<p>I got this over at the Columbia thread. Please post in this thread when you recieve your decision so we can all rant about why X got in and Y didn't, congrats, feel betters, blah blah =] </p>
<p>Let's post only when we get decisions.</p>
<p>Note: Delete the spacing between the brackets. Here's mine:
(Well I got a likely letter for RD...but I'm probably 99% in at NYU. ED applicants please post too, thanks!)</p>
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<p>The results will be announced:
1. via staggered invitations to events/honors in early March
2. via snail mail by April 1st</p>
<p>Use the format below, delete spaces between the brackets when you post to get the right formatting.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *
Got an invitation for admitted students today, saying that my official acceptance package will come later. So I guess I'm unofficially IN YAY~~</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 W780 M700 R720
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 730 Chemistry 680 Chinese 800
[<em>] GPA: 91
[</em>] Rank: top 20%
[<em>] Other stats: NMF listed NYU as first choice
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1st-teacher has known me for 2 years 2nd-knew me for one year. Both wrote very good recs I assume, but I didn't read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Handles a lot of kids. Doesn't know me well. But she's nice and I trust that she did her best using whatever info I gave her.
[<em>] Hook (if any): first generation to college
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NYC
[<em>] School Type: One of the specialized HS
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]*Other Factors: NYU likes my school and accepts A LOT of kids (50+) from my school each year. That helped I guess. I visited NYU once in the fall. As for ECs, they were nothing spectacular. I did the usual clubs, volunteer work, interships, tutoring, concert band. *
*General Comments: NYU was a semi-reach for me. I'm not surprised that I got in, but I won't be surprised at all if I got rejected. Anyhow, I'm definitely attending unless I get a crap financial aid package. *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190, 740 CR / 690 M / 760 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 French / 710 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.2 out of 4.8
[</em>] Rank: 40ish out of 450
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I wasn't especially pleased with it, but I guess it was good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I had two very good recommendations.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I wasn't able to see it, probably pretty good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I didn't feel like I had one personally
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Pretty good EC's, a couple leadership positions, but nothing truly outstanding
*General Comments: Accepted to the CAS, majoring in French & Linguistics. I was thrilled, and like djvu009, I felt it was a semi-reach. *</p>
<p>I'm not familiar with the formatting and stuff, so I hope this comes out alright...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted School: Stern School of Management
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210 (best out of 2 sittings): 790 M, 750 W, 670 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Physics, 750 Spanish, 800 Math II
[<em>] GPA: I don't really know - our school doesn't tell us
[</em>] Rank: 3 out of... 470ish?
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Terrible.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good, I think.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): Eh. I'm plain. No hook.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think I had good extracurrics. I didn't play a single sport in high school. But I think the activities and participation in music helped. General Comments: Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>I posted a revised version on the main NYU forum, as it is more accessible and read by more people. Please refer to "====NYU Official Decisions Thread for Class of 2012==== " in the main forum now :). It'd be great if you guys who already posted ur stats can move your stuffs to that thread as well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted. School: School of Nursing (i feel like the only one, haha)
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1970 - 630 M, 660 CR, 680 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 LIT, 610 MATH I (i'm a wimp, lmao), 670 US HIST
[<em>] GPA: 3.841
[</em>] Rank: 8/506
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Essays: i thought it was good, and my English teacher loved it.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: definitely good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i'd imagine very good as well - we're very familiar with one another.
[<em>] Hook (if any): it definitely wasn't because i'm Asian, haha.
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT.
[<em>] School Type: Public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino.
[li] Gender: Lady.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think my volunteering really paid off, and my ECs were pretty good as well. General Comments: I was really, truly surprised I got in. This was my one reach and I didn't think I could do it, haha. I'm waiting for the financial aid package, but I know it's going to suck, which is my main reason I don't think I'll go after all. :|</p>
<p>sorry I can't post my stats in the right format right now; I'm on via iPhone but I got the event invite today. I'm in at steinhardt. 1390 SAT and 3.5 GPA and I sent in an art portfolio... Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Lit, 690 Math I
[<em>] GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.0 W
[</em>] Rank: (not reported)
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays: Great, but very hit-or-miss short answers. My song was "***** the Police" and my club was "Chill Club". However, I think I defended my choices well.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Beijing, China
[<em>] School Type: Small Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mixed (Bangladesh/England)
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors: very good ECs, with leadership roles in two newspapers, forensics team, as well as playing an instrument, albeit not at a high level. also, winner of HS art award one year, for photography. General Comments:</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 670cr 730m 530w
[ *] SAT IIs: 650 math II 690 bio 530 lit
[ *] GPA: 3.5 uw 3.8w
[ *] Rank: 54/580
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Decent, I wrote about Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" so I went for the whole NYC native approach
[ *] Teacher Recs: One teacher might actually be in love with me and the other one would write anyone in my high school an amazing recomendation
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably decent
[ *] Hook (if any): Nope
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Matt
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: I play football and rugby at my high school and spent alot of time doing that. I was in the triumverate of honors societys (art, national, and language),[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: NYU and alot of schools for that matter, have very flawed admissions statistics. Everyone I know in my high school who applied and wasnt asian got in. It sucks that their admissions process is some what more generous to whites, hispanics, and blacks.[ /b]</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1990 C600 M800 W590, my grammar sucks
[ *] SAT IIs: Math II 790, Physics 780, Chemistry 780
[ *] GPA: NA
[ *] Rank: 10% close to 5%
[ *] Other stats: IB, Expecting Grade: 39/42</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ ] Essays: Average
[ *] Teacher Recs: Two good recommendations, math/chemistry
[ *] Counselor Rec: No idea, I thought it's pretty good.
[ *] Other: One recommendation from a professor of Tokyo University and Fudan University, as he mentored my math paper.
[ *] A math paper named **insider's beauty* about coordainte systems and graphing...focus on Cartesian/Polar in 2D and Cartesian/Cylinderical/Spherical in 3D and Topo graph transformations.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: China
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinses
[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: I am not satisfied to get into NYU...lol, I want to major in science (physics or math)...but NYU apparently not that good at this...</p>