NYU and GSP..confused?

hellodocks
Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:17:27 +0000

The above is slightly false. Almost everyone in LSP is either a bit resentful of their deferment or quite honest about the fact that there was at least one somewhat subpar component of their application. i.e. One of my absolute best friends here is very straightforward about the fact that he goofed around in high school and got a substandard GPA, but he’s not dumb at all and beasted the SAT. And he’s probably one of the single smartest people I know at school. Another girl was a hard worker, did really well in high school with a lot of leadership in extracurriculars, had a ton of community service, but struggled with exams. Her essays were really great, but she isn’t the best test-taker, so her SAT was below average.

I could go on and on, but the simple fact of the matter is that LSP is softballed a bit and gets marketed as something of an alternative beginning for your first two years at NYU when in reality its a deferral pool. At the end of the two years they measure everyone by one simple standard, your GPA. Since it’s very standardized academically, i.e. each semester every single LSP kid takes three identical classes, there’s no subjectivity. A 3.9 is clearly better than a 3.6, no subjectivity for ‘oh this person’s food nutrition classes in CAS were easier than the pre-med kid or the Stern kid so you have to account for the difference in GPA.’ Basically, as long as you do well in LSP, you get the option to move into any school at NYU except Stern. If you don’t, well, you’re living up to the fact that they deferred you.