<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120:
760 Math
730 Writing
630 Reading</p>
<p>ACT: none</p>
<p>SAT II: Math 2: 790</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA <a href="out%20of%204.5">b</a>:** 3.56 Unweighted, 3.91 weighted OUT OF 4.5!!! My school is so weird, they won't even convert it to a 4.0 scale, they are sending all my colleges a seperate transcript</p>
<p>VERY SLIGHT downward trend from B+s to Bs, but never got lower than a B. A few As, mostly Bs and B+s though.</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Our school has never ranked, never will. 252 kids in my class.</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) (I didn't take BC, will this hurt me?), APUSH (3), Microeconomics (4), Macroeconomics (4).
Senior year APs: Physics, French, European History, Statistics</p>
<p>Course Load: all honors freshman/sophomore year except regular history in freshman year but nobody cares because sophomore year I got into APUSH anyways</p>
<p>Junior year: all APs/honors EXCEPT AP English. No other AP sciences until...
Senior year: all APs/honors, AP Physics, still no AP English</p>
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<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (President), NJ Consumer Bowl (business quiz competition) (Captain, led team to win county champs after 5 years of losses), Junior Statesman of America political/debate club (State Assembly Representative), some other clubs I've been devoted to for a while. won't list.</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: </p>
<p>2 internships, 1 job:</p>
<p>1) Interned at a startup blog this summer, did marketing/PR/technical management. After my internship ended, the blog was bought by a large company, so me doing marketing looks quite nice. Increased website visits by 400%... 500% in some cases.</p>
<p>2) Interned at a well-established PR company near the end of this summer for a much shorter time than my 1st internship, I did professional level work but wasn't paid. not a big deal, but the opportunity is very sought after and I was very fortunate to be doing the same job as some 23 year olds.</p>
<p><strong>these 2 internships were in NYC</strong></p>
<p>3) Now a paid contributor writer and marketing analyst at the large company that bought the startup I first interned at. Working from October this year till June of Senior year, telecommuting. About 8+ hours/week telecommuting.</p>
<p>Skills:
Played piano since age 5. Most of my state-level wins are from middle school, but in high school I won a few awards and played at Carnegie Hall 2x, once in high school.</p>
<p>1st violin, 1st stand in Orchestra. Been playing from 4th to 12th grade, SCHOOL only!</p>
<p>Tennis JV team for 2 years (9th and 10th grade, then I quit)</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: I want to say around 50-ish hours for being in the Boy Scouts for 6 years, but never actually trying. Quit this year, not going for Eagle Scout. Did 1-day projects in Costa Rica and the Bahamas but it doesn't matter much to me at all.</p>
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<p>Essays: Pretty good. Having a few very talented people (not too many people) go through them with me weekly. I'm writing about my internship experience and what I learned about the real business world and why I want to pursue business in the future, and also how much I love what I do. Also, my unique love for fashion which I think would appeal to other colleges besides NYU. This also plays well because I'll be describing why I HAVE to go to NYU Stern as it has the BEST marketing program (as compared to FIT or LIM which are more based for fashion), and also that I HAVE to go to school in NYC because that is where the fashion world is)</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendations: </p>
<p>1) My best rec is from my first internship (longer one) boss, who's actually a NYU professor, but not at Stern. He/she is at Steinhardt but also went to NYU Steinhardt I think. Hopefully he/she can sway the decision, absolutely loved my work and wants me to stay with him/her once the blog is acquired by the larger company (I'll begin telecommute-working at this larger company during this year, paid). he/she has been on CNN, many news websites, etc. and is a ruthless (and now successful!) entrepreneur, so he/she will understand the business aspect of my application</p>
<p>2) Rec from my english teacher. My favorite teacher, she loved me and we always talk. known in my school for giving the hands-down BEST recs in the school, she has by FAR the most selective list of <20 people she chooses, and nobody else can get on that list. Helped me with my 2 essays, as well.</p>
<p>3) My business teacher. I ran the only 2 business clubs in the school that he advised for. Ran consumer bowl for 2 years. for FBLA, I recruited 90+ people, basically tripling last year's club size. Got A+s in 3 of his elective, 1-semester business classses</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Probably generic since she writes one for all the people in our school regardless. Based off of a fact sheet I filled out for her. But we do talk a few times/month, so she knows me as a person.</p>
<p><em>yes, I am going to submit all 4 of these recs. I think NYU requires 2-3 of them</em>*</p>
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<p>State (if domestic applicant): NJ</p>
<p>Country (if international applicant): USA</p>
<p>School Type: Public, 252 kids/class</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Chinese American</p>
<p>Gender: M</p>
<p>Income Bracket: $$$,$$$. Won't qualify for any need-based aid from NYU.</p>
<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation in USA, I don't think that that helps since both my parents still went to college here, but immigrated here. Both are citizens if that matters.</p>
<p>Please let me know what you all think!</p>