<p>Recently, I've heard a lot of people say that Stern is very numbers-based (as in they care about GPA/SAT the most). Is there any truth behind that statement? If so, which does Stern look for the most, GPA or SAT/SAT IIs?</p>
<p>I'm kinda worried because my GPA isn't very good (around 3.5), and if Stern is very numbers-based, then my chances will be probably be slimmer :(. However, my SAT scores are pretty good, and may be able to outweigh my bad GPA (2310 SAT, 800 Math IIC, 790 Chem, 800 BIO M)</p>
<p>I would say Stern is very numbers based. </p>
<p>My Stats:</p>
<p>3.95 UW GPA
780 Math
760 Reading
800 Writing</p>
<p>NO Sat II’s
Two AP’s (Senior Year)
Few EC’s
Summer Job/Volunteer in Business since Freshman</p>
<p>Stern is highly numbers based. Since so many students apply to Stern, they get to choose only those who have the best applications. Meaning everyone who applies has EC’s, etc. etc. It’s going to be the ones with the higher stats that get in. </p>
<p>However, Your SAT scores are excellent. And NYU allows you to choose which scores you send in. You can send in the SAT OR the 3 SAT II exams. However, you do not have the correct SAT IIs to qualify for this exemption. (Since obviously your SAT II scores are higher). However, if you were to send in both your SAT and SAT II scores, I believe you would stand a good chance. I’m assuming you’re still a junior, so I would suggest doing your best this semester (all A’s) to try and boost your chances.</p>
<p>Agreed with the above.</p>
<p>Depth in EC’s is also very important. You seem to be in the running …</p>
<p>Ok thanks for all the responses everyone. Which kind of GPA does Stern look more at, weighted or unweighted? Because I took lots of APs (8 total if including senior year), and those classes dragged my GPA down a lot. Also, is it a good sign if Stern accepts a lot of people from my school? Over 10 people got accepted to Stern from my school this year.</p>
<p>Unweighted is always valued more because it’s a raw metric. If they see your courseload and you submit a number of strong APs as well, that’ll factor in your favor, but a lot of schools now use wonky metrics to boost weighted GPAs so their results look better compared to the national averages, so for awhile universities have looked at unweighted more carefully.</p>
<p>How much do colleges usually take the APs into account though? For example, would colleges usually prefer someone who takes no AP classes and gets a 4.0 GPA over someone who challenges himself/herself and takes many classes but gets a 3.5 GPA? Also, do colleges look at AP scores? Because while I got mostly Bs in my AP classes, I got all 5s on the AP tests. Most of my AP classes are very difficult, and very few students manage to get A averages (only 1 person out of 30 people got an A in my AP chem class).</p>
<p>If as you indicated 10 (out of ?) students got into Stern from your HS, they are familiar with your curriculum. I can assure you that they will not pick up the kid who had no APs with 4.0 (uw) because they will be aware of the number of APs available. They will see that as this student did not challenge him/her self. Get the best grades that you can this and next semester. You are competitive. Make sure you get depth on your activities, otherwise, it would be seen as you are checking out boxes for the resume. Depth means interest.</p>