hey, you. yeah, you. I need your honest opinion, pronto!

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>What do you think are my chances of acceptance at NYU RD? I'm applying to CAS... and please be honest...</p>

<p>Mexican-American Female
Large Public High School
Suburban Houston, TEXAS Area, but born in El Paso and my mom was born in Mexico</p>

<p>Stats:
3.6 Unweighted GPA (had really bad Precalculus grades my sophomore year but I've had a good upward trend in grades since then)
SAT: 3/07 was 690 CR, 590 M, and 650 writing but i took it again in october and think i did better in math and writing at least
SATIIs: will take in december.
ACT: taking it in december
Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>HS Courseload:
APs: US History, Statistics, and English Lit/Comp last year, and taking Government, Macroeconomics, Chemistry, and Calculus AB this year
Honors: all other academic subjects
Everything else: Veterinary Medicine/Animal Science classes, and stuff I had to get out of the way, like speech, pe, etc.
*Also, I was supposed to take Physics Honors this year but they couldn't fit it into my schedule so they put me in ART I and theres nothing I can do about it. bleh.</p>

<p>ECs:
Marching and Concert Band for all 4 years, and the first 3 years I moved from the lowest band to the top band
National Honor Society
SHINE Catholic Work Camp in the summers btwn my freshman/soph years and soph/junior years (it lasted a week and we fixed people's houses up, went to homeless shelters, etc.)
Cross Country my freshman year, which I had to quit because of band (6:00 am cc and 3-5:30 pm band do not mix) BUT i was immediately put on varsity and I plan to do it in college.
Track my sophomore year, only JV though. idk whether to put on app or not, but i really did miss running...
Volunteer work with church and also at stables for disabled/risk at youth</p>

<p>no leadership. yeah, it sucks... i was scared.</p>

<p>Work experience:
Chick-Fil-A from December 2006 to September 2007
Best Friends Pet Resort/Salon from September to now
and I'm getting an internship at a veterinary office sometime this semester. I plan to get certified as a Level I vet assistant by the end of the year.</p>

<p>Awards:
National Hispanic Scholar Finalist
National Merit Commended Student
Spring ISD Point of Pride</p>

<p>Essays: will be exceptional</p>

<p>Recs: good i guess</p>

<p>Major: I really have no idea... i wanna go to med school afterwards and be a dermatologist, so premed and something else... iono.</p>

<p>Thanks to anyone who cares... you're awesome.</p>

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<p>hey you. yeah, you. i'm talking to you! (okay, i'm totally lame).
You have a really good shot it, it seems, with your stats. Your SAT scores have to be raised, especially in math, for CAS, but you have a strong UW GPA for your courseload. The only thing that worries me is that my friend last year had similar stats, but with more leadership and community service, and she got put into GSP after applying regular. That honestly really doesn't even mean anything b/c everyone is different, but you have a really good chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>thanks!</p>

<p>i'm just really nervous about getting in...</p>

<p>esp. after visiting last saturday... i thought people exaggerated when they said "i fell in love with ___ college". but now i know what they mean after visiting nyu... i really really really wanna go and i wouldn't give a crap if they put me in gsp, as long as i get to go. lol. was your friend a URM as well?</p>

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<p>If you really want to go then maybe you should apply for early decision. However, you may want to check with others schools at to fin aid.</p>

<p>Nyu sucks at financial aid, its because they have a large student population and little endowment because they spend a lot of their money. A large endowment doesnt make a great school however, and part of the reason its a bit low is because they didnt want to invest it and take a risk of it going under and becoming bankrupt in the 1990's. Theyve come along way since the 1970's when they were bankrupt.</p>

<p>PM(PRIVATE MESSAGE ME if u like),</p>

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<p>NYU's endowment is not as small as you might think. Per IPEDS at the end of Fiscal 2005 (6/30/05) NYU's endowment was $1,591,687,498. It's certainly not in Harvard's range but 1.6 billion is not to shabby.</p>

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<p>i would apply to early decision but i'm not exactly rich and i wanted to compare fin aid packages with other schools... and if other schools offer me significantly more money than NYU (if i get in) i'd appeal NYUs offer...</p>

<p>thats my plan, anyway.</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty good shot. apply and hope for the best! good luck!</p>

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<p>SAT score update: i got a 660 in math and 670 in writing on October SAT...</p>

<p>so...</p>

<p>superscores: CR+M=1350, CR+M+W=2020</p>

<p>i improved math by 70 points!! :D</p>

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<p>woo! i improved math by 100 points, but my CR and writing went down. yay.</p>

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<p>lol yeah the CR on that sucked.....</p>

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<p>cheez we have the same gpa and sat...do ED</p>

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<p>i can't do ed...</p>

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<p>me either :(</p>

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<p>ok. if i had c's and d's (one b one semester) in math my freshman and sophomore years, am i dead meat? if i had b's my junior year and a's my senior year and a good rec from my calc teacher, will nyu take note of it? i'm so scared of my horrid math grades... bleh.</p>

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<p>i'm not sure how competitive it'll be this year, but your SAT scores would put you in GSP if you were applying last fall. NYU loves diversity so the hispanic background/awards help. i know people in GSP who had scores of 1350 and higher, so be prepared for the medium-sized envelope. NYU has 40,000 freaking applicants, so they do have to cut people by scores, even if they say they don't.</p>

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<p>i'd be honored if i were gsp'd, honestly.</p>