Can you chance me for NYU, BU, Stevens?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographic: Middle class white male

Major: Mechanical engineering

Academics:

  • 4.265 W GPA
  • 3.7-ish UW GPA
  • 32/314 rank
  • 3.95 College GPA (explain later)

Testing:

  • SAT: 1410, 670 RW/740 M

Rigor:

  • Former part of a special STEM program in school
  • Honors Math/Science every year possible
  • Honors English/History every year but 9th
  • No AP, but I have Dual Enrollment (this is where I got my college GPA above)

LOR (Expected):

  • Former counselor who moved to another school, she loves me and thinks I’m practically a model student, it will be a great letter
  • 11th grade English teacher, she mentioned writing my letter and thinks I could be a great writer one day (I know it’s a bit off mech. engineering)
  • 9-10th STEM teacher, me and him are kinda buddy buddy and I showed him a math formula I think I discovered and he was all for it, and he likes me

EC’s (Lacking):

  • Lead anchor for the morning school news, 11-12
  • Writing (I included it because I write for a student-run news website, write stand-up, scripts, and poetry, and I spend about an hour a week doing all this, so I included it) 11-12
  • Men’s Volleyball, 10-12, 1-year varsity
  • Intramural Flag Football, QB of winning team, 10-12
  • Leader at local church’s Kids Club, 11 (Had to stop 12th because of time interferences)
  • NHS, 12
  • Interact, 10, 12 (Had to stop in 11th due to time interferences but I loved it)

Honors/Awards:

  • 2-Time National High School Poetry Contest Topical Winner, published also
  • 1st Place in Innovation, local robotics competition at a county college
  • STEM student, one of 24 students placed into the program per grade
  • 2-Time President’s Honors List at a local county college I do my DE at
  • Computer Applications award winner at my high school’s award ceremony

Extra (Not included in application):

I am expecting to become at least a pre-finalist in the International Youth Math Challenge.

I’ll use this to replace either the President’s honors list or the computer applications award.

Thanks!

P.S. I have other schools picked out. I’m not banking on this.

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Chances are about average for NYU. Unless your parents have $200k sitting in the bank for your college, I would definitely avoid going here. Financial aid is not known for being generous. Make sure you have a good list of schools you know you can afford. If you want to go to a private school, keep an affordable public school as a financial back-up just in case the financial aid department decides to screw you at the last minute. It happens all the time. One last thing…NEVER co-sign loans to pay for your tuition. If you have to have your parents co-sign private loans over to you, you can’t afford it. Move on to something you can afford. Good luck!