How competitive is it to get into NYU-CAS?

CollectivSynergy
Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:15:52 +0000

I really don’t know what they’re teaching you in MAP English courses anymore, but it obviously isn’t critical reading. It’s actually very tricky in English syntactically to determine exactly what context the writer means. For example: “During his tenure as RA, Mike was very diligent and held constant gatherings in his room. From 2002-2004, Third Ave reported fewer stolen items.” You can assume that Mike was the RA from 2002 to 2004 and the drop in crime was a result of his efforts, but actually the statement directly states nothing of the sort. You don’t even know if he was RA during that time period, but oftentimes sentence structuring like such is designed to make you infer the details. It’s how politicians and lawyers get around answering direct questions all the time.

As for your analysis, you’re still offering no proof. A single copy/pasted e-mail you claim to have would suffice. It’s widely acknowledged Tisch, Stern, and Abu Dhabi have lower acceptance rates because the class sizes are very small vs their applicant pools (And Abu Dhabi’s was published). Simply saying “CAS has some very excellent programs usually regarded in the 20’s to the #1 for in the country, it can then be concluded then that… it is also has a low acceptance rate” is not evidence of anything except you needing another English course. Not to mention the programs that CAS is ranked extremely high on make up a very small percentage of the actual student body.

The more likely scenario, which you’re amusingly oblivious to, is that CAS is actually at the average with the remainder clustered around it. Of the schools, I would think only Tisch and Abu Dhabi are outliers with much lower acceptance rates.

PS - Stern apparently has a 23% acceptance rate according to Businessweek, so according to you CAS is nearly as selective as Stern. May be true, but doubtful.