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06-25-2008, 03:31 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| NYU admission...SAT subject tests REQUIRED? Please help.
So I plan on applying to NYU this fall and under the admission requirements on college board it says:
Admission requirements:
* Essay(s) required
* Required: SAT Reasoning Test or ACT
* If submitting ACT, the writing section is required
* Required: SAT Subject Tests
I, however, haven't taken an SAT subject tests. Will I not be considered for admission?
Thanks for your help.
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06-25-2008, 03:52 PM
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#2 | | Member
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NYU REQUIRES that you take SAT subject tests.
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06-25-2008, 03:58 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
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You need to take them in the fall.
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06-25-2008, 05:47 PM
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#4 | | Junior Member
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Tisch School of the Arts does NOT require SAT subject tests, but CAS and Stern do.
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06-25-2008, 06:48 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
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No SAT subject tests are needed for applying to those programs in Steinhardt requiring an audition or portfolio submission. Same rationale as for Tisch as mentioned above.
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06-25-2008, 07:19 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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Well, if it says that the NYU college you're applying to requires SAT subject tests for admission, then I strongly suggest you take SAT subject tests...LOL.
Take two in the fall as early as possible, like in october or november.
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06-25-2008, 07:26 PM
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It's the silliest thing, these subject tests. Now the SAT and ACT writing makes sense...but since you pick the subject tests you take, you only take ones you can really kick butt in. The pages of CC are covered with kids with English as a second language at home taking "Chinese with listening" or kids with a South American Nanny for 18 years taking "spanish". Even in my case (no luck in foreign languages) I took the two subjects I knew I could slam dunk...and did. From the looks of it, just about EVERYONE applying to NYU does amazing on these required SAT II's...so what's the point?
Is it that all the high brow universities now require these time-wasters, and they want to be seen as the same caliber? Or do they just try to make the application process THAT MORE COMPLICATED and screen the weak willed from applying?
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06-25-2008, 07:35 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Salem, I totally agree these are the dumbest things...SAT subject tests seem like a waste of time and since people take them in their favorite/best subjects, people generally do very well, and they just make the whole process more complicated.
But OP, they are required, so for your sake, take them.
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06-25-2008, 08:33 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
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Thanks every one, I plan to take them.
And I also agree....BIG waste of my time.
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06-25-2008, 11:11 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
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Apparently, NYU decided to make them a requirement because all their applicants were submitting them anyway cause many other schools require them. I agree that they are annoying though.
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06-25-2008, 11:48 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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My friend's brother applied to NYU this year without having taken any subject tests I believe, and he actually ended up getting in anyway.
I think that was a special case though (he pretty much solely got in because he's a nationally ranked runner I think, he also has some pretty mediocre grades and very very few honors courses/no AP's), so definitely take them anyway. But judging by that, it seems that they will review your application for admission even if you don't, if there are other factors working in your favor.
And yeah, SAT II's are annoying...not looking forward to getting my scores back for those tomorrow.
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06-26-2008, 12:40 AM
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#12 | | New Member
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I would definitely take them as soon as you can in the Fall. If your regular SAT scores are good, I wouldn't worry about the subject tests too much. My subject test scores suucked compared to my regular SAT, but it doesn't seem like they place too much weight on them as long as the rest of your app is well rounded.
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06-27-2008, 12:23 AM
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#13 | | Junior Member
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Will it hurt me if I'm only taking two? It seems as if all the CCers are taking three =/
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06-27-2008, 04:44 AM
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#14 | | Member
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no, many people take three because you are allowed to take three each date, so you might as well take the max allowed since you're waking up that early anyway
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06-27-2008, 09:42 AM
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I wouldn't take 3 unless you know you can excel in three. Once you send test scores from the college board (the SAT people) they see every test...every date. And ALTHOUGH they are only supposed to "give weight" to the highest two, why distract them from 780 HIST 750 Language & Comp with a 540 BIO??????
It's like when a jury hears something juicy during a trial, and then the judge tells them "to discard it"...they still weigh it into their decision. Plus, those standardized tests wipe me out, after the second I wouldn't have been able to focus
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