Final Official 2012 Ed Results Thread - With Stats!!

<p>Post here when you receive your acceptance/rejection letter so we can have a nice coherent thread for future access!!</p>

<p>FOR CORRECT FORMATTING, REMOVE THE SPACES FROM THE BRACKETS</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ *] Date you received envelope:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>NYU doesn't defer ED. It's only accept or reject.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!! CAS 2012!!! don't know how to format this thread...don't care!!!
ACCEPTED CAS ED</p>

<p>States: GPA 3.68 UW 4.24 W
SAT I's 770 reading, 550 Math (Hope for you all) 720 reading
SAT II's 780 History, 750 Literature
Rank 20 percentile (huge competitive public school)
ACT 29
APs 6
IBs none</p>

<h1>Apps from schoool (10 as of now maybe 4 ED)</h1>

<p>ECs listed on app: Summers studying Creative Writing at various Universities, editor 2 newsletters, 4 years volunteering Old folks home, Model UN, Governors school nominee, Honor societies (3)
Job/Work Experience: part-time reatil 16 hours week
Essays (subject and responses): Were real tight (but contraversial Paid consultant told me not to send in HAH) Short answers were really good.<br>
Teacher Recs: Refered to me as "best writer that he'd come accross in 20 years of teaching
Counselor Rec: two pages and personal (she usually does a paragraph so she says)
No Interview
Hook: heavy writing focus (to offset horrible math SAT's) Took courses at NYU this summer and got A's
White/Female/NJ
Strengths: writing
[ *] Weaknesses: Math test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: really tight application, lots of thought, great rec's, and Already had NYU transcript from summer
envelope received 12/14</p>

<p>EXHALE....good news for all your borderline applicants, thought when the GSP letter didn't come I was out of luck! Also I was really excited about my second choice school. Kinda Zen but...you go where you're meant to go</p>

<p>Many thanks for everyone listening to my rants you've all made this REALLY tough time possible!</p>

<p>See you in Washington Square! Ignore TYPOS I'm trembling!!!!</p>

<p>I got in ^_^ class of 2012. Accepted CAS ED, majoring in economics and journalism.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3 weighted, 3.0 or 3.1 unweighted
SAT I's 700 reading, 690 Math 690 reading
SAT II's 750 History 730 Literature
APs 4, but I got a 1 in computer science
IBs none</p>

<h1>Apps from schoool (40 as of now 6 are ED)</h1>

<p>ECs listed on app: Volunteer for the World Health Organization, 4 years robotics, 4 years volunteering at St. Peters University, Model UN, Photo Club, Literary magazine.</p>

<p>Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about my experience in China, people on this forum told me it was terrible. Personal Statements were mad good.
Teacher Recs: 1 from my English teacher, and 1 from my economics teacher who used to be a journalist. Both were relevant to my field of study.
Counselor Rec: No idea.
Hook: I'm guessing the World Health Organization thing? I got accepted into the summer program but I didn't end up going.
Asian/Male/NJ
Strength: Writing, this probably got me in.
Weakness: My grades. I have an 88 weighted GPA, and two years of a foreign language that I barely passed. Also, I almost failed gym in 9th grade.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no clue. Somebody must be smiling from above.
Envelope received 12/14/07</p>

<p>I never thought in a million years I could get in. There's still hope for everyone out there, good luck. I just copied the format of the poster above me, I'm going out to celebrate. PEACEEEEEEEEEEEEE</p>

<p>I'm expecting the letter tomorrow :[
I'm so nervoussss
What did the envelope look like?
OH GOD THE PAIN OF WAITINGGGGGGGGG!</p>

<p>I know, totally freaking out about it, since I still didn't get anything from NYU. What did it look like? Big package?</p>

<p>Big Package with a purple folder filled with information...its really nice</p>

