Chance me for NYU Stern?

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<p>Chance for NYU - Stern?
---> Applying regular decision</p>

<p>School Type: Public / Magnet / No.1 in Tri-State Area
School Size: 117 students in my class
Location: Pennsylvania
Race/Gender: Asian / Female
Unweighted GPA: 4.03
Class Rank: My school doesn't have it
Prospective Major: Accounting or International Business</p>

<p>SAT I First Try: 1880 (CR: 650 / M: 630 / W: 600)
SAT I Second Try: 1930 (CR: 630 / M: 630 / W: 670)
SAT I Superscore: 1950/2400
CR+M Superscore: 1280/1600
SAT II US History - 600 <--- Didn't read past the 1850s in AMSCO... I'm confident I can get 700+ next time
SAT II Math II - 690
ACT: 28
ACT Subscores: Math (31), Reading (33), English (26), Science (23), Essay (10/12)</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Junior year: US History (5), Calculus AB (3)
Senior year: Will be taking Calculus BC, Statistics, Spanish, and Government
-----> My school only allows 2 APs to be taken in Junior Year and 4 APs in Senior Year, so the maximum allowed number of APs to be taken is 6 at my school.</p>

<p>Courseload (all classes at my school are advance):
9th Grade: Geometry, Biology, World History, English 1, Spanish 2, Phys. Ed., Health
10th Grade: Precalculus, Chemistry, African American History, English 2, Spanish 3, Phys. Ed., Health
11th Grade: AP Calculus AB, Physics, AP US History, English 3, Spanish 4, Phys. Ed., Health
12th Grade: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Government, English 4, AP Spanish, Phys. Ed, Senior Filler Class required by school</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Co-President of Asian Teen Union
- Secretary of PricewaterhouseCoopers Explorer's Program for Accounting
- Head of Design Committee of Schools for Schools Club (club to raise money for Invisible Children & schools in Uganda)
- Captain & Co-Founder of Varsity Badminton Team
- Varsity Tennis Team
- World Affairs Club
- Model Senate
- Model UN
- High School Choir</p>

<p>Volunteering:
- Tutoring high school and middle school students at my school weekly
- fundraisers and benefit concerts held for Invisible Children & schools in Uganda
- fundraisers for Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Autism Society of America, Tsunami Relief in Asia, etc</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
- Bryant University in Leadership Development Program (business program)
- University of Pennsylvania Summer Mentorship Program for Medicine
- Accounting Career Awareness Program by the National Association of Black Accountants
- Intern at the Environmental Protection Agency</p>

<p>Achievements:
- National Honor Society
- National Spanish Honor Society
- Distinguished Honor Roll at school from 2002-present
- Honorable Mention Award in Biochemistry for city-wide Science Fair 2008
- Honorable Mention Award in the National Spanish Exam 2009
- Leonore Annenberg Scholarship Receiver 2009 (the only one in my city for this year, and it's a $200,000 scholarship)</p>

<p>Extra Information:
- First generation to go to college (not sure if that really matters...)
- Very low income background, but I guess that doesn't matter if I have full tuition covered..</p>

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<p>So what is the chance of me getting into NYU Stern?</p>

<p>Yeah, I know I'm severely lacking in the SAT and standardized test areas (and seemingly not so hot in Math)... I'm going to be retaking all of it in October and November one last time. What are the usual stats of students entering Stern? NYU Stern is one of my top choices, so I'll be really disheartened if I don't get in. :( And do I lack awards? I really have never entered many "real competitions" which I feel insecure about that now...</p>

<p>And one important question about NYU app. I noticed on the NYU supplement undergrad form, they ask you five questions (ie. what song would you sing at a talent show, why NYU, etc); are you supposed to answer all five in five individual essays? Or do you pick a couple that you want to write? Or are they supposed to be short answer where you write your answer in the small space provided?</p>

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<p>Right now Stern is a reach for you. Your ECs and GPA looks fine but your SAT scores,while good, are severely below NYU’s and Stern’s average. The average SAT score(m+cr) for Stern is 1445 and your 1280 is 160 points below that and the adcoms won’t like your low SAT II Math score. </p>

<p>Don’t be afraid to apply to Stern but make sure you raise your scores. Also, the five questions are short answers.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Ohh I see, so NYU only looks at math+creative reading? And not writing?
And thank you for answering the question! A lot of my friends have been wondering what we were supposed to do with the 5 questions on the NYU app.
Thank you for your immensely great help. :)</p>

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<p>Well not exactly, NYU puts less weight on the writing section than on the math and critical reading sections, so it still counts.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks. :]</p>

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<p>CAS is still a reach, because of that SAT and those Subject tests. ( Look up NYU’s new policy)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the comments yelloworangeman and NuclearPakistan1. :slight_smile: And I’m not going to apply to CAS. It’s either Stern or not going to NYU. (My first priority is UPenn anyways.)</p>

<p>I was already aware of NYU’s new policy a couple months back. I don’t see how it can hurt me. I’m still going to either do the 1 SAT + 2 SATIIs or ACT. I’m retaking ACT as well… I know I’ll do better in English section after raising my writing score in the SAT, and science I’ll just practice.</p>

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<p>If you are Asian and female, it’s going to be a bit tough because you are competing with other Asian females with 2200 (+/-100) SAT scores. Yeah, and being Asian, the math score needs to be near perfect (not exaggerating, haha). Anyways, my two cents.</p>

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<p>first generation DOES matter. Go ahead and apply – write a great essay on being first generation at college. Nice job getting the writing score up on second SAT!</p>