NYU Official Class of 2015 Decisions

pleaseplease15 · March 26, 2011, 11:37pm

**Decision: Accepted LSP **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): m700 cr670 w680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): chinese 4 (I’m white not chinese)
[] Senior Year Course Load: all classes at Ohio state… calculas 1, 2, and 3, poli sci, honors econ, psych, geography, freshman comp, criminal justice, band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really any, like five school subject awards in math and history
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Freshman+sophmore: cross country, marching band, various other clubs
Junior: studied abroad in China and the stuff that goes with that (taiqichuan ect.)
Senior: at Ohio State through PSEOP so activites there, athletic band, mentoring
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutored English in China
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer taught english in needy school in china
[] Summer Activities: stanford program in london, summer school
[] Essays:wrote about simalarities and differences of chinese host dad and real american dad
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably good- didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: She really doesn’t know me, so who knows
[] Additional Rec: good I think…
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[st]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes plenty!
[] Intended Major: Not sure
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Rural Public, awful =(
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: less than 150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): maybe china?

[] Strengths: well rounded
[] Weaknesses:my public school
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know[/li][/list]General Comments:
I hope I can pull the money together =/

overachiver1000 · March 26, 2011, 11:55pm

Decision: Accepted
Accepted to College of Arts and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 M 670 CR 720 W 790
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: US History 750 Math II 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/216
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) English Lang./Comp. (5) Calc AB (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, 1 Regular (Required)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Ehh… Mostly violin and my school’s literary journal (Editor)-- I did some key club stuff too (Vice President)
[] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local hospital and tutored for 2 years
[] Summer Activities:N/A
[] Essays: Commonapp essay was rushed at best…
[] Teacher Recommendation: I think I got decent ones…?
[] Counselor Rec:Pretty solid I think
[] Additional Rec:N/A
[li] Interview: No interview[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeap.
[] Intended Major: Philosophy/Political Science
[] School Type: Private School, not high achiever…? (Offers few AP classes)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hooks…

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Eh. I’m not much of an overachiever (my username lies!) But I guess I got high enough scores and a couple solid activities.
[] Weaknesses: Not the best scores. I could’ve had more activities + e.c.'s.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uh… divine providence? Hahah.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
Great. Now that I have both NYU and UC Berkeley, I’m not sure which one would be better for my intended field… they’re both pretty high-caliber schools…

Eunyeah · March 27, 2011, 12:25am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 660 Reading 690 Math 650 Writing
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 750 Math II 700 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/692
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 CALC BC, 5 Psychology, 5 Biology, 4 USH, 4 World History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Lots of community college classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Besides 4.0 awards from the school and the ones that the president supposedly gives out
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of ROTC involvement first two years, very little at the end of junior and senior year
[] Job/Work Experience: Heavy work load junior and senior year to make up for the lack of EC involvement. Worked at a pediatrician’s clinic.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of hours from ROTC and volunteering during San Diego wild fires
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering at the senior center
[] Essays: Sap story about immigration and losing my Dad for five years and living on my own sophomore year due to home foreclosure and mom moving to the other side of the country
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, very detaild on my personal achievments.
[] Counselor Rec: none
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: I believe it was Neuroscience or International Relations, I forgot!
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL/CA (split residency, long stooory)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: BROKE.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sap story?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay!
[] Weaknesses: Extra curriculars and SAT scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAP STORRRRYYY
[/ul]

hmbeast · March 27, 2011, 1:52am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 760 Literature, 690 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/365
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Physics, AP Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Editor of newspaper), (Executive underwriter director at school radio station), (Rube Goldberg team project leader), forensics silver medalist, academic bowl, lead roles in drama productions
[] Job/Work Experience: Presidential campaign intern, mattress mascot
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community theater work, helping school workers, working at homeless shelters
[] Summer Activities: Theatre, working
[] Essays: My common app essay was a really quirky piece about how the BBC show Doctor Who has influenced my life. None of the NYU ones were really spectacular… I just sort of wrote them and sent them off. Didn’t spend much time on them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was beautiful, one was sweet but poorly written.
[] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was great.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Political Science/English
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $80,000-$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score, GPA, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Essay, no spectacular ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was a combination of my high numbers and my common app essay.
[li] Where else did you get accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Northwestern, UW Madison. Waitlisted at UChicago. Rejected EA Yale.[/li][/ul]General Comments: My excitement was somewhat dampened when I realized I wouldn’t be able to afford it. I got a $30,000 scholarship, as well as a few other loans, but a big portion of my financial aid package was an $18,000 Parent PLUS loan that my parents can’t afford… our EFC was $9000, and they told me they can’t afford to take out a loan that big. Oh well. Hopefully Northwestern will give a better offer.