<p>I might as well fill out the rest.</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
Fee Waiver Used?: Of course
SAT I (by section): :[ 1850 (600 M, 600 Cr, 650 W)
SAT IIs: Don't even want to list them xD
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No idea about W, but 3.5 UW
Rank: 27/600
ACT:
APs (including this year's): 5
IBs (including this year's: As if my school offered them.
Senior Yr Courseload: All AP, except Italian.
Number of Apps from Your School: I would imagine around 15 or so. (Maybe 2 or 3 ED)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Honorable Mention at Long Island Science Congress, Honorable Mention - Toshiba Exploravision (Two years), 1st Place in the District Science Fair, Honorable Mention - DuPont. We're all still waiting for the Intel results. </p>

<p>ECs listed on app: Research Club, Peer Tutoring, Science Olympiads, School Beautification, Badminton (which I've been playing for about 5 years now)
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor at Camp Invention, Research assistant at Brookhaven National Lab
Essays (subject and responses): I was told my essay was outstanding, it was about my summer research at Brookhaven nat'l lab, and how the only time i met my 'mentor' was at a barbecue.
Teacher Recs: Outstanding to say the least, I really felt like an individual when reading them.
Counselor Rec: Amazing!
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research/Intel/etc.</p>

<p>State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public, not very competitive -_- (It's only competitive in the top 10%, everyone else just does drugs and stuff)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 0 dollars (so I'm EOP :], my dad has a lawsuit, which has yet to be settled, so my income is officially 0. YATAH!)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Research/Intel
Weaknesses: GPA is a tad low
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Don't know yet >.>
Date you received envelope: Tomorrow :]<3</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): CR 680/M660/W670
[<em>] SAT IIs: USHISTORY 630/ MATHI 650
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: we only have unweighted 3.8
[<em>] Rank: 12/598
[</em>] ACT:--
[<em>] APs (including this year's): APUS-4 APLANCOMP-4 APCALCAB-4
also ap lit and comp, ap econ, ap chem, ap psyche
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:--
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:very tough.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: no eds that i know of, around 10 RD i would guess
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): MD Distinguished Scholar Honorable Mention,
AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
president of theatre society
secretary of national art honor society
co captain of marching band colorguard
committee chairman of NHS
5th overall in MD state chemathon
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: filing at Orthopedic and Hand Surgery Associates
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I chose the creative work one and wrote about how the book THE BELL JAR influnced me to become a psychiatrist, it was pretty bad ass if i do say so myself.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good i guess?, never read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ditto above
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):--
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):--
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): pretty average public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): --
[<em>] Strengths: essay, ap scores, gpa, ecs
[</em>] Weaknesses: sats
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: my essay totally sealed the deal
[</em>] Date you received envelope: 12/14
[/ul]
Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>you will all know soon enough and i've seen enough stats to know that a lot of you are getting in, see you there!</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:
NYU School: Stern
SAT/ACT: 1490 / 2140
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 670 Physics, 750 Math I
GPA (w/uw): 4.15 W / 3.71 UW
Rank (# out of #) or %: 47/682
Total AP's/IB's taken: 2 Junior, 5 Senior</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty Amazing (I think)
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Not Sure
Major EC's: President & Co-Founder of Investment Club, VP of JSA, and on JSA State Cabinet
Hook (if any): Internship at Boutique Investment Bank, Awesome Rec from Columbia Business School Professor (did summer program there)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: around 200K
Gender: Male
Intended Major: Finance</p>

<p>BUMP BuMP No Highjackin just the facts.... (keep congratulations to a minimum, there are two other posts for that) the RD kids and class of 2013 will want this thread</p>

<p>Adding the accepted NYU school (CAS, Stern, Tisch, Gallatin, Steinhardt) to the template would be helpful, because different schools use different evaluation process.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Stern</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] NYU School: Stern
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 600/620/560
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780/750/680
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W:4.0 UW:3.8
[</em>] Rank:9/277
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Taking 6, Spanish-4 USHist-2 (Woops)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: most rigorous available
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: zero for ED
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): spanish awards, scholar-athlete, principles honor roll, blah blah
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: track,xc,key club,nhs,dance team,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: internship at insurance company
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): i think my essay was unique and insightful
[</em>] Teacher Recs: think were ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec:think were ok
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):great
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): im sexy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: orange county, ny
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large middle class subrurbian
[</em>] Ethnicity: mexican
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and 1st gen.
[</em>] Strengths: everything on my app, uniqueness, passion for major
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT's
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i think i wrote really passionate short answers and essay about international business
[li] Date you received envelope: dec 10th[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i thought i wasnt going to get in bc of my sat scores...turns out i got into stern probably cause i was really passionate about international business.</p>

