<p>actor12, NYU does examine academics. Academics count 50% of the admissions process for Tisch. And NYU IS a pretty selective university academically speaking. </p>
<p>The academic review and the artistic review are done separately, and at the same time. No, they do not look at the audition and then the application. Both reviews are going on at one time but by different sets of people.</p>
<p>PS, you do not need a 4.0 to get into NYU, however. My kid went to NYU and did not have a 4.0. She still was awarded one of the biggest scholarships NYU gives out and she also was selected for something called Tisch Scholars (which is not a scholarship and which no longer exists at NYU). I gave the GPA data in a post further up for NYU for admitted students.</p>