Hey guys, I am a senior applying to CAS at NYU. I applied Early Decision II. These are my stats:
GPA: 3.48 Unweighted/4.05 Weighted. I have taken all honors courses and in total, 4 AP classes.
SAT: 730 Math, 730 Critical Reading, 720 Writing
AP Scores: 5 on both AP Euro and AP US, which I noted in my Common App, but did not formally send. I am going to take the AB Calculus and AP English Literature exams this May.
Extracurriculars (in no particular order):
1.) Mock Trial (team president) - 4 years
2.) Classical Piano - 12.5 years
3.) Interned in my region’s courthouse under a first justice - 2 years
4.) President and Founder of Feminist Club - 3 years
5.) Model United Nations - 4 years
6.) Editor at a very professional, well-known online magazine dedicated to bettering cross-cultural understanding between the Middle East and West- 3 years
7.) Creative Writing Club President - 4 years
8.) Historical Society Volunteer and Writer - 6 years
9.) Creative Writing (general) - lol a long time
10.) tennis (played in school team one year)
Awards/Leadership/etc.
1.) Mock Trial Team President
2.) Second Place in an International Competition for Classical Piano (played at Carnegie Hall
3.) President and Founder of Feminist Club
4.) Local award for poetry
5.) National Merit Scholar Commended (or something)
6.) English Department Award from my school
7.) Nominated best delegate in World Health Organization Committee at a Model UN conference
8.) Creative Writing Club President
9.) Youngest winner of a Short Story Competition from the University of Maine
10.) Novel I wrote was a quarter-finalist on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (only 400 out of 10,000 picked)
11.) Honorable Mention in Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Essays:
Very strong, interesting essays for both supplemental and Common App. My college counselor said it was the best he had ever read, no exaggeration.
Recommendations:
Two strong teacher recommendations and another one from my Mock Trial Team lawyer advisor.
Also, at my school guidance counselor recommendations are required, and my guidance counselor and I had a terrible relationship. He told me he would write on my recommendation that I cared more about the grades than the actual learning, which is ironic considering I am far from a straight-A student.
Other factors to consider:
I am also ridiculously bad at math and science. I had a C in Advanced Geometry (geometry with precalculus elements for freshmen, a level above honors but below AP), a B+ in Advanced Algebra (accelerated algebra with precalculus elements, also a level above honors but below AP), a C+ in honors Precalculus and currently, a C in AB Calculus.
I have an upwards trend with a 3.1 freshman year, 3.45ish sophomore year, and 3.75ish junior year.
I have gotten the FA Change already, but who knows what that could mean.
I am a mixed Japanese/Korean female from a highly-ranked public school in Connecticut.