<p>CAS journalism!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 1960 R: 670 M: 580 W: 710
[<em>] SAT IIs: Lit: 580 US: 670<br>
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 92.53 UW W: I don't know
[<em>] Rank: 42/315
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 7
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP Art History, AP Bio, AP literature, college calculus, symphony orchestra
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I think 0 ED
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): regents with advanced designation, academic letter that's about it lol.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: nyu precollege for journalism, VP symphony orchestra , treasurer of DECA, spanish honor society, and more ( I submitted a resume)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: library for a short period of time
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): really good and unique essay in my opinion, I wrote about being an african american in a white neighborhood and how I was ostracized by the black people in my school for being "too white" and how I read Vogue and learned about Coco Chanel's uniqueness and how she wasn't afraid to be different during her time period, which gave me confidence to be different at my school. Sounds better in the essay lol.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read but probably good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good ( I assume)
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[ <em>] State or Country: Long Island, New York
[ ] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: not sure how to answer bracket wise, but well off. I guess?
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[ *] Strengths: grades, Essay, personal qualities, really determined and hard worker
[ *] Weaknesses: Math SAT score.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I believe that I had a very well rounded application, and my personality and uniqueness were evident. Even though I am not a genius, I think it was clear that I've worked hard all my life and am a dedicated student.
[</em>] Date you received envelope: 12/14
[/ul]
Other Factors:*
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: good luck everyone! Today was the happiest day of my life! I cried so much when I got my acceptance letter, I'm very proud of myself and I'm so happy that all my hard work paid off. This is my dream school and I'm so excited!!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Stern</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760 CR 740 M 660 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: Phy MathII Chem 800 800 800
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Different system
[<em>] Rank: Don't know
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's):
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Real heavy on basketball, was secretary, vice cap and cap in different years, X country, lost of community service
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about how i'm a wayfarer, i seriously don't know how that worked in my favour, but yeah. And i kinda combined a few of the prompts they gave us t write the essay, but does it matter? They probably only scanned through the essays anyway, as long as we're comprehensible...
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Math teacher definitely gave good ones, my English teacher (she's also my teacher counselor) erm, although i consistently top her class, i don't pay attention most of the time and always make stupid comments, so i have no idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Refer above
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): International? Who can pay?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]Singapore
[<em>] State or Country: Singapore
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, one of the best in the country
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International who can afford t pay
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: International who can pay, nuff' said!
[</em>] Date you received envelope: 13/12
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:I can't wait, i can't stand my stuffy country! <em>oops</em></p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Steinhardt!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT I (by section):[/li]CR- 610
M- 670
W- 640</p>

<p>[li] SAT IIs: in the low 500s</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted=3.6 weighted= no idea</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 15 out of 246 i think</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: didn't take the act.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] APs: only one AP all throughout high school; AP psychology.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IBs: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Yr Courseload: AP psychology, honors anatomy, the rest are advanced classes</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Number of Apps from Your School: only me for ED</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): mt. holyoke book award, national honor society, national hispanic scholar. that's it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] ECs listed on app:[/li] um, about 200 community service hours. orchestra, drama club, dance, volunteer teaching theatre to middle schoolers, piano, performing in plays outside of high school.</p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: the BK lounge! (burger king) all summer. 40 hrs a week.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays (subject and responses): ** i'm pretty sure this is what got me in: i wrote about being adopted, but never really appreciating the United States until i met a hispanic lady at work. it's kind of hard to explain why it's a great essay. it just, really came from my heart, and i think people can tell when they read it. idk, i guess you'd have to read it to fully understand. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: um they're ok. not great though.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: ugh, the lady hates me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Location/Person:**</p>

