<p>So i was sure I would get in,
and didn't expect a massive amount of people to be applying this year
and I got waitlisted for CAS.
I wrote my 500 characters and accepted the waitlist.</p>
<p>so what are my actual chances for getting in???</p>
<p>it was my #1 school to begin with. (didn't do ED b/c parents were really against it; they really really wanted me to go to BC)
i'm painfully regretting not applying ED2, everyone i know who applied ED 2 got in and they all had lower stats than I did.</p>
<p>i'm pretty much desperate for nyu right now, what do you think my chances are???
+ does anyone know the transfer rate??</p>
<p>+++ IF YOU'RE ACCEPTED TO CAS AND ARE HAVING DOUBTS/DONT WANT TO GO, THEN PLEASE GIVE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO REALLY WANT TO GO A CHANCE :)</p>
<p>You seem like an excellent student with all the schools and honors programs you have gotten into. Choose the school that is best for your intended major and then do as well as you can (you seem to be capable of doing well or “above the average.”). Transfers into CAS are definitely not uncommon. Sorry I do not have the actual statistics.</p>
<p>Don’t give up on the wait list yet. Someone dug up the numbers on people accepted from the wait list, something like 500+ accepted out of 1500+ on the wait list in 2008? (This is from memory.) However, that was a big jump from prior years. It varies from year to year. But as I recall, the percentage of people getting in from the wait list has been higher in recent years.</p>
<p>Also, this year, a number of people have expressed their concern about the cost of NYU and have to think hard about accepting NYU’s offer so there maybe more spots not taken for financial reasons (with the economy still tough for many families). So, hang in there.</p>
<p>You are doing the right things that are under your control, claiming that waitlist spot and thinking ahead to the transfer option. Plus, I think you are right, you would have gotten in for EDII. I think NYU got really flooded in the RD phase. UCLA and UC Berkeley are known to be very hard to get into (though they have made it less hard for out of state people in the last couple of years because they want money from these sources). Not to make your achievements less outstanding, but that is just the pattern observed. </p>
<p>I think you should also think hard about paying so handsomely for these CA. state schools with the strain of a very bad budget problem for all of CA. and its educational systems. It is better to choose a private school with better services and resources for that kind of money. That is, if you do not get off the waitlist for NYU. I am hoping that NYU will have positive news for you in the next month.</p>
<p>I was wait-listed, too. When I read the e-mail I was happy since it wasn’t a flat out rejection. But my mood spiraled downward after my friends kept consoling me as if my admission decision were a rejection anyway. It didn’t help that two of my classmates got in and I didn’t. I’m really hoping that many CAS people decide to attend somewhere else. I really want to go to NYU! 8[</p>
<p>I too feel that I would have gotten in if I applied Early Decision. However, my parents weren’t for it so I had to apply RD.</p>
<p>The reason there’s not a lot of info about waitlist statistics at NYU and such is because this is the first year they’ve really implemented the waitlist. In previous years, it existed, but only as a rare exception kind of thing–it was very uncommon, and not many people who were waitlisted ended up getting in. But NYU threw out the playbook and using the waitlist differently now. So don’t give up hope! But keep in mind that you’ll probably be just as happy and successful at your second choice school as well.</p>
<p>@evolving: thanks, your post really helped. as for right now, i’m leaning more towards BU cuz the tuition is extremely cheap; they gave me a lot of money. i want more out of my college experience and berkeley just seems too big, although i still am having trouble giving it up anyways, thank you for your encouraging words.</p>
<p>@cvu022193
yes i know it sucks doesn’t it? i got waitlisted the day before my 18th birthday, which basically sums up how my big one-eight went anyways I wish you the best of luck. </p>
<p>@leena121 thanks, i’ll keep that in mind. and if i don’t get in, i’ll just try my best at the school I choose and try to transfer for sophomore year.</p>
anyways, thank you for your encouraging words.</p>