<p>The first event of the day is in Skirball and for the invited admitted Tishies in ALL departments, and their parents. Skirball was rather full for that (for those who don’t know Skirball, it is akin to a Broadway style large theater). So, that is why I really doubt we are talking about just 10% of those admitted to Tisch! We have to also remember that many who are invited, don’t attend the event…it can be costly to do so, and some may already know they are going to attend and have visited before, and others have stricken Tisch from their list of acceptances. After that initial event, the students are divided up by department and so then all of Tisch Drama kids go into another event and the parents went to something else. Again, this is still quite a large number of people. I just didn’t want anyone to think this was some very small select group. I don’t think it represents all who are admitted but simply not just 10% either, and surely not based on GPA or SAT at all. That same day, we went to a luncheon reception for Tisch Scholars. Now THAT event WAS small…about 18 students were selected as Scholars and it was them and their parents, administrators and a few current Scholars. However, Tisch Scholars is no longer after this group finishes NYU. </p>
<p>We attended that day, but not in order to select a college (which is one main reason for such an event and a reason my older D went to such events with her admitted schools). My D already knew she was going to enroll at Tisch (has wanted to go since she was about 12) and it was a first choice and once accepted, she never discussed where she would matriculate among her accepted schools as it was a done deal. We had already visited NYU twice before. But we took her to this event as it is exciting for an admitted student to look ahead to the future and it was a lot of fun. It also had special meaning for my D (and for us as parents) since she was accepted while in a very precarious state in the hospital and the day of this event was her first day allowed out of a hospital bed in three weeks and so it was like a new beginning and just very special to look ahead. I encourage those who were invited to go as it is a fun way to look ahead to the next four years and meet people and hear more about everything. And of course, to get an NYU sweatshirt or some such. :D</p>