Chances for Stern BPE

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Hi guys
I'm a rising senior, looking to apply to NYU Stern BPE program as well as UPenn (Wharton), U Mich (Ross), UVA (McIntire).
I've lived abroad in Asia for 7 years, went to an international school for elementary and middle school, so I'm especially interested in international business programs like BPE.</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese) Canadian
Location: ON, Canada
High School: prestigious private high school (IB diploma + regular high school diploma)
Applying to: Stern (BPE)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (based on regular diploma): 3.5</p>

<p>IB Courses and Grades:
HL Economics - 5+<br>
HL Chemistry - 5+
HL History - 6+
SL Math - 5+
SL English A1 - 6
SL Mandarin Chinese B - 7
TOK - B
EE - A
3 diploma points
CAS Hours: 255
IB Point Total: 37</p>

<p>Class Size: around 160
Class Rank: not sure</p>

<p>SAT: 2020 (retaking)
Math:680
CR: 720
Writing: 620</p>

<p>SAT II:
haven't done that yet but planning to take Math II, Chemistry, Chinese (guaranteed 800)</p>

<p>ECs:
Model United Nations - 3 years
Varsity Cross Country - 2 years
Wind Ensemble - 2 years
Peer Mentoring Organizer - 1 year
Investment Club Head - 1 year
Student Council Treasurer - 1 year
Book Club Head - 1 year
School Ambassador - 1 year</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Terry Fox Run - 3 years
Building houses/teaching in orphanages in Fiji (Winter 08)
Service Hours: 67</p>

<p>Employment:
Teaching Assistant at an English study school in China - summer job
Internship at John Hancock (Investment Division) - summer internship; it's pretty great because I'm the only high school student, all the other interns are college students
Library Assistant at School - entire next school year </p>

<p>Summer Programs:
John Hopkins CTY in Grade 7 and 8
Chinese Government HSK Scholarship to study Chinese for a Month in China</p>

<p>Awards:
HSK (Official Chinese Proficiency Test) - Level 6
Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award </p>

<p>Recs:
2 good recs</p>

<p>Essay:
haven't written it yet, but I have an very unique idea</p>

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<p>Stern-Reach
Stern BPE- Reject, probably back into the regular admissions pool.</p>

<p>Your SAT is too low, and you are international. ( asking for aid??) Your IB scores aren’t the best either, although you still have a chance. Being Canadian is pseudo-international.</p>

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<p>to be honest, if you are Chinese, the ad com really won’t be impressed with an 800 on the Chinese SAT II.</p>

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<p>Would a 2200 SAT be enough for BPE? and I’m not asking for aid, would BPE still be reject?</p>

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<p>ED is your best chance but it will be hard to get into Stern with your SAT’s. Like others have mentioned the writing part is not really considered. So it would be nice to see your indivdual math and verbal scores.</p>

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<p>on the contrary, i think you might have a shot at nyu stern in regulars
i would highly recommend not to apply ED if you are looking for any sort of financial aid
of course, since you are an international student, you are likely to not receive any aid anyways.</p>

<p>However, i do think that you have a pretty good shot at umich ross. I know that preadmit ross is difficult to be accepted into, but i hear that students accepted into the michigan lsa honors program do have a great shot at getting into ross sophomore year. Just be sure to apply early, and you have a good shot.</p>

<p>Back to your stats:
i think that your sat’s arent horrible, but that you can work in improving them.
Be sure to take as many satII’s and get over a 700 on them if possible
i wouldn’t recommend taking chinese though since you are chinese, and if you don’t get a 800 on it, it might reflect badly on you.
However, your extracurriculars are very strong- especially that internship at john hancock. Just keep on working on that, and perhaps get a rec letter from them in addition to the ones you’re sending in.</p>

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<p>hmm, International + Chinese + low SAT = Reject.</p>