<p>Hey everyone!
I just got accepted into NYU LSP! I am really excited but I am a little confused...
1. Was there something wrong with my application that bumped me from CAS to LSP?
2. Does LSP have a negative connotation to it with other NYU students (I have heard that everyone thinks it is the stupid school)?
3. Will LSP be looked upon highly for a career in Law? I want to major in Political Science, and go to Yale for Law.</p>
<p>Please help me answer these questions, I have so many thoughts swimming around my head! </p>
<p>People do poke fun at LSP, but never very seriously. No one knows for sure, but the general consensus is that people get LSPed if one area of their app is lacking, or if NYU feels for whatever reason that they might benefit from a smaller environment for an easier adjustment to NYU (international students, small town students, first generation)</p>
<p>After the two LSP years are done, you are officially in CAS, and that’s pretty much the end of it. Grad schools will only see that you went to CAS and judge you based on that and probably won’t see that you were in LSP (unsure if it appears on your transcript or not)</p>
<p>I got accepted into NYU LSP too even though CAS was my first choice. I’ve been doing some research on the program and I feel like it has a pretty bad reputation (and a shady back story)…What I’m getting out of the articles is that LSP is a program for students who “fall short” in some aspects of their applications and a way for NYU to make more $$…It also seems to resemble closely to a community college without being branded as one (the two year requirement). As long as you maintain a 2.0 GPA, you can enroll into CAS in your Junior year. Overall, I’m getting the feeling that its a handicapped program especially if you know what you want to do. Won’t those already enrolled in CAS get a head start in their majors while we are held back by being forced to take the two year required classes?
I am seriously conflicted as well </p>
Hi guys, I was accepted into NYU LSP via the 2014 Dec ED round, so I guess we’ll be future classmates!
Anyway, just like everyone else I was a little confused by the distinction between LSP and CAS and did my own research. Aside from the opinions floating around the web, the general consensus I seem to get from the students who are currently there/have graduated from there is that it’s a good programme with excellent professors and smallish classes, kinda like a liberal arts college in a large research uni. I’ve actually gone ahead and looked a bit at the curriculum on the LSP website (http://core.ls.nyu.edu/page/curriculum09), and it seems like the LSP focuses heavier on the humanities as compared to typical liberal arts education, which probably advocate a wider mix. Here are some of its electives if you’re so interested: http://core.ls.nyu.edu/object/ls.electives.
Haha you’ve probably discovered who’s gonna be the class nerd. Anyway I think it’s really a perspective of whether the programme suits you? I personally think the smaller classes and humanities-oriented nature is a good fit for myself, so I’m looking forward to attending!
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