<p>I was recently admitted to LSP though I applied to CAS.
I would like some advice. </p>
<p>I plan to major in Econ and minor in Business Studies.
I was thinking I could attend Northeastern or U of T(oronto) for a year then try to transfer to CAS. </p>
<p>Pros of LSP:
•Meeting other freshman students
•Easier transition
•Guaranteed (not really but...) transfer to CAS</p>
<p>Pros of transfer:
•Save money (about 6.7K to 16.6K)
•Less required course = more freedom
•Applying to other schools like Cornell and Columbia. </p>
<p>Which option would be better?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Ultimately, it depends on what you want. If NYU is your dream school and econ is definitely what you want, NYU is a great place to be. If you can live without NYU and want a little more freedom in your first two years, then go somewhere else.
LSP really isn’t as restricted as people tend to think. Even in CAS, you have to take a whole slew of required classes: writing the essay, cultures and contexts, texts and ideas, expressive cultures, and a social sciences class. That’s a total of 5 required classes. In LSP, there are 8. The difference is really not as much as you would think, especially because many (most) CAS freshman take a bunch of random classes that they never end up pursuing after a single semester. With careful planning, you can easily do a major and minor, so long as you map out the requirements beforehand.
Also, I’ve never heard of anyone not getting into CAS from LSP, and I have many friends that started in LSP. Anyway, a transfer from another school is even less sure than LSP to CAS.</p>
<p>Why don’t you try to get in touch with NYU advising to discuss your options if you were to go to LSP? Their email address is somewhere on the advising site, and you can also try to get in touch with an advisor in the econ department specifically.</p>
<p>@jazzcatastrophe</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.
I think the minimum GPA requirement is 2.0 (I mean…you know).</p>
<p>I made a rough plan with LSP cores and minimum requirements for Econ and Business Studies.
I am left with 3-5 courses which I think is not bad.
Because I will have AP Credits and speak another language, I will have no core courses after LSP. </p>
<p>As a LSP student, can I take ANY of the CAS courses? and Stern courses that are open for CAS students?</p>
<p>I have to make decision by March 11 and I will probably make the decision last minute. </p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>LSP students can take any CAS classes, so long as they meet the pre-reqs, e.g. you can’t take intermediate microecon before taking intro to micro. I think the same applies to Stern classes, though I think Stern classes only open to CAS students a week or two after regular registration. But any restrictions are the same as for regular CAS folks.</p>
<p>@jazzcatastrophe</p>
<p>Sorry, I have one last question.</p>
<p>I have heard/read that LSP can be a GPA booster because classes are easier than those in CAS.
For someone interested in graduate study (MBA), this might help.
Is this somewhat true?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I think it depends a lot on you. If you like reading and writing, you’ll probably do well because all the LSP classes are essay based. I think a lot of variation comes from the class teachers themselves. To that end, ratemyprofessor would probably be very helpful around registration time
CAS classes aren’t really all that hard, but I think LSP classes might have better grades also because the class size is so small, so you can get a lot of help from professors.
Hope that helps!</p>