<p>First post=) I need some advice, thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I am a pretty good student at a high school that is ranked in the top 35 for Newsweek. We have a notorious repuation for gorging on AP classes (i've taken 11 to date, and will take 5-6 more next year as a senior)</p>
<p>so basically i have a 4.0, 5's on five ap tests so far, 2220+ sats, most likely will get national merit, and my extracurriculars are pretty decent (show that i've pursued my passions rather than trying to "look good" for college)</p>
<p>i want to go to med school ultimately (i've volunteered extensively at local hospitals and will most likely do an internship in neurosciences during the next school year). </p>
<p>i live on the west coast, and my dream is to go to the east coast for college...i really want a change, and i want to escape all those stupid/annoying ppl from my high school that i know will be attending our local university.</p>
<p>so obviously, i will be applying to all those super-competitive, top tier colleges. but i dunno if i will get in, admissions being the crapshoot that it is. so could nyu possibly be a safety? could i maybe somewhat safely depend on getting in to nyu so that i can count on having at least one place to go to on the east coast? or is it too selective?</p>
<p>No. You need a more safe school. That doesn't mean that you don't have a better than 50% chance of getting in to NYU; you probably do. I had very similar stats and got admitted with all sorts of perks. But I would never depend on a school with a sub-30% acceptance rate as a safety school--by definition, a safety school is a school where you are basically guaranteed admission. For a safety school to be truly safe, I would want it to have at least a 50% admission rate (takes more people than it rejects). I would call NYU a "low match" for you--a school where you are likely to be admitted, but which is too selective to be the school that you rely on to have a place to go. What about Boston University? It's another city-located east coast school, and according to collegeboard.com it has a 59% acceptance rate. I think it could potentially be a good safety school for you. </p>
<p>Another factor: NYU is known to give terrible financial aid in general. If you need any significant amount of aid, NYU should definitely NOT be your safety school as it may very well be too expensive to attend (even with a merit award, which you would be competitive for, it could easily be too expensive).</p>
<p>I'm assuming your GPA is an unweighted 4.0. It sounds like your GPA and SATs are both comfortably in the top quartile for NYU admits, and the 5s on the AP tests and extracurriculars all sound impressive. So I'd say you're a likely admit at NYU, and I don't think it's unreasonable to consider it a safety. But be careful. NYU has a relatively low 36% admit rate, and you always hear the odd story about an applicant with golden credentials who didn't get accepted. I think when you're looking at schools this selective as safeties, it's wise to have more than one. Just a notch down from NYU, BU has a 58% acceptance rate. Or look at some good LACs. Pre-med is a popular course of study at a lot of colleges, and at bigger schools that often means big classes, closed classes, waitlisted classes, etc. A good LAC undergraduate education might be a more enjoyable and more humane path to medical school.</p>
<p>nyu..from wat i hear...can be considered a safety
but then again..i wouldnt count on it
some of my friends have applied and they got rejected, but they had great stats</p>
<p>Would not count on it. My friend's D used NYU as her safety with stats similar to yours from a top school. She was waitlisted, though accepted to GT and UPenn.</p>
<p>Yes, but she could have been shut out. The possibility is there. I know another young lady who was only accepted to two schools that she did not want to attend. NYU waitlisted her--it was not her safety, but it was considered a strong match.</p>
<p>I truly think the OP has a good chance of getting into NYU. It is a good strong match for her. But NYU is not going to let you know early about its decision unless you go ED, but then it becomes your only choice. I would suggest that the OP find a good school that she likes that she can do an EA or rolling app, and then she can apply to only her reaches when she gets that acceptance. If she is deferred or turned down, she needs to rethink her list. She would have time to do that.</p>
<p>You're a great match, but that still means NYU is not a safety for you. Your safeties will be your state Us, etc., not a school with a 24% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>And also, NYU gives terrible finaid. If you want to go to med school, NYU isn't the best choice for saving money.</p>
<p>Although you are very likely to get into NYU, it is still not a safety. Someone in my grade who has a Top 20 GPA, a 2310 SAT, and pretty good ECs was waitlisted at CAS.</p>
<p>The one person I knew who had NYU as a safety was The Most Hooked Applicant Ever for Harvard, and thus NYU was sort of a decoy. I would definitely look into other schools... possibly a school like Tulane? The only reason I think of them is because they seem to be a popular safety for somebody looking at primarily Ivies.</p>
<p>OP: Depends on your GPA with respect to others at your competitive high school and how many apply to NYU from your school. From D school NYU is considered as safety if they are in top 10%.</p>
<p>If you're referring to that cute little postcard that was sent far in advance, everyone who was admitted to NYU received one.</p>
<p>@OP:
I used NYU as a safety--though "use" sounds terrible, since a lot of people would genuinely love to attend. But, I felt a lot better about it once I read the statistic that some odd 47 percent of waitlisted applicants are offered a place in the Class.</p>
<p>I also don't believe NYU suffers from Tufts Syndrome, so it would definitely be advantageous for you to deem it a safety school.</p>
<p>No you don't get it...I left a few of the answers unfinished on the supplement and never noticed that until after my "early acceptance" postcard. </p>
<p>I used to like band class until last month.</p>
<p>I think you are lying, but maybe thats because your claim is highly dubious. Maybe I am wrong-and if you got into Harvard I would think you would stand a great chance there. I still you think you are a lying troll though.</p>