<p>Are there many people who've been recommended AND applied for NYU AD WITHOUT giving their SAT/ACTs??
Because it isn't listed as a requirement, but I'm slightly apprehensive about whether it will hamper my chances of getting thorugh.</p>
<p>Don’t send them if they aren’t high. Their average is 710-730 for each section on the reasoning test. Most of the EDers who got in did not send.
They’re really not a requirement.</p>
<p>I am an ED-er who got in. It IS true that many ED-ers who got in didn’t submit SAT’s, but that was only because we were from foreign countries and did other external exams - for example, A-Levels and IB. Almost everyone submitted either IB, A-Levels, APs or the SAT. An exception was the Hungarian students, but apparently their national examination system (which is externally-assessed, unlike US finals) is rigorous enough to be on par with other systems.</p>
<p>So the bottom line is - yes, it isn’t a requirement. But if you look at that same webpage, you are told to submit one of the testing options, i.e. if you don’t submit the SAT, you need to give APs, A-Levels, IBs etc. Assuming you’re an US student, that really limits it to AP and SATs.</p>
<p>[NYU</a> Abu Dhabi - NYU Abu Dhabi Testing Requirements](<a href=“http://nyuad.nyu.edu/admissions/testing.requirements.html]NYU”>http://nyuad.nyu.edu/admissions/testing.requirements.html)</p>
<p>Only submit them if they are high enough to make your application stronger, otherwise it does not hurt you if you don’t submit the SAT/ACT. The reason being is that standardized tests don’t truly reflect your abilities as much as school grades do.</p>