Chance Me: NYU

General Info:

Asian Male
Middle-Upper Class Family
Californian
Intended Major - Applied Math

Statistics:

3.99 UW GPA
4.68 Weighted GPA
No Class Rank Provided by School

SAT: 1560 (800 Math + 760 Reading + Writing)
SAT Subject: Math II - 800, Physics - 800
ACT: 35

AP Courses:

  • AP Calculus BC(5)
  • AP Statistics(5)
  • AP Chemistry(5)
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics(5)
  • AP Biology(5)
  • AP World History(5)
  • AP US History(4)
  • AP Econ/AP Gov(5)
  • AP English Language(5)
  • AP English Literature(5)
  • AP Computer Science(5)
  • CHEM-108
  • Honors Physics
  • Multi-Variable Calculus taken at Community College

Extracurriculars:

  • CM Level 5 - honor student for CM Level 4 and Level 5 (piano for 6 years)
  • Karate Black Belt - 1st degree and competed at local tournaments
  • Debate Team -
    -Captain of PF in 11th Grade
    -VP in 12th Grade
    -Qualified to TOC 3 years
    -Qualified to Nationals 3 years
    -Varsity Public Forum for 3.5 years
    -Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking for 3.5 years
  • Lots of awards on National Circuit tournaments
  • California Scholarship Federation - volunteered at misc. events, Secretary in 11th Grade
  • Science Bowl - went to Nationals 2 years, Secretary in 11th Grade
  • Model United Nations - part of club for 3 years, competed in B MUN, SCVMUN, etc.
  • Computer Science Club - VP in 11th Grade, won different hackathons
  • Volleyball Team - 3 years, Team Captain in 11th Grade
  • DECA
  • Qualified to ICDC for 2 years
  • competed at local conferences

Volunteering/Job Experience:

  • Sandia National Laboratories - researched Nuclear Physics for 3 months
  • UC Berkeley - researched under prof. for 3 months
  • Teen Advisory Board - part of board for 4 years, 150 hours
  • Shiva-Vishnu Temple - part of board for 3 years, 200 hours

Total Volunteering Hours: 300+ hours

Letters of Recommendation:

  • AP Calc BC teacher
  • Prof. at UC Berkeley

Other:

  • National AP Scholar
  • National Merit Scholar
  • Ranked Top 20 PF Team in California
  • Ranked Top 50 PF Team in California
  • Ranked Top 100 PF Team in California

I would be surprised if you don’t get in NYU.

You sure you want to limit yourself to NYU?

Based on your qualifications, you have an extremely good chance of being accepted at NYU. The 50th percentile of students accepted at NYU score a 30 on the ACT and the 75th percentile of students score a 32. Your 35 combined with perfect test scores in Math and Physics make you an extremely viable candidate based on test scores alone and your undergraduate research at Berkeley will set you apart from other extremely qualified applicants. As others mentioned, this application would be extremely competitive at the most elite schools in the US. Congrats on your great work!

The question is can you afford it?

overqualified for NYU

Question should be: Chance me for scholarship merit award at NYU.