<p>That’s a good point you made there deadlysyphen. Going to a prestigious school does not mean the person is good or one of the best, it basically meant he or she was able the overcome the obstacle of gaining admission. I have many friends who used to have high GPAs in high school and in college they have meager or average GPAs. Vice versa, I know there are some who did not do so well in college but did great in college.</p>
<p>i know i should be thankful for getting into gsp, but so i can avoid dealing with being in a below par school i picked the campus in florence, italy over the campus in nyc. hopefully, i made the right decision. i do view gsp as the waitlist for rejected students or for those who got deferred. i just wish there wasn’t that icky gray area of deferred, gsp’d, or waitlisted. i prefer being accepted or denied so i know if i am wanted completely or not.</p>
<p>meh, personally living in NYC is enough for me. i love the village and NYU and i will not feel like a lesser intelligent individual,or like i wasn’t good enough to be accepted into CAS, if i attend GSP. that’s just me, but seriously, attending NYU in itself is enough for me, i don’t feel “any less wanted” by NYU by being accepted into GSP. GSP is for the kids NYU wants, but simply cannot place into the applicant’s school of choice either due to filled spots or a little off scores. if NYU didn’t want you, they’d reject you.</p>
<p>As long it follows your interest, go wherever you want to be. Life should be happy (at least the way you want it to be to the fullest).</p>
<p>wow, i am one of the those applicants that would kill for a spot in GSP at nyu…anyway try to remember this topic is “RD TO GSP” and not a place to debate if the prestige of gsp is acceptable to some students or refute by other students.</p>
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<p>Once again, NO accepts for ANY program have gone out as yet. Some GSP referral letters have gone out - but not all. Students who reply to the GSP selection letter will receive an offer of admission to GSP on or about April 1, the same date all other students will receive their accept letters. A big batch of GSP referrals went out today; another will go out next week.</p>
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<p>It appears competition is really fierce this year. I do not remember they have GSP referral letters before; I only heard of GSP acceptances.</p>
<p>The term “referral” implies that the applicants are denied from their chosen schools. Yet, they are still offered an opportunity to be admitted in NYU through the GSP program.</p>
<p>So technically GSP acceptances = GSP referral.</p>
<p>I understand that it’s an honor, but I had really high hopes about NYU, only because it’d kind of be a “fall back” option. </p>
<p>Speaking of my one AP:
I took AP Chem in Junior year. I was able to take AP Calc AB early, take AP US history, and AP psychology. To be honest, I didn’t really attend Honors Chemistry; my teacher in that class thought I was brilliant. I took it into consideration that as a pre-med student, I’d have to have a strong foundation in sciences. I didn’t even surpass an 80 on my Chemistry Regents examination. That’s kind of sad for a student like me. I dropped all three AP classes because I thought I’d be really bombarded and crazed with AP Chemistry. Once you drop those courses, you can’t get back in. My AP Chem teacher didn’t really teach us a lot, but we did engage in arguments that I provoked with the teacher. That was about it. We stopped getting homework and tests, and had fewer and fewer labs. I just did chemistry because of my newfound love for it. I took the Regents again, and I ended up getting a lower score. My teacher then came to the conclusion that because the Regents were too simple for me, and I already had an advanced foundation, I didn’t do well. Turns out my Honors US class got more work than the AP and I had to suffice for my dropping Calculus.</p>
<p>At first I was, once again, disappointed to be going to NYU. I got into Brown University and Boston University for courses in neuroscience and chemistry (and Calc - I’d eventually have to make a decision) which were what I really wanted to study. I went to NYU for Calculus I and Human Physiology. It was pretty awesome considering I basically lived at Bobst Library. I kind of felt my high school math preparation was SOMEWHAT sufficient only because I had a college professor teach us and emphasize on what I had to know. I was really proud of my accomplishments at NYU. Only because I had a year without math, and I truly sucked at Biology and Chemistry. I used to cut a lot, but it doesn’t really show on my GPA except for like Spanish because a lot of teachers thought I was brilliant, hence my GPA. I proved myself to them every time I went to class and took a test. I admit I had problems in Junior High, such as being engaged in the bad scene, but I’m glad I got it done with and now I can’t stand seeing an average below a 99 on my report card. In Calculus, we didn’t really have a professor. He was a PhD student and most of the students were Math majors who just had to get the course over with. Even they were lost. The midterm counted for 50% of our grade and the final counted for the remaining 50%. To be honest, I barely passed the class average with a B+/- and was horrified. I didn’t pay almost $10,000 for that grade. I studied my ass off for the final, and got a 97, and the class average was somewhere in the 70’s. I’m truly humbled by the experience to go because I know that I had the privilege. I set a precedent in my school, also. To be honest, this summer was the first time I’ve ever seriously studied in my life. High school is a joke guys, and I’m so sick of it.</p>
