Hello, Stern chance here, please... =)

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Hello, I came to USA 3 years ago from Korea, but have a green card, so i hope i have better chance... and it is confirmed that i am the only person who is doing early decision for stern... weird, isnt it?</p>

<p>Ethnicity : Asian (well, duh. =p)
GPA : 3.85(UW), 4.2(W) => My transcript shows a very steady upward trend.
Rank : Unknown. Our school says that they do not rank, but I think they are lying. If I had to guess, my rank is around top 10% at minimum.</p>

<p>School Level : Very competitive NJ public high school. Ranked top 5 in our county, where as our county is within top 5 of NJ.</p>

<p>SAT : 2210
verbal : 700
math : 780 <----- =(
Writing : 730, essay 12
This score is 370 points higher than my first test... I studied like a rabid goose. =p</p>

<p>SATII : 710 Chem
800 Math II
730 Physics</p>

<p>APs - Junior - AP Calc BC (5), AP Euro (4), AP Music Theory (3)
Senior - AP Macroecon, AP US Gov, AP Stats, AP Physics
(my school does NOT offer APs until Junior year. I know, it's screwed up.)</p>

<p>College Program - Carnegie Mellon (Intro to Robotics - B, Intro to Electrical Computer Engineering - C =/ )</p>

<p>TOEFL : 111 out of 120</p>

<p>EC :
-Student body elected Secretary of Student Council
-Leader of the Math League
-Active participant of Science League
-and Science Olympiad
-Group Leader of Teen Freedom Corp (Volunteering club for our tri-town area)
-Participant, Organizer of Tri-town Senior Citizen Prom
-Organizer of Rouse Run(fund-raiser in Tri-town Area)
-Inaugurating Participant of Tri-town Tutoring Program For Middle-Schoolers
-Senior Clerk, Manager of the DECA-owned School Store
-Participant of MUN club.
-Participant of Multicultural Task Force
-Bass player in 10-piece Jazz Ensemble
-Participant of Environmental Club
-NHS
-peer tutoring system, inaugrural tutor
-Valley Hospital volunteering - Transporting patients, specimens, medicines
-Also, volunteering in Korea.</p>

<p>I started participating in most of these clubs when I became a sophomore.</p>

<p>-Awards
AMC 12 School's highest - sophomore year (118)
AIME - 5
School winner of AMTNJ (AMC in NJ State version)
Bentley Tomorrow 25 program finalist
well, does NHS letter count?</p>

<p>-Volunteer service
Not sure, but definitely 150+, and again, some hours in Korea...</p>

<p>Thank you for your time! I reaaalllly want to go to NYU...</p>

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<p>geese can't get rabies... they aren't mammals</p>

<p>lol i cant really say anything about ur chances though, sorry :P</p>

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<p>maybe 100%%%%%%%%%% :D</p>

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<p>haha thnx guys
ah, interesting. I thought all animals except men could get rabies... but now i figure that it doesnt make sense that human being could be an exception while all mammals can.. lol we all learn things everyday, dont we?</p>

<p>anyone besides the rabies thing? could i get in to stern? Bumpa Bumpa?</p>

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<p>hum...i'd say u hv a 60-70% shot at stern. that's just my own 2 cents. ur sats r up there...upward trending gpa is good...seems like u got a handful of good acitivites and extracurricular commitments. going ED would help too.</p>

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<p>thank you, tunit. I appreciate your replying.</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>