Current Stern Freshman: AMA

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<p>What up,</p>

<p>I'm bored and remember refreshing CC constantly around admissions season last year. This site was pretty useful for me, so I suppose I'll give back now. Ask me anything about stern, nyu, or whatever you want, and I'll do my best to answer!</p>

<p>Some stats, if you care:
High School GPA: 9.1/11 unweighted (between a 3.2 and a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale). Major upward trend.
School Style: Boarding Prep (Exeter, hence why I was able to pull off Stern with those grades)
SAT I: 2330: 800W (11E), 760 CR, 770M
ACT: Didn't take
SAT II: 750 MII, 770 MI, 670 Chem, 690 Lit
AP: Micro and Macro (4), Bio (5), Lang & Comp (5). All four were taken after I was admitted to NYU, senior spring.
High school EC's: Football (varsity with no intention of playing in college), parli debate (used to do MT/MUN but preferred debate), writer/editor for the school newspaper (oldest HS paper in the country), student council dorm representative, a few other smaller clubs</p>

<p>Current School: Stern '17. I applied to BPE but didn't get it (and super glad that I didn't; I know a bit more about the program than most people on CC are going to, so feel free to ask away)
FA: Not applicable. Small merit scholarship from my mom's job. Loans.
Chose between: Stern, UNC Chapel Hill, Mich, Wesleyan
Why I chose Stern: Decided that I wanted to do undergrad business. Didn't like Wesleyan when I visited. Stern > Kenan Flagler, and while Stern and Ross are basically equal, I liked the idea of 1. being in NYC and 2. being in a bschool for all four years (as opposed to ross, where you start in LSA). I also got denied preadmit to ross and wanted to be certain I would be in a business program
College ECs: NYU Parliamentary Debate Union, NYU Local (haven't gotten super involved in Stern clubs yet but I plan on it). Will likely go for one of the business frats at some point (AKPsi or BAP, not sure yet), but I don't know a ton about either yet.
Classes I'm taking right now: Calc I in CAS, Statistics + Regression Forecasting Models ("6-credit stats") in Stern, Latin American Global Cultures in LSP, Commerce and Culture in Stern
GPA: Final grades aren't out yet, but my freshman fall is going to be somewhere between a 3.5 and a 4.0. I'm expecting around a 3.7 (if you care, Dean's List at stern is a 3.6+)</p>

<p>Ask me anything!</p>

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<p>Did you receive a satisfying financial aid package?
Can you describe a detailed break down of your financial aid?
I got accepted into CAS under ED, but I got barely any financial aid. I hope it’ll change when I file FAFSA. I just wanted to hear from other students. Thank you!</p>

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<p>I didn’t receive an FA package. Both my parents work full time as lawyers, so I didn’t fill out a FAFSA (knowing I wouldn’t qualify for need-based aid); I had to take out loans because my dad was between jobs.</p>

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<p>Would you mind chancing me for stern? Im very paranoid about admissions. Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Religion: Sikh
Languages: Fluent English, Hindi, Punjabi and knowledge of spanish like very basic spanish</p>

<p>SAT:</p>

<p>1st try 2070:
Critical Reading: 630
Math: 760
Writing: 680</p>

<p>2nd try 2190:
Critical Reading: 640
Math: 750
Writing: 800</p>

<p>took the sat again (anticipating a 740+ reading)</p>

<p>Superscore: 2200 hopefully a 2300+ after last sat</p>

<p>Math 1: 750
Math 2: 690 (not sending)</p>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p>8th grade (took some high school courses in 8th grade): </p>

<p>Algebra1 Honors: 84… Regents score: 90
Earth Science Honors: 87… Regents score: 92
Spanish 1: 88… Proficiency score: 92</p>

<p>9th grade:</p>

<p>English Honors: 84
Global Studies Honors: 83
Geometry Honors: 86… regents score 85
Living Environment Honors: 87… regents score 96
Spanish 2: 83
Food and Nutrition 1: 93
Computer Apps 1: 100
Computer Apps 2: 95
Survey of Fine Arts (Art): 92
Phys ed.: 91
Phys ed 2nd semester: 91</p>

<p>10th grade: </p>

<p>English Honors: 84
Global History Honors: 88… regents score 96</p>

<p>Psychology: 84
Algebra 2 and Trig Honors: 85 regents score: 92
Chemistry Honors: 79 (I know this is horrible but my teacher hated me) regents score 90
Spanish 3: 84 regents score: 87
Survey of Fine Arts (Music): 97
Physical Education: 98
Physical Education 2nd semester: 90
Health: 92</p>

<p>11th grade</p>

<p>Ap Psychology: 91
SAT prep (math): 94
SAT prep (LA): 90
College Precalc: 90
English Honors: 88 Regents Score: 85
College Spanish: 89
Intm. Spanish Conv: 81
AP US History: 92 Regents Score: 99
Self Defense I: 91
Self Defense II: 91
Physics Regents: 95 Regents Score: 90</p>

<p>12th grade (so far)</p>

<p>Ap calculus ab: 91
Sports Marketing: 94
Business Law: 100
Ap Economics: 93
Ap gov: 91
Britlit/Scifi: 95
College marketing: 96
Physicsl education: 90
Ap Biology: 90</p>

<p>Weighted GPAs (my school doesnt do unweighted)
8th grade gpa: 89.1833
9th grade: 90.0667
10th grade: 88.6143
11th grade: 96.0267
12th grade: 98.86 so far</p>

<p>I took a NYU precollege course over the summer and took a business course and got an A in it. Also took a non credit college writing workshop at NYU. I also made the NYU precollege ambassador program, in which we spread nyu precollege to other student who don’t know about it. (I’m the only person applying to stern from the NYU ambassador program)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Interact club in 11th grade
Equality club in 11th grade and treasurer this year
Autism club in 11th grade and vice president this year
Started the wall street club in my school so founder/president
60 hours volunteering at a religion camp
150 hours volunteering/interning at a physical therapy clinic
350 hours Shadowed a doctor for 6 months
30 hours of tutoring middle schoolers
Im in a junior sikh leadership coalition
I worked at at a kitchen store many hours a week for 9-10 grade. I manage the accounting and finances.
I also worked at another kitchen many hours a week for 11th grade. I also manage the accounting and finances here too.
Interned at an insurance company as a financial manager.
Interning at a tax place
Interned for an accountant
Tutored kids for free at boys and girls club
cross country freshman and sophomore year
I also go to the gym a lot (i dont know if this would count)</p>

<p>Awards/ Honors: going to be in the honor society next year. Principal Lists. Scholar Athletes. </p>

<p>My guidance counselors knows my drive and is going to give me an excellent recommendation letter, my physics teacher will give me an amazing one, My global teacher i think gave me a good one. My business teacher from nyu wrote me an okay one, and my writing teacher wrote me an amazing one.</p>

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<p>i wonder who this is, can’t possibly be oliver</p>

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<p>So did you not take any AP classes until Senior year? That’s what I’m doing and I’m kind of sad about it, because a lot of people are saying I’ve made a horrible mistake. I’m thinking this is going to impact my chances of getting into Stern big time.</p>

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<p>Hi FoEver,</p>

<p>Do you know how easy it is to change your major in CAS?</p>

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