<p>I am a current Senior in high school and it’s always been a bit of a far-fetched dream to be able to attend NYU. I visited this summer and took a general tour but I’m unsure which college at NYU I should apply to: I have a huge interest in photography, as well as work experience/related internships…but I also am very interested in Politics (I was part of a four-year political science program at my high school)</p>
<p>My stats are:
3.74 W GPA:
I took a pretty rigorous course load: all honors/ap english classes, 1 honors history class, 1 honors french class, 1 ap french class, 1 ap econ class, took pre cal my junior year, taking AP gov next semester
Although my G.P.A. is low, I have an upward trend. I had a 3.5 and 3.6 weighted my Soph year but a 4.0 and 4.3 my Junior year.</p>
<p>2050 superscored: 680 CR 660 M 710 W</p>
<p>EC:
4-year member of political science program
100 community service hours
75 hour internship at an arts council
25 hour internship with production company
Member of advocacy club at school, created advocacy video that took 40 hours to create and was sent to D.C.
Have won two national photography contests</p>
<p>So…my question is it worth taking the risk at applying to Tisch’s photography & imagine department which accepts only 36 applicants a year…or applying to CAS?
Do I have a chance in either?</p>
<p>To be honest, you have a better chance at CAS, unless your photography portfolio is amazing. </p>
<p>But don’t apply based on which school you have better chances at - apply based on which major you truly love and see yourself most satisfied with. Good luck with your decision!</p>
<p>How difficult is it to transfer between the colleges of NYU?</p>
<p>the main deciding factor here is whether or not you have a portfolio. it may say it’s something like 10% of the admissions decision on the website, but in reality, it’s much more heavily weighted than that. if you want to spend literally 80% of your days doing photography-related stuff, then apply. if you don’t get accepted, you still might be placed in the lsp program, which in some ways could be better. </p>
<p>if you only have a passing interest in photography, then definitely apply to CAS. most of the kids in the photo program have a pretty intimidating resume already. while it’s kind of a *****, you can do a cross-school minor in something photography-related. you can also be on the photography magazine and do other fun stuff like that. and nyu’s poly-sci program (which i’m in right now) is really good!</p>
<p>i think you have a fair shot at both, definitely cas, maybe tisch if you have a strong portfolio. you should apply!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for both of your responses, I appreciate them so much!</p>
<p>As far as photography goes, I wouldn’t say I’m the type of person who has a passing interest in it. My two internships have employed photography and I forgot to mention that I’ve also taken two photo classes at my local community college during my Junior Year in high school.</p>
<p>But at the same time, my eventual goal in life is to be an intellectual property lawyer for photographers, artists, and musicians. You might say “if you’re going to apply to law school, you must get a degree in XYZ”…but it has been shown that law schools don’t overlook people who have degrees in art such as photography.</p>
<p>So I’m at a crossroads, I love photography/cinema (truly) and at the same time I love politics (and law related studies, as well).</p>
<p>If you’d like to see my flickr, private message me! I’d love some criticism and some insight.</p>
<p>So here’s my take:</p>
<p>I would honestly do Steinhardt’s Media, Culture and Communications program for intellectual property law. For the following reasons:</p>
<p>a) we are allowed to minor or double major in both Steinhardt and CAS. you could theoretically be a Studio Art minor AND a Politics major AND take copyright law/business law classes in Steinhardt as an MCC major. </p>
<p>b) we have an insane amount of electives, and your minors or double major can fill those electives.</p>
<p>c) we are pretty liberal with what classes count towards your core/MAP requirements. you could take pre-law track classes and have those fulfill your MAP requirements.</p>
<p>The possible downside is that you won’t have a traditional pre-law major, and some of the core media classes might be boring to you. However, many media classes are not as competitive as CAS classes. You might have a higher GPA in Steinhardt than in CAS, but with the flexibility to take classes in both schools.</p>
<p>The biggest upside is that admission to Steinhardt is slightly less competitive than to CAS. </p>
<p>Just my opinion! I know a few MCC people who are applying to law school with similar interests in intellectual property, so that’s why I suggest it.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about applying to law school just yet. Find a program that you really want to do and are interested in. But honestly (just my opinion), if you have no intentions of being a photographer as your career, there’s really no point in taking photography in university. You’re better off taking something that’s going to benefit you in the future. Obviously I don’t personally know you so I couldn’t say what’s right, but from what you’ve said it doesn’t sound like you imagine yourself as a photographer when you’re older. Of course if you believe that’s something you want to pursue, go for it, but if not, I say go for CAS.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, missamericanpie, you’ve definitely made a strong argument for Steinhardt and I’m definitely going to look into the info on the site! One thing though: is the art program in Steinhardt more fine arts/abstract? Do you know in what ways the photography programs differ (Steinhardt vs. Tisch)</p>
<p>And StephM92, thank you as well. You’re right I mean I see myself being able to make a living as a portrait photographer…but that’s without much effort and I’m not looking to go that route. I want to do more experimental stuff and I’m hoping that college will be a place where I can explore different aspects of photography.</p>
<p>Are my stats and ECs seemingly good enough to get into CAS and Steinhardt? (assuming my recs and essays will be good)</p>
<p>I took a digital photography class in Steinhardt. I <em>believe</em> (don’t quote me on this) my teacher said that Steinhardt is more of an all-around Studio Art degree with an emphasis on fine arts photography. Tisch, in their own words:</p>
<p>“Our graduates are connected to the many worlds of photography and imaging, including photojournalism, art photography, archiving, curating, commercial photography, advertising, academia and publishing.”</p>
<p>I would definitely urge you to consider Steinhardt. Good luck!</p>
<p>Missamericanpie: Thank you so very much! :)</p>