I really want to get into NYU Liberal Studies Core Program. I am planning to apply ED 2. I am not the best academically but the other parts of my application are quite good. Chance me please!
personal details: asian (indian), female, current high school senior at an ib school
gpa: my school doesn’t calculate it but about 3.3 unweighted, around 4.0 weighted
sat/ act: did not take it (however, since NYU is test-flexible, i will be applying anyway with my IB predicts)
IB predict: 36 points (including EE and TOK)
IB courses:
HL-
IB English A Lang & Lit
IB Theatre
IB Psychology
SL-
IB Math Studies
IB Spanish Ab Initio
IB Biology
I speak English, Hindi, French, Spanish and Bengali.
My common app essay is quite strong and I am proud of it(I love writing so I think I did a good job on this one)
Extracurriculars:
- Organised a student theatre festival at my school, working with an underprivileged kids from an NGO that do street theatre and directing a performance for them to do at the event as well as raising 80,000 INR (1,112 USD) to donate to them(senior year)
- Took a course in EFR (Emergency First Response) and am a certified Emergency First Responder in CPR and First-AID(senior year)
- NYU SPS summer school 2 weeks as a sophomore, got an a+ in one course in one class and and a- in the other (sophomore)
- Have done backstage at a well-known local theatre for 2 of their productions
- I learn horse-riding, and have been doing so for about the past 2 years
- Head of publicity and head of sponsorship and part of an organising a cyclothon in my city to raise money for the physically handicapped
- I teach English to underprivileged kids at a local NGO once a week (since the past 1.5 years)
- Participant in Forensics tournament (public speech and debate competition) in junior and senior year
- Visit an old-age home near my house once a week to read to them and play board games, give them company (for 6 months now)
- Worked as an intern on 2 ad-films for a well known production house (senior year)
- Worked as assistant director on a short film (junior year)
- Attended a week long ISTA theatre festival for IB students(senior year)
- Self-taught guitar player (for 1.5 years now)
Rec letters:
Theatre teacher- Loves me has been teaching me for 4 years (great letter)
Spanish teacher- Likes me and was keen to write the letter
Head of the NGO that I worked with on the theatre festival- was VERY keen and asked to write the letter