Chance Me Please-NYU Stern

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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Ethnicity: Indian
State: Pennsylvania

Standardized Test Scores
ACT: 33 (English-28, Reading-32, Math-34, Science-36)
SAT 2: Chemistry-780, Math II-800

APs Taken: Calc BC (5), Computer Science (5), Chemistry, Statistics, English 3 (3), Physics 1 & 2, Biology, US History (3)

Senior Year APs: Psychology, English 4, Economics, Physics C, German

GPA: 4.15 (W)

Medical Research
University of Pittsburgh Bioinformatics Department: Impact of Internet Support Groups on Depression.
University of Pennsylvania: Public opinion of Obamacare.
Duke University Department of Biological Sciences: Neuron receptors and neural circuits in Drosophila.

Publications
“Can Varying the Salutation and Subject Lines of E-Mail Prompts Increase Patient Log-Ins to an Internet Support Group for Mood and Anxiety Disorders,?” (co-author), under review in Journal of Pathology Informatics

Honors and Awards
2013-16 Member of National Honors Society and National Junior Honors Society
2014 Silver Medalist in National German Exam
2015 Silver Medalist in National German Exam
2013 Scholar Athlete
2013-14 1st place, Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Sciences, States
2015 2nd place, Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Sciences, States
2012-14 Member of German Club & Vice-President (2013-14)
2015-16 Member of Technology Student Association & Vice-President
2012-15 Member of Key Club
2014 Participated in University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute program and lecture series
2015 National Forensics League, Semi-finalist at George Mason University for Public Forum
2015 National Forensics League, Sextodecimo-finalist at New York City Invitational for Public Forum
2015 National Forensics League, Double-Octafinalist at Laird Lewis National Tournament for Public Forum
2015 National Forensics League, Octafinalist at Harvard National Tournament 2014 National Forensics League, Triple-Octafinalist at Yale National Tournament for Public Forum
2014 National Forensics League, 1st at Keystone Oaks Regional Tournament for Public Forum
2014 National Forensics League, 2nd in Pennsylvania State Tournament for Policy Debate
2013 National Forensics League, 2nd at Upper Saint Clair Regional Tournament for Public Forum
2013 National Forensics League, Octafinalist at Walt Whitman National Tournament for Public Forum
2012 National Forensics League, 6th at Mercer Regional Tournament for Public Forum
2012 National Forensics League, 4th at Knoch Regional Tournament for Public Forum
2013 Model United Nations, 1st at Riverview
2015 DECA, 1st at district conference

Volunteer Work
2013 Volunteer, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2014-15 Secretary of Student Union
2015-16 President of Student Union
2009-15 Indian Youth Organization, community service. Various opportunities such as serving food, cleaning up parking lot,
2012-14 Pittsburgh Temple, SAT preparatory class instructor in math and essay writing
2006-09 Private Volunteer Tutor in chemistry, mathematics, physics, and statistics
2015 Pittsburgh Forensics Institute, taught Public Forum Debate to children from around Pittsburgh
2014-15 Forensics Institute, Lead Public Forum instructor. Taught Public Forum Debate to middle school students

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You’re scores look good for stern especially math but you don’t seem to have that many business related EC’s which may hurt your chances. What’s with all the medical EC’s are you majoring in business but a pre-med?

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Going off of what ^ said, your ACT is also kinda low for Stern, maybe 50th percentile or lower. It is also concerning that despite your crapton of EC’s, half are from Speech and Debate, only DECA is business related, and your main one is for pre-med. Your GPA and SAT II looks fine though.

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I was initially planning on going into Pre-Med, but now I want to go into business

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If NYU is really where you want to go, I’d put Stern first and CAS second, but don’t be too surprised if they admit you under CAS. I agree with the posters above, even though you have good records in PF (I’m a pretty active congressional debater haha) and a ton of pre-med ECs, you’re really light on the business side, which is what Stern is for. However, I think your resume shows that you have the work ethic to get into Stern for grad if that’s what you really want to do.

That applies to other schools of a similar caliber- IMO you have a much better shot at Colleges of Arts and Sciences than a business-specific school.

Whatever you do, stress the publication aspect in your essay. That’s really unique.

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Alright. Thanks man