Chances Stern 2012

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>White/Male/North Carolina
Reasonably Competitive - Public
Applying for Need-Based Financial Aid: HELL yes, household income below $30K
Immigrant - the Ukraine (trilingual: Ukrainian, Russian, English)
First generation college student</p>

<p>3.93 Unweighted Grade Point Average
13/333 Class Rank</p>

<p>SAT: (730CR, 720M, 730W - 2180 total)
SAT2: (760 Mathematics Level 2, 750 United States History)
Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Economics, AP German, AP Physics C: M & E/M
AP Exams: AP Computer Science AB (4), AP US History (5), AP English: Language and Composition (5)</p>

<p>~120 Volunteer Hours
17 hours/week work during school year, 38 during summer
Weekly after-school tutoring for underprivileged children in my town
Set up chess club at a church for underprivileged children
President of chess club
President of debate club
Participant in the North Carolina Governor's School 2007
Civitan Service Club
National Honors Society
Volunteer in laboratories at local hospital
3 years violin
1 year guitar</p>

<p>Distinguished Physics Student 2006-20007 School Year
1st Place - Catapult Building Competition</p>

<p>Applying regular decision.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>i would retake the SATs just to show yourself you can do better, AP math = 800 SAT math if your really careful, though it does suck</p>

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<p>Ack! I figured that score was good enough... =/</p>

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<p>Regular decision is unpredictable, but you should get in.</p>

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<p>A 2180 is probably slightly above average at Stern and when you combine that w/your ECs and GPA, I'd say your chances of getting in are very strong.</p>

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<p>your SAT score is fine, thats not what i meant, i just thought it might be goal just to hit 1500+ because looks like you can definitely do that</p>

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<p>Don't listen to what most people say on here. So long as you write solid essays you should have a good shot. However, I've seen strange admission cases in NYU and Stern so wait and see.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=347368%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=347368&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>read this, and the admissions threads from the last few years.</p>

<p>any guess beyond something derived from these figures is completely irrelevant and a horrible extrapolation of what they know of a handful of students. </p>

<p>fyi: Essays matter very little for stern. A bad one will keep you out, but a good one won't get you in.</p>