Hello guys, so the results for NYU is coming up so fast and I feel like it would be super useful for people to put in their stats after whatever their results were.
Accepted into CAS today as a Physics major and an astronomy minor. I’ve lived in NYC all my life, and plan on commuting.
GPA: 90.6
SAT: 1270 (superscored, 700 English, 570 math)
ACT: 25
Ethnicity: First generation college student, both of my parents are Ghanaian immigrants (west Africa). I applied with HEOP but didn’t get an interview…?
APs: Calculus, English, and US History (3/5 of the AP classes that my school offers, and my school only allows that students take 3 at a time)
ECs: Gaming club for three years, Sports theory club, tutoring, and teaching children’s Sunday school at my church since 2015. Plus, I’ve had an internships every single summer since college began (I attached my resume to my college application)
Essay: I wrote about the irony how I want to study space, but have never actually seen a star before (due to light pollution in the city, but also financial barriers in my home area). I made sure that my passion for astronomy really left an impression. My why NYU response was about admiring NYU from afar, but realizing that my work ethic would help me fit right in.
Rec’s: One of my former employers from an internship, my guidance counselor, my AP English teacher and my AP US teacher
Accepted Steinhardt as an Applied Psychology major! I didn’t expect this at all.
SAT 1470 7/6/7 Essay
2 APs (4 on AB Calc, Stats this year), 4 full yr advanced language+math classes, adv. physics this year
School doesn’t calculate GPA. I’m honestly a B student overall and freshman/sophomore years I was diagnosed with depression and my grades were Trash! This year I’m about an A- student. Maybe overall a 3.2 or 3.3 weighted lol yikes
Rec letters from great teachers that I’m close with (Physics and English)
Essay has gotten pretty good feedback from teachers/friends. It’s about how I’ve always been creative and used art as my own form of personal therapy since I was young + why it’s inspired me to go into art therapy for children. I sorta used paintings of mine that I recovered from my house after it was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy as a metaphor for art in my life.
Why NYU essay is about my experience at the NYU Summer Art Intensive and why I want to go to Steinhardt for children’s art therapy as well.
Activities: Editor in Chief of school’s Art Journal, co-founder of school’s Mural Club, mentor for freshmen (“senior leader”), NYU Summer art intensive, school tour guide, babysitting, and GSA, MUN, Sustainability, and Umoja club member.
Should be noted that I did not apply for financial aid. Also from NYC.
Accepted as a Computer Science Major in CAS
28 on the ACT
3.86 uw / 4.02 w GPA
No AP’s
I moved around too many times to be in a club so I was homeschooled for the majority of my life.
It was most likely my essay that got me in, I’m from the south USA but lived in China for part of my childhood and am fluent in Chinese.
I’m an African American female if that counts for anything.
Accepted as Sterns
SAT 1540
Swim captain
GPA 4.7
Unweighted 4.0
UNICEF president
Finance major
Accepted into GLS in School of Liberal Studies
GPA: 4.0 w / 3.5 uw
SAT: 1310 (610 English, 700 Math Superscored)
ACT: N/A
Ethnicity: Hispanic, First generation college student
APs: 6
Honors/College Level Classes (Non APs): 6
ECs: Drama Club (President Senior Year, Treasurer Junior, Social Media Director), NHS, Spanish NHS (Vice President), Debate Team, Part-Time Job (17 hrs/week), Summer Jobs, Varsity Sports
Personal Essay: Was strong and personal, Prompt: “The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?”
Why NYU Essay: Strong, talked about the concentration I planned to study and NYU’s ideals were similar to mine and how this would help me to be successful. Also talked about how I spent a week at the university and knowing it was a good fit.
Rec’s: 1 NYU Alum, 1 from AP teacher (strong recs)
Hooks: Completed a summer program at the university