*****NYU Early Decision 2 Class of 2020 Discussion*****

@booyakah

GPA: 3.5UW // 4.15W
SAT: 680CR, 770M, 690W
Rank : Unavailable
Demographics : Asian, Male, Income 250k+
APs (also submitted):

  • AP World History (5)
  • AP Environmental Science (4)
  • AP Physics B (5)
  • AP Calculus BC (5)
  • AP US History (4)
  • AP Macroeconomics (5)
  • AP Microeconomics (4)
  • AP Seminar (3)
  • AP Statistics (5)
  • AP Physics C Mechanics (4)
  • AP Physics C (E&M) (2)

Also took 1 IB and several other high rigor courses (PLTW and Multivariable Calculus)

Senior Schedule:
AP Government, IB Business and management, AP Capstone Research, IB Psychology, IB Film, Independent Study, Finite Math (college level)

Volunteer Hours: 300
ECs:

  • Member of FIRST robotics team (2 years)
  • Member of school newspaper web staff (1 year, won two national level awards)
  • DECA (3rd at internationals)
  • SIFMA Stock Market Game (top 10 out of 15,000 participants)
  • Managed in school cafe and spirit store generating $10,000 in monthly revenue.

@pizzaandpeonies

Well, if you got the change, then clearly they saw something in you.

My NYU Shanghai interviewer actually clarified this for me. So basically each campus views applications independently so each applicant has a chance of getting accepted into more than one. Applying ED 2 binds you to New York University and its Global Network. Since my primary campus choice was NYC and not Shanghai, if I were accepted at both and or rejected at my 1st choice(NYC) but accepted at Shanghai it is no longer binding and I have 25 days to accept the offer. @adreamer22 @theniqqa23

@SquadGoals @theniqqa23 That’s strange, because I read when I was doing my ED1 application that if you were accepted to your first pick school, it is automatically binding to that first pick if you are accepted. Even though they still count your SH application (which is why the acceptance rate is so artificially low), they wouldn’t even truly consider you for admission unless your first pick rejected you. Also keep in mind that your interviewer most likely was an alum who did not have much experience in admissions other than interviewing and passing on information, so he may have given you some incorrectb information. Either that or NYU started doing something that’s contrary to what was indicated on the website and Common App.

And just to inform you – if you’re planning on majoring in business and they somehow DO allow you to pick one of the two, you should pick Stern with little to no scholarship over NYUSH. Business is a major where a school’s network and location is one of the most, if not the most important aspects of the education. Although both would allow you to receive NYU degrees, Stern is distinctly more elite than a business degree from NYUSH, and you would receive more internship opportunities/job recruitment opportunities due to its huge New York network (Unless you can speak both English and Chinese fluently, the university’s Chinese connections in business won’t do you much good in landing a high-quality job.) Of course take this with a grain of salt, that’s just my opinion on the matter. But you SHOULD know that a Stern degree, a NYUSH business degree and a Gallatin business degree are very different, even if NYU advertises NYUSH and Gallatin as “NYU degrees.”

Yup Just like @SquadGoals said. If accepted into both, it is no longer binding. If you are accepted to your 2nd or 3rd, it is also no longer binding.

Guys!!! I got the housing change! I applied for CAS econ and has an ACT of 31 and 3.81 unweighted GPA. I’m also 10% of class for weighted GPA. I think I have pretty strong extracurricular and I mentioned it in my essay too

Hello i am currently applying to NYU
I have a 3.5 GPA
Went to a trade school, maintained a 99 Average and graduated with a degree of mastery
graduated high school with around a 3.0 GPA (so like 88 or something)
Volunteered over 100 hours in hospitals, doctors offices, animal shelters, public library, and working with the mentally handicapped, performed 20 community service hours to graduate high school ( helping out my neighbor, cleaning gutters, mowing lawn etc etc),

Extracurricular: participated in a blood drive in my medical assisting class, participated in stage crew 2-3 times each year from 9-12th grade, varsity football, Phi Theta Cappa honor society member, high school band in 9th grade, participated in health knowledge bowl ( basically jeopardy but medical terminology and procedures) and placed 1st in counties and 2 in states, Certified Phlebotomist Medical assistant and EKG Tech, CPR certified and certified life guard
low sat score ( unfortunately 1400 or something) never took ACT, got a D in calculus but retaking it now

How are my chances and how hard to i have to work to apply

Hey guys, has anyone applying to a school OTHER than CAS received a housing change? Because I feel like only CAS kids so far have reported a change. Is this trend correct or are there any other school applicants (Gallatin/LSP/Stern etc) who have gotten a change?

@trign0metry I applied to Stern and got a housing change on the 21st.

You can be accepted to all the campuses you apply. In that case you will have to go to your primary campus of choice. The only way to waive this is through financial constraints. This will allow you look towards the second choice. If that doesn’t work out, you can back out in 25 days time.

@theniqqa23 I leaning towards Actuarial Sciences so that’s why I’m more interested in Mathematics/Economics.

Ah I see, well then math/econ would be justified. @ZainSD

What do you guys get when you click on “Access application” on housing.nyu.edu/apply?

GUYS! I got the housing change! :o

@collegesaywht123 Can you access the housing application now and start filling it?

Umm, it says Brooklyn Freshman and there’s a button ‘access application’. Should I click it? Didn’t NYU say not to fill the form? @spikethecowboy

Oops! I was unaware. I didn’t submit it. Thankfully. @collegesaywht123

What were your stats?

Umm, nothing that great. 2070 SAT, 720 Physics, 740 Math. I’m an international student and we don’t have GPA but I’ve been in the top 1/8th this year.
ECs are good, not extraordinary. Pretty pleased with my essays, too.
What about you? @spikethecowboy

Has anyone like researched real well on the older threads and knows about the surety of the housing change?

@collegesaywht123

I’m an international student, too.

There was no mention of housing in last year’s thread.(It was mentioned in the RD thread.) But it seems that a change to freshman does indeed mean that you’re in.

Honestly, the whole process is a crapshoot. I’ve seen people with 2260 get rejected, and I’ve also seen people with 1900 get in.(my source is the internet, though. Who knows?)

If I did not receive a housing change, does it imply that I would be rejected? And also, will the housing status update in the next few days or weeks? I’m so screwed…