High School GPA for NYU?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm looking at my high school gpa, and my entire gpa from freshman-junior is being held down because of my freshman year grades. i was stupid and immature, messing around freshman year. without freshman year, my gpa looks decently good. Do you think nyu will see my gpa (w/freshman yr) and throw me out without looking at the rest of my application because i did not make "the cutoff gpa"? although my sophomore and junior years both show an improvement, i really don't want to ruin my chances just because i screwed up freshman year...
Freshman Year: half B's, half C's
Sophomore Year: mostly B's and A's
Junior: Mostly B's and A's</p>

<p>*again, my main question is based off of whether or not they will throw me out automatically because they see my gpa with freshman year included.</p>

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<p>You havnt given us enough info. NYU will be looking at the rigor of your classes, class rank, SAT scores and ECs in addition to GPA. </p>

<p>And much depends on whether you need aid, that’s when lower grades are a big problem.</p>

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<p>My sister got into NYU with a 3.9 and 29 ACT. What is your overall GPA? You never gave us a number.</p>

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<p>I have a 3.65 UW and a 4.1 W</p>

<p>Mostly Honors and APs… good enough rigor?</p>

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<p>Taking most AP and honors courses is almost a prerequisite for consideration. I’m sure a 3.6-3.7 would be good enough for NYU, but I’m not sure.</p>

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<p>A 3.65 is right in line with the top 50% of admits. <a href=“Research with Human Subjects”>Research with Human Subjects;

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<p>GPA W/9th GRADE (9-11): 3.28 WEIGTHED
GPA W/O 9th GRADE (10-11): 3.8 WEIGHTED
as you can see, my freshmen grades hold down my gpa ALOT. i’m wondering whether NYU will only look at the 3.2 gpa and cut me cause i don’t make the gpa cut. will they see that i have dramatically improved in 10th and 11th grade? </p>

<p>this is of course w/out SAT’s in picture.</p>

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<p>If you need a lot of financial aid, you are not aiming for admission; you are aiming for a large merit scholarship. NYU’s need-based financial aid is unlikely to be sufficient for a needy student, although some foolishly take on huge amounts of debt to attend.</p>