NYU HEOP CLASS OF 2020 (2016 applicants)

I Aspire to be a Veterinarian! I plan to get a Bachelors in Bio or Animal Science (depends on the college I go to) and then get my graduate degree in Vet medicine from hopefully Cornell or Ross University
GPA - 3.8 out of 4.0
SAT - 1730, 1070 for CR and Math
ACT - 25
Financial info - I definitely qualify financially. My dad and grandmother are unemployed, dad does freelance work.
Extracurriculars - Vars volleyball player for 3 years, Science Club, Music Club,National Honor Society. I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu outside of school and have played club volleyball for 2 years.
Counselor Rec - Awesome. My counselor knows I’m very active in my school community. He touched upon me volunteering at my school’s summer volleyball camp, that I tutor underclassmen in the morning for NHS, that I have an amazing singing voice (talent show and previous involvement in choir), and that I have attended two Leadership summits (1 in 7th grade at DC through the National Youth Leadership Council, and the other in the summer of 2015 at Harvard University through People to People)
Two teacher recs - Both recommendations are from core subject teachers, Physics and Trig, they’re good recommendations, talking about my progress in these difficult classes and the ability to stand apart from my classmates
Personal essay - Topic: Basically about how I was introduced to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and how it’s shaped me as a person, mentally, and emotionally.
Classes: AP classes (Italian and Advanced Biology), Honors (English), and reg courses (Psych, Civics, and Religion)

Thank you so much by the way, I was clueless on what to wear @sincerlyyours

Business Casual and good luck!

@davinasaltos Wow!! You seem like a really great candidate. Hope you get in!!

@davinasaltos your stats seem great and yeahh go business casual and let me know how it goes!!! Good luck !!

@davinasaltos did you get the email before the event showed up in albert ? or did the event show up in albert first and then you got the email ?

I got the email first, and it told me to register for the event on Albert @pleasedonot

@davinasaltos ED ll? RD?

@savagescholar I think they’re doing EDII

@davinasaltos if you don’t mind me asking, from what email did you get the invite from ? the heop.admissions or just admissions? Thanks!

@pleasedonot you receive the email from admissions.ops /@ /nyu.edu

ED II, the decisions are on Feb. 15th I believe, I’m so nervous :frowning: @savagescholar and I received the email from admissions.ops @pleasedonot

@davinasaltos When is your interview ? mine is this Thursday.

The info session and interview for me are on Wednesday @pleasedonot

@davinasaltos Good luck on the interview tomorrow! Let us know how it goes.

thank you so much!, I’ll keep you guys updated @pleasedonot

@davinasaltos Good luck man! Hope everything goes well. Do they require you to bring anything to the interview though? Like your taxes or more financial info?

@savagescholar yep, you need your latest taxes and a separate application for heop. It’s all described in the email.

@pleasedonot Noice. What did you guys write about for the “Why NYU”? prompt.

@savagescholar I wrote about growing up down there and seeing NYU a lot which made me like it and about the open house speech the dean of Cas gave in October and how it impacted me. What did you write?