shanghaifrog · March 27, 2011, 6:45am

Decision: Accepted to Tisch Center Sports Management

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 510 Reading, 720 Math, 590 Writing
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 760 Chinese
IB (place score in parenthesis):Higher Level: Bio (7), Business (6), Chinese B (6)
Standard Level: Economics (6), A1 English (6), Math (6)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain for Volleyball, Basketball & Soccer, President of Student Council, Head of Student Prefect, School House Master, etc

Job/Work Experience: Intern at Goodyear Shanghai

Volunteer/Community service: Weekly hospital volunteer

Summer Activities: National Student Leadership Conference - Sport and Entertainment Management Program

Essays: Very Meaningful and interesting, but writing style wasn’t very complex.

Teacher Recommendation: Both awesome

Counselor Rec: Known the counselor for 10 years

Additional Rec: Special recc from my school’s superintendent (close relationship for 8 years)

Country (if international applicant): I am Japanese but living in Shanghai, China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Can tell i am truly devoted to Sports management

Strengths: My clear passion in sports business, ECs
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: One can tell from reading my app and my activity sheet, i am truly passionate about sports management (even attended sports management program in NY
Where else did you get accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Northeastern, U of Miami, UBC, HKUST. Rejected by Rice, UF

BlueRedandGray · March 27, 2011, 9:57am

Decision: Accepted to CAS

SAT I: 2300 (740 verbal, 780 math, 780 writing)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 720 World History, 780 Math II
Weighted GPA: 105ish?
Unweighted GPA: 98ish
Rank: 2/450
AP: 5 World History, 5 Psychology, 5 Human Geography
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB (class), AP US History, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP European History (self study), AP Calc BC (self study)

Major Awards: USABO semi-finalist
Extracurriculars: President NHS, SING show band director, a lot of other stuff
Job/Work Experience: 3 years of work
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hospital volunteer hours
Summer Activities: College Now at a CUNY, volunteering
Essays: Judgmental essays which many were critical of
Teacher Recommendation: Very personal, thought out recommendations.
Counselor Rec: Was great.

Intended Major: Bio/History
State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: SAT, committed to activities, GPA went up drastically since start of high school
Weaknesses: Maybe essays. Income bracket maybe? Common major.
General comments: With a 31k scholarship, why wouldn’t I go?! Screw CUNYs. I’m commuting from Staten Island.

csbellina · March 27, 2011, 11:57am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1410/2010 (790 CR, 620 Math, 610 Writing)
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II: 790 Lit, 780 WH, 770 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51 out of 450, about top 15 percentile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH (5), Spanish (5), USH (5), Lang (4), Chem (3), Econ (4), Gov (5), Lit (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Already graduated, but it was pretty rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band, section leader
[] Job/Work Experience: IT and marketing jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: Retirement home, 70 hours
[] Summer Activities: Nothing special, besides traveling
[] Essays: They were ok I believe
[] Teacher Recommendation: PRetty good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] Additional Rec: N/a
[] Interview: N/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Economics or something like that
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Custodial <30,000, Noncustodial around 70k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not in school currently? More like a negative
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, Grades
[] Weaknesses: The fact I have already been enrolled in college before
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably the fact I have already been enrolled in college before lol
[/ul]General Comments: The decision popped up on my phone as I was leaving work, wasn’t too shocked, I don’t think I’ll be taking the spot on the waitlist though, I am trying to go back into college and I don’t have time nor do I like NYU enough to be sitting around all summer waiting for them to admit me or not

