<p>I just got my NYU decision 10 minutes ago and found out that I did not get into CAS, but was offered admission to NYU-Poly.</p>
<p>I'm really confused.. I was going to consider studying biology if I would have gotten into NYU CAS.
I'm totally turned off by NYU-Poly considering that it is engineering school (I'm pre-med)?? What exactly is it? Why wasn't I get rejected/waitlisted if my stats were not good enough, but rather admitted to seemingly lesser-NYU college -_- What is the purpose of NYU-Poly (back-up place for CAS rejects?) Please help me out because I'm so confused now.. Thank you!</p>
<p>I urge you to contact the school. From what I understand-- NYU is no longer housing it’s engineering program at the Washington Square campus. NYU merged with polytechnic in 2008 and the engineering programs home is now on the Brooklyn Campus. </p>
<p>NYU poly is the same as Stern. </p>
<p>Check out the school. It has a great history and a promising future. </p>
<p>I think NYU could be doing a better job explaining this to the students.</p>
<p>Yes, if anyone can expand on this topic more that would be greatly appreciated!
School reputation, culture, etc…
The offer just seems too out of the ordinary? Especially because I have encountered some people are are going to do engineering at NYU.</p>
<p>I got rejected from CAS but admitted to Poly as well. I’m kinda of off put by this, and I don’t really know what to think about it. Are they completely different schools or is Poly a different college within the system(i.e. Tisch, Stern, etc.)?</p>
<p>I believe Poly used to be independent but is now in the process of merging with NYU to become something like Stern and the others.</p>
<p>Have a look at this page: [NYU-Poly[/url</a>] Particularly, “Polytechnic Institute of NYU, or NYU-Poly, is an affiliated institution of NYU located in neighboring downtown Brooklyn and is currently in the process of transitioning into a school within NYU.”.</p>
<p>Poly used to be a contender with caltech and MIT in the mid-late century for innovation and was placed near them in the early U.S news days, however apparently due to a very corrupt administration rotating in in the early 90s they went spiraling out of control and eventually bankrupted themselves before subsidizing the entire university to NYU. It’s a typical engineering school since the underqualified attendees in the previous years were all slaughtered and eliminated by the workload and the last two years’ worth of students are qualified enough to land in the NYU SAT bracket. Engineering schools tend to be full of people that either love science and creation of mechanisms or people that for all intents and purposes don’t want to be there. From what I’ve seen comparing notes with friends in CAS, our math exams and lab experiments are MUCH more applied and the latter can sometimes be a safety hazard (efficient synthesis of aspirin, etc). Culture-wise? Multiplayer video games, hacking contests, Magic the Gathering, and strangely enough, Dominoes are big forms of recreation here. There are tons of international students from India and China, and most of the female population consists of the latter. There will probably be a sort of “crushed souls” feel in the air after the first semester when everyone’s been through the sinking realization that there definitely is not a generous curve in poly.</p>
<p>I applied for NYU CAS ED2 and was also “deferred” to Poly.</p>
<p>Whether it’s an actual school of NYU, a completely different school, or someplace in between seems rather vague. In my admission decision e-mail it said I was unable to be admitted into CAS but rather I was admitted into Poly… but I never got a rejection letter from NYU so it makes me wonder…</p>
<p>Okay, I know a guy who is on the admissions board, and he basically said that NYU is trying to make NYU-Poly a better school, so they transferred some majors there. I agree, email phrasing was horrible, as it said “mixed emotions” at the bottom. I’m still kinda mad though, its kinda like they are transferring students to a worse school to try to make it better, which makes no sense. But apparently, we will graduate with the NYU class, just a completely different campus. I’m not going there anyways.</p>
<p>I did just call NYU admissions. NYU Poly is indeed a school of NYU. NYU is looking to increase it’s status by having a top notch engineering school. This process is still being worked out and a lot of attention is being placed on NYU Poly. Sounds like an exciting time for NYU engineering students.
The counselor stated that they had some of their strongest applicants this year. I think congrats are in order.</p>
<p>NYU Poly is New York University’s School of Engineering and Technology. NYU has several different schools located throughout New York ([Schools</a> and Colleges](<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html]Schools”>Schools and Colleges)). Previously, NYU did not have an engineering / tech school, but, after recently merging with Polytechnic University, they now do(and that school is NYU Poly). </p>
<p>So, if you want to study in New York and attend NYU (for Engineering and / or some other majors such as Comp. Sci.), NYU Poly is the school you are looking for. And yes, I am aware you can study Comp. Sci. at NYU CAS, but NYU Poly is the only school of NYU that offers degrees in Engineering. Also, Comp. Sci. is being moved to NYU Poly, so students who apply for Computer Science at NYU CAS will be moved to NYU Poly. </p>