<p>Brown is a much harder school to get into in theory. While NYU is an honor, you must take the long term view for your career. Going to NYU is great but think about whether you will be happy there. Does it fit your academic and social needs? Will it diminish your opportunities or increase it?</p>
<p>From what I read, you appear NYU does make you happy. However, you must think about GSP since it is not CAS although still NYU.</p>
<p>NYU’s acceptance is harder, but academically, I feel you’d do better in an ivy. NYU is definitely not my first choice. It was barely a reach, also. This makes me feel so much worse about my actual reach schools.</p>
<p>I jsut got into GSP. I got the email before I got the package, probably because I live in Canada.</p>
<p>My stats:
ACT: 30 (31+ on everything except English)
SAT I: 1950
SAT II: Bio 700/Chem 660/French 650
UW GPA: 3.89
School doesn’t offer AP classes</p>
<p>That’s just school related things:
DECA president and founder
MUN president and founder
President and founder of an Asian culture club
Co-principal clarinettist for school’s wind ensemble
Co-captain of varsity field hockey (possible co-MVP)
Plays flag football
Secretary for school’s athletic association</p>
<p>Several awards in MUN, DECA, graphic design.
I work with a fashion line and do graphic design on the side with clients.</p>
<p>Recs were great, and I thought my essay was quite good.</p>
<p>Guess my SAT scores broke the deal for CAS.</p>
<p>What is a good score for CAS?</p>
<p>2100…</p>
<p>But they don’t place as much emphasis on the writing, I thought? So wouldn’t a good score be out of the 1600 model? </p>
<p>I wish writing was emphasized though - that was my best section (marginally) 
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<p>Maximaro, your activities is really impressive. Your GPA is also really good considering it’s unweighted… I’m getting nervous now. Besides, this thread dispels the myth around my school that GSP kids are subpar students, because everyone who’s gotten GSP’d has great qualities.</p>
<p>crap. I’m screwed.</p>
<p>I consider NYU my match school as I applied to Gallatin with a 2100 and a low 90’s gpa. Was I wrong? I’m thinking if I’m not getting GSP’d right now, I’m either borderline in or they barely looked and I’m rejected - I can’t really tell where I stand. To be honest I have no idea what kind of kid Gallatin looks for or how competitive it is, but I’d still rather get GSP’d than rejected. Does anyone know how competitive Gallatin is in comparison to CAS or something? Do they release individual school acceptance rates?</p>
<p>Anyway, you people complaining about GSP personify prestige-whores and you shouldnt even be going to college if all you want is a name and respect. Get over yourselves.</p>
<p>RyanMac: I have been accepted into GSP, but I have reserved judgement until after I learn more about it. </p>
<p>You are right in that those who dismiss GSP b/c of its lack of respect are prestige whores. However, I know I didn’t apply to NYU with the desire to be placed into GSP. I wanted CAS, and therefore anything less is a disappointment. Unless I learn othewise in the next month or so, GSP students, to me, have much more limited academic opportunities than do other students. </p>
<p>While I would rather have the option to go into GSP, than to be outright rejected, I would much rather be accepted at CAS. Nevertheless, I am grateful for being accepted at NYU, as it is a great college in a great city. However, you can’t deny the fact that the curriculum will be somewhat less than CAS.</p>
<p>Hi, so I realized this is a really “Hot Topic” with 26 pages, but I don’t really have a lot of time to go through all of them so could someone please explain to me what this GSP is? I wasn’t good enough for CAS? I saw a previous post about how CAS standards include a 2100 SAT…I wasn’t aware NYU was THAT competitive. I got a 2030, 3.7 GPA, 8 AP’s, great recs, committed to community service, and I’m pretty sure my short answers and essays were good. I’m international, applied undecided and no financial aid. I am so confused.</p>
<p>RyanMac, GSP is mainly reserved for CAS students. it is extremely rare for applicants to any other school to be offered GSP, only a small amount of gallatin and tisch film studies students. so, i would assume you’re either accepted or rejected.</p>