<p>I got my acceptance into gsp at florence (cas) on 29th march… and i sent for the official offer of admission the next day… haven’t received one yet… but i did receive an invitation for a welcome reception on april 21st…
gsp sounds excellent and i would love to go… but i can’t possibly afford it… and nyu doesn’t offer fin aid to int’l students (i’m from india)… i was planning to take a loan and go… but is it worth it? Sure, job opportunities are awesome in NYC, but how easily can a pretty big loan be repaid anyway? the nyu loan programs do give a lot of time to pay back the loan… but i’m still not sure… what do you think??
as for the reception thingy… is that really important?? is there anyone here who went or is going to nyu florence?</p>
<p>same thing happened to me for Boston University. i applied for CAS but got in to CGS. my sister says that CGS in any college is not bad. especially if it’s NYU or BU. if you really want to go to NYU, i’d take it.</p>
<p>If you want to transfer after freshmen year at gsp, does other colleges know that you’re in NYU’s gsp?</p>
<p>You All Make This Nyu Gsp Thing Sound Like Crap!! Kinda Dissapointed Now, Was Kind Of Excited At First Since At I At Least Got A Chance To Attend Nyu, But After Reading All This, I’m Actually Considering Declining The Offer Of Admission.</p>
<p>I have 32 AP credits. In order to finish NYU, we need to have 128 credits. So does this mean that I can finish NYU in three years? or would there be somekind of prevention?</p>
<p>dodger88, my daughter is totally psyched about going to NYU in gsp. Her dad and I are also thrilled. We think it’s the best of both worlds–big U, small classes, Great Books but broad enough to be inclusive. We think it will be perfect for her. She’s a tentative English major. If she could have chosen GSP, we would’ve encouraged her to. Forget the naysayers–you don’t want your life to be guided by status-addicts. You will determine your own destiny and make the most of your experience.</p>
<p>Another problem with GSP Florence is that they don’t provide any financial aid to international students except for loan, does anyone know if they have any other options?</p>
<p>Do any of u know if they give international students other kinds of financial aid other than loans?</p>
<p>I applied to Steinhardt ED and was deferred to GSP. At first, I was disappointed and tentative to accept the admissions offer. After extensive research, I realized that the program is actually somewhat cool, and I became excited to attend. I’m just as excited now–but I’m nervous about something. It may seem silly that I’m so worried about this, but whatever, my family’s paying like, 200 grand for this crap so I’m kind of hoping it’ll be fun. Basically, I have this exaggerated (or maybe not…) vision in my head of GSP students being ridiculed by other NYU students. I understand there are stereotypes about every school within NYU, but it’d really suck if my placement in GSP was socially limiting. If anyone who’s currently attending could reply and shed some light on the situation, that’d be much appreciated.</p>
<p>shakeandbake: I applied to CAS early decision and got put into GSP. I was (and still am) ecstatic about it, because NYU had always been my dream and if I hadn’t gotten in I would have had to go to SUNY Stony brook (which isn’t a bad school, but there were a lot of reasons that I didn’t want to go there). Before I had applied, I already did extensive research on GSP, but then afterwards, I started going on message boards such as this one and a lot of people had a lot of negative things to say about the program. I was really nervous, because I’m naive and care about what others think, but then I realized, if someone is going to pass judgement on my character based on what program I’m in, then I don’t want to associate myself with that ■■■■■■ anyway. If a social group decides to not be friends with you b/c of GSP, then whatever, there are thousands of students in NYU, not to mention hundreds in GSP, who won’t be self-riteous enough to ridicule you because you’re in a specific program.</p>
<p>Yeaaa…
I didnt get into cas also, n here r my stats
African American, so im a u.r.m.
SAT Is: 1360, 2020 (690m 670cr 660w - all 3 r 92nd percentile)
SAT IIs: 650 Chem, 680 US Hist, 670 Lit… I probably should have studied/practiced more. These are kinda low compared to most of the others that were posted,
GPA: 3.5 unweighted. All honors class on transcript in addition to ap chem, bio, physics c, and calc ab. not to mention a few [county] college engineering courses, 3.7 overall college gpa
go to a ‘public elite’ high school, class of 70, no rank.
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lol, on one ever says ‘horrible recs and e.c.’. I’d say mine are balanced and varied, and I have a few leadership positions. I didnt have a lot of out-of-school awards though …oh well.
I wasnt good enough for nyu cas '11 i guess. Congrats to those who were!
