<p>Getting into this school is my whole life.</p>
<p>I’ve literally given up everything for just some hope that I have a chance of getting in.</p>
<p>I applied ED to CAS but if I have any chance of getting in it would probably be through LSP</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the LSP letters are sent out for ED applicants?</p>
<p>No the LSP letters haven’t been sent out yet… Good luck though!!! :)</p>
<p>Wow, after all the previous press about how unhappy NYU students are compared to other college students (sorry I forget any links provided before), I am really amazed at the level of enthusiasm and zeal for getting into NYU that I witness here.</p>
<p>Everyone keeps saying you have to be a certain kind of person to fully benefit from NYU in its unique urban setting (preferably more independent and mature). All I have to say is that my son’s adaptation to and love for NYU have gone beyond my wildest dreams for his happiness and success as a well-rounded student and person.</p>
<p>While he has over one semester’s college credits under his belt, he tells me he does not want to leave NYU early since he is so enamored of the whole experience. Friends when he needs socializing, solitude when he needs time for contemplation and personal experiencing/ observation of life. He is academically challenged and his creativity has also blossomed in his “non-academic” love, music. There are so many opportunities for him given his love of the city and everything it has to offer.</p>
<p>So while many of you are anxiously waiting for your NYU decision (I do feel for you, having gone through this with my son last year), I know many of you here who will get into NYU will have a blast and excellent experience.</p>
<p>On a more cautionary note, Dean Santirocco informed the parents during Parents’ Day in October 2010 that they had received a high number of applications for the Freshmen class of 2010 and one out of every 16 applicants was accepted into NYU CAS for 2010.</p>
<p>So unless there is a drastic change in the demographics (and hence a decrease in the # of applications), it is likely that competition will remain stiff for 2011. My thinking is that the increases in # of applications and the lower acceptance rates will change in the coming years, based on the demographics, but probably not enough to affect the upcoming freshmen classes of 2011 and 2012 in a notable manner.</p>
<p>So, my heart and well wishes go out to all of you. I hope you all get into NYU (those of you who want to get in), but I also hope you have good back ups and realize that you are greater than any one college. Do think about yourself flourishing and developing into the best person you can be whatever the canvas because the magic and miracle lie within yourself. And you can nurture “you” wherever you are. (Of course, it would be nice to be within the setting of your “dream” school, but dreams do change and evolve.)</p>
<p>1 out of every 16 applicants? so NYU’s acceptance rate is now 6.25%?!? Isn’t that lower than schools more prestigious that NYU?</p>
<p>winnie,</p>
<p>Haha, I think you caught me half asleep by around this time, especially with math at this hour. The dean provided some numbers and I screwed up and meant to say he indicated the acceptance rate was 16%, given the size of the CAS freshmen class of 2010 (in the region of 1000+ but less than 2000 admitted students) and they had received either 10,000+ or 20,000+ applications for CAS. (You figure out the numbers for me based on the 16% or a guestimate. I will try to see if I can get the actual numbers to post back soon).</p>
<p>Sorry for any excessive alarm with my befuddled numbers at this time of the night. 
I had tried to get the actual numbers from the NYU site and the College Board, but I could not find the specific breakdown as communicated to us on Parents’ Day. I am fairly certain it was 16% admitted into CAS, but I will try to get confirmation.</p>
<p>Haha almost gave me a heart attack 
16% sounds a lot more reasonable Although you’re definitely right, the acceptance rate is a lot lower than a few years ago.</p>
<p>Sorry, winnie, I tried to bring a dose of reality, not to scare you all who already are stressed about this process. I have to say that was a quick pick up on your part. You must have done well in your SAT Math. I think I should have written 1 out of every 6 (approx) accepted into CAS. But I will stop now since I am really fatigued after a full day of work and I badly need some sleep. Good night.</p>
<p>Hahaha 730 on SAT and 34 on ACT
Good night!</p>
<p>I can’t imagine that CAS has a 16% admission rate!! NYU makes its common data set available on its website (look under institutional research). It only has data for 2008-2009, when the total undergrad admission rate was 32%. Given that CAS is the largest school at NYU (36% of student body), it’s hard to see how the other schools could possibly have accepted that many students to get a 32% admissions rate! Particularly when Stern and Tisch are about 25% of enrollment, and Tisch, for sure, has about a 17% acceptance rate (and a yield that rivals the Ivies!).</p>
<p>Even in an increasingly competitive admissions environment, I find it hard to believe that NYU’s acceptance rate has dropped about 15% in two years…</p>
<p>That 16% must refer to something else! So, take hope you EDers to CAS!</p>
<p>winnie and other NYU applicants or interested parties,</p>
<p>I am posting again to provide more accurate numbers on statistics for the admitted freshmen class of 2010. (This after confirming the data from the Admissions Office).</p>
<p>Just for CAS’s freshmen class of 2010, there were approximately 20,000 applications for admission. Of those, 5000-6,000 students were accepted into NYU CAS (28%, so yes, SDonCC, your number is closer to the actual numbers). Out of the 28% accepted, approximately 1400 actually enrolled in NYU CAS’s 2010 freshmen class.</p>
<p>SO, it looks like some numbers might have been played up or least, emphasized so I and maybe other parents went away from the meeting thinking the acceptance rate is lower than it is. TO be honest, I remember the 1000+ students in the 2010 CAS freshmen class that was provided and from my perception of things, I could feel the parents giving almost an audible “ah” with the “impressive” numbers provided.</p>
<p>So, my apologies for any misleading information and I hope this serves as a correction for people who read my earlier posts from this thread.</p>
<p>Whew! So this is actually good news, being back to the upper 20% for accepted students to CAS.</p>
<p>Again, GLTA!</p>
<p>When do we find out… ???</p>
<p>hopefully by the 15th but there’s all kinds of different rumors going around about when… nobody really knows for sure in other words…</p>
<p>my admissions counselor told me today that emails will be sent ON dec 15, followed by snail mail letters</p>
<p>stupid question: what is snail mail letter?</p>
<p>Traditional mail like the postal service</p>
<p>for sure for sure?
if thats true jjohn42 you just made my day.</p>
<p>i’m just gonna go by what i’ve seen before which is a 32% acceptance rate. but when it comes down to it, it’s not like we can do much now to change our position.</p>
<p>All the admissions counselors are telling us different things :S</p>
<p>Direct words from my counselor. “Decisions will be emailed on December 15.” She went on to say they would be mailed after as well.
I hope it’s true, but different counselors have given contradictory answers to different people. If it’s true I wish they could give us a definitive time like most schools who email…or at least something like ‘after 3:00pm.’</p>
<p>NYU’s overall rate doesn’t matter. Stern and Tisch have lower rates, which pulls down the overall percentage. Therefore, I’m sure CAS and the others have higher rates. From what I’ve heard, the easiest programs to get into are the non-talent based programs in Steinhardt. So like Communications and stuff other than the art and music majors.</p>