How does NYU decide which students to admit?
Admission to NYU is highly selective. A large and exceptionally well-qualified applicant pool enables us to enroll a freshman class that is academically talented as well as remarkably diverse. However, there are no set “formulas” that we follow when we review your application. Recognizing that each applicant offers a unique combination of achievement and potential, we carefully consider your entire application academic and extracurricular records, essay, letters of recommendation and standardized test scores. We actively seek students who have a variety of interests, talents and goals. We also seek a class that is diverse geographically, socially, racially, and economically. Finally, we are interested in how well you have made use of the opportunities available to you, however great or limited they may have been.
