<p>if i apply to stern ed and dont get in, ive heard that some kids get accepted into a General studies program where they take core classes the first two years and get automatic acceptance into stern for the junior and senior yr. Is this true? and how does it work since early dec. is binding, would you still "have" to go to the GSP?</p>
<p>no. if you are GSPed under the ED application, you do not have to attend. it's up to you.</p>
<p>I heard that Sternies are spoiled. What kind of "goodies" do they get?</p>
<p>tickets to broadway shows for free or nearly 90% off, cohort funding for various groups (just last week a cohort used their funds for about 10-15 and hired a limo filled with alcohol to take them to some random restaurant in the city before finals started), pretty nice orientation including a trip to the u.s. open, virtually an unlimited amount of printing (at many schools you have to pay for this, including some of the other nyu schools), an abundant supply of computers so you are sure to find one in one of the labs strictly reserved for stern students (the other nyu schools do not have this privilege, which can really get annoying esp. during finals), in addition to the cohort program, the stern inter-club-council receives extra funding exclusive to the stern clubs, which are not part of the larger university's all-square-club (which don't get enough $$), plus some various computer downloads you can use which you'd normally need to pay for, also they get an additional email account so they have extra storage space (@nyu.edu + @stern.nyu.edu), theres more..cant think gotta go</p>
<p>Tickets are on a lottery style. So there are 2300 kids in Stern so tickets are not that easy. I got 1 lottery win in over 20 tries. Although I got to go see the Nutcracker at NY State Theater at Lincoln Center 4th Ring $20 ticket for $5. Cohort stuff is ok. Biggyboy makes it seem like everything is a handout. It's nice but not that extravagant.</p>
<p>its not supposed to be extravagent, you're in college to learn not to party. but there are ways around everything, and you if you really wanted to go somewhere you can find ways to get pass the 'lottery' system.</p>
<p>Wow I got a lot of PM's in my absence. Just to reiterate, Stern doesn't give a cr*p abotu EC's, essays, ethnicity , etc...all they care about is SATs and GPA (which explains why you have a bunch of personality-less people who only know how to study, and everyone there hates it [which is why we suck in businessweek ratings])</p>
<p>Sternies are pretty spoiled, we have by far the best orientation week, give away ipods all the time, give away dane cook tickets for participating in class wars, and Junior Year they take you to another country for free during spring break ( I get to go to Buenos Aires), and all the other items mentioned in above posts. </p>
<p>getting passed the lottery system is ridiculously easy, just get to know student gov't. </p>
<p>and you should be in college to party, all the Juniors who spent their lives being back-stabbing competitive a-holes are finally starting to realize they are losing out jobs to people with 3.5 because they networked and have social skills.</p>
<p>I hear the Stern acceptance rate is actually below that of the other schools, for example the 2006-2007 rate was 21% as opposed to 28% for other schools. How hard is it actually to get into Stern, as no one seems to know anything more than the admissions rate for the entire undergraduate pool.
