NOCCA Junior

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.

1124sjk

do you know anything about SCPS??
like how hard it is to get into SCPS and etc

NOCCA Junior

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 Homepage | New York University - SCPS for more info.

richmerino

can you join sports freshmen year without being a recruited athlete?

NOCCA Junior

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.

Dibprod

could you chance me please for film and television @ tisch
SAT 1450/1600
GPA 3.6uw

great portfolio (i think so lol)
great EC, vice president of senior council,founder and president of film production club, run a film production company, wen to the university of southern california(best ranked film school internationally) for a film class for a month and a half this summer, films ran in local festival, music video won an international contest for FUSE TV, produced a feature length documentary where I traveled to Poland with a group of sephardic jewish adults to see the concentration camps and discover the link between themselves and the rest of the jews that were actually affected by the holocaust. president and one of the founders of an activist club (new issue every month),
APUS/4
APBIO/4
APEURO/4
APPsych/planned
APEnglish/planned
took 4 college courses (real estate, business management, people power and politics, business law) besides course @usc(for 8 credits)

NOCCA Junior

Your SAT/AP test scores and GPA are, as you probably figured, in excellent condition for Tisch...you definitely will not be rejected academically. But because Tisch is half-talent/portfolio based, there's really no telling what they're looking for. Ultimately, you must just work as hard on your portfolio and hope for the best. As with all audition based BFA's, don't put your hopes on one or two schools, definitely apply to others. There's just no telling with Tisch, it's what the auditioners are looking for at the time, basically.

Spazboy

Any chance you could give me a rundown?

High School:
GPA: 3.45 unweighted
SATs: 1800 (1180/1600)
Extracurriculars: Freshmen Football

Yeah, my stats are pretty weak, I was a very lazy student in high school. I'm currently a freshman college student at Pace University. I'm looking to transfer to Tisch next fall as a drama major. My GPA this semester should be around a 3.8 and I'm also going to working as an intern at the Irish Arts Center over Christmas break. With a resume and a strong audition as well as strong personal statements/admission essay, do I have a chance in making it in? I'm curious as to just how much they weight talent over academic record.

NOCCA Junior

Well, actually your high school GPA and SATs (well, maybe that's a tad low) don't seem too too bad for Tisch. It's good that you're working so hard in college now and that you have an internship coming up...that definitely does help out a lot. However!

1) You can never, never, never tell if you will have a "good" audition. The only thing you can do is prepare as best as you can and give it a shot. Yes, there are some people that are just really bad actors and are rejected for that reason (haha) but so many talented people audition for Tisch and are rejected...you just never know what will happen. It's very good that you know that you're going to have an amazing audition, so keep that attitude up, it's definitely going to yield positive results.

2) If you're intent on being a drama major, you should definitely apply to other schools, since generally audition-based programs for any college are very difficult. A bunch of my friends from high school are auditioning for Marymount Manhattan's musical theatre program (generally BA Theatre with MT minor) but they also have BFA Acting. The New School also has an up and coming drama program. That's as much as I can give you for New York City schools, though. This said, know that applying as a transfer to any program, I know definitely NYU/Tisch, is going to make things even more difficult because first priority is always given to freshmen. So you should probably schedule more auditions, because getting into Tisch is going to be doubly hard for you. Being a guy (I'm assuming you are since your CC name is "Spazboy") always helps, though.

Overall, I'd say that just say screw it with your high school academics and give it your best shot. Good luck!

bashi

I'm looking to get into law so I guess CAS?
I have a 3.42, 30 ACT, African American Male that makes less than 20k a year.
I have excellent EC's, essays, and rec's. Does it sound realistic for me to get into CAS? I have a huge rising trend, (Sophomore year I had a couple of deaths in the family)

Also, how do you like the dorms in NYU?
Is there any sense of a "community" among students?
How is the social scene?

Thank you!

NOCCA Junior

If you're looking to go into pre-law, then yes you'd apply to CAS. It doesn't stand alone as it's own major, at least I don't think if it's like most pre-law programs, so you'd have to get a major later on.

