Can anyone chance me for nyu CAS/gallatin?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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NYU has been my top choice for so long now and I keep getting mixed answers.

  • GPA: 4.0 (my school doesn't do unweighted)
  • act: 31
  • classes: my school doesn't offer many AP's, but I have taken AP World, APUSH, AP Macroeconomics, and AP chemistry. I was taking AP statistics, but my counselor informed me that NYU only wants pre-calc, so I dropped it for pre-calc honors. I've taken 22 honor classes, probably like 4-5 have not been either because the class was full or my school didn't offer honors in that course.

Science: All four years
Freshman year: Living environment honors, lab, biology research
Sophomore year: Chemistry honors, lab, applied chemistry (basically bioresearch 2.0)
Junior year: Physics honors, lab, human diseases
Senior year: AP chemistry, lab (didn’t have enough room in my schedule to add another science)

Math: All four year - algebra, geometry, trig, pre-calc honors

Social studies and English, four years

Language, four years: Latin freshman year (wanted to pursue, but my school shut down this department), Spanish 1-3

  • essay: pretty excellent if I do say so myself. edited by a Harvard grad, gotten a ton of input on it.
  • activities: all revolve around the sciences, volunteer tutoring, and a few other miscellaneous clubs that spark my interest such as girl up.

my main school of choice is CAS, however, I plan on minoring in a business related topic (most likely marketing/economics). I thought that Gallatin would be great for combining the two. Thanks sm for reading :slight_smile:

oh, key information, I’m white lol.

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oh also, forgot to add my ranking and rec letters

ranking: top 10%, 70-80/1000 graduating kids (my school is huge) from my transcript grade. however, for my senior year, i’m ranked 8/1000.

rec letters: Harvard grad, apush teacher, human disease teacher. all should be excellent.

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anyone??? i really need input

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hey whats up Im in CAS right now and from the looks of it you have a good chance of getting in- as long as you make it crystal freaking clear what your intentions would be in gallatin. in gallatin you can basically make up a major, but they won’t admit you unless you can prove in those essays that you have a well defined and concrete plan for all four years. If you want more time to figure it out, I’d definitely say you have a good shot at CAS. I got in with a 32 ACT and 4.3 gpa, and i’d say i’m about average here. Not trying to humble brag but i just thought it would be some helpful anecdotal evidence. I think from this its safe to say you have a hell of a shot. Focus on those essays! p.s. that ranking is hella good, congrats!

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thank you so so much for your feedback! I really appreciate it :slight_smile:

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do you mind explaining to me what exactly the liberal studies core program entails? I’m honestly confused as to how it runs