<p>Washington</a> Square News - SAT I no longer required for NYU applicants</p>
<p>Just thought I'd get this out.</p>
<p>First Wake, now NYU</p>
<p>Does anyone think this might be a trend?</p>
<p>sounds a bit orgasmic. but i’m predicting a good act score anyways so whatevs. i don’t know if a 2140 (and a 640 on CR) would look good for stern ed =/ so i lost hope with the sats.</p>
<p>it’s an attempt to try to get more kids to apply that might not traditionally apply because they aren’t good standardized test takers. (i’m looking at you, Tischies and fellow Steinhardts!)</p>
<p>obviously, it can only help now to submit SAT scores.</p>
<p>Doesn’t mean it will affect the difficulty of getting into NYU. This means nothing. Some other standardized test will be taken instead of the SAT I. Having Standardized testing is a great tool for colleges to compare students from across the nation. Also, this probably is a way for NYU to decrease its acceptance rate a little. Maybe shooting for 20% from 25ish% it currently is. This way more kids apply and NYU accepts the same amount of students as last year thus decreasing the acceptance rate and increasing the overall prosperity of NYU’s brand name and “selectivity.” More students will apply without SAT I, but will have difficulties getting into this institution because many students will still take the SAT I and score well enough so that it makes them look better than the candidate who does not take as many standardized tests. Although, I am not saying that colleges want quantity over quality. It is better to take 2 SAT II’s and get 750’s on each rather than to take 3 and get 650’s on all of them. However, it is better for a prospective student to take an SAT I and score well rather than another student who does not take it at all. </p>
<p>To be successful, you guys should practice reading in between the lines and questioning everything. I am not saying I am totally correct, in fact I may be totally wrong, however there is always a catch. Enough said, I have to go study for apush lol.</p>
<p>i dont know if i’m reading this wrong but -</p>
<p>it looks like now you have to submit 3 SAT IIs, or 3 APs instead.</p>
<p>Sounds like NYU is more concerned about enrollment in this economy and are seeking to get the most applicants possible…and hopefully out of those applicants more can pay full tuition. Just a thought.</p>
<p>Yes. This is an opportunity for NYU, not prospective applicants.</p>
<p>Now if they had the guts to go completely SAT optional then that would really be something…</p>
<p>Among students who test poorly due to stress, tension might indeed be relieved if they are allowed to test in subjects of proficiency rather than the generic SAT I. This would also prevent the dichotomy of a poor SAT I and good SAT IIs, which is often a turn-off for admissions boards. Of course, maybe we need to find a replacement for the SAT tests altogether…</p>
<p>Despite arguments to the contrary, the SAT I test certainly isn’t any indicator of the type of student an individual is, and that is most important. When you compare standardized test scores to the classroom contribution of a particular student, you often have very disparate results (a 2400 from a kid who spends his time making paper planes, or a 1900 from a kid who sits rapt in thought, engaging in academic discussions at every opportunity). The SAT doesn’t measure the literature a student chooses to read, their academic aspirations, the subjects that fascinate and invigorate them, and on and on. A student can certainly include these facets of their academic personality (and more) in their application, but that does not always mitigate a glaring SAT score in the eyes of admissions. To suggest that your SAT I score is not the very first thing many schools look at–resulting in many good applications meeting their fate in the office shredder–is ignorant. A great many students are shut out of top schools because their standardized scores aren’t up to par; this is something that needs to change.</p>
<p>Tuition at this school is going to be more than 55k a year by 2011. Keep that in mind…</p>
<p>What!? Where did you hear that statistic!? That is going to stinkm but I mean it is New York City…</p>
<p>that’s incorrect. i currently pay about 40K for tuition. including dorm housing will it be more than 55k. I believe they are raising dorm rent soon.</p>
<p>well it really doesn’t matter. I mean in the end you have to submit some kind of test. It is nice that they are at least giving kids more options so that if you have a terrible math score on the SAT you can find a better test that works for you. I suppose it will make things more competitive but it will at least eliminate exuses for the kids who complain they didn’t get in because of their SAT’s. I mean if you can’t find some combination that works with this new system then it’s nobody’s fault but your own.</p>