Anapestic · March 27, 2011, 1:20pm

Decision: Accepted to LSP

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 640 M, 710 W (superscored)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 760 US History, 630 Spanish w/ Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t give this out, but I calculated it to be 3.75.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/98 after I sent my MidYear Report
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, Advanced Journalism, Honors Shakespeare II, Precalculus, Spanish 4
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two-time National Scholastic Press Association Best of Show winner, Honorable Mention in Feature, News, and Reviews and Entertainment Writing for the Garden State Scholastic Press Association, Second Place in Sports Writing for the Garden State Scholastic Press Association, Four-time Garden State Scholastic Press Association Overall Excellence winner, Third Place in 2010 Rutgers University Fall Press Day Write-Off.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Model UN (Head Delegate), Marching Band (Asst. Drum Captain), NHS.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 31 hours, nothing special.
[] Summer Activities: N/A
[] Essays: My Common App one was pretty good. It was how the death of my father taught me that nothing was forever. Also, my short responses for NYU sounded like they came out of a marketing firm.
[] Teacher Recommendation: The two that I sent to NYU were from teachers that loved me. I waived my right, but I’m guessing that they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: He hated me at first, but now he seems to like me, so IDK how the rec went.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Average Public
[] Ethnicity: White, but I did not reveal this on my application.
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~$90,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Does single-parent household count?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Kickass essays, national awards.
[] Weaknesses: Relatively low GPA, average SAT scores.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea.
[/ul]General Comments: Looking at NYU’s average SAT scores, I thought I would be admitted to CAS without a problem. Still, I got admitted to LSP, so I would just need to rough out two years and then I would be guaranteed admission to CAS. Not a bad deal.

TOStudentTutor · March 27, 2011, 8:31pm

Decision: Accepted into Stern
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 770 M, 730 W
SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 USH, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Rank: 2/615
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5) Bio (5) English Lang (5) Bio (5) Photo (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, H Economics, AP Photo, Concert and Marching Band
Number of other applicants in your school: 5+ (at least 1 accepted)
Major Awards: 3rd/7,000 nationwide in Westpoint Bridge Design Contest, 1st in County Science Fair, Semifinalist in Stanford Global Innovation Tournament

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band (Section Leader of FH and Trumpets), Science Club (President), Junior Statesman of America (VP), National Honor Society (Officer), Students for Solar Schools (Officer), Business Majors
Job/Work Experience: Founded and own a tutoring company, 45 HS employees, $12,000+ total income, 15 schools, I do PR, financing, management, etc
Volunteer/Community service: Founded and organized a volunteer tutoring organization for disadvantaged elem. schools in our area.

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: straightforward. About my tutoring company
Essay (Personal):Pretty good, about my climb of Mt. Whitney
Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, good?
Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read, good?
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, good?

Other
Which school did you apply to?: Stern
What did you choose as your major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
Why you think you were accepted: Unique application, business owner, leadership,
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congrats to everyone else who got accepted!

readytolearn · March 27, 2011, 9:33pm

Did anyone apply/get into the Stern BPE program?! I’m a junior looking into that program and I was curious about stats and the like.

alexlahaye · March 27, 2011, 10:09pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted LSP / CAS[ /b][ /color][ /size]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2030 - 640R/690W/700M/9E
ACT: 29 - 34E/29R/28M/24S/11E
SAT II: 800 French, 660 Math I, 660 Spanish, 650 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 21%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Language, 5 French Language, 4 U.S. History
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Spanish Language & Literature, Trig-Analysis Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student-to-Student (in-school substance-abuse prevention - President, 9 10 11 12)
Snowflake (district-wide substance-abuse prevention event - Teen Leader, 9 10 11 12)
Project Alert (lecture & seminar teachings to middle schoolers about substance abuse prevention, Teen Leader, 9 10 11 12)
Fashion Design (lots of art classes, independent study, since I was 8)
Non-degree special student at Northwestern University (Studying french since junior year, 11 12)
In-school fashion and culture magazine (Editor in Chief, 9 10 11 12)
Theatre costume organization/making (volunteer, 11 12)
Job/Work Experience: Internship with small, independent fashion designer (2 months, summer 2010)
Volunteer/Community service: All the substance-abuse related things in my extra-curriculars count as community service.
Summer Activities:
Most of my summers are spent doing fashion-design related things, so last summer I took some art classes at a London art school (Central St. Martins) and did an internship, and took an intensive 3-week college art course at the Art Institute of Chicago the summer before my junior year. I also travel alot, although it’s usually more just for pleasure than oriented towards a specific goal.
Essays: Common App Short Statement- about Fashion Design, pretty strong, very individual (8-9); Common App Personal Statement-about growing up with French parents in American world, well-written, narrative (8), NYU Supplement: really creative (by my standards at least), said I’d meet Alber Elbaz, my favorite fashion designer
Teacher Recommendation: According to my junior AP English teacher who wrote it, “awesome”
Counselor Rec: Pretty good, describes well my role in/around the school/community
Additional Rec: AP US History teacher, really good as well.
Interview: Didn’t do one.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: $80k-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I can’t think of anything

