NYU Stern vs. CAS Economics undergrad

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Hello, I’m currently a senior in high school and planning on applying to NYU regular decision. I’d like to pursue a path in business, and NYU Stern has been my dream school for awhile now, buttttt I know average ACT for Stern is a 33, and I only have a 31. So now I’ve just been driving myself crazy debating whether I should even bother applying to Stern, or just go for CAS Economics. I know most business around NYC will just recruit directly from Stern and it is much more prestigious than CAS. Also, I know that if I put CAS as my alternate choice to Stern I will most likely be rejected from there too.
•weighted gpa is a 4.35
•unweighted is 3.7
•I am in the top 10% of my class
•My extracurriculars include your basic involvement in clubs, community service, starting my own club (I won’t drone on about all of those)
•received honor roll every semester of high school
•I’ve also received an AP Scholar award
*However the ec that I believe stands out the most is that I started a non profit for girl’s education and talked with local business and got them involved to donate a portion of their profits. I think this is something that would look really good especially as a business major.

So basically, should I bother applying Stern or shoot for CAS Econ?

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I don’t feel comfortable enough with admissions stats to chance you, but I will say that CAS Econ is incredibly good. The main difference between Stern and CAS econ is that Stern offers a BS but CAS Econ is a BA, but I have many friends in CAS econ who have incredibly good job prospects and are already successful. CAS econ is ranked 14th in the nation (the major specifically), and from anecdotal evidence, people say that the CAS program might even be better (although I’m CAS so that might be a little biased). Also, I know SO many people in CAS econ who were successfully recruited, some to the same consulting/business firms as Stern people. Basically, CAS Econ is not the end of the world and is still a good, respected program.

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thanks wonderlanddd I appreciate the response!