Chance me for NYU Stern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys, would you mind chancing me for NYU Stern? I’m currently a junior, and I’ve already started the college admissions process (6 more months until ED apps due!). I’m going to apply Early Decision to NYU Stern.

Ethnicity: Chinese
Sex: Male
Location: NY
Family income (before taxes): $200,000+
High school is the best in the area

GPA: 4.07 weighted
SAT 1: Highest individual is 2170 (690 Math, 710 CR, 770 Writing), combined is 2240 (760 Math, 710 CR, 770 Writing)
SAT 2s: Biology 720, World History 660, Chemistry 710, US History 740
AP Scores: World History 4, US History (waiting), English Language and Composition (waiting), Environmental Science (waiting)

AP Classes taken: US History, World History, Environmental Science, English Language and Composition.
Will take BC Calculus, English Literature, Biology, and Comparative Government senior year.

Other classes are all honors

Extracurriculars:
3 years Robotics (1st Place 2013-2014 NY/NJ Botball Competition, 1st place 2014-2015 NY/NJ Botball Competition)
3 years Future Business Leaders of America
3 years Environmental Club, was secretary last year
Helped to create the Economics Club, currently secretary
3 years symphony orchestra (first stand), 2 years chamber orchestra.
Co-president of symphony orchestra

Out of School Awards and Accolades:
2012: Ayn Rand: Anthem, Essay Contest: Semi-finalist.
2013: Presidential Community Service Award: Bronze
2014: Presidential Community Service Award: Bronze
Two poems accepted for publication in an anthology (not a very important one)

200+ hours of volunteer work at the veterans home, local library, and school events

Summer Extracurriculars:
1 summer of debate camp at Tufts University.
1 summer of Junior Statesmen of America Institution at Princeton University.
3 summers of doing Melanoma and Blood Cancer research at labs at SUNY Stony Brook University

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Your EC’s dont really match up with Stern
Dont send World history SAT II Test
Its a reach because of your ORM status from NY

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Hi NorthernFront, I actually just made an account for this question because last year I was in the same place as you. I was full of excitement and felt that me and NYU would be perfect fits for each other. Sadly, I did not get in, and I’m a little worried about you too.

First off, I would highly recommend getting your weighted gpa up next year, to at least around a 4.3. Second, you want the courses you take and the extracurriculars you do to match what Stern is all about. Frankly, while all the stuff you’ve done is impressive, few of it relates to math/business, which I’m assuming is the area you want to major in if you want to go to Stern. I would recommend doing what you can to show that you love math/business/finance/whatever you want to major in if you want them to take you more seriously.

For comparison, I applied ED to Stern this year, my weighted gpa was a 4.2 and my unwieghted was a 3.6. My Sat score was 2100 with a 730 reading, 660 math, and 720 writing. The only rigorous math course I took in high school was AP Statistics, and my other APs were in Chemistry and Psychology.

I say this because while most of your courses/activities are more impressive than mine were, the gpa leaves something to be desired and I’m not getting much of a “I like math and business” vibe from your resume. My advice is to bring your grades up and do whatever you can to show that math is important to you and you are good at it. Because they want you to be a mean math machine, not a good writer or history buff. I hope this advice can help you out a bit, and hopefully you’ll have more luck with Stern than I did.

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think you have a good shot. i am in the same position as you as I want to apply to Stern Ed. I would say maybe try to take a econ class senior year? other than that taking BC probably looks great. I would also take the Math 2 SAT. STern really wants to see it and people have told me that it is very important for admissions.

I think you have a great shot?

Can you chance me?

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