I recently applied to CAS and Gallatin and I really don’t know what my chances are of getting in.
I’m an international student currently studying IB at a pretty competitive school
GPA: 3.72/4 (however there is an upward trend from 3.59 in 9th grade to 3.8 in 11th grade)
IB: predicted 38/45
Recommendation letters: Great letter from my counselor, two teacher recommendations, and one from a professor at Harvard.
Personal essay: I’m pretty confident about this - spoke about living in a post-war country and how it connects to my charity work today
ECs:
Studied journalism, contemporary history and leadership at Oxford for two weeks during the summer (received two As)
Event organizer for school-based charity club (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade)
Led a community fund-raiser for disabled children in Peru (11, 12)
I play piano and guitar (9, 10, 11, 12)
Shadowed chief economist at a shipping company (9)
Work experience at a conference center (9)
Work at a local charity shop (10, 11, 12)
Debate club (12)
Volleyball (9, 11) - received MVP
Hi, Im applying ed2 to CAS. as an IB student myself, 38 is quite solid. Quite honestly the ECs are good too, the deciding factor would be how well you integrate them in your application and make them stand out. If you have managed to do that, you should get in 
Can you chance me for ed2 cas?
Gpa-3.75 as of 3rd semester IB
Class rank-top 10
Individual predicted grades-
Bio hl -7
Eco hl-6
Business hl-7
Math sl-4/5 not sure
English lang and lit sl-6
Spanish ab-6
ACT-29, superscored 30
Sat 2- bio 700, math 600 (won’t send)
Ecs-
High school Basketball team
Ex captain for the same
5 years of tennis, district semi finalist
Vocalist both indian and western, trinity grade 5 merit
Bassist, trinity grade 7 merit
Debate,intra school best speaker, debating team, founder of debate club, represented school at international level
QC- 2 international QC tours, best team, 2nd place public speaking, 1st place case study twice
Writing- Female rights activists, articles published online.
Two french exchanges, over 20 countries travelled
Internships- 200 hours at advertising firm, 2 campaigns headed by me.
100 hours at a BPO, time spent working with quality team on how to improve sales and after sales calls.
100 hours at apple store doing both sales and business development
Work with an NGO named commotion
Recommendations-
English teacher:8.5/10
Business teacher:10/10 knows me inside out
Bass teacher:9/10
Commonapp essay:10/10 about transforming myself into the person i am after lot of childhlld trauma
Nyu supplement: 9/10
Ethnicity- Indian
I would say you have a pretty good chance! Especially since you’re are applying via Early Decision - that will definitely boost your chances. Your ECs are also pretty good, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble. Good luck!
While your stats are good, I’d rank NYU as a match, nothing safe. While your GPA does have a nice upward trend, a 3.8 still isn’t stellar. While the letter of rec from a Harvard professor sounds nice, if they really do not know you, it might not have much of an impact on your chances.
Your personal essay might come off as a bit too showoffy, but your ECs look good.
Chance me?
SAT: 1400 (730 Reading/Writing, 670 Math)
Unweighted GPA: 3.86 (Note: I have a strong increasing trend in my GPA. If it weren’t for freshman year, I’d have a 3.96)
Weighted GPA: ~4.4
SAT II’s:
Math II:670 (Whoops XD)
USH: 710
13 AP classes taken thus far, taking 5 more right now, meaning a grand total of 18.
ECs:
Member of robotics club for 2 years
Member of tennis club for 3 years
Math Tutor for 2 years.
I’m applying to Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, and the University of Washington.
Thanks for your reply! I definitely don’t think my personal essay is showoffy (at least I hope not) + the professor knows me very well so hopefully that won’t be a problem.
I would say UCLA is a match and the University of Washington is a safe school. However, Stanford and Berkley are probably reach schools for you. Your GPA and SATs are pretty strong but your ECs may hinder your chances. Overall I would say you have a good range of schools. Good luck!
I think you have a pretty good chance getting into NYU, your GPA is pretty good and your EC’s are great as well. I don’t see any standardized test scores so I wouldn’t know but either way, I think you are an amazing candidate and you will surely get in. Plus your essays sound great. Please chance me back