Should I apply to NYU Stern or NYU CAS?

College Search & Selection
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I’m very conflicted. Stern is my dream school but it’s a reach school for me. CAS is more in my range, but I’d study economics there which is a topic I am interested in but it is not my first choice. I am more interested in business which Stern is perfect for.

I am a full IB diploma student. I have a 3.71 uw gpa/4.2 w gpa and 30 ACT which I am retaking this week.

As for extra activities, I volunteer with the American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Hopelink, and at my local hospital. I started an organization to raise money for the treatment of breast cancer patients in my community and I founded the Tiles Talk Chapter at my school. I’m in orchestra, a yearbook editor and I participate in clubs such as Key Club, Amnesty International, FBLA, and HOSA. I work at Kumon tutoring/ grading papers, and I work for my taekwondo teacher’s school as a student teacher. I have a 3rd dan black belt. I wrote my essays on how dealing with my mother’s cancer treatment while supporting my family through this time built my character and helped me grow up.

Honestly, I know my grades/scores aren’t too strong. I know that I can only apply to one or the other, so should I go for Stern or CAS? I’d hate to apply to Stern and get rejected from NYU, my dream school, completely. However, if I apply to CAS and get in, I’ll always be wondering what could have been. Advice? Stern or CAS?

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Couldn’t you always transfer from. Cas to stern for an internal transfer

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/1323947-the-truth-about-internal-transfer-to-stern-from-cas.html

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I don’t know if you’ve started the NYU applicaion yet, but you can select a second-choice school. In your case, you could put Stern as your first choice and CAS as your second. If you get rejected from Stern, they will consider you for CAS.

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Thanks for the reply. I’ve heard that cas does not seem to like taking Stern rejects but am not sure if that’s really true. I thought it would be easier to write my supplements if I knew which school I should really apply to, so I could make it more specific. But I supposed I can apply to stern and put cas a as 2nd choice. Thanks!