daggy24

I am taking classes this year as a non-degree student at NYU. I don't think my undergraduate record is strong enough for applications just yet and I don't really have a focused goal for graduate work (just got my BA in May). I was looking at a few different MA programs and I applied as a non-degree student to one of them. Although I'm unfocused to a degree all of my interests intersect in a way that even if I change my mind on the program later it will still be relevant. I can't comment on actually attending class there since I haven't started going yet but it seems like there are a decent amount of non-degree and visiting students. When I inquired a few months ago there seemed nothing strange about it coming from the admissions department, anyway. When I applied, they approved me within a few weeks. I needed to meet the same deadline as everyone else but only needed to submit a transcript prove I had a BA, a personal statement, and one letter of rec (the letter of rec was a departmental thing, the University only required the first two). Other Universities in my area are pretty up front about the fact that their non-degree admissions to the graduate school are open. Even if the majority of students are degree-seeking, I would assume given the relative ease of gaining admittance as a non-degree student that there will likely be many others who have done the same thing. If I were you, I would just go for it. edited for spelling.