Hi! I’m a female international applicant in South Korea. I’m applying ED2 to NYU Steinhardt College of Culture, Education and Human Development, and I’m worried if I could get rejected. I’m also curious about my other schools. So please chance me:)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 650 Reading (1450 Composite)–also taking in December, but I think I’ll get mid-high 1400s
SAT II: None
Toefl: 103(only took it once; not going to take again)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9(my school doesn’t have any AP or honor courses, so no weighted GPA. Took the most rigorous courses as possible, but all courses are regular.)
Rank: my school doesn’t rank.
AP-Comparative Government(5), Microeconomics(5), Psychology(4)
Awards: Few school-level honor rolls and competitions.(speech, debate, essay, and so on.)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
-I participated in a city’s student organization(for developing and proposing policies to the city) and youth parliament, and was both the leader in the education department. I proposed many education policies and few were actually implemented. (9-12th)
-I am the school vice president(12th), and was a class president last year(11th).
-I founded a school English discussion club to help students who experience hardness in English to learn and have more confidence in English.(11-12th)
-school cheerleader(11-12th)
Job/Work Experience: worked at the city hall as a youth representative of the city–I worked with city officials and evaluated child policies.(11-12th)
Volunteer/Community service:
-I am a mentor to multicultural elementary school students.(11-12th)
-I read English books and taught English to toddlers in a local library.(9-12th)
Essay: I wrote about myself being restrained Korea’s traditional, competitive education system and moving to an international school, and then developing an educational policy to help other students like me. 8/10? I’m unsure about my writing ability.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Educational Studies for most schools, Child studies for some
State: X
Country: South Korea
School: small international school with class size of 10
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200k–wrote EFC of 30k on my CSS profile because my sister is also going to college in 2 yrs
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): X
Reach:
NYU Steinhardt-ED2
Brandeis
Vanderbilt(with no financial aid)
Barnard(my mom worked at Columbia before. I don’t know if it would increase my chances)
Target:
UW Madison
Macalester
Safety:
Syracuse
Skidmore
I also applied 6 other target and safety schools early.
Thank you for reading:)