats them, grats if you got it though.</p>
<p>I’m majoring in Econ Policy at NYU. Do I have to be concurrently enrolled in Calculus to take Econ UA1 and Econ UA2? I was planning on taking Calc II over next summer at my community college but should I take it this summer? I would like to avoid taking Calculus at NYU and instead take advantage of NYU’s more interesting classes and take Calculus, which is basically the same everywhere, at my local community college. Thanks!</p>
<p>@connieshi</p>
<p>I hear the program has seminars, study abroad, and more small class/intellectual settings.</p>
<p>NYU is located in Greenwich Village. By virtue, the parking is expensive. It’s a major hassle to have a car. You can get around anywhere in NYC through the subway or shuttle buses.</p>
<p>@mathela</p>
<p>No, you don’t have to take Calc with Econ UA1 or Econ UA2. You only need it for Intermediate Micro and Macro. As a Policy major, you should take Calc by the end of freshman year. So either take it this summer or next summer if you don’t want to do it at NYU.</p>
<p>@jack Yeah you are right. I think this CCP thing is new. Over 80 seminars, and the ones that i really liked clashed. So some how picked 5 which didnt clash. 4 in fall and 1 in spring.</p>
<p>I took all freshman seminars and no collegiate seminar, is that a disadvantage? What exactly is collegiate? And do we get credits for these seminars? What if our classes clash with the seminars? I wish they had given some more info about the seminars…</p>
<p>If I understand you correctly, you only signed up for freshman seminars? That would not be a good decision. The seminars aren’t too complicated. It’s basically a small discussion class setting on the subject of the course. They usually involve more reading and writing than a normal class. You do get credit for them. Collegiate seminars are usually taken as an upperclassman. Could be part of the honors program in that subject as well.</p>
<p>Hi, I’ve heard of some CAS people getting their Bachelors’ in 3 years. Does this ever happen at Stern too? or is it pretty much impossible?</p>
<p>It’s pretty easy with a little planning.</p>
<p>Hey! What would U say my chances for Gallatin are? My GPA went from a 3.0 freshman year, to a 3.7 sophomore year, and now its a 4.4 (junior year). In addition, I take a lot of classes at a community college near by, concurrent with my high school classes, because I am graduating early senior year so that I can travel to Europe. I also have a part time job and am working two jobs this summer. I take AP classes. (AP Art, Human Geo, Environmental Science, Honors Spanish, next year: AP Art, Gov, and more college classes at community college)
I’m VP of a club at my school and am active in 2 others. I have volunteered at a nursing home since I was in 8th grade and I have had additional volunteering experiences since then. The first time I took the ACT I got a 29 (after I took it I thought I failed) and I am planning on getting at least a 31. So what do you think the chances are for getting into NYU Gallatin?</p>
<p>If not Gallatin, would CAS in Psychology be easier?</p>
<p>One last thing! Financial aid! I heard it is not need-based, but more desire-based. What do they technically consider desirable, just test scores? I need about 50 grand a year to be able to attend so I’m worried I won’t get enough…</p>
<p>It is VERY unlikely that you will get anywhere close to 50 grand. The most i have ever seen from NYU is around 40 and that is with extremely high grades paired with great academic and high school profiles. What they consider desirable is hollistic and since we are not admissions, we dont know.</p>
<p>The people i know who got the most generous fin aid packages around 40k~ all had 2200+ SATs/35~+ Acts, on average were atleast top 5% of graduating class, most rigorous high school curriculum, close to if not perfect 800’s on 2 or more SAT2s, and great leadership & extracurricular activities to match those grades. I even know some people in this category who have recieved fin aid packages of 10-26k~ when their EFC was around 10k. Best of luck.</p>
<p>@sjsung</p>
<p>In CAS it’s easier since it accepts AP credit. Stern accepts little AP credit so most do it in 4 years. The only other options I can think of are doing a lot of summer and winter classes, or receiving credit through other colleges, etc…</p>
<p>@Emmahearne</p>
<p>Gallatin is based a lot on the application. Your stats look fine as Gallatin is more lenient with that, but the essays and supplemental questions are important. You’re in good position though.</p>
<p>Gallatin makes you create your own major so it’s probably easier depending on what you select. I don’t think psychology is too bad either. </p>
<p>Don’t bank on getting $50,000 a year from NYU. They’re give bad financial aid. Unless you’re the valedictorian of your high school or have extremely unique circumstances, I’d look at more affordable schools.</p>
<p>@CollectivSynergy
@jackhammer25</p>
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<p>Hi, I’ve heard of some CAS people getting their Bachelors’ in 3 years. Does this ever happen at Stern too? or is it pretty much impossible?</p>
<p>What jackhammer said is true, but incomplete - the way you graduate early in Stern is to pack Stern classes in early. You have to give up the lion’s share of your elective credits, because those are the only ones you can apply APs to. But if you have enough APs you can shave off a year of those.</p>