<p>hi okay thank you first off but can i get into nyu stern im going to vist this week okay so here are my stats
freshman-2.6
sophmore-3.6
junior-4.0
act-29 i have taken 6 ap class and 5 honors class
extra- young republicans club, ski club, key club business camp at stanford then one at upenn wharton also one at ohio dominican,and columbus state so can i get into nyu stern ed
Thanks im doing this on my phone so sorry if i misspelled anything and oh im a white male</p>
<p>The main issue looking at your grades is that you struggled early. If you do not address this, it could be an issue. A simple and direct paragraph in your essay that explains what happened, how and why you grew from it, and why it won’t happen again because you’re more mature, etc., would be very helpful. This makes it clear that you are growing and improving and have learned lessons from your previous slip-ups.</p>
<p>Obviously, a stellar set of recommendations and a great personal statement is the key here. If you have questions, please feel free to message me.</p>
<p>so do you think i just need to address my low grades then it will improve my chances. Also im a mentor to the middle schoolers and i have been for two years. Plus i just took an official tour at nyu so i wonder if they will check that when i tell them in why nyu. Thank you for answering my question =)</p>
<p>Yes, you absolutely need to address the question of your early grades in your essay. If you mentored kids, a good approach is to tell a story of how you recognize how early mistakes can have huge costs later, and that you seek to help young people so they don’t make the same mistakes you do. From there, stress your own intellectual and academic growth, and note how you’re so much more than you were when you received very average grades your freshman year.</p>
<p>If you place it in this context, the committee will be much more likely to accept your story of growth and progression, and will see you as the 4.0 student you were this last year, and not the 2.6 student you were two years ago. I know of a lot of people who had your kind of grades their freshman year, but got into excellent programs. I myself finished my freshman year with something like a 2.8, but I ran the table the rest of the way (4.0 straight through senior year) and those early grades frankly weren’t even an issue. I was able to get into Columbia University Law School and am now getting a Ph.D. from Yale.</p>
<p>More broadly, <em>any</em> issue that you have with your application that you worry about, <em>do not</em> leave it to chance. (!!!) Address it and impose your narrative onto the situation, because in a vacuum, the reader will impose their own… which may not be good for you.</p>