Applying ED to CAS NYU
Major: Public Policy
Female, Indian, born in America, currently doing school outside of the US.
Enrolled in IB diploma program (do not require SAT scores for NYU since it is test optional)
Predicted IB score: 40/42
English, Psychology and Econ HL: 7 in all
Environmental Systems and Societies and Spanish ab initio SL: both 7s
Math SL: 5
ECs:
-Habitat for Humanity Club President (by the end of this year, I would have been a club member for 2 years.) This includes organizing an annual H4H Football Tournamentand collecting funds year round. Last year we were able to collect enough money to donate a solar panel and we went to a village for a one-day build in which we helped construct homes. Recognition from Habitat, received an award as Platinum Supporters.
-Attended Brown Summer program for 7 weeks and received credit in a Writing Class and Cultural Anthropology.
-Kerala Floods Donation Drive- donations were collected, packed, and sent through a church.
-Backstage manager for the high school play
-Theatre production and design club in 10th grade and IB2
- Waste Management project, an initiative to raise money to set up accessible garbage bins in a village in Hampi and promote waste segregation. I was in charge of contacting different agencies and drafting letters to the government.
-Joy of Giving- donations went towards schools (thrift store, selling clothes that were donated from students/teachers)
-Winter Drive Fundraiser- donations went towards schools
-Internship at Shubh Loans, an app created to generate credit assessments allowing low income workers the opportunity to apply for a loan. I was exposed to various different departments and understood the technical aspects of the app and its social impact.
-Photography club for one year, where we took pictures of people around school/city and and talked to them about their lives and compiled it into an instagram account.
-Himalayan Trek- Green Trail (pick up trash along hiking trail) summit at 12500 ft
-Overnight Hike- Green Trail
-Squash for 2 years
-Played the flute for 2 years