<p>I'm a rising senior and NYU CAS is my definite top choice for next year. I plan to apply this fall during ED1. Any information as to my chances would be appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>Overall UW GPA: 3.59 (3.22 freshman year, 3.64 sophomore year, 3.89 junior year. My overall will be higher by the time of application seeing as my awful freshman GPA has completely ruined my overall GPA.)</p>
<p>My school doesn't release class rank</p>
<p>SAT Score (first try... retaking in the fall again and hoping to increase by at least 50 points): 2010... 680 CR, 640 math, 690 writing</p>
<p>APs: Government (3 on the AP test... probably won't send), Spanish Language, English Language, European History, Environmental Science</p>
<p>Potential hook(?): gay male (may mention it in my essay... unsure as mentioning seems to be bordering on cliche nowadays)</p>
<p>Junior Grades (electives not included):
AP Government/Politics A-
Honors Spanish A
Honors English A
Expository Writing/Grammar A-
Chemistry 2 A-
Algebra 2 A
Geometry A
(yes, I took both Alg2 and Geometry as a junior... probably the cause for my awful math SAT score)</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Spanish Language
AP English Language
AP Environmental Science
AP European History
Trigonometry
Latin American Studies</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper
Member of Spanish Honor Society (must have A in spanish classes, volunteer experience, pass an oral examination and write an application letter)
Gay Straight Alliance Member
Key Club Member
Computer Graphics Club Member -9th grade
~100 hours of volunteer work</p>
<p>you’re pretty much right on track. your extracurriculars seem to be struggling a bit. just make sure your essays are good</p>
<p>Mentioning that you’re a gay male at NYU isn’t a potential hook. Being a STRAIGHT male gets you more credit. NYU has one of the largest gay populations of any institution of higher learning - and being gay and in academics isn’t very unique. Most institutions of higher learning, especially the elite universities, are filled with gay people. (Academics are typically very open-minded, thus you find a prevalence of gay people in academics).</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s why I was a bit unsure as to whether it was a hook or not. It could be potentially helpful at some colleges but the gay population seems to be just as prevalent as the straight population is at NYU. With that said, any insight into my chances? :P</p>
<p>Try to raise your SAT scores and your GPA. Focus on your passions in your essays. Now the above poster is correct in saying that being gay at NYU is nothing out of the ordinary, so it’s not a hook, but that’s not to say you can’t use it to your advantage. If it led you on a certain path, made you search for acceptance, awakened an affinity for the city, a passion for learning…well then that could be an essay that NYU enjoys reading.</p>
<p>One last bump… thanks for the replies thus far.</p>
<p>I said I’d bump it for my last time but I lied… I’m dying to know my chances and what could potentially get me rejected. </p>
<p>I know it’s almost pointless to speak in absolutes, but would a 2100 superscored SAT more or less guarantee me admission for ED1 in the context of my other stats?</p>
<p>Also, is it recommended for me to apply ED1 considering that my GPA won’t increase at all? Is a 3.59 (with a huge upward trend) acceptable for CAS?</p>
<p>With a 3.59 GPA, there is no guarantee for NYU. The acceptance rate for CAS is somewhere in the 20% range, (I believe was the established number from earlier posts/discussion)? You have a chance, but with close to 50,000 other applicants, statistically, you fall into a mass of thousands of applicants. Increasing your SAT will help. And applying ED will help. But, if you apply ED, you won’t get as much FA.</p>
<p>Is there any record of the average accepted CAS GPA? I know there are for NYU as a whole, but that includes everyone from the general studies program to Stern. </p>
<p>Fortunately I don’t need any financial aid, though.</p>
<p>To my knowledge, individual schools do not publish their respective GPA/SAT ranges, etc. For the most part, on CC, we operate on the assumption that CAS is just below Stern in terms of selectivity when it comes to GPA vs. SAT scores. Stern is typically assumed to be 3.6+ GPA and 2100+ SAT. CAS usually falls into the 3.6+ and 2000+ ranges. (1900 SAT is considered the low echelon for CAS, I believe)</p>