<p>Sorry to sound ignorant. But I keep reading people talk about this. What does it exactly mean to be LSP'ed?</p>
<p>Did we have to check off a separate box on the application or something? or is it just offered to the more qualified students?</p>
<p>i’m not sure, but i think it means “i got into the Liberal Studies Program” - LSP, used as a verb.</p>
<p>is the liberal studies program offered to the more qualified applicants? or did we have to choose to get in?</p>
<p>Gashergina, no one really knows what places someone in LSP. You cannot apply to LSP, you have to be chosen for it. It is commonly known as a program that accepts students with low GPAs or low SATs, but NYU still wants them at the university for some reason (ECs, essays, etc.) However, there are many people who have been accepted into the LSP program with 2000+ on their SATs and 4.0 GPA’s. </p>
<p>Basically, if a person is accepted to LSP they will do 2 years of core classes and then be accepted into the college they originally applied (CAS, Stern, etc.).</p>
<p>I see it as something NYU specifically draws people in for, as if they have a reason for putting them there, hence the disparity between GPAs and SAT scores.</p>
<p>When I went to the LSP information session I spoke with the head of the Liberal Studies Program, and asked him to honestly tell me the reason certain people are placed in LSP over others. He made it sound like the reason people are placed in LSP is because they seem to be good writers and have high scores in writing/reading. This is very true in my case, as I scored significantly higher in writing/reading sections of the SATs, and my essays (in my opinion) were very well written. But, I guess we will never truly know for sure!</p>