If you are admitted to liberal studies, it is housed within the global liberal studies school. You follow the 2-year liberal studies core program for freshman and sophomore year, then you can choose to remain within the GLS school to major or to transfer into another school - mainly I understand into CAS, I think there are limited programs at the other schools you can transfer into. Freshmen are allocated to various campuses - NY, DC, Paris, London and Florence (I think they’re adding Madrid in from this year). My understanding is about half are in NY and the rest at the abroad centers.
As for how you are admitted - the same way as for any other school that you list as first or alternative choice. Considered for first school choice first, and alternative choice if you don’t make it into the first choice.
I know this doesn’t mean anything, but I like stirring the conspiracy pot:
Last time I checked, which was either yesterday or two days ago, on the housing site, I only had spring 2020 and summer 2020, and for each, I only had NYU Washington D.C. available. I just checked the portal again two minutes ago: Spring 2020 is the same, but for Summer 2020, I have the options of NYU Washington DC and NYU New York. . .
I really want that to mean something, but I know it doesn’t. Portal updates aren’t indicative, judging from previous years. (I probably got rejected, but ya never know. . .)
It’s gonna be a LONG weekend, everybody. Get comfortable.
Also my applicant portal changed. It seems to have reverted to the way it used to be. (I noticed a change where everything on the side was moved to the bottom like a week or two ago)
Also, the date of my standardized testing changed from the December date that they used to be to a date in early February of this year. . .
@Classof2020Kid the same thing happened to me with the housing stuff! I went from just DC to DC and NYC for Summer 2020. My standardized testing date is still June of 2018 though (I sent them as one of my free sends when I took the SAT at school in my junior year). I know housing doesn’t mean anything, but it is kinda fun to speculate. And I need a way to pass the time for the next few days until I get my rejection lol
@Classof2020Kid It’s my final school too, and conveniently the one I want to get into the most, which makes this even more stressful. Good luck to you too!!
My dad’s birthday is like on the same day of results, and he’s been rooting for me to go to NYU since day 1 of admissions. This is going end up painfully or amazingly. Oh may the NYU admission lords bless us with acceptance!
Some part of the core liberal studies freshman intake (I believe it’s about half the class) studies abroad for the first year. For those who go on to major in global liberal studies, there is a full junior year abroad available (as opposed to the normal semester abroad most other NYU students can do in junior year). In addition, I believe there is the option of sophomore semester abroad for both too. So both the core LS curriculum and the GLS major offer ample study abroad opportunity.
Think you are looking at quite outdated data? .Last year had a 16% admit rate. This year they have slightly more applicants for the same intended first year intake so I’d expect a slightly lower % intake vs last year, depending what their yield estimate is.