Liberal Studies Program- SAT scores too high?

ohheyolivia
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:55:09 +0000

Hey, I’m a senior applying RD to NYU- CAS. My guidance counselor, who has a lot of experience dealing with NYU, said that there’s a good chance that I won’t be admitted at all despite the fact that my grades are about right for Liberal Studies (my weighted average is between a 90 and a 91, I’ve taken six AP courses, and my average is lower than it would have been due to a bad sophomore year because of a “personal tragedy,” I guess you would say). He says this because my standardized testing scores are supposedly too high to be generally admissible for Liberal Studies- does anyone have any insight into this? I’m kind of confused by that idea.
If it helps, my SAT score is a 2190 (800 CR, 800 Writing, 590 math), and my ACT score is a 32 (I took both only once).
Thanks!