<p>Hi, I put this in the NYU subforum but any additional advice would be greatly appreciated. I'll be applying EDII to NYU as my top choice school and I need to make a last minute decision on whether to apply to Stern or CAS. I originally intended to apply to Stern but I'm hesitant because of my stats. Here they are:</p>
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<li>Male/Asian</li>
<li>Attend highly ranked public high school in NJ</li>
<li>Decent essays/Rec's</li>
<li>School doesn't rank</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA: 3.74</li>
<li>Weighted GPA: 4.19
*Two things of note with GPA's at my school:</li>
<li>We only have A's, B's, etc (no +/-)</li>
<li>Highest possible weighted is around a 4.70</li>
</ul>
<p>SAT's
- Math: 680 CR: 750 W: 660 (Wish M and CR were switched)
- Total: 2090 (one sitting)
- Subject tests: Math I: 740, US History: 730, Chemistry: 650
(Shouldve taken Lit too, oh well)</p>
<ul>
<li>AP US History: 5 (junior year)</li>
<li>Senior Schedule: AP Econ Macro/Micro, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP English, AP Psychology, Sociology</li>
</ul>
<p>EC's:
- School Newspaper (editor-in-chief- senior, layout editor- junior, writer- soph/freshman)- about 500 hours last few years
- Concert Choir- senior/junior
- FBLA- senior/junior
- TV & Film Society- soph/freshman</p>
<p>Community Service/Work:
- Sisters of Life Convent and Soup Kitchen- 250 hrs
- Tennis Club (supervise kids matches)- 100 hrs
- St. David's Relief (Bosnian work camp)- 2 week summer trip, plan to do again in future
- Oxfam America (humanitarian/environmental initiatives)- 50 hrs
- Tutoring- 50 hrs
- Department of Army- 2 month summer work at base operations/command center for the summer (attend meetings, filing, paperwork, etc. while gaining insight on how army base runs)</p>
<ul>
<li>Nat'l Honors Society/Spanish Honors Society</li>
<li>Honors with Distinction</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:
- Both my sisters work on Wall St - big motivating influence
- One of my teachers who is doing a rec for me actually attended NYU CAS (my Eng teacher/newspaper adviser)</p>
<p>I would likely do Int'l Business at Stern or Econ at CAS. I would love to go to Stern as it's my top choice but I'm not sure if it's worth the risk. I see my academics/EC's/volunteer as pretty average. Please advise. Thank you!</p>