<p>Hey I'm here to help dot dot dot I know a lot about college admissions.</p>
<p>What were your admissions stats, i.e., GPA, rank, SAT, etc?</p>
<p>What major are you pursuing at Tisch?</p>
<p>How do you like NYC?</p>
<p>How do you like Tisch?</p>
<p>Thanks for your time.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.1 Weighted, 3.72 UW...my school didn't rank.
SAT: 2090
My major is Drama, Strasberg studio. I like NY, but it does take some getting used to and can be very daunting for someone who parties all the time. One thing I've had to keep in mind is that although I'm going to school in an amazing location, it's still SCHOOL and I have to keep priorities in check. Tisch is amazing...I like the fact that as a drama major I have so many options (double majoring, study abroad) that I wouldn't get in other BFA programs. Any other questions?</p>
<p>Would you mind chancing me? I'm pretty uncertain about my application to NYU.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.0 UW 3.4 W (upward trend)
AP Exams : Psychology 4, Comp 4, World 3
SAT: 2060 (1360/1600)
waiting on ACT and SAT II's
Great essay, good recs
Relatively poor EC's, except for Football 4 years and Wrestling 2 years.</p>
<p>Well, it depends on what school you're applying to. For starters, Tisch applications (for drama, dance, film and television, dramatic writing, cinema studies, and recorded music) are said to be weighted equally between academics and the audition, although the audition might have more weight in a case of someone with a little less on the academic side. For Tisch, your academic portion looks really good actually...it's just the audition that really makes Tisch very competitive.</p>
<p>But, in case you're not applying to Tisch haha...</p>
<p>Your stats for CAS (College of Arts and Science) look ok, though your lack of extracurriculars and your GPA might get you GSP'ed (General Studies Program, it's a liberal arts curriculum freshman and sophomore year, after which you transfer into the school you originally applied to...basically, you fulfill all your other requirements freshman and sophomore year and take major requirements junior and senior year). </p>
<p>For Steinhardt (School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)...you have a shot as well. Steinhardt is mainly for education and communication majors, as well as housing vocal and instrumental music as well as visual art (which are, strangely, not in Tisch...the arts programs in Steinhardt require auditions and the whole Tisch thing that I talked about earlier is applicable as well to the arts majors in Steinhardt). From what I've been told, Steinhardt isn't as academically challenging to get into as maybe CAS or Stern...but it's still very competitive. The essay might be weighted more heavily here than in, say, CAS, Tisch, or Stern.</p>
<p>For Gallatin School of Individualized Study, you can make your own major. Gallatin, from what I've heard, is different with admissions...you have to have good grades and test scores, but at the same time they look very closely at your essay and who YOU are. Your GPA will maybe get overlooked if you have a fantastic essay.</p>
<p>For Stern School of Business...I'm going to say that that GPA is going to hurt you very much. Stern has the most academically competitive admissions of all the NYU schools, so...even your SAT is average for Stern. The EC's portion might hurt you as well.</p>
<p>I think I've covered everything...I'm not sure what you want to major in, but if it's nothing specific, I would say that, overall, you have a pretty good chance academically for CAS or CAS General Studies Program and I'm going to add Steinhardt too. But, ultimately, you have to decide what school within NYU that you want...</p>
<p>And also, you should research the website New</a> York University to find out what they look for in a student, including general score and GPA ranges and what each school has to offer...just in case you don't know what to major in yet. Going to the site constantly helped me out a lot. Good luck!</p>
<p>Woah! Thanks a lot for that in-depth response, I appreciate it. It was very helpful. I think I am going to apply to the CAS, but if I get GSP'ed like you said, the only difference is they pretty much choose my curriculum the first 2 years? Is there anyway I can get off that program once they decide to put me on it? And is it that big of a deal, the whole time at college would I be thinking to myself "man, I wish I wasn't in the GSP"?</p>
<p>I know quite a few people in GSP that really like it. There's even talk of NYU making a direct application to GSP. Of course, there will be the occasional a**hole that makes fun, but don't worry...in the end, you get a CAS degree. But once you're put in, count on bein a GSPer for two years.</p>
<p>I’m deciding between applying to Gallatin and CAS right now. I cant decide which one would be better, or give me a better chance of getting in. Gallatin seems more appealing as I want to study philosophy, studio art, and possibly literature. My stats are… 92 weighted, sat: 2080, 5 on AP English language, national honor society, etc. I’ll also be submitting a portfolio of my visual art work, would that help at Gallatin at all? Overall, if I wrote a great essay, would I have a better shot at Gallatin than CAS?</p>
<p>My son was in GSP but is admitted to CAS for next semester due to AP credits from HS so not 2 yrs for all GSPers.</p>
<p>Hmm, well, there are exceptions to every rule, of course, but generally GSPers are in for two years...it's nice to know, however, if you have a lot of APs that you could get admitted to CAS 2nd semester (if that's what you want...like I said, it really doesn't matter unless you want to start taking major courses sophomore year, because freshmen in CAS have to take Morse Academic Plan requirements, which take up a lot of the course load anyways, or so I've seen). But, like I said, GSPers still get a CAS degree, so it kind of doesn't matter anyways.</p>
