<p>Hi guys, I just wanted to know what my chances are for NYU Stern and if it is considerably harder to get into Stern than into CAS. I want to study economics, what do you think I should do? (I'm an international student, Spanish, Studying IB as a boarder in an english school)</p>
<p>These are my stats:</p>
<p>I fluently speak English, Spanish, Italian, took two years of German courses (A2 Level) and I'm currently doing Mandarin Ab Initio</p>
<p>SUBJECTS:
I'm taking the IB diploma with:
Maths HL
Spanish HL A
Economics HL
English B SL
Biology SL
Mandarin Ab Initio</p>
<p>I have 7 predicted in all the subjects, with an overall prediction of 45 points.</p>
<p>SATS:
I took the SATs 3 times, with my highest score being 2050 and the others 1970 and 1990. (planning to take it again in JAN)</p>
<p>GPA:
I don't know what my GPA is but I got high-ish grades throughout all high school (in Spain and in England).</p>
<p>CLASS RANK:
With 45 predicted, I'm the first in a graduating class of around 45 students.</p>
<p>Toefl IBT:
109/120(minimum required by all the colleges is 100).</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>
<p>SPORTS:</p>
<p>-Swimming for 7 years
-Tennis for 3 years
-Golf for 1 year
(never took part in any competitions except from swimming when I was smaller)</p>
<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:</p>
<p>-Job Shadowing the CEO of a factory for one week.</p>
<p>ECONOMICS RELATED EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (100% applying for economics major)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Team member in Target 2.0 competition (a competition organized by the Bank of England, only the 4 best students from each school get selected for the team)</p></li>
<li><p>Member in Young Enterprise(students create a business and try to sell stuff)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>-Founder of the Economics Society of my School</p>
<p>-Finance Course in London</p>
<p>SERVICE:</p>
<p>-42 Hours in the Spanish Red Cross</p>
<p>-150+ hours helping the elders with a charitable organization</p>
<p>-Serving in a Soup Kitchen for 30+ Hours</p>
<p>-Organizing the Christmas Meal on December 25th (twice) for the poor and the Homeless in my city in Spain</p>
<p>-Helping students in my boarding house with spanish/maths (15+ Hours)</p>
<p>-Teaching Tennis to children in my school (don't know, like 40 hours)</p>
<p>-Elected as an House prefect in my house</p>
<p>-Completed the course to be a peer mentor in my school</p>
<p>OTHER EXTRA CURRICULAR:</p>
<p>-When I was in school in Spain I was selected by my school to take part in a 160 Hours Physics/Maths course in Malta.</p>
<p>-Model United Nation 2013 in Spain</p>
<p>-Played bass guitar for 4 years (no grades taken)</p>
<p>-Played Violin for two years (no grades taken)</p>
<p>I don't know if this matters but as I applied to very competitive UK universities (Oxbridge, LSE..) I read a number of really challenging economics books (Like The General Theory, Road to Serfdom...), went to many lectures and courses related to economics.</p>
<p>Also I have no need for financial aid </p>