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<li>ED require lower SAT marks and makes it easier to get in.</li>
<li>ED is for the smart and determined people, which raises the bar for SAT marks.</li>
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<p>another argument I’ve heard.</p>
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<li>NYU is really easy to get into. 1800 sat/ 3.5 GPA.</li>
<li>NYU is impossible, 2200 sat/ 3.9 GPA</li>
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<p>I am an international Chinese student from Canada.
Grade 11
lived in China for five years Grade 4-9
95% average (not sure the GPA equivalent)
2000 +/- SAT from practice tests (taking it this may - 1st time - hope to get around 2100)
AP eng lit/ AP world history / AP Psychology / AP Chinese (if I can find a testing center) / AP Calc (next year)
800 SAT2 Chinese , SAT2 WH/English (June)
Debate club - VP
Health club - VP
MUN participant
Swim team
golf team</p>
<p>During ED, NYU isn’t so concerned about how many spots are in the freshman class, so, they may be more lenient with applicants- but ones who are on the fence for admissions. However they known NYU is definitely there first choice, and baring financial difficulties, these people will attend NYU if accepted. Now that can be used to the students advantage or disadvantage. 1. The school knows they’re serious about attending. 2. Students who can afford it will accept it even with smaller scholarships and such.
1800 and 3.5 is low for NYU (for the majors where your application is 100% of the decision. Even tisch and steinhardt have some strong numbers too though.) It’s possible for LSP if the student has awesome recs, extra curruculars, and essays, but a combination of low SAT and GPA would not look good. I’d say on average they’d like to see around a 3.75/3.8 uw 2000 for admissions and higher for scholarships. Of course much more goes into account in an acceptance besides SAT and GPA. Some students just take the ACT, or you can opt to take 3 AP/Subject tests instead (one in humanities/english, one math/science, and any non-language).</p>