<p>what does lsp mean?</p>
<p>basically nyu’s special ed program?</p>
<p>liberal studies program.
read about it on nyu.edu</p>
<p>special ed program?
not so much.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, LSP is a program where many students (over 2000) are offered admission into. A lot of people say that LSP is a remedial program, and it is truly not. Whoever says that is ignorant and condescending. LSP is a program where less than 5% of the applicants applying to NYU are given admission, and I would take LSP if I had to. Many students who are put into LSP are very successful, and it will not put you down in any manner. My cousin was LSP’ed for Stern back when there was LSP for Stern, and is now very successful and works for Citibank, and is already an associate level investment banker – he is only 28. He also owns a beautiful penthouse in the upper east side. How many 28 year olds own their own home in Manhattan???</p>
<p>I love the people who put down LSP. They usually have no idea what they are talking about.</p>
<p>btw @oneguy21:</p>
<p>have you seen the stats of some of the kids placed in LSP. I’ve seem more than my fair share of applicants 2100+ SATs who were LSPed. Remedial or Special ED, don’t think soooo.</p>
<p>LOL. just LOL.</p>
<p>oh man, i really needed that laugh.</p>
<p>ok then excuse my ignorance.</p>
<p>if i was gonna get in nyu eventually i wouldnt care if i was lspd or not</p>
<p>having said that i hate to take courses i dont like :s</p>
<p>lmao, I really had to laugh at oneguy’s comment (to be honest quite a few people have that opinion…)
That said, how does Nuclear’s math check out?</p>
<p>“LSP is a program where many students (over 2000) are offered admission into.
LSP is a program where less than 5% of the applicants applying to NYU are given admission.”</p>
<p>Right after looking at that I realize what I mean – I’d rather know how many of applicants who actually receive admission (into, say, CAS) are receiving admission into LSP. After all the way those stats are presented can be twisted really easy. In 2008 there were nearly 37k applicants, and let’s say that 2,000 of those were offered admission to Stern. You’d be able to say that only 5.4% of the applicants were offered admission there. But Stern is a school you directly apply to, LSP is where you’re thrown in, sometimes seemingly regardless of how good your stats are. … yeah I don’t think I explained myself properly but oh well.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’d do LSP, to be honest. You’re forced into taking certain courses for 2 years that can inhibit your ability to complete your major on time as well as your ability to take classes you actually want to take. I have absolutely nothing against the people [placed] in it – I have no doubt they are very smart people capable of great things (I know people who were placed in LSP and decided to go elsewhere, and by god I don’t hang around with dumbnuts either!), just that the program itself seems a rather poor way of accepting more students than perhaps would have been possible without it.</p>
<p>“just that the program itself seems a rather poor way of accepting more students than perhaps would have been possible without it”</p>
<p>yea why cant those ppl who were placed in lsp just be placed in cas? why lsp? wht not just more space in cas instead?</p>
<p>ohgod- I mean 5% of CAS, I thought that was obvious…</p>
<p>som1- Because then that raises the acceptance rate for NYU, and lowers their rankings.</p>
<p>Som1 - LSP was essentially created to keep CAS’s acceptance rate low while increasing its revenue. Basically NYU gets to look more selective but make more money, which is a good idea. </p>
<p>Honestly, if I was running NYU I would cut LSP (expand CAS instead) and I would cut some other programs too, which I won’t mention as it will start an argument, but I think they detract from the school’s credibility. As for LSP, I think it’s bs and CAS applicants should either get accepted or rejected, no silly inbetween. In retrospect, I wouldn’t do the program again. Anyway, if you want more info about LSP then check this thread out: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/665278-question-answers-about-lsp.html?highlight=molly4190[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/665278-question-answers-about-lsp.html?highlight=molly4190</a></p>
<p>In the end it doesn’t really matter because you transfer into your college in Junior year and graduate with a degree from that college. It just not that big of a deal.</p>
<p>rankings ? pffff</p>
<p>but yea if ur not concerned about which courses u take in ur first 2 years then it doesnt really matter</p>