Chances for NYU Stern ED

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I am a junior in high school and i am hoping to gain admission to an undergraduate business school. My number one choice is NYU stern.

I attend a very competitive public high school, that is ranked the number 1 (or 2) public school in my state

UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.17
SAT: 740 math, 730 CR, 610 Writing (one sitting)
(1470/1600 or 2080/2400)

Race: White (Male)
Do not need any financial aid

Subject Tests:
Italian: 660 (retaking)
Math 2 (taking in the spring, hoping for 750+ with lots of studying)

Freshmen year: 1 honors class and 4.0 GPA (high honor roll- all A’s/A-)
Sophomore year: 3 honors classes and a 4.1 GPA (high honor roll- All A’s/A- and one B+)
Junior year: 2 AP classes and 3 honors classes and a 4.42 GPA (estimated) Hopefully high honor roll again)

Courses taken junior year (7 full year):(junor year is the first year you can take AP classes basically)
Honors Gov and Econ
Honors Physics
Honors Italian
AP Psychology
AP Human Geography
CP Brit Lit
CP Precalc

Also taking Honors calculus at community college over the summer (will this look good??)

Senior Year course load (6 full year):
(hopefully stacked senior course load will make up for semi rigorous junior year)

AP Stat
AP Comp Sci
AP Micro
AP Bio
AP Italian
Honors Lit

Total: 8 honors and 7 AP (all four years)

EC:

-Started my own club (President and Founder) of the SAT review club
-VP of another club (well known club)
–summer internship at AG Edwards Financial services(this upcoming summer)
-Most likely will be admitted to NHS
-JV Soccer 9,10 (Captain)
-Varsity Soccer 11
-Club soccer (9,10,11,
-Baseball (9)
-Work Experience at restaurant (assistant chef was my title)
-Economics club (9,10,11,
-Fellowship of christian athletes (9,10,11
-Ping Pong club (10,11
-Special needs peer mentor (10,11
-Italian Poetry Festival Contestant at William Patterson University
-Lots of Community service/Volunteering not mentioned above

Also taking Honors calculus at community college over the summer (will this look good??)

Letters of Rec:
Hopefully pretty good and I will write very good essays

Weaknesses:

-The course load I have taken is semi-rigorous, but not the most rigorous available
-Senior year will be the first year that I will be in AP Math classes( received A’s in all other math classes)
-610 SAT writing score brings down my SAT a lot (otherwise the 740m and 730 cr is average for Stern)
-Decent EC amount but nothing amazing

Questions that I have:
-Does NYU (stern especially) value the writing section of the SAT? Will my 610 writing hurt me a lot?
-Does not being in advanced math courses put me at a disadvantage? Will taking honors calculus at a community college help make up for not taking advanced courses prior?

Other colleges I am applying to/considering:

Carnegie Mellon University- Tepper
USC -Marshall
Ucla
Uva (sibling attends)
Emory
The college of New Jersey
Villanova B school
University of Michigan- Ross
Cornell

Chance me for these schools also if you would like to! Also, any other advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much.

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you’ll definitely get in! :smile:

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thanks

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-Sure, taking calc at college will look good.
-No, a 610 writing section shouldn’t affect you very much

I think the main concern is that, other than the internship, your application isn’t there isn’t anything business-related that you’ve done. When applying to prestigious business schools, it helps to already have lots of business clubs, awards, etc. You’ve got a decent chance, though, IMHO.

NYU: high match
UCLA: high match
USC:high match
UVA: high match
Emory: low reach
Cornell: reach

Don’t really know about the rest.

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I think you have a good shot. writing isn’t really too important. u seem like a very competitive candidate

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Try and get your scores up for Stern, it’s crazy competitive. I wanna go there too haha

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Also @NFLpackers96 it isn’t as necessary to have business oriented EC’s as you might think it is. It’s a plus, but not having business related ECs wont hurt.

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Your writing shouldn’t affect you too much for stern. I think nyu is a match.
As for other the schools
Usc,cmu, Cornell,Emory -low reach
Ucla, umich,uva-match

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Your GPA and SAT should mark you as a strong candidate but, agreeing with above posters, your EC’s are super 1-dimensional and aren’t very well rounded. I don’t see anything business-oriented either so it might be a stretch.

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You have a moderate chance. But someone with EC’s specifically in Business might have the edge over you.

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I think your whole resume looks great. NYC I would say you’re an extremely strong candidate. I think you could get in there. All the schools seem reachable, according to my knowledge’s extent. Cornell I know is pretty tough though, so as long as you keep your GPA up, I guess thats reachable as well? Good luck!

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Carnegie Mellon University- match or low reach
USC- match
Ucla-match
UVa- extremely hard out of state (if you are out of state) but your GPA and test scores are good
Emory- not sure
The College of New Jersey- not sure
Villanova- Match
University of Michigan- Match
Cornell- reach- I only say so because a kid at my school didn’t get in with similar stats
NYU- match

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Your extracurriculars are definitely great, and assuming you continue with the same performance throughout senior year I think you have a pretty good shot at Stern. With regards to the SAT, writing is not of utmost importance, but if its really worrying you it wouldn’t hurt to take it again (there’s a good chance you might even up your math/reading scores). Taking an AP math course is a really good idea and will definitely help you. I wouldn’t consider it a shoe-in, but definitely a match depending on how you come across in your essays/recommendations. I don’t really know enough about the other schools to make a trustworthy guess. Best of luck!

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NYU- match, low match if you do ED
USC- reach
Emory- low reach
UVA- reach
CMU- low reach
UCLA- low reach
Cornell- reach
Villanova- match

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Academics are very good and your ECs are alright, but nothing there jumps out at me–good but not stuff that would necessarily set you apart from other applicants.

NYU Stern–high match (ED helps a lot though)
Carnegie Mellon University- Tepper–not familiar with the program, but if it’s more selective than CMU’s general program, then high match/low reach
USC -Marshall–highmatch/low reach
Ucla–low reach (they’d like your academics, but as you noted, your course rigor isn’t the best)
Uva (sibling attends)–high match low reach–sibling helps bring it to high match range
Emory–low reach
The college of New Jersey–not familiar with school
Villanova B school----not familiar with school/program
University of Michigan- Ross–not familiar with school
Cornell–low/mid reach

If anyone wants to play the game of chances with me as well, I have a thread here:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18187189

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I think that you are definitely on the right track for NYU Stern

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your two part is very good; I would personally focus on a high 700’s math score (and writing too of course) and great SAT IIs for math (math2 in particular.) your ecs are great, I would try the ACT too if I was you :slight_smile:

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