How competitive is it to get into NYU-CAS?

CollectivSynergy
Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Apparently you haven’t learned how to read critically. Notice that the application count and SAT scores were NOT for Spring - unless you think NYU got 23,000 apps in the Spring. It merely says that during his tenure, average scores and apps went up to X and Y. And frankly, they could be cherry picked from ANY semester as there is no date attached to them. The acceptance rate is a separate sentence, and very likely includes transfers. Add that to the fact that NYU has a track record of choosing the lower number to report (such as declining to include LSP) to suit its own whims.

I’m a Stern alum, maybe we didn’t get the e-mails and speeches ranking the schools by SAT scores and selectivity. Or, maybe you’re pulling them out of thin air. I don’t really care - the fact of the matter is with the exceptions of Steinhardt and LSP, I’ve never seen any evidence to indicate other schools are less selective than CAS other than your ego-fueled assertions.

Edit: Also, it’s funny that you think “transfer-friendly” is only related to retention.