<ul>
<li><p>State or Country: CT</p></li>
<li><p>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): it's a pretty good school, i think. not spectacular though</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: hispanic.</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: female</p></li>
<li><p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): well, i'm full blooded Honduran (latino). so yea, that's probably why...</p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted: because i nailed my essay and short answers and really showed them my personality and values.</p></li>
<li><p>Date you received envelope: 12/14/07 (three days after it was sent).</p></li>
</ul>

<p>**Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN: congratulations!!</p>

<p>TO EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T GET IN: i'm sorry. i don't know how you feel, so i can't say that it is ok. there's really not much that can be said to console people in this type of situation. just make best friends with Ben and Jerry this weekend, and watch the movie "Accepted."</p>

<p>TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO APPLY FOR REGULAR DECISION THIS YEAR (2008), FALL 2009, 2010, OR WHENEVER: good luck! just nail the essay and the short answers. really show them who you are. don't be afraid to take a risk when writing about yourself. a lot of times, passion goes a lot farther than just talent. **</p>

<p>peace. keep in touch! i guess? lol idk. <3</p>

<p>my bad 10 char</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO STERN</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 760 Verbal, 710 Writing.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Korean, 650 Literature, 640 US History.
[<em>] GPA: Weighted and Unweighted: 3.72 Weighted, 3.65 Unweighted.
[</em>] Rank: Top 25% of 650.
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 7 total.
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Very rigorous, 4 AP classes.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 including myself. 2 accepted, 1 still waiting.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, Honor Rolls, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, treasurer for Interact Club, lacrosse, student government.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Teacher's assistant at a local Korean school, restuarant cashier/waitress.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good, only one drafting - about a vacation trip to Thailand where I went parasailing and overcame my fear of heights, which led to being more openminded about other things...idk.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Spanish teacher whom I had for three years - very good, she loves me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also very good - despite a class of 650 kids, I made it a point to visit his office regularly so he got to know me by senior year.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA.
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive public high school - everybody in the top 10% has a weighted GPA of over 4.1.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean, but born in Philadelphia.
[<em>] Gender: Female.
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60k.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: They probably couldn't pass up the perfect math score, in my opinion, because nothing else stands out much.
[*] Date you received envelope: December 13th - two days after the postmarked date.[/ul]</p>

<p>Been a lurker for sometime and thought I should post to help everyone else gauge their "chances" :]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Stern </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 690M, 780CR,660W
[<em>] SAT IIs:MathIIC=680, Bio=720
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:3.6UW, 4.0W
[<em>] Rank:N/A
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's):7 APs total
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:5 APs
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: only a few
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:Volunteering, etc
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Job with a brokerage house
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty unique & related to major
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:OK
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):N/A
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Semi-competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] Income Bracket:N/A
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):First gen
[<em>] Strengths:not really sure
[</em>] Weaknesses:low GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:No idea but happy I got in!
[</em>] Date you received envelope:12/15
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Good luck everyone</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to the College of Arts and Science! </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760 writing, 750 english, 740 math
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 literature, 690 biology
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: won't make sense because my (boarding) school is ridiculous.
[<em>] Rank: haha NOT ranked.
[</em>] ACT: didn't take it
[<em>] APs (including this year's): didn't take any!
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: all electives
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: early apps? probably 3-5. regular apps? usually 60-70.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: dance, dance, more dance (ballet, modern, jazz, directing dance shows, etc). some newspaper writing. community service, of course. senior leadership positions.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: medical office
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): based on a quirky experience abroad a summer ago. very nyu-like.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: two, didn't read either but both were probably great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: again, didn't read it, but it was probably great
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): my high school is really well-known and rigorous
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: california, went to school in massachusetts
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): boarding school. prestigious.
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: dance, writing, biology
[<em>] Weaknesses: math
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: LUCK! and a good essay :) and applying early certainly helped - i would NOT have gotten in regular.
[li] Date you received envelope: 12/15/2007[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: * i feel so lucky. and now i just can't wait to graduate HS and move into NYC!!!</p>