@Dusing2 graduating a semester early from Tisch is very doable and common because some people feel hitting the streets before all of the other graduates from all over the country come to town is an advantage. Not sure if it is but I’ve heard that (along with saving money) is the thinking. I believe graduating in 3 years might also be doable but Tisch won’t give more than 32 credits for APs and the scores must be 4’s or 5’s. Info about that is here in case anyone cares: https://students.tisch.nyu.edu/object/adv_credits.html. There is also a January term at NYU where other gen ed requirements can be completed though you pay extra tuition (but not extra for housing) for those credits.
A limiting factor in early graduation might be the ability to schedule in the theatre studies classes you need around your studio classes. You need a minimum of 28 theatre studies credits. Assuming 4 credits/class and you take one every semester for 3 years and one of the semester you take two of them, the math works but I’m not sure how easy that is to do schedule-wise.
My daughter for example is a rising senior. She didn’t attend a high school that did APs but took a couple of the tests anyway and did well enough for them to count against some requirements at NYU. She is done with her graduation requirements except she still needs one more theatre studies class. But the minute you talk about 1 class (4 credits) on top of studio (8 credits) you are once again a full time student and pay full time tuition so you might as well load up on the education to get your money’s worth (full time is up to 18 credits). She has mean parents who for sure will make her do that 
You are allowed to switch to a part-time student status at NYU during your final semester before graduating. In the spring, that is what our daughter will do and she will only take studio classes. We will then only be paying part time tuition and it will save us a lot of money. In theory, she could also just graduate a semester early like mentioned above but there are great classes about the business of the business and other career launching things that we wouldn’t want her to miss by graduating early. In for a penny, in for a pound.
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