The fact that you are an African-American Male, of course, does work to your advantage. The 20K a year part only works for purposes of financial aid, and even then you STILL might not get enough...who knows what madness is going down at the NYU financial aid office these days haha. Either way, for scholarships CAS is pretty numbers and GPA based, and only the most competitive applicants (top 5%) get the most merit-based aid. With that GPA, you might not get too much merit-based aid. However, if you are a National Merit scholar, you could qualify for the Baird Scholarship. Of course, your FAFSA EFC is automatically going to be zero I believe, so hopefully NYU can give you a substantial amount of need-based aid.

You could probably put a lot of very interesting things in your essay...there's not too many applicants to NYU whose families make less than 20K (not even mine, and I'm pretty poor lol). Use that to your advantage and make it good.

Finally, about admissions...your ACT score is perfect, your GPA not so much...it's ok though, not too shabby, especially for an upward trend. However, I wouldn't worry too much about it. As long as you have some honors and AP, as well as good ECs and recs (which you say you have), you should be at least GSPed, if not accepted to CAS outright.

As far as dorm life goes:
Honestly, the dorms at NYU are, for the most part, pretty amazing, at least compared to most other schools. Sure, they're all averaging room and board around $11,000, but hey, you sort of get what you pay for: location and nice perks such as air-conditioning (unless you're in a freshman traditional style--Rubin and Brittany--with no air-conditioning, making them cheaper), NO communal bathrooms (except one random one in Weinstein)...basically you're sharing a bathroom with 1-3 or 4 people.

This year I'm in Hayden and I absolutely love it. It's a traditional style dorm (most dorms are apartment style with a kitchen and stuff...only freshmen have the option of traditional style) and there's a general consensus that Hayden's the most popular freshman dorm because it's social, and it's in an amazing location, Washington Square West, a short walk to classes (along with most other freshman dorms). But you can view so many threads about dorms on CC, I know I did when I was applying this time last year lol.

As far as a sense of community among students: well, it just depends, really, on who you hang with. In my experience, you make a tight-knit group of friends and also have others that you hang out with occasionally. But generally, NYU social scene is ultimately what you make of it...you can shut yourself in which is quite easy to do especially in apartment-style dorms, or you can go out and make friends and take advantage of living in this part of the city. Because most of us will never be able to afford living in Washington/Union Square or Uptown ever again lol. The fact that NYU has no real campus makes a sense of community more difficult to envision but strangely gives it a more independent viewpoint--NYU is not the school to hold your hand, haha.

Good luck with your application, hope everything works out for you!

ctstudent89

How hard is it to get into the Dramatic Writing program at Tisch? Is it easier or more difficult than other programs? I'm looking to transfer. Thanks.

NOCCA Junior

Mmm well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but all of Tisch's programs are pretty much equally competitive. The overall rate of Tisch acceptances this year were 23%. Meaning that, if anything, Dramatic Writing can be at most at a 23% acceptance rate, but it's probably a little less than that. And that's for the freshman class...for transfers, it's even harder because they're only accepted after all the freshmen acceptances are mailed out. Sooo...just work as hard as you can on your writing sample. Have it reviewed and stuff by others...you know the drill.

cjenny

How&When can I choose my dorm if I am accepted now?(ED)
I guess NYU will send me the housing info. in May..is that right??
Also,in general,how many people share a room?

Thanks!!

NOCCA Junior

If you are accepted, you will have to set up your Albert account on NYUHome (your Albert account and NYUHome will give you access to your e-mail address and all the things you need to access registration and housing forms). ED people get the information to register in their acceptance packets. You will register for housing online. You will be asked to put your dorm requests in order of preference. Because you're ED, I think you're guaranteed your first choice dorm. It depends on where you live for dorm arrangements; for the most part, in the freshman traditional style dorms (Hayden, Rubin, Goddard, Brittany, and Weinstein), you'll only be rooming with one person. The notable exceptions are those people living in suites (where there are two rooms with either two or three people in each room, but no more than five people in a suite) or low-cost triples. Each room/suite has its own bathroom. In the freshman apartment-style dorms (U-Hall and Third North), there will be suites of four people mainly (although I'm pretty sure some contain five, but not most), and you will all share a kitchen, bathroom, and living space.

Hope that helps!