Reflection

Strengths: Fashion design edge, extracurriculars, leadership, volunteer work
Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m a good fit for NYU. I want to study liberal arts before I go into fashion design, and NYU and New York seem like the right place to do that.

General Comments: Congrats to all others accepted! Can’t wait to be in the village! For those who don’t get in, I’m sorry! The acceptance rate went down to 25% this year :/

JaundiceDave · March 27, 2011, 11:51pm

Decision: Accepted to Tisch Photo and Imaging

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I : 2250: 800R 760W 690M
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 750 Lit 760 USHIST
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2 (LMAO)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 US HIST
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc, AP English Lit, Words and Images (Film Class), Enviro. Sci, AP Euro Hist., Independent Study on Film
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photo Club (Founder/President), School Paper (Photo Editor), Yearbook (Photographer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned for two summers at the International Center of Photography in a big way, which gave me an extra letter of rec
[] Volunteer/Community service: None
[] Summer Activities: See Job/Work
[] Essays: Really good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Likewise
[] Counselor Rec: Probably ok, I guess
[] Additional Rec: See Job/Work
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:nope
[] Intended Major: photo/imaging
[] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: High enough to not apply for financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): They liked my pretty pictures.
[/ul]**Reflection[ /b][ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Test Scores, Photo Portfolio
[] Weaknesses: My gpa is laughably bad
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See hooks[/li][/ul]General Comments:

I’m pretty happy. I also probably had the worst gpa out of anyone accepted in this thread. Life works that way I guess. According to Wikipedia, enrollment to the photo/imaging program is capped at 36/year, and according to an older thread here that works out to about 5%. Sweet.

evolving · March 28, 2011, 12:19am

Congrats, JaundiceDave,

Your stats illustrates the way Tisch works, highly selective, but less attention on scores or GPAs. Haha, they probably saw that you are not as much into academic work, though you are certainly capable of it, based on your strong SAT I and II scores.

However, it had to be that they were wowed by your talent in photography. One of my son’s friends is in the exact same program. Hehe, he had his camera with him (snapping away) all the time when we took a trip for an ethnic experience in another borough in NYC.

Again, I am sure you are very talented and have great potential to be even better with the Tisch training.

dart92 · March 28, 2011, 12:24am

**Decision: Accepted! **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (690R, 730M, 730W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 660’s or something
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc, AP French, Physics, Shakespeare,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-editor in chief of my school’s literary arts magazine
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Smithsonian
[] Volunteer/Community service: Participate in school’s community service club
[] Summer Activities: Studied architecture at RISD pre-college
[] Essays: One was about an online doll dress-up site, the other about museums. Both related past experiences to my future ambitions
[] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were very good
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Accepted to Gallatin so it’ll be interdisciplinary!
[] School Type: Private prep school
[] Gender: F
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays for sure!
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my application was all-around pretty solid (except for my GPA).

[/ul]General Comments:
I visited NYU and liked it a lot, but I picture myself at a smaller school. Of the schools I’ve been accepted to, the leading contenders are RISD and NYU. Waiting to hear back from a few others. Congrats to all who have been accepted!

chehk · March 28, 2011, 9:57am

Can’t edit my post again but for future reference, I found out I was actually accepted into BPE at Stern :D!

