NYU Liberal Studies Program

<p>the first two years of any school in NYU are filled with liberal arts requirements. as an LSP student, you just take a few special classes (prose instead of writing the essay) and you also take regular classes with OTHER CAS STUDENTS. you could probably still double major.</p>

<p>and the requirement is definitely not above 3.8. that's crazy. i don't know the requirement off hand. you can call undergraduate admissions and they can direct your question to someone in the LSP program.</p>

<p>please feel better. many, many people would kill to be in your shoes. you are one of the 4,000 accepted students of the class of 2013. you beat the odds. you're in NYU.</p>

<p>lol, your posts truly make me feel much better. I'm going this Saturday to find out more about this program, thank you so much for your responses.</p>

<p>believe me. i know people in LSP, and they're bright and funny and they graduate on time and go off and do awesome things just like everyone else.</p>

<p>i was rejected early decision when i first applied, so it makes me a little mad when people think that LSP is sooooooo terrible. it could be worse- you could have been outright rejected.</p>

<p>so tell your parents, your friends, your teachers, whatever. celebrate. play music and dance around. welcome to NYU.</p>

<p>I just got my LSP letter today....I know this stuff has mostly been answered but I feel like the information I'm getting is a little unclear...first of all I'm not really upset about not being offered admission to CAS, but does LSP basically mean we just barely were accepted to NYU? I know from reading that LSPers have classes with some of the same teachers & students from CAS, etc., but are there all the same opportunities offered through LSP? Is it pretty much a way for us to be admitted to NYU, get our pre req's out of the way, and then after 2 years transfer into the college that we originally applied to to pursue our major? I'm just a little confused considering I hadn't heard about LSP until I got my letter 30 minutes ago...</p>

<p>missamericanpie, you kind of already answered my questions while I was typing! haha thanks.</p>

<p>I feel like a broken record, but hopefully this will make you feel better. From the NYU Admissions Bulletin Board:
"We select about 10% of the applicants to New York University for this program. We select students for Liberal Studies that have not been offered admission to their first choice school (predominantly due to our highly selective admissions process), but whom we believe to be EXCELLENT MATCHES for NYU. They are typically liberal arts-minded, ACADEMICALLY COMPETITIVE , and INDEPENDENT THINKERS. While the large majority of students offered admission to Liberal Studies have initially applied to the College of Arts and Science, we also select a few students from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the film program within the Tisch School of the Arts."</p>

<p>3.0 is the requirement to move on into your intended school.</p>

<p>Here is the page to answer all of your questions about the program
The</a> Liberal Studies Program</p>

<p>i would kill for any kind of acceptance, especially right now.</p>

<p>Oh and you definitely have earned the right to be part of the NYU 2013 Facebook group. Nobody can take it away from you. Congratulations!!</p>

<p>londonb,</p>

<p>While I agree that LSP students are probably just as bright as other NYU students it seems like LSP is just another way for NYU to accept more kids to make more money. Just my take.</p>

<p>Chunkie,
I respect your opinion. LSP gave my daughter a chance to go to NYU. She will possibly be out and into her intended school after three semesters. CAS has a required MAP program as well. No you don't get to pick from the myriad of courses offered for those requirements, but LSP is what it is. My daughter will graduate from NYU class of 2012.</p>

<p>I just got a letter saying that I got into NYU LSP but not CAS..I'm just wondering what courses are offered for the LSP. There seems to be a bunch of required courses that LSP students have to take...I'm planning on being a pre-med major...will I be able to take biology, chemistry, and other courses offered in CAS while in the LSP?</p>

<p>You're stuck with taking the mandatory courses, right? Can't take a foreign language freshman year, for example, or any other course that's not part of the fixed curriculum. Or did I miss something?</p>

<p>CAS students CAN take an elective or two, including a foreign language, so that would be one huge distinction between CAS and LSP kids. More freedom, the school trusts you more.</p>

<p>I can't imagine there's no stigma attached to being rejected CAS but attending LSP.</p>

<p>Liberal Studies Curriculum Guidelines for Pre-Health Students</p>

<p><a href="http://ls.nyu.edu/object/guidelinesprehealth%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ls.nyu.edu/object/guidelinesprehealth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Oh so those courses that are required of Pre-health students (Calc. I, Chemistry I, etc.) can be taken while in LSP through CAS?</p>

<p>It looks like you can take one each semester in freshman year and possibly five in the sophomore year. </p>

<p>On the NYU Admissions Bulletin Board, the rep recommends calling the LSP Advisement Center to get answers to specific questions. I would highly recommend calling. Don't know if I can post phone numbers here, but here's the link to the Admissions Bulletin Board - LSP program</p>

<p>pre-med</a> doulbe major - Topic Powered by Eve For Enterprise</p>

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Oh so those courses that are required of Pre-health students (Calc. I, Chemistry I, etc.) can be taken while in LSP through CAS?

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Yep definitely - my Pre-Med friends are taking Chem/Bio through CAS, and I'm taking Calc/Econ through CAS right now. I also have CAS students in my Writing class...really no one cares what school you're in. The CAS students in my classes don't do any better than anyone else, and the LSP students in CAS classes don't do any worse. And to be honest, I've heard just as many "dumb" jokes about the SCPS and Gallatin students, so...there. lol. </p>

<p>Feel free to PM me with questions regarding LSP or NYU in general if you like - I'm a Student Ambassador (I give tours and do info sessions and stuff) so I'm used to it. :)</p>

<p>Hi! I just got my acceptance letter for LSP today. I had originally chosen Economics CAS because I chickened out applying for Stern.. ahha... Do you think I'd be able to transfer to Stern? and am I really guaranteed in CAS by Junior year?</p>

<p>Sorry if I'm asking stupid questions! Because some of the answers are in the brochure.. but I still felt I should ask them...</p>

<p>^ First of all, Econ and Business are completely different majors. Econ is a Liberal Arts degree, you learn about the economy and study policy and theory - some advanced classes can get very theoretical. It's a little more math-heavy as well.</p>

<p>Business is a strictly pre-professional degree. Business involves a bit of econ - it's basically some simple applied economics and well as other things. A Business major also picks a specialty like Administration, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, etc - an Econ major doesn't do that at all. At most colleges Business is considered an easy major, but it's hard at NYU because Stern is VERY competitive.</p>

<p>I know that to you HS kids, Econ and Business sound like the same thing, but once you actually go into college and study them, you'll realize that it's like mixing up Biology and Herbology lol. And you CAN'T transfer to Stern, sorry. </p>

<p>I'm gonna be very blunt with you - if you're another generic business wanna-be major who applied to CAS just so she could get into NYU, you're probably not gonna like it. If you're sure you want to major in Business, I reccommend you don't come to NYU, you go to a Business school. Econ =/= Business, it is Liberal Arts. You can NOT transfer into Stern from LSP. Just telling you in case you make a silly mistake. Oh and I just posted a thread about LSP so check that out if you have any more questions.</p>

<p>so in essence, I can still go to LSP and fulfill my pre-med requirements at the same time?
also, does anyone have a list of NYU's AP credits? all i can find is that they take 4s and
5s, but i want to know how many credit hours that'll get me!</p>

<p>I'm so excited. I got accepted into LSP today!!!!! I don't care what anyone says I'm going to NYU and I get to live in Soho. Yaaaaaaay!!!</p>