NYU EDII Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I’m currently a rising senior (white, female, from a middle class family) from Florida who is seriously considering NYU. My unweighted GPA is low, but only because I fell really ill at the end of my junior year and struggled to maintain my health and decent grades. Please let me know if you think I have a shot of getting accepted into NYU, and if you think applying under Early Decision would improve my chances. Please be honest. The application fee is upwards of $70 and I want an outside opinion as to if I actually have a chance of getting accepted.

I’m interested in studying History and/or Sociology, and potentially minoring in Communications.

My cousin attended and graduated from NYU, but since he is my cousin and NOT immediate family, I’m not sure if that counts as legacy or not.

Academics:

  • ACT: 28 or 27 (waiting on most recent scores to be processed)
  • Weighted GPA of 5.5
  • Unweighted GPA of 3.23
  • Top 11% of class of 467
  • APs: Psychology (5), World History (4), and English Lit (3)
  • Full-time Dual Enrollment student
  • Took all Honors and AP classes before Dual Enrolling
  • 4.0 unweighted GPA with Dual Enrollment (15 credit hours)

ECs:

  • Florida Girls State Delegate
  • Vice President of my FL YMCA Youth in Government Delegation
  • Candidate for State Office in the FL YMCA Youth in Government Program
  • Historian for Student Government Association
  • Mentor and Tutor for Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • 500+ community service hours
  • Sophomore year I lead a book drive for needy elementary school students and I gathered 560 books that I donated to a local elementary school
  • High School Mentor for the FL YMCA Junior Youth in Government Program
  • Volunteer with my county's Democratic National Headquarters

Honors:

  • Delegate for Florida Girls State
  • National Society of High School Scholars
  • 2015 Most Outstanding Statesman for the FL YMCA Youth in Government Program
  • AP Scholar Award

Possible Recommendations:

  • 9th Gr. Inquiry Skills and American Government and 11th Gr. Theory of Knowledge teacher
  • Regional CEO of FL YMCA
  • 11th Gr. AP English Lit teacher
  • County Commissioner
  • School Board Member
  • Florida Senator
  • Guidance Counselor (new one, don't know her too well)
  • My cousin who is an alum of NYU

My essay should be very good. Would anybody please give me a rough chance on me getting into NYU?? Also, if I am only to pick 2-3 recommendations, who should I get them from? If you have any recommendations of who to get my recommendations from, I’d love to know! Thank you

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Get recommendations from whoever knows you best. No person on this forum can tell you who will write the best letter. It’s up to you to decide who knows your leadership skills the most, and who will show off your personality. As for your chances, your stats are very good! There is no guaranteed yes or no until you get the letter/email as you know. I think you have a very good chance, if your scores on the standardized testing increase so will your chance of getting accepted.

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thank you very much! yeah, my standardized test scores aren’t the best, but I’m hoping to shine through with my essay, supplement, and rec letters. @BreBre235

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Based on what I have seen from just these stats, I think you’re a competitive candidate for NYU! If you’re applying EDII, there will most certainly be a smaller applicant pool, and thus you will have a higher shot at standing out! I really hope you get your ACTs up (you mentioned you’re waiting to hear back), because they are at the 25th percentile for applicants. If you manage a 29 or 30, I think (from these stats) that you’ll be set!!! Make sure that your essay is truly unique and that it shines if you’re applying EDII, because you have a chance to really knock 'em dead! Good luck!!

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Out of curiosity does NYU ED 2 take into account first semester senior grades?

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I’m also curious if NYU ED2 looks at semester grades - I’m thinking not since the deadline is 1/1 and for us, the semester isn’t over until end of January.