Also, if its really all about scores and GPA, wouldn't that mean there must be a particular cutoff for both?</p>
<p>there's not a particular cut off because high schools have different competitiveness, and class rank is more important than an arbitrary GPA.</p>
<p>Is it possible to get into Stern Scholars after freshman year if you didn't get accepted into it during admissions?</p>
<p>yes, you need a 3.7 and leadership skills, its really not worth it though aside from the free trips</p>
<p>Stern SAT
Average 1441
Median 1450</p>
<p>21% of these applicants were admitted to the program </p>
<p>Wharton
Average 1430
Median NA</p>
<h2>Yet we still get shat on in the rankings -_-</h2>
<p>on a side note this is VERY surprising</p>
<p>121 internal candidates (admitted and denied) sought full-time admission to the business program for the 2006-2007 academic year. 49% were admitted to the program.</p>
<p>I have heard at first year people have to take writting course and world history? How does that relate to business and how hard are they?</p>
<p>You might want to do a little more research on both Stern and business in general, perhaps starting here: Academic</a> Advising.</p>
<p>As someone who is in a position to hire, I would strongly urge you to learn how to write well - no matter how good you are technically (at anything), if you can't communicate, you can't get anything done in the business world. </p>
<p>And, it is in your own best interests to develop broad perspectives - I manage a lot of people who are much more technically proficient than I am, but who are extremely limited in their ability to understand how what they are doing relates to the overall organization objectives. Many years ago, businesses didn't hire BBAs for their management / fast tracks, preferring liberal arts majors instead, because the latter had learned how to think. Over time, as undergraduate business programs have improved in quality (both faculty and students), they recognize that the technical skills they teach you will be out of date in a couple of years, but your capacity to think will enable you to compete for a lifetime.</p>
<p>vector:</p>
<p>While Stern is a business school, we also follow an abbreviated version of the Morse Academic Plan that all the other NYU students take. You can search the forum for more posts about MAP courses, but it generally depends on which class you take (since there are a lot of choices for each requirement) and what prof you get. If you can get into NYU though, they shouldn't be horribly hard.</p>
<p>Hey everyone I'm a highschool junior at a very competitive highschool in New Jersey. I'm looking for good business schools to go to when I graduate in 09. I was wondering what you think my chances are for going into Stern if this is my transcript when I apply. Also, if you have any other good bussiness schools that you think are in my range and that are reach's please let me know. I want to for now study General Business. </p>
<p>Courses:Junior year
AP Art History
Honors Spanish 4
Honors French 4
Honors English 3
Physics
Gym/Health
Trig/Advanced Math</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Spanish V
AP French V
AP English IV
AP American Studies
AP Gov/Politics
Pyschology
Gym/Health
Calculus</p>
<p>Ranked top 25% of class
GPA:Unweighted
Freshman: 3.3
Sophmore: 3.5
Junior: 3.8 to 3.9</p>
<p>SAT
Math: 750
Reading: 750
Writing: 750</p>
<p>SAT II's
French with Listening: 750
Math II C: 750</p>
<p>4 years Varsity Swimming
2 years JV tennis team
1 year Varsity tennis
1 year JV football
4 years Peer Mentor
2 years Spanish Club
2 years French Club
1 year debate club
National Honor Society
Work as a life guard in the summer and during the school year
100 hours volunteer Service at JCC for mentally challenged children
Participated in National French Test
Poetry Contest Winner
Tutor
1 year of summer school to move up in math class and to basically get ahead.
1 year of summer school to take US History II in order to get into AP Art History
and maybe a few more things will be added on</p>
<p>****very important: my father's old boss used to be Stern the guy who donated all the money to have the school named after him. My mother and father and he and his wife went out to dinnner recently in the city. My Dad said he is going to call him and ask him to put in a word for me and I guess if he is nice try to pull some strings. Do you think that this advantage will help me or it really doesn't matter who puts in a word for me.
Thanks</p>
<p>How is the accounting department? I know Finance is the strongest department at Stern, but I'm really in between Finance and Accounting. I would like to get a CPA, but I think I have more of an interest at Finance (like I probably'd be really really good at it). Also, is it hard to double major in CAS or get a minor in CAS in like Math or something?</p>
<p>We have a good accounting department - but you probably won't want to do accounting. If you do finance you'll make twice as much in finance as accounting, and work only slightly more hours. (big four accounting is 80 hours a week and ridiculously under pays). Stern is I-banking eccentric, and everyone decides they wan't to go into it before they even know what it is. I'm rather anti investment banking myself, but there are many great opportunities within finance. Most people double major in finance and accounting or finance and marketing. Marketing isn't a good major at all. </p>
<p>minor in math - pretty easy, and if you decide you want to be a quant trader, it's a good route to go</p>
<p>major in math - much harder, but not impossible. You will probably waste your NYU experience studying.</p>
<p>I guess the attraction of accounting is to be a CPA, but the thing is, I looked at the UG concentration...and if I did that, I wouldn't be able to finance (which I think I'm more interested in). I'm glad to hear minoring is easy because that's probably what I'd do. Is it hard to double in Econ?</p>
<p>double majoring in stern is absurdly easy, only 4 classes each. You just run into problems if you want to double major while doing a CPA (it can be done, but you can't minor and won't have electives) , or if you want to double major outside of Stern ( about 9 classes for the CAS major)</p>