Stern Curve

<p>Does the Stern curve screw you guys over? (some people actually say it helps)</p>

<p>Do Sternies get into decent graduate school with such a bad GPA?</p>

<p>What is the average grade in stern</p>

<p>how many hours do you guys have to study?</p>

<p>how competitive are kids?</p>

<p>is my dream school, my worst nightmare?</p>

<p>Stern has recently revamped it's grading process....now between 25-30% of students are allowed to get As...im guessing that that percentage was MUCH lower before....but 30% seems feasible</p>

<p>think about it, if you're in the top 30% of a class, then you're set. if you're not you're screwed. you're in a relatively bad position if you have not taken stats/micro/financial accounting before coming to stern, because a very large number of kids have already either gotten a 5 on the exam for stats/micro or have taken the class in some ccollege.</p>

<p>dunno.</p>

<p>it's decent. maybe a 3.3-3.5? we get to take 38 credits worth of electives, and the MAP classes are in CAS. Besides WTE where you might have a professor that just doesn't believe that a paper can ever be rewarded an A, you're fine. Some advice though, try not to take upper level calcs/linear algebra to get out of the math requirement. the teachers tend to curve the class, and you'll be taking the class with kids that are extremely talented in math.</p>

<p>based on the businessweek survey, we study about 15 hours a week. it depends. there are kids that do a lot, and don't have a lot of time to study. and there are kids that must get really high gpas and seem to only study.</p>

<p>yours should be the most competitive year out of all years thus far. supposedly they're trying to balance out the class of 2011 with the class of 2012. don't take my word for this but I'm pretty confident that they're going to try to yield 470~ kids to balance the 534 kids of 2011. stern's already known to be competitive. </p>

<p>the school's not bad. many underclassmen expect to keep their really high gpas. many upperclassmen seem to be of the opinion that really high grades aren't everything and that stern is going to get you a job regardless of what happens. But it seems that these upperclassmen all seem to have connections...</p>

<p>so it is smart for me to take as many CAS classes as possible</p>

<p>you should take what you're passionate in. if it happens to be in CAS, then all the better. If it happens to be in a school that is even less academically rigorous, that's even better. remember, you might do terribly if you absolutely hate the class.</p>

<p>just gotta say that I know lots of kids that want to double major/minor in CAS.</p>

<p>what is the most common second major in CAS for Stern kids who major in Finance? is it mostly math/computer science or are there other majors aswell?</p>

<p>I don't know what the most common major is, but the more common two I've heard are math and philosophy.</p>

<p>and is it true that Stern does not allow you to get a degree in math from CAS?</p>

<p>where do they say that?</p>

<p>i saw a post by some1 named GrouchoMarxist or something who used to go to Stern but transfered out to CAS cuz Stern didnt let him get another degree in math....so he moved to CAS to do a double in Econ and math</p>

<p>how do sternies do in terms of grad school?</p>

<p>Stern used to not allow majors in CAS. Very recently they changed their policy.</p>

<p>don't know how we do, would like to know that as well.</p>

<p>ohh..well i saw his post again and he posted in 2005 lol...stern probably did not allow students to get a math major from Courant</p>

<p>oh well, things are different now...,Courant is a badass math school :D</p>

<p>should i take as many AP credit as possible?</p>

<p>as far as i know, NYU Stern does not grant credit for AP Econ (micro and macro), AP Stats etc, it doesnt grant credit for AP Calc BC either, but if oyu have a 5 on it, you can start with Calc II/Calc III at NYU</p>

<p>^^or you can go for the full whammy, skip all that easy calc stuff, and start taking linear algebra ;). I think you can get some credit for statistics if you do well on the placement exam.</p>

<p>^^^^^ Atomicbomb, i dont think you xan directly start with linear algebra...if you have a 5 on AP Calc BC, then you can start with calc III, and only after than can you start with linear algebra</p>

<p>Actually, no, linear algebra only requires calc II, so you can in fact take linear algebra first and then calc III (which is what I did).</p>

<p>from my experience, there are definitely some drawbacks to the stern curve. in most cases the curve works itself out, meaning that only 30% of the class will have above a 90 average anways. but some classes/professors just aren't that difficult and with such a smart student body, there will be classes where 80% of the class has above a 90, but only 30% A's can be given out. I have been in classes where a 94 is a B+ and a 96 is an A-. I have also been in classes where an 87 is an A-. It just depends on how difficult the class is and how smart your particular class is. so in any particular class you are not really trying to "beat the test" since a 95 will not guarantee you an A, but rather, you are trying to beat your classmates.</p>

<p>youkosiren, is there any way to directly place into Calc III? With a 5 on AP Calc BC, which math classes can i skip, and where do most kids with this AP score start?</p>