Chance for NYU: Stern Undergraduate EDII

<p>Let us start with the weakest part:
SAT: 1360/2020 :\ I know, I know
I am taking it again, and I am confident I can get 2200+
GPA: 5.05/4.0, Rank #2 of 289
Our School Weights Classes 4.0, 5.0 Honors, 6.0 AP
SATII's
Math I - 670 ... I know again!
Biology-660
Great Recs
Essays are as best as I can imagine they can be
Highly Ambitious and motivated
Aggressive[competitive], but easy to get along with
Great Collaborator
Eagle Scout: With several troop positions of responsibility and OA Brotherhood member
3x Swim Team Captain: w/ four time conference champion and State Finalist
Project Leader for a community initiative to raise awareness for AIDS
Morehead-Cain Scholarship: School Nominee
NHS/Beta: Positions of Responsibility
Student Council Member
Interact Club: Finance Committee Chairperson
Foreign Exchange to the Czech Republic
Employed: Swim Instructor and Lifeguard
Various "Highest Achievement Awards" in subjects
AP Scholar with Distinctions
5 Exams: All but one are 5's...the other is a 4 in Biology
Currently taking 7 more AP's: Straight A's
Out of State
EDII Applicant</p>

<p>Any luck?
Respond please with a "looks pretty good" or a "maybe" or even a "hell no!"</p>

<p>I’d say you have a really good shot if you get just get your SATs up, as you said you think you’ll be able to do. Good luck!! :)</p>

<p>Good chance. </p>

<p>Wow how does your school do GPAs with that massive weighting scale???
My school adds .67 to your GPA for each honors/AP (so a B in standard is 3.0, honors/AP is 3.67)</p>

<p>Thank you so much for your replies! :slight_smile:
Ok, lets assume that my standardized test scores remain the same. How much does that alter your opinions?</p>

<p>Eh, I’d say you still have a decent chance…in my mind that’d bring Stern from a target school to a low- to mid-reach for you. Your SATs are pretty low for Stern…someone got a 2110 and was LSPed for CAS :confused: but your ECs are really good. I’d say at that point it would be more dependent on your essays/supplements/teacher recs.</p>

<p>You have a very solid application, except for the SAT scores. If you can get your SAT score 2200+ like you said, you will have a very good shot into Stern. Also, don’t send your SATII scores.</p>

<p>There’s nothing wrong with sending your SAT-IIs. They won’t be the highest, but they paint a picture of you as a student with broader interests and also explain a bit of a GPA that might be a bit low (not applicable in this case). It shows you had to devote time to preparing for another academic task which may have challenged your performance in your classes.</p>

<p>Your GPA is brilliant. Eagle Scout will likely be a huge factor. I believe it was for me. Sports captaincy is great. Low reach for you right now, unless you boosted your SATs. I’ll be frank, it’s super competitive at Stern. EDII might help you a bit because they’re slightly more lenient, but it will definitely not be a shoe-in.</p>