Chances of me getting into NYU Stern?

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Stats:
~currently an Asian, female, rising senior from a middle class background in a competitive public high school in NJ
~Unweighted GPA: 3.95
~took AP macro/micro (both 5’s) and APUSH (4) sophomore year
~took AP calc BC (3), AP stat (4), AP chem (5), and AP world (didn’t take the exam) junior year
~French honors for all 3 years (planning to continue French honors in senior year as well)
~SAT: 2170 (but might not submit)
~ACT: 34 on English, 36 on Math, 35 on Reading, 36 on Science (35 overall) with 26 on Writing
~SAT2 bio (took freshman year): 760
~SAT2 math 2 (took sophomore year): 800
~SAT2 chem (took junior year): 760
~took almost all business related elective classes at my school
~[don’t know my class rank because apparently my school doesn’t disclose that information to students]

~don’t have any close relationships with teachers/counselor so letter of rec won’t be very special
[also my guidance counselor left my junior year summer so the new counselor wouldn’t really know me]

–not a ton of really outstanding awards or ec
~did crosscountry and track freshman and sophomore year
~did Odyssey of the Mind sophomore and junior year
~played piano for 13 years (numerous awards in various piano competitions but are all regional awards)
~participated in a few clubs at school (but not SciOly or any nationally competitive clubs)
~participated in the NSLC business camp junior year summer

~worked at the Kumon learning center for 4 years

Chances of getting into NYU Stern (regular decision/ED)? Thx :slight_smile:

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If I had to bet, I’d bet against you getting in. First of all, as an Asian, it’s an uphill battle from the get go. u really want 2300 + and you’re not even at 2200. Trite ECs and the piano stuff feeds into stereotypes.

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what if I submit only the ACT score?

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bump

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Stern’s most represented race is Asian; they don’t discriminate based on race. Your objective scores are all very good, either at or slightly above average. I’d be a bit worried about your Rec’s and EC’s, though. To make up for it, make sure your essays are as good as possible. With that, you should have a solid shot at getting in RD. I don’t think you need to worry about wasting your ED on NYU unless you’re set on attending and have the finances to attend no matter what.

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Definitely do ED if you want a solid chance of getting into Stern. RD is so, so unpredictable and frankly a bit more competitive imo.

Your GPA and scores are definitely in the range, but your EC are lacking.

Good luck.