NYU-Poly (engineering) - any questions?

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<p>^ The deadline is: They are currently still rolling admissions. Hence, you can apply up to just weeks before classes start. Frankly, the sooner you apply, the less time it takes for them to make a decision and inform you. Last year, I worked for Admissions, and there was definitely a flood of apps in January and February. They promised 2-week decisions but ended up going up to 2 months for some applicants, due to their immense increase in popularity in the past few years.</p>

<p>Imhilion: I’m not familiar with the Judo team at all…or your rock covers. :frowning: I’m the girl who does everything at Poly. lol TA for two classes, orientation leader, student ambassador, research, bla bla…</p>

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<p>Hello I applied to Poly not too long ago and am waiting for a decision. I was initially attracted to the school for its good job placement and hands-on focus. However, reading the forums makes me nervous.</p>

<p>It’s not a big name school and it’s often ranked very low. I read that the drop out rate is very high. I am not afraid to work hard, but sometimes I feel my physics is very weak. I’m in AP Physics C right now and I get confused sometimes. I do get very good grades overall though. I would like to know how difficult the work is, and how many all nighters you pull.</p>

<p>Aid also seems to be decreasing because of the competition. I have decent SAT scores, 2060 combined, will that help me get more aid? My parents are wary of this school because of what we have read about it, and they will not allow me to go if they have to pay full price.</p>

<p>I will be a minority because I am female. Is the school really 90% male? Not that I mind having all male friends I just find it odd. Also, I heard potential women engineers have more scholarship opportunities in other schools, is it true for Poly?</p>

<p>Lastly, I am very interested in working outside the classroom. I hear freshman are restricted from research which is disappointing, are there many internships or campus employment opportunities?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Do you think it’s a good idea to do the NYU and poly duel degree program (the one with the first 3 years at NYU)? I feel like double majoring in a science and engineering could be just as easily done at NYU-poly, so what’s the difference?</p>

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<p>@ theresaax2: The 5 year joint program has you taking 3 years of sciences, liberal arts, and mathematics at cas/courant and 2 years of hardcore engineering on the corresponding discipline at poly. Doing the 4-year dual degree program means you’ll take your liberal arts classes at NYU and engineering/science classes simultaneously at poly. Poly itself no longer has pure non-applied science majors</p>

<p>@stephookie: During the 80s and earl 90s Poly brooklyn was consistently regarded as one of the greatest engineering schools in the nation, it sort of fell from grace due to terrible management in the last 2 decades from what i could gather from my own research last year >.>. It’s important that you think of long-term benefits of a decision rather than short term. Poly dropped off the ranks in the mid-late 90s and people almost instantly forgot about its amazing history as an engineering school. </p>

<p>Workload: This can be a little subjective depending on individual ability. On a 17 credit freshman winter Honors class set, I haven’t had to pull any real all-nighters yet, but I spent about 2 hours a week on chemistry/bio labs and online chemistry problem sets, about 3 hours a week working on engineering labs and working on your robot, about 2-3 hours a week on the “Essay Spam” for the poly-honors English, and about 2 hours on problem sets for my calc 2 class. which amounts to about 32ish hours of academic work a week</p>

<p>Aid: It is getting more competitive, and I personally have only 3/4 the aid of a guy with similar stats and better financial background from the pre-NYU merge. My info:</p>

<p>Single-child first generation Asian Male - <50k/year 3-person household income
SAT: 2210 700 W 800 M 710 CR
SAT II: 800 physics 780 math
GPA: 3.7 on 4.0 + An arbitrary Infinite number due to being a Stuyvesant High School graduate applying for a tristate school
Major: Applied Physics
Fin Aid: 22k honors grant, 6k loans, 1k TAP</p>

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<p>^ Interesting. For juxtaposition, my stats:</p>

<p>me: (admitted for Fall 2009, a year before Imhilion)
SAT: M 800, Cr 690, W 800 = 2290
SAT II: Math 2 (790), Physics (770)
GPA: 3.6/4.0 from a Blue Ribbon, top public magnet school, out-of-state, sends lots of people to Ivies
Major applied with: MechE
Financial Aid: $22k Promise Scholarship, $8,400 Honors Scholarship, (total = $30.4k), and lots and lots and lots of work-study to cover the rest. I’m poor. hah.</p>

<p>About the freshmen being restricted from research thing: it’s true that it’s somewhat frowned upon, but you can still do it. ? There’s no official rule that you can’t. I was pretty bummed when I was told I couldn’t do research my freshman year during my admissions interview, but I ended up collaborating with a bunch of upperclassmen on NASA projects and joining a lot of clubs and meeting people and social networking (and working - ewww) and getting a clear picture of what sort of environment I was actually in.</p>

<p>It was fun, hardcore at times, and illuminating. As for Poly’s rep - it’s weird, but it’s on the up-and-up. Sometimes I question the curriculum’s quality, the facilities, the professors, etc. but then I imagine other schools and students run into the same hurdles.</p>

<p>Poly (imo) is slightly different from them in my head b/c it’s sort of homely. ? like, the university is so small, you can be acquaintances with everybody from your school by the end of the year. being tiny means you get a lot of support and understanding and some breaks…if you have problems with ANYTHING, there’s usually a department you can talk to, and they won’t be overwhelmed with work, and you can be pretty close to the people who work in the library/financial aid offices/student development/whatever. It’s a tight-knit hub of funfunfun and bloodsweattears.</p>

