<p>I was accepted to NYU GSP and im not too sure what its all about. I've been trying to read up on it and the things i've aren't that good. Is it just like the normal NYU education just more liberal arts focused for the first two years? Or is it just a load of s*** so they can milk money from people? I would love to go to school in NYC but if im going to get a community college education, what's the point of spending $40K a year? I need some help in order to decide which college i should attend.</p>
<p>Let me start off by saying im interested in becoming a lawyer so i need a good undergrad school that can get me in the door to a good Grad Law School. I've been accepted to:
NYU (GSP)
Johns Hopkins
University of Maryland
American University
SUNY Stony Brook<br>
NYU is my top choice, but if the GSP program will hurt me in the long run then I would rather go somewhere else. So can you guys help me out?</p>
<p>me too I got into the GSP NYU program, I was totally like "what the hell!?!?" when I got it. It gave virtually no information , I ESPECIALLY liked the part that said we will be studying the "great books." HAHAHAHAHAHA....I imagined something along the lines of being forced to say "I majored in great books" in about 4 years...it sounds horrible and stupid Is it even a real program? I got into McGill, I don't know if that is "better" than NYU, but I definitely was very surprised, kind of shocked. I thinnk John Hopkins is a better school personally</p>
<p>That's exactly how i feel. It seems kind of bogus to me... like college for retards or something. i agree that JHU is a better school but still want to go to college in New York city.</p>
<p>GSP..............you'd think they could have made some more room! And I though I was overqualified...pshhh! did you name a major when you applied? Did you apply to College of Arts and Sciences?</p>
<p>hahahahaha. I ALSO applied to St. Andrews! Did you apply to UCL?</p>
<p>I applied to college of arts and science and I stated a major...poli sci. I wonder if i would be better off going to college for a year somewhere else and then transferring to NYU CAS and bypassing the whole GSP thing.</p>
<p>If all you care about is grad school, go to UMD where you can get a high GPA and pay less (because grad school costs a lot and is more dependent on GPA rather than prestige of undergrad).</p>
<p>I got the same GSP thing, but they even attatched more strings to my "offer of admission"- they told me I have to go to Italy my first year. At first I hated then idea, then thought it might actually be good, and now I hate it again. </p>
<p>It sounds to me as a way to milk more money from people. I don't want to be NYU's ***** my first two years (as some people described it as to me), taking all gen ed. courses, and then not even being guarenteed a spot if my major changes. If NYU was my dream school, then I would consider it more, but since it's not, I'm more inclined to dislike the offer.</p>
<p>GSP is crap, forget it</p>
<p>wait... so you guys were all admitted already? did you apply RD? when did you hear?</p>
<p>lol @ all you GSP haters...f*** off ;)</p>
<p>Nearly everyone who gets in GSP graduates in NYU Arts and Science. Not really a big deal, at least if its your first choice.</p>
<p>yep. i applied as a poli sci major...</p>
<p>the first year of gsp is predetermined...but the second is mostly major courses...so its all good ;)</p>
<p>I had also gotten into GSP way back in December as I applied to CaS by ED. i was very dissappointed but gave some thought if it was worth it or not. honestly since I was going to do the pre-med track, they wanted me to take the BS GSP course in addition to taking summer courses in science there. All in all I think the real reason why I got accepted was that they knew with my Family's income, I would be able to pay the tuition. If I went I would commute anyway since im 45 minutes from the city but since My parents are buying a new house and I have a sister going to college a year after me, I had no choice but to reject the offer and pick a SUNY school instead =/. Though considering the fact that around 33K people applied, I do feel kind of lucky that at least they took some interest in me >.>;.</p>
<p>I don't think they only accepted people based on money, because my family doesn't have too much money. But you never know...</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the gsp thing shows up later on when you graduate and if it affects you in any way. I'm hoping tp continue with Grad School and if gsp shows up and looks bad then i would rather go somewhere else and pay less for a better degree.</p>
<p>All the schools you are looking into are at least good. But Johns Hopkins is the only one that I would categorize as elite. Personally, I would recommend Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Hahaha. This is great. I'm in the exact same situation as you guys. I received a conditional offer from St. Andrew's University in Scottland to read Economics and get a MA there. Also I got into McGill for econ and got NYU GSP. So far McGill sounds best to me. But then again, I'm an international student, and I wish to work in the US. So I'm guessing NYU would make it the easiest for me to do so. What do you think? I'm just worried a summer employer will see I'm in GSP. But perhaps they won't know what it is?!</p>
<p>For further info on those issues, I started a few threads some time ago:</p>
<p>NYU GSP vs. McGill:
- <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158521%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158521</a>
- <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158520%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158520</a></p>
<p>McGill vs. St. Andrew's:
- <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158782%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158782</a>
- <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158780%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=158780</a></p>
<p>Hope this helps! Would appreciate answers to my questions. Thanks!</p>
<p>Elitester, Well if you're looking to work in the U.S. i think that NYU would be best especially because you have the city at your disposal and NYU has a lot of ties for internships so you can make connections very easily.</p>
<p>Aside from that, i dont know how or if other people see the fact that you went to NYU GSP and i don't if it would hurt you in anyway... either getting into Grad school or looking for a job. Supposedly it doesn't make a difference.</p>
<p>And in response to a post on one of your message boards about people at NYU looking down at kids that go to NYU GSP... I visited NYU last weekend and spoke to some students about the GSP program and people dont look down at GSP students for the most part. They do think it's unfair that in their junior year, GSP students have priority over them in elective courses because GSP students already finished their core cirriculum requirements and they haven't yet. </p>
<p>The only things you should really worry about is where you would be happiest, where you think you would be most successful, and which one is cheaper.</p>
<p>I was actually told that at NYU you get in and then are basically left alone for the rest of your studies. It's exceptionally impersonal in that regard. At least, that's what many students told me.</p>
<p>It would be very interesting to find out exactly whether Grad schools and banks see that I took part in the GSP. Plus, it might be difficult for me as an international student to a job in the US without a green card (?).</p>
<p>There's a bulletin board at the nyu.edu site where you can get your questions answered by someone from the admissions office. Go the Undergraduate admissions page and click on the bulletin board link.</p>