<p>Could anyone tell me what my chances are for getting into stern? i submitted my app for early decision yesterday and just wanted to know what the reality of my chances are. </p>
<p>These are my stats - </p>
<p>International student studying in the united arab emirates (U.A.E)
Nationality - Indian
IB predicted score of 40 on 42 -
Math HL 7
Econ HL 7
Business HL 7
Biology Sl 7
Spanish AB initio 6
English SL 6</p>
<p>class rank - top 10 percent.</p>
<p>my SAT superscore is 2210, with CR 740 and Math 770. So math plus critical reading is 1510.</p>
<p>EC's
Founder and Head of Math Tutoring club.
Spent 2 weeks in the summer at a center for autistic adults where i helped them learn arts and crafts skills so they could have employment opportunities. It also inspired me to initiate the Best Buddies Organization at my school, to share my experience and i am also the Leader.
Leader of the world food program fun fair.
Member of Prefect Board
member of U19 varsity football team at the age of 16.
1 month internship at the exlcusive distributor for philip morris products in the U.A.E.
UK delegate at The Hague International Model United Nations, was selected out of 100 applicants.
Senior editor of press club for my school's MUN.</p>
<p>My teacher and counsellor recommendations should be excellent.
Also my school consistently sends students to Ivie's. Its just 5-6 years old but over the past 3 years, my school has sent 4 students to Upenn, 1 to Yale, 3-4 have been accepted at Stern with 2 currently studying there. Our senior year sizes are always less than 100 but not everyone applies to the top schools, usually just 6-7 apply to the best. But this year around 11-12 are applying early to top schools. </p>
<p>I am also applying to Ross school of business (preferred admission) for early action, and to Carnegie mellon for regular decision if my early admissions fail.</p>
<p>I still have 2 days till early admissions close and i was wondering if i should apply to Indiana Kelly school of business as a safety. Could anyone suggest some other schools as well. </p>
<p>NYU is super expensive; and you’re an International student. competition for NYU’s international pool is really stiff, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have a chance. Maybe you should look at UVA? It’s a lot more prestigious than NYU and Ross and has a higher international acceptance rate, not to mention a lot cheaper.</p>
<p>the money isnt a problem, i want to go to stern because its one of the best universities for undergrad finance. how do you think i fare against other international students?</p>
<p>I’m not 100% sure what a 40/45 IB is in terms of percentages, but if your high school transcript shows some grades (in percentages, which I’m sure it does), then NYU can calculate your 4.0 GPA. Which, if you have all As and maybe a few Bs, is very close to a perfect 4. Now…a 3.9-4 GPA and a tough IB curriculum…and your SAT which is the higher end of Stern, I’d say you are a competitive applicant for sure.</p>
<p>my IB score is 40/42, so with the bonus points its 42/45. The princeton review speaker who visited my school said that the IB is considered one of the most rigorous curricula’s by US universities. And my GPA should be around 3.9, i had googled how to convert my score a while back.
BTW thanks a lot guys :)</p>
<p>You have a pretty good chance on paper. Stern has a very large pool of international students and your SAT scores are well in the 1410-1530 range. Being an international student may help or hurt you depending on which school you are applying to. Private schools have seen large growth in international students as they are usually forced to pay full tuition with very little financial aid, if any. While public schools give precedence to in-state and national applicants.</p>
<p>Do you know what profession you are in pursuit of? Most people do not know yet which is completely fine, but if you are focused on something then it gives you a chance to play to their strengths in terms of recruitment.</p>
<p>Schools:
Ivies
MIT
Stanford
UC Berkeley
NYU Stern
UMich Ross
Emory
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>The OP did not specify finance majors in the initial post. Subsequently stating the attractiveness of Stern’s finance program does give light to the fact but again does not restrict application decisions to business schools.</p>
<p>Non-finance majors from these schools place competitively in terms of recruitment and in many cases have deeper network connections depending on the firm they are applying to. I assume the OP’s end goal is to get a job like most students in finance so having as many options on the table as possible only helps.</p>
<p>Im so sorry for not replying. Umm i would like to do investment banking, and thats my reason for doing finance. However, i know things dont always go according to plan. Maybe i may not be good enough or whatever, so in that case i would like to do economics or something math related.</p>