Chance Me for CAS RD (Economics and Mathematics Major)

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (650M 680CR 690W)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 63/418; Top 16%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) English Language (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Microeconomics, Calculus, Financial Accounting Honors (recieving college credit for it), other random electives (Into to Comp. Sci.; Theatre 2)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society

Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Winter and Spring Track (Captain); Theatre Society Business Crew (Junior- Secretary; Senior- Treasurer); NHS; SNHS; I.T. Girls (Secretary for 3 years); Improv Troupe
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at public library (25 Hours); Volunteering at local elementary school (6 Hours)
[] Summer Activities: Volunteeering
[] Essays: Really good, won an essay contest for it; Talked about accepting being Black and being Nigerian throughout my life
[] Teacher Recommendation: My teacher told me that he wrote a really good one (not a typical, generic one)
[] Counselor Rec: Assuming it was a generic one that all counselors write (I didn’t really talk to my GC that much)
[li] Additional Rec: From a club advisor; told me she spent a lot of time and put a lot of thought into it[/li]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 70K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM; First generation American

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Is that volunteering weekly or total?

You have a good chance.

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Total; I kinda started volunteering late in the game :confused: Thanks for your input!

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Alright. I hope you have a good shot because we have similar GPAs. You have your URM and I have a higher sat and more volunteering (300 hrs). So we should have similar chances

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Hey! For future reference I was accepted to the College of Arts and Science w/ $52,785 in a Pell Grant a CAS Scholarship. I plan on majoring in Economics and Mathematics and I am an athlete recurited for track and field. I am really happy I got into NYU despite my decline in grades my Junior Year. This is my dream school and I’m so happy I got in and will be able to afford it lol. Good luck to any future applicants and I hope to see you on NYU’s campus in the future!