NYU or CUNY?

[Stately Plump]

Hi all, I've been a lurker of these forums for a while - and am an applicant to NYU's Eng. program for the Fall term (and at this point an accepted candidate at CUNY). I was curious if anyone knew what (either historically, or currently) the status of NYU's pooling process currently is. A few weeks earlier (around the 1st) it seemed as if the only applicants who had heard any positive news from NYU were all international students...my logic at the time being that they would let their domestic acceptees know of their decision by the end of the month... is this incorrect? That time's certainly come.

Maybe I should have spoken up earlier, but I am eager to hear back from NYU and I know that the last time I applied (2010), I got an email from them in late March notifying me of my rejection - a letter I'd rather not bite my nails over, again.

Also, does anyone know how NYU's wait-listing works? It looks as if last year (judging from the results forum), people were "accepted" well after the open house/reception.

In any case, thanks for all the help on this forum. It's helped answer a lot of questions I have had and made me think about things I've definitely overlooked (the topic of this thread being a prime example ).

Many of the results posted to the board are American students. I, too, am curious about the wait-list, though last year someone posted a wait-list notification the end of February, which would mean it was in time to attend the open house. That's how many schools operate; you will be invited to the open house if you are on the waiting list, so I would expect to hear something before then. Otherwise, I'm assuming that your only hope after that is the unfunded MA .

I could be wrong. This is just my guess. Hope it helps

[Shivrk]

Many of the results posted to the board are American students. I, too, am curious about the wait-list, though last year someone posted a wait-list notification the end of February, which would mean it was in time to attend the open house. That's how many schools operate; you will be invited to the open house if you are on the waiting list, so I would expect to hear something before then. Otherwise, I'm assuming that your only hope after that is the unfunded MA .

I could be wrong. This is just my guess. Hope it helps

This is my logic as well. Tho I've been accepted to a few places I'm quite happy with, NYU's acceptance would be validating (and would probably be a game-changer). I just hope that CUNY is still slowly squeezing out those damn fellowships. I guess we will wait and see. Thanks for your note!