<p>Hi - could you please let me know if i have a decent shot RD at Stern or if i should apply to CAS? My standardized test scores are fairly high but I have lackluster ECs.</p>
<p>Female/caucasian, very competitive public math/sci school in nyc</p>
<p>SATI</p>
<p>800 Verbal
760 Math</p>
<p>SATII</p>
<p>740 Writing
740 US History
720 Spanish
(Also 720 Bio, 700 Math IIC, 690 World Hist but i guess those dont count...)</p>
<p>AP:</p>
<p>US History 5
World History (Self-Studied) 5
Spanish Lang 4
Comparative Govt 4</p>
<p>This year:</p>
<p>AB Calc
AP Stat
AP Micro
AP Macro
AP Spanish Lit
AP US Government (Self-study)
AP Human Geography (Self Study)</p>
<p>GPA : 93.9/100 unweighted - school doesnt rank</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Writer on school newspaper, 2 years
President/Founder Classic Rock Club, 4 years
Led fundraisers for Classic Rock Club
Big Sib Mentoring program, 1 year
National Merit Commended Student
Participated in National Spanish Examination (Twice)
Spanish Honors Society (one year)</p>
<p>Out of school:</p>
<p>Cambridge College Programme - 2 college credits - summer 03</p>
<p>Columbia Summer Program-US Economy + Globalization class - summer 04</p>
<p>1 year - volunteer work editing non-profit music newsletter</p>
<p>2 years - paid part-time bookkeeping/accounting for small business</p>
<p>That's 'bout it. Thanks ahead of time for all your input!</p>
<p>You are of course a strong candidate, and you seem to know it already. However your low math SAT scores might hurt you a little bit. </p>
<p>But I would say you have 85%. A very strong candidate indeed. :)
Go for Stern. You don't want to stuck in CAS. Once you get into CAS, it is very hard to transfer out to Stern.</p>
<p>miscgrl - I don't know why kjayson7 is so critical. Your SAT scores are high compared to typical Stern students. Your GPA is also above average. I'm sure you would get in.</p>
<p>Wharton is ranked #1 (by U.S. News) and I think you have a great shot there. If you look at the Wharton board, you'll see that some people are trying to transfer from Stern to Wharton.</p>
<p>jwblue, everyone else I have read in the known world they say Sterns is way harder than CAS to get into, with over 100 point SAT difference, why do you think the contrary.</p>
<p>I know for a fact the 2 schools have similar stats. I've created spreadsheets on NYU SAT distributions. </p>
<p>Example, when I worked in the admissions office, in '98 the avg. SAT score for all NYU frosh was a 1320, CAS was 1360, and Stern was 1370...a 10 point difference, which is basicallly nothing when you consider CAS is 3X as large as Stern. Yes, I know things have changed since '98 (the avg. SAT score for NYU frosh this year was 1353). ..but as a general rule, CAS and Stern have scores that range from 40-60 points higher than the rest of NYU. School of ED, GSP, and Social Work...are generally lower than the average, GSP is much lower. Tisch and Gallatin tend to fall in the middle, with Tisch having students with amazing scores, or very talented people with low scores. </p>
<p>I don't know where you got this 100 pt figure from, I'd love to see something official from the school, but everything I know indicates that its not true.</p>
<p>i got into stern last year RD with a 1400/3.8 unweighted.</p>
<p>extracurriculars are a plus but i don't think they matter as much at a big school like NYU. they're going to look at your numbers first and you have excellent numbers.</p>