I cant complain though, i got my fair share of acceptances to other good schools. I just dont get how im good enough for someplace like jhu or wesleyan, etc, and not nyu cas… = (
Oh well,
Of the only other two ppl who applied to cas from my school, both got into the cas honors program. They had amazing sats/acts. One even got the presidential honors scholar thing, w/e. Congrats to them, but it sucks for me. Im guessing the main reason i didnt get in was my because s.a.t.s werent high enough, which sucks, but almost makes sense. Ive noticed that those who posted their stats all had good grades, e.c., and etc. I guess when you get a high volume of qualified applicants with many talents, good grades, good essays, good recs, and etc, you might have to pick yur applicants based on sats/acts.</p>
<p>For those considering GSP, id say go for it if yur willing to fork up the cash and if you really like nyu. Firstly, you knock out all your liberal arts requirement courses in 2 years max. But when you add small classes, close relatations with staff, study abroad options, guranteed transfer… the deal really starts to sound good. Im guessing gsp classes will be slightly easier than cas MAP classes because of all the special attention. Plus no one will know you were in gps because it doesnt show up on your transcript… nor on your diploma …haha some GSP’ers have gone on to be valedictorians even! Well, according to nyu anyways.
GSP Sternies shouldnt even be deliberating GSP really, assuming cost isnt an issue and you didnt apply to/get into a better/more appealing school. Stern is a great bizz school and from what i hear, GSP Stern is really tough to get into because Stern has tougher transfer requirements than cas…</p>
<p>And lastly, for those who will get letters to join gsp class of 2012, you will get your rejection from your choice nyu school in the first 2 weeks of march (usually). Why? Well you have to acknowledge your interest in gsp [electronically] within 2 weeks of the day nyu sends the packet to you so you will be able to get your official offer of admission to GSP with everyone else. You will get your admissions packet with fin aid stuff an etc. in the last week of march/first week of april.</p>
<p>Well, im done.
Good luck to everryone else!!
The undergrad college app process sucks, lol. Thats the only thing ive learned from all this.</p>
<p>Question: Is anyone else going to the gsp thinggy this sunday on april 15th?</p>
<p>i don’t know why you were GSPd. your stats seem to be pretty good for CAS.</p>
<p>i got gsp’ed with 2010 (r 680, m 680, w 650) and a 30 on act (w 35, r 34, m 26 ( i brought the wrong calculator lol), s 26) with 740 on us history, 710 on lit, and 680 in world.</p>
<p>my gpa was 3.5 uw and 3.8 w, with a 5 in calc and US history, and 4 in world and english language. i had OK extra circulars and i’m taking 5 APs this year.</p>
<p>i had basically the exact same stats as you…scary
i got gsped too</p>
<p>My friend has a UW 3.7 GPA, high SATs, all APs and honors, and stellar ECs (including, but not limited to, working at an orphanage for disabled children in China, national titles in Speech, captain of Speech, and a captain in Marching Band) and she got in GSP. When she told us, we were all like ‘whatttt? how the hell did that happen?’</p>
<p>If you do GSP, is maintaining at least the 3.0 GPA difficult? Also, for any graduate schools - Do they know you were in GSP, and does it reflect badly or harm your chances in any way?</p>
<p>The caliber of gsp students is very high. I am in gsp now and it was a much bigger deal to me before I got to school. Your classes read most of the same things as CAS classes. The classes are intimate and small. Best part is that there are no TAs which there are a bunch of it my friends’ CAS courses. </p>
<p>Maintaining a 3.0 is not difficult. </p>
<p>Don’t worry so much. If you want to go to NYU, go to GSP. Your degree will look the same, you are getting the same education in the long run. Don’t be down, there is no reason to feel that way. </p>
<p>GSP would have a much better rep if gspers were not so self-deprecating.</p>
<p>it does say GSP on your transcript for the first 2 yrs… but then it says CAS for the next 2…
but, nope… it doesn’t matter because you’re still walking away with a CAS degree…
gsp is actually pretty good. and offers you great flexibility in courses in your junior and senior year (while others are struggling to get done with their required courses)</p>
<p>admittedly i’m having one of those days where i’m annoyed by the program. its a hit or miss when it comes to the professors, but it is nice to have a small class w/ no TAs. the professors know your name and will take that in account when you say something smart. one of my CAS friends was once having a bittersweet moment because he finally spoke up in class and impressed the professor, but than realized that it was pointless since he doesn’t know his name anyway.</p>
<p>whats annoying about NYU in general is that you will end up taking classes that you do not give a damn about. you’re just forced to get them all out of the way at once in GSP.</p>
<p>you’ll have classes like those either way</p>