Chance Me - NYU ED as an international student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Premise :
Im applying in my 12th year ( year 12 ) of school, which means I’m already qualified for US admission even though i haven’t fully completed the British curriculum ( A2 Levels ) ( Year 13 ). NYU has always been my dream school so I’m just curious on whether i should keep my hopes up because I’m really unsure of my competitive position as a candidate lol

Demographics
Arab male in a British International school in the middle east
Intended Major(s)
Philosophy but also applied to business, economics, and polisci programs

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
*GPA : not offered at my school but equivalent to a 4.0 ( unweighted )

  • Class Rank: Not offered
  • ACT/SAT Scores:
    *Took IGCSE’s instead ( way more rigorous - equivalent to a US HS diploma ) and received all A+ and above
  • Predicted all A’s for my AS levels
    *IELTS : 8.5 ( considered very rare and impressive )
    Coursework
    Currently :
    AS level English Lit
    AS level History
    AS level Sociology
    AS level Arabic
    Last Year :
    IGCSE double science ( physics, chem, bio )
    IGCSE English lit
    IGCSE English lang
    IGCSE Extended Math
    IGCSE History
    IGCSE Business Studies
    IGCSE Arabic
    IGCSE Sociology

Awards
-Award for highest history IGCSE results in my school
-Award for being in the top 5 % of IGCSE scorers in my school
-Distinction award in IGCSE chemistry
-Distinction award in IGCSE and A-Level Arabic

Extracurriculars
-72 hours of student service and teacher assistance
-Model UN delegate
-Interned at a dental clinic
-Member of a business card-making club
-Leader in student voice

Essays/LORs/Other
Relatively strong but nothing special

Cost Constraints / Budget
Upper Middle Class / High Income
Schools
(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if a scholarship is necessary for affordability, indicate that you are aiming for a scholarship and use the scholarship chance to estimate it into the appropriate group below)

  • Safety *
    Fordham University ( Early Action )
  • Likely *
    Boston University
    Northeastern University ( Early Action )
  • Match
    Boston University
    NYU ( Early Decision )
  • Reach
    UChicago ( Early Action )
    UPenn
    Yale
    Columbia
    Harvard
    Princeton
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I think you’ll be competitive for NYU, especially as a full pay ED applicant.

Just to be clear, ED at NYU is binding so if you are accepted, you will need to withdraw all your other applications, including to all your ivies and UChicago.

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yeah im aware of that and im not that bothered by it to be honest. NYU has always been my dream school and has the best philosophy program in the world so

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