<p>what is the deal with it..is it hard to do? rare?</p>
<p>You need. To read. The posts. This question has been asked about a million times.</p>
<p>And just noting: I thought GSP students were really rare before I came here (a kid who went to my high school got accepted GSP). But no. There are so many GSP students here- maybe too many. </p>
<p>But read the posts.</p>
<p>Um... well, from what I've heard (and you might want someone who's not a rising freshman to answer this too), GSP is when you apply to one of the schools with the program (CAS, Stern, Tisch... not sure about the other schools) but do not have high enough SAT scores or GPA, or if your SAT is high/GPA low and vice-versa. It's a two-year liberal arts associate degree, and sometimes, you're deferred to an international campus (I've heard a lot of the international GSP students are GSP-ed for TOEFL scores). You can't apply directly to GSP, and on the CAS site, it says only 7% of applicants are GSP-ed; the rest are admitted, wait-listed, or rejected.</p>
<p>There was another thread on GSP (several, in fact) a while ago. I would search for those.</p>
<p>7% is a lot with the number of apps nyu gets</p>
<p>I think that 7% refers only to the applicant pool for CAS.</p>