<p>RyanMac, unfortunately NYU doesn't except the AP English Language credit, only AP English Literature. Luckily I learned this in junior year and didn't take that Language exam because I knew I wanted to go to NYU, but...sorry about that. However, they might look at that score anyway and take it into consideration. Your academic stats look in the right range for both Gallatin and CAS, but like I said earlier, for Gallatin they probably look at the essay more and what you want to do your individualized study in. Make sure you know what type of major you want to create in those three disciplines...how you can uniquely blend them together. That will help you out. I'm not sure if you can submit an art piece to Gallatin because it's not arts audition based...the NYU application, however, asks you why you want to attend your school of choice and you can elaborate on why you'd like to attend Gallatin there. But, in my opinion, you have an equal chance at both, but you should be really sure you're right for Gallatin if you're going to apply there, not because it might be easier to get into than CAS (both of them are competitive, just in different ways...CAS being more academic and Gallatin being more "whole person" based). Just know what you want if applying to Gallatin...it helps with future employers if you can tell them why you decided to make your own program of study and knowing for yourself in general what you'd want to do with a degree that combines philosophy, studio art, and literature.</p>
<p>Thanks Nocca, that was very helpful. I don't want you to think I'm applying to Gallatin/CAS because I just "want to get into NYU", but I considered Steinhardt and, while the visual arts major is great, the red tape seemed to be academically confining. Likewise for CAS, the redtape to take high level art classes at Steinhardt seemed limiting. Thus I think Gallatin seems like a very appealing school especially, from what I gather on its website, the emphasis on writing and small discussion based classes and the ability to take a variety of classes. </p>
<p>The only thing I am worried about is that Gallatin seems like a very "specialized" program, and I don't want to hurt my chances of getting into NYU because I didn't know what school I wanted to go to.</p>
<p>If you know exactly the way you want to plan out your major, then Gallatin is the school for you. Also, I'm not sure if it's the same with Steinhardt, but even though Gallatin students can get classes in any school within NYU, it seems particularly hard to get into some classes within the specialized schools (Tisch, Stern, Steinhardt) and I know that there are many courses within Tisch that are reserved only for specific majors; for instance, Gallatin students can't take drama studio. It might be the same with upper level courses in visual art within Steinhardt: they might be closed to everyone that's not in the major, including Gallatin, even if your concentration includes visual art. </p>
<p>You are right in assuming that Gallatin is a specialized program, since you are designing your own major. You should definitely call to see whether or not you'd be able to take the visual arts courses in Steinhardt you'd want to take as a student in Gallatin. If not, and visual art is where your true interest lies, you might as well audition for Steinhardt's Studio Art...you could always double major with Philosophy or Literature within the CAS. Gallatin is definitely for people who pretty much know exactly what they want in their major...this may or may not be the right path for you.</p>
<p>NYU really accepts AP English Literature? What class does it replace and how high do you need to score on it?</p>
<p>AP English Literature counts as a humanities requirement. You need a 4 or 5 for this exam (or any AP exam at NYU) to receive credit.</p>
<p>How hard is it to transfer within NYU? Say I went to CAS and decided I needed more freedom, would transferring to Gallatin be a hassle/possible, and vice versa? </p>
<p>I know the answer is "Gallatin is for people who know what they want," but its hard to get an actual picture of what each school is like from reading brochures, taking tours and info sessions, and talking here.</p>
<p>I'm going to say that...it really depends on what school it is. A Gallatin-CAS transfer (or vice versa) I don't think would be too difficult, since liberal arts is the core of both of their curriculums. I know that transferring into Stern and Tisch, however, are quite difficult. But if you find you don't like CAS or Gallatin, the schools you're going for, it's probably going to be fairly easy to make a transfer between those two schools.</p>
<p>do you know anything about SCPS??
like how hard it is to get into SCPS and etc</p>
<p>I know that SCPS for undergraduates has programs in hotel management and sports management (I've ran into one person from each major since August). I'm not sure how hard it is to get into, but it's probably no more competitive than Steinhardt or Gallatin...it all depends on if you show a heavy interest in one of those majors via your essay (and maybe extracurriculars, if applicable ones are available to you). Keeping SAT scores/GPA in general NYU range would make you a good candidate for SCPS. Classes are probably going to be small as well...SCPS is generally not really talked about on campus, unless you randomly meet someone in the school. But, it seems, at least for hotel management, what better school is there than one of the tourist capitals of the world? And how many schools offer sports management? It's probably a pretty good school for those majors. Sorry I couldn't give you more information about it, but you can always visit the site here SCPS</a> Homepage | New York University - SCPS for more info.</p>
<p>can you join sports freshmen year without being a recruited athlete?</p>
<p>Well, since NYU really isn't a sports school, they're probably taking all the good people they can get. I've also never heard a recruited athlete here, but I'm sure they exist...after all, I am a freshman and I probably just haven't met one yet, haha. But yeah, I'm sure freshmen are able to try out for sports...my friend was able to try out for soccer, and he's a freshman, for instance.</p>