<p>waitlisted for cas. borderline stats - 3.6 gpa from a university ranked in the 80s, great rec from a former nyu prof, great ECs, but i feel my mediocre SAT scores and 3.3 high school GPA were the reasons for the waitlisting</p>
<p>letter said there were over 5,300 applicants, which is larger than i expected. they aren’t filling in many spots at this point, i guess. fordham it is then.</p>
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<p>I think this thread explains my situation…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/715514-boston-college-uc-berkeley.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/715514-boston-college-uc-berkeley.html</a></p>
<p>No offense, this thread didn’t help me. You just had a bunch of people say “Go to BC.” or if your gut tells you BC then go with that. There is no substantial incentive to go to BC. Look I’m from the east coast. I was born and raised in NYC. I was very hesitant to go to Berkeley because I didn’t really like how it was so far away and it seemed boring. However, after a week here, I grew really attached to it and have met many many friends. You’ll be saving money going to Berkeley and will experience great things socially and academically. Trust me. I was a doubter, and now I’m a believer.</p>
<p>Michael, I know where you’re coming from, which is why I haven’t completely decided to go to BC yet. You and I are completely opposites; you’re from the east coast, now at a west coast college, and for me I’m from the west coast and is contemplating whether I want to go to the east coast. Most law schools I plan on applying to are in the east coast, so no doubt I want to go, but of course, we’re talking undergraduates here.</p>
<p>The “incentive” from my end is the smaller student population, and as a younger student I felt I would need to be in the more intimate setting. For the past three years I’ve been going to a very large community college:</p>
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<p>And so I’d like to experience the smaller school. My sister goes to HMC and loves the fact that it’s small (although BC is much larger than HMC). </p>
<p>Again, I’m still contemplating. Thanks for your input. :)</p>
<p>I’m in… florence program</p>
<p>mm… italian women</p>
<p>applied to nyu in the last two minutes of the deadline, really glad i did. </p>
<p>see you guys in I t a l y</p>
<p>rejected. nice.</p>
<p>thomasmaking, you were able to create a netid right?</p>
<p>@Clint: I already requested the grades to be sent several days ago. I had 3.9 for the second semester… had 2 A- (Honor Classes dont give As?)</p>
<p>I want to write a letter to explain a withdrawal I had during high school.
Can anyone teach me the …format (like titles, greeting, etc) ? I know it sounds dumb… I’m foreigner …please help!</p>
<p>Missyujin:</p>
<p>If you narrow it down to a few schools you could explain the situation and they might work with you. I’m wait-listed, but my back-up university waived the deposit when I was still waiting for a reply from NYU so I wouldn’t have to risk losing anything.</p>
<p>smile, why a letter? you might do well just to send a simple explanatory email (<a href=“mailto:admissions.ops@nyu.edu”>admissions.ops@nyu.edu</a>). short and sweet, just ask that they add it to your file to be reviewed. it’ll get there quicker and be more convenient for them to review (though it will have lost the personal touch of a handwritten note).</p>
<p>Still waiting for Stern. Called and they told me my decision was made and should receive it within two weeks.</p>
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<p>Which school was it? I’m afraid of they saying “HA! You don’t appreciate our acceptance, we’ll revoke it!” :D</p>
<p>when did you call?</p>
<p>What does housing preference Q on the application form mean? I can’t remember if I applied for housing or not.</p>
<p>It was the University of Minnesota twin cities. Nah, idt they will, just tell them that you’d really like to go there, but you’re unable to currently give them a deposit as you have not heard back from all your schools yet. I talked to an admissions counselor from the dept. I’m in</p>
<p>I got in NYU - CAS as a Math major, incoming Junior.</p>
<p>Stats: Community College, Math Transfer Major, 3.85 GPA, with a bunch of math extra curriculars. I went to a decent high school, but had a 3.55 GPA and no extra curriculars, I slacked off and NYU rejected me as a first year applicant. I have 1420 GPA (out of 1600) and good SAT2s in the 700 range.</p>
<p>They gave me a 8500 scholarship and ~12000 in financial aid (almost all fed loans), and I’m expected to pay another $34000 for this year.</p>
<p>My expected contribution is $4000, what do they want me to do? Are they expecting me to negotiate? I got into 3 other good schools (Minnesota-TC, Maryland-CP, Stony Brook).</p>
<p>I looked at some scholarships, but the ones that are up on public search sites are generally for first year students and have community service-oriented requirements, I don’t have a lot of that. I mostly just study math, but the math scholarships at schools often require a semester at the uni.</p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>@axfv</p>
<p>sorry, but it’s a well known fact that NYU has terrible financial aid and especially terrible aid for transfer students. if money was ever a huge issue, then you shouldn’t have put NYU on the list.</p>
<p>there isn’t really much you CAN do, short of taking out loans. you can petition for more aid, but NYU won’t give you much more, because you’re a transfer student. maybe a few extra thousand. NYU expects you to take out loans.</p>
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<p>lol I think you meant to say SAT.</p>
<p>i agree. nyu gives horrible fin aid. period. unless you were harvard-bound, but really wanted to go nyu, you might get **** loads of merit aid.</p>
<p>Accepted to stern, my # 1 choice. My prayers have been answered! This is seriously incredible for me. My stats are below.</p>
<p>High School Dropout
3900 GED
2200 SAT(800V 700M 700W)
year off between dropping out and college.
CUNY-4.0 GPA(30 creds + 12 pending)
Ok ecs, but mainly 40 hours of work a week at various internships and a job.</p>