I keep getting rejected, what is my problem and do I have any chance for Stern?

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So I don’t know what I did wrong but I can’t catch a break I guess. I don’t know if I am super unlucky or what but so far I have been rejected from UPenn and deferred from UVA. I got in Villanova Business school honor but it is not a top choice of mine (still a pretty good school). NYU stern is by far my #1 choice but based off my history I now feel like I have no chance. Here is my stuff below if you could “chance me”

Race: White

Gender: Male

State: Colorado

Grades: 3.97 Unweighted 4.3 Weighted

Class rank: 7/506 (Top 5 public school in Colorado)

Senior Year classes: AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Econ

AP Test grades: AP Bio 4, AP Psych 5, AP World History 5, AP Environmental 4, AP Lang 5

ACT: 35 (36 all sections except 33 Math) 10 Writing

SAT: N/A

SAT II: N/A

ECs: Founded my own complementary tutoring company for underprivileged youth in my area (350 hours)

Lifeguard: Life guard 30 hours a week during breaks and part of the year (1400 hours)

Global learners and Leaders program: traveled across europe to find solutions to problems in the American education system and met with famous figures like Sir Ken Robinson.

Science Olympiad state team: Made it to state in Anatomy, Hydrogeology and Helicopter

Youth Congress: Met with the district attorney to present solutions to the high suicide rate in our community

Dog fostering + volunteering: and other 40 hours volunteer for this, nothing special

Leadership intern for national inventors hall of fame

NHS Founder of Investing club at my school

Varsity Swimmer

Awards: Academic all state swim team Ap Scholar with distinction National Merit Commended Academic Letter at school Science Olympiad state

Essays Common app: 8/10 About how I am clumsy and used that to find deficiencies in my life to repair, not great but good

NYU supplement: 5/10 Well written but standard, I can send them to you if you want to read them

Letters of Rec Teacher: Bio was excellent and talked about me and my science background on a very good light. Physics teacher wrote standard but pretty good letter of rec

Counselor: Form/10 there are too many kids so the counselor uses a form, but she gave me the highest marks possible on the form

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Maybe those colleges detected a certain attitude in your application that they didn’t like.

Edit: I see you updated that comment.

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When someone’s not sure they’re getting into their dream school, the answer isn’t to beg the internet for reassurance. It’s to love your safeties. Your NYU app is submitted. All you can do now is wait. And perhaps hunt down an extra last minute safety if you won’t attend Villanova.

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You have multiple posts asking the same basic question. Nobody can tell you anything more than you just have to wait it out like everyone else. Sounds like you should have put more effort into the essays to make your application as strong as possible.

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You have an impressive resume. But I’m sure you realize that you were one of many, many very well-qualified applicants to Penn that received a “no”. It’s a similar, though not as extreme, story as an out-of-state applicant at UVa. Keep your chin up…the vast majority of students love the college they eventually attend and forget about the others.