<p>The windows don’t work sometimes, but the people are nice. Not only do the professors know your name, but so do the cafeteria staff and the security guards. Poly is growing very quickly though, in name, cost, reputation and consequently, student intelligence lol. Don’t worry about the reputation; reputations are so tentative… that’s why there’s a new US News College Rankings report every year haha :p</p>

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<p>Hi there. I am an international student. I was gonna apply to POLY for undergrad for fall 2011. here are my stats :smiley:
SAT1 770 M 690 WR 590 CR :frowning:
comp score: 2050</p>

<p>SAT2. giving it on Jan 22 (wish me luck :D)</p>

<p>I am following a GCE curriculum
In my GCE O levels I had 6A’s and 2B’s. A’s in Maths Physix Chemistry Biology English Urdu.
Currently doing my GCE A-Levels in 4 subjects (3 is the min no. of subjects that have to be taken). Maths Physix Chemistry and Biology</p>

<p>My A-1(first year in A level) grades:- (A* is the highest expected)
Maths A
Physix A
Chemistry B
Biology A</p>

<p>Expected grades in the final GCE A-Level
Maths A*
Physics A*
Chemistry A
Biology A (personally i think i might be able to score an A*)</p>

<p>graduating class at my score: 204 students. my score doesn’t have a GPA scaling. My physics teacher says I am in the top 5% of the class. my counselor says i’m most certainly in the top 10%</p>

<p>My extra curricular activities are not THAAAT much but are OKK…
I am a member of the WWF
I am a member of my school’s various soceities: MATH, SCIENCE, I.T. and Social Work
I have organized various exhibitions and contests in school.
I am a member of SEPLAA Foundation, a national community dedicated to social work
Member of my school’s football team on 1 occasion
Play sports: table tennis, swimming, tennis, cricket and football
I am also an excellent Counter Strike player :D</p>

<p>Well here is a summary. Please comment.
Thanx people.
Good luck for your apps.</p>

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<p>Is there any way to check the status of your application?</p>

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<p>No. Go to Stony Brook because you’ll save tons of $$ and get a similar education. Rankings show that Poly and StonyBrook have SAME ranking.</p>

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<p>Hi Dear Static75: How did u get Promise scholarship? I’m toying between going to SUNY CUNY & Poly for Electrical engg.</p>

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<p>don’t be among the naive looking at rankings. :stuck_out_tongue: rankings are (mostly) meaningless and arbitrary. what you want is unique to you and you alone. I got into Carnegie Mellon’s SCS and picked NYU-Poly over it, but you would argue that’s nonsensical because rankings say that just can’t be.</p>

<p>Try visiting the respective schools and figuring out what part you want to play there, what you want to graduate with, and where you would rather spend a few years. I saw you messaged me and friended me etc etc but I can’t decide this for you. :stuck_out_tongue: sorry, I’m not selling anything lol.</p>

<p>Though, I <em>do</em> want to say… you can’t take classes at NYU through Stonybrook. :P</p>

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<p>Dear Static75: Thanks for your answer! Helps me. Kalejibaz.</p>

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<p>lol are you ■■■■■■■■ me?</p>

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<p>Hey Static, I know you’re in the Honors college. Could you tell me how they informed you about your admission?</p>

<p>I was accepted to Poly and I just got my letter in the mail. So that’s totally awesome, but it doesn’t mention anything about honors. Does that mean I’m not being considered?</p>

<p>I still want to attend if I can; it’s just expensive, and the honors scholarship would really help.</p>

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<p>you might be line if someone else declines and chooses not to take it up if your stats are stellar, those in the front line of the 25ish people every year should have it outright stated on their acceptance letters</p>

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<p>I’m actually in the same situation
I have been accepted with a $15 thousand promise scholarship, a
and am wondering if i can join the Honors College. </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2010 , M:780, CR:670, R:610
GPA: 3.8
now in this year it has dropped down to a 3.4, because I am taking 5 AP classes (AP Biology, BC Calculus, AP English, AP US Government, AP Stats), its been a bit overwhelming</p>

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<p>Static: Question, were you a tour guide during the Poly financial aid workshop last saturday? If so, you quite possibly might have been my tour guide…</p>

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<p>Nooo, I didn’t work Saturday; it was my Valentine’s Day weekend :(</p>

<p>I was accepted to NYU-Poly Honors a year before Imhilion, so his info may be better/more accurate, but I remember getting a letter saying, “Congrats! You’re in! Your Promise Scholarship is…” (whatever). I don’t remember receiving a letter about Honors, but I do remember the emails reminding me that I was eligible to come in for an interview. In late April, I finally did, was admitted into Honors, and fell in love with the Brooklyn engineering school.</p>

<p>I have a feeling times have changed though :stuck_out_tongue: So your best bet is calling 1800polytech.</p>

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<p>Oh hahah, never mind :-P</p>

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<p>I applied to NYU CAS but got deferred to NYU Poly. I selected Computer Science as my major.</p>

<p>How bad is the workload among CS Students?</p>

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<p>^Depends on how good you are at “building the tools” per se, poly seems to try to drill the concept of abstract thinking (outside the box) into everyone’s heads regardless of major. Other than that there’re some seriously irritating math courses such as Data Analysis that I hear the cs majors have to take and the “standard” engineering courses that’ll eat up about 10-16 hours of your life a week on top of the normal college courses</p>