<p>California Resident
Race: Mexican
Gender: Female
SAT: N/A
ACT: N/A
GPA: Weighted 4.1, Non-weighted 3.49
Rank: Top 20%
AP/IB Courses taken/going to take:
AP U.S. History, AP Gov, AP Psychology, IB Econ, AP Calculus, IB Biology, IB World History, IB Spanish, IB Literature
Academic Involvement: IB Diploma Candidate, AVID
Extracurriculars: Editor-and-Chief of Yearbook, President of the AVID Club, Creator/President of a club, Member of Key Club, Member of MECHA, Member of Speech and Debate, Dance for two years, and Varsity Swim for two years.
Volunteering: Over 200 hours of volunteer work at a UC helping international students, and various hours throughout the community</p>
<p>I really want to attend NYU, but I am worried that my GPA is holding me back... Thanks, I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me where I stand. </p>
<p>your UW GPA is low as compared to your weighted so it shows that your grades are inflated, which will be a problem. It will be somewhat mitigated by your course load, but not to the point where you could call your GPA a strength rather than setback. Your class rank is also a bit low. @ImNYUobsessed you don’t need SATs or ACTs for NYU; they’re test flexible so you could apply using one of the traditional options, or scores from AP, IB, or SAT Subject tests (as well as an IB diploma or another nationally recognized test. Specifics are here: <a href=“Standardized Tests”>Standardized Tests). </p>
<p>Oh okay sorry for the ignorance haha
I agree with @xdxdaustin that the UW GPA is on the low side but that is easily balanced out by your extra curriculars and volunteer hours.
NYU is one of those schools that weight essays and ECs more than GPA. As long as your junior and senior year courses look good and you show that you can handle a college course load, you’ll make a competent candidate.</p>
<p>@ImNYUobsessed That’s not true. They care about stats a lot. They’re very straightforward in that regard. They have a holistic admissions process but they will still reject applicants on the basis of academics. </p>
<p>@ImNYUobsessed Thanks! I have not taken my SAT or ACT yet. As for my GPA, yes it is way on the low side. I regret not taking things as seriously as I should have. However, I still need to complete my first semester as a junior and I still have next semester. What score do you suggest is a pretty solid SAT and ACT score considering the GPA I do have, I need to get a much better test score. </p>
<p>I’d say with your GPA (ECs are great) you’d want to get around a 2100 to be on the safe side…but anything above 2000 would be fine as well. Just work hard on getting your GPA up and I’m sure you’ll be fine. =) Good luck this year and next!</p>
<p>Oh and ACT try for over a 30, preferably around a 32…just what I think after reading a lot of these threads anyway. I’m not sure of myself since I just made one of these topics, lol</p>
I agree with @ImNYUobsessed. They place a lot of attention to your essays I had a couple friends go to NYU Stern and their gpas were around 3.6 for a 3.9+ GPA for Stern and their SATs were average. So you got a shot since average NYU gpa is around 3.7. Don’t let your gpa stop you
You guys are just deluding yourselves. Anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean anything. NYU even acknowledges how much they weight objective stats. Think about how many applicants a large school like NYU receives; it’s very unlikely they’d be forced to make compromises unless it’s an extraordinary circumstance. Sorry to be blunt but nothing about this situation is extraordinary.
I guess the weightage of your application really depends on whihch school you’re applying to. Statistically it is seen that admitted NYU Stern freshman have higher test scores than they have extraordinary essays, but students admitted to schools like Steinhardt, Gallatin, and even the CAS are people with great essays and ECs.
I’m not trying to discount the importance of test scores, all I’m doing is stating the ever-present cliche “you are more than just a number (be it a GPA or an SAT/ACT/IB/AP score).”