How Do I Look? Advice?

Colleges & Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>First of all, I will be a junior in high school this year.</p>

<p>My dream school is NYU. I honestly tell myself that I don't know what I'll do if I'm not accepted there. I hope to major in computer science at CAS. I really want to know what to aim for to get accepted there. However, I hear completely different things about the school, so I'm confused.</p>

<p>Something that worries me most is the SAT scores they want. Seeing their averages in the high 1900s - 2000s kind of intimidates me. I'm confident with how my math will go, and I'm excellent with grammar, so I'm pretty confident with writing, but CR might be a little iffy for me. Honestly, I'm expecting somewhere around 1800, maybe 1900. I hate to do so, but I tend to make stupid errors a lot. If the worst case scenario were to happen and I were to score an 1800, maybe even high 1700s, would I even stand a chance at NYU? I didn't take a PSAT as a sophomore, so I have no idea of how I might do.</p>

<p>In school, I seem to meet what they want. I live in southern California and attend a rather larger high school, which has about 3,500 students. My weighted GPA ending sophomore year was 4.0, and it was 3.7 unweighted, and I ended in the top 10% of my class. I was enrolled in honors math and science my sophomore year. For my junior year, I will be taking honors Pre-Calculus, AP Statistics, and AP Physics. I stay away from advanced English and History as I am not interested in them and struggle with them more than I really should. I have been in the marching band and wind ensemble at my school since freshman year, and our band is pretty successful with a well-known reputation in the "marching band world". I will join a few clubs for junior and senior year to build up my ECs. </p>

<p>I know it's not a lot of information, but I would really like to know if I stand a chance as of how I look now, and how strong that chance is. I believe I look good based on school stats, but how I will perform on tests worries me. </p>

<p>More advice I could use are tips on how to approach the essay portion of the application. That worries me a tad bit, but I consider myself a strong writer. </p>

<p>Also, I have no clue what to do here. I have a dilemma for my senior year. I would like to do band all 4 years, but I am being offered an internship in San Diego for a computer firm next summer. If I took the internship, I would most likely not be able to do band as I would be missing out on too much that they do over the summer. Which would look better on my application, that 4th year of band, or the internship? </p>

<p>Another thing that I'm thinking about is NYU Poly. Would that be a better school for me where I stand a better chance at getting accepted to? I'm applying early decision to NYU, but this stands as my second choice right now. </p>

<p>Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I would appreciate any helpful feedback. If you were accepted to NYU (or even rejected) and you could possibly post your stats, that would be greatly appreciated as well. It really helps me build goals for myself and see how I stack up.</p>

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<p>CAS is largely considered to be just behind Stern in terms of average SAT scores. Most people say shoot 2000+, as 1900s are on the low side of CAS with students having 2000+ scores being allotted spaces in LSP rather than CAS. So it’s true that the 2000+ is an ideal score to have. 1900 is approximately the 25th percentile score (meaning that 25% of students score 1900 or lower) and the 75th percentile is about 2,200 (meaning that 25% of students score 2200 or higher). Meaning that a 2000 SAT score is about average and considered the “norm” for trying to get into CAS. A sub 1900 score is not very likely to gain CAS admission unless other factors (GPA/ECs/hook/etc.) are more weighted than would be expected. This being said, NYU is test “flexible” meaning that you don’t HAVE to submit the SAT IF you take the ACT, 3 AP tests prior to senior year in three different subject/content areas, OR 3 SAT II subject tests in three different subject/content areas. I’ve provided a link for you to read more into NYU’s test policies and what tests they accept:
[Standardized</a> Tests](<a href=“Standardized Tests”>Standardized Tests)</p>

<p>Which essentially means you take a math AP or SAT II, a literature or humanities and another non-language (For example, I believe that it means something such as - AP English Literature, AP Bio and AP History, where the 3rd test can be in any non-language subject)</p>