<p>Hey! I applied ED1, for CAS with a major in Creative Writing and also Tisch for Dramatic Writing here are some stats…
Basically, I have a 3.2 GPA from a very competitive school in Iowa.
I got a 30 composite on the ACT. English: 31
Reading: 33
Math: 27
Science: 31
I’ve been in all honors courses through high school, and taken two AP classes (English Grammar and Writing and US History) and I am taking AP Government, AP Lit and Psychology this year.</p>
<p>Activities and Leadership: Vice President in Thespian Troupe #3842 - Thespian Honor Bar member, Member of Girls Choir - 2 years, Member of Concert Choir - 2 years, traveled to New York City to preform a prelude concert at Carnegie Hall with Concert Choir in January 2011, Crew Member/Student Director for the following Plays and/or Musicals: Metamorphoses, Children of Eden, Quilters, The Nerd, Jesus Christ Superstar, This is a Test, and Spring Awakening, Cast Member for the following Plays and/or Musicals: Voices from the High School, Check Please: Take 1 and 3, Decades of Dubuque (Also producer and co-writer), Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Crimes of the Heart. </p>
<p>Volunteer Hours completed through school during High School Career: about 70, Waitress at Happy Joe’s Pizza Parlor - 2 years approx. 12 hours a week. Honors/Awards: 2nd Place in Monologues at Iowa State Thespian Festival, 1st place in Martin Luther King Jr. Contest, Outstanding Leadership Award - Children of Eden, Metamorphoses, Quilters, and Jesus Christ Superstar, NAACP Leadership Award and Community Award</p>
<p>Unless the rules have changed… You can apply to CAS or Tisch. Not both. That’s way it always has been at NYU - you can only apply to one school within NYU. Unless you’re doing a special joint program between the two. </p>
<p>That said,
Your GPA is probably too low to get into CAS. Tisch is more portfolio based, so if you had a good portfolio, you could get into Tisch. Obviously though getting into Tisch is extremely difficult - as it is Tisch.</p>
<p>I’m apply for both schools but i will probably only get accepted to one or neither. You really think my GPA is just plain two low for CAS? If their average 3.6 doesn’t that mean they accept students with 3.2’s, even if only once in awhile?</p>
<p>You can’t apply to more than one college within NYU. E.g. you can apply to CAS or Tisch, but not both. </p>
<p>11% of student had a high school GPA near yours. That’s across all NYU schools, including SCPS. That’s also a 3+ year old statistic. Do they accept people with 3.2 GPAs? Yes. But it’s mostly to Tisch and Steinhardt (where your talent matters more than your GPA) and SCPS (for mature adult students). </p>
<p>Your test scores are average for NYU. Which means you have an average testing range and subrange GPA. Meaning odds are against you for admissions. </p>
<p>The only thing that might make a difference is class rank. Are you in the top 10%?</p>
<p>My school doesnt have ranks. And on the application I applied for Tisch but it said something along the lines of “if we feel you are not suited for this program would you liked to be considered for another school in NYU” and I said yes and selected CAS. That’s why I said both. Also, do EC count for much? And if my chances are truly dreadful, what other schools would be better suited? I’m looking at Boston University, Illinois Wesleyan, Loyola-Chicago, and Knox College. Obviously, NYU is a dream school and therefore a reach. I know that. I’m just wondering exactly how far a reach it is.</p>
<p>Bump again, sorry. Just really interested in finding match schools if NYU is such a reach. Also, instead of Loyola I’m looking at the DePaul Theatre School for Playwriting</p>