3coolcats · March 28, 2011, 11:52am

Decision: Accepted (Stern)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: MATH II 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/217
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Hahaha yeah msot of these suck for me
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macr Econ, AP Calc, Tumbling, Journalism/Newspaper
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don’t know what classifies as “major”, but these are some I’ve received: Outstanding Gifted Student, Georgia Certificate of Merit, US History Departmental Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (4 year varsity, 4 year state qualifier, 2 year captain, All-County, County Runner of the Month), Track and Field (3 year varsity, 3 year state qualifier - placed top 5 individually last year, 2 year captain), Varsity Swim, Academic Team (Captain), NHS (Vice President), Newspaper (Co-Editor), German Club (Historian)
[] Job/Work Experience: Wendy’s - about 20 hours a week
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Pretty decent? My “why NYU” essay was probably pretty cliche for a Stern applicant, and my “why NYC” essay was pretty much where I talked about how I’m already diverse and have lived in multiple countries/can speak multiple languages/have dual citizenship etc. For the last one I wrote about how I would talk to my grandpa (who I’ve never met - has died) because he was a Nazi soldier, and I would take him toa concentration camp and just ask him if this is what he was fighting for.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not good, but not bad. They wrote good things but they showed them to me after they were submitted and there were definitely multiple grammar mustakes in them both.
[] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, and I’m pretty p’oed at what I got.
[] Intended Major: Finance
[] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $50,000 - $60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athlete - cross country and track and field
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The fact that I’m an athlete, obviously, but I feel like even if I wasn’t my scores and other stats would have given me a decent shot at Stern.
[] Weaknesses: Stats (aren’t exceptionally high)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Athlete/stats/idk?
[/ul]**General Comments: Even though I’m an athlete, I still feel like I could have gotten into Stern. I’m glad that I got in but I don’t think I’ll be able to attend. My financial aid package is ****, barely $10,000 - and I even have decent scores - so I don’t know what happened there. **

bellsintherain · March 28, 2011, 4:21pm

Decision: Accepted into CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 610, Math 770, Writing 680, Total = 2060 (took it once)
[] ACT: didn’t take one
[] SAT II: Biology M: 760, Math 1: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 48/304 or 15%, my school’s extremely competitive (top 5 in the state)
[] AP: Biology (5)
[] IB: none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Spanish, Honors Choir SSA, Psych and Lit, US History Enriched
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extra-curriculars: Marching Band Colorguard (Captain), 2 different clubs (secretary for one), Musical Productions-4 years, Basketball, JV tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: middle school science and math tutor (paid)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local library and hospital volunteer
[] Summer Activities: Internship at Columbia University for cancer research
[] Essays: Story of myself coming out of my shell and becoming more sociable and daring.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good letters with some personal experiences.
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: not sure… probably biology or international relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: challenging course load, leadership positions, work experience, essay, recommendations, many extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: gpa could be higher, screwed up on SAT reading
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essay went through many revisions, my teachers knew me well, and being the colorguard captain helped[/li][/ul]**General Comments: I was kinda surprised at the fin aid package since I’ve heard that NYU gives very little money for scholarships and Fin aid. But I will be attending NYU this fall! Very excited~ I only wish that it had an actual campus, but i guess the pros outweigh the cons! **

TheKiwi · March 28, 2011, 5:54pm

Decision: Accepted

GLOBAL LIBERAL STUDIES PROGRAM

Objective[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (640 R, 660 M, 650 W)
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 710 US History, 690 Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (I’m on the IB scale) 33/680
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 4 US History, 3 US Government
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Testing in May
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Chem II SL, IB World Topics HL, IB English V HL, IB Calc SL, AP Global Business, AP Debate IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): “not-naming-state” Forensic League State Finalist in dramatic interpretation, Same-not-naming-state Forensic League Quarter-finalist in debate, National Forensic League All American, National Merit Commended, multiple regional awards in debate[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (VP), Junior Model of World Affairs Council (VP and co-founder), National Honor Society, International Thespian Society
[] Job/Work Experience: I’ve been a working model since age 13, worked in New York and Japan while attending school too
[] Volunteer/Community service: World Vision translator
[] Summer Activities: World Vision, Harvard Debate Camp
[] Essays: They were alright… lol my “take anyone anywhere” essay was about taking Alfred Hitchcock to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan to get a mash of the two coolest film directors in history
[] Teacher Recommendation: I never read them
[] Counselor Rec: She likes me a lot so I guess good? Didn’t read them
[] Additional Rec: My boss wrote a letter about how I managed to mix school and work so well
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: YEAHH
[] Intended Major: Global Liberal Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): prefer not to say but definitely one of the most competitive and industrialized ones
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Leadership and I do think (while every student says this) the “unique/rare” factor really does apply to me… you don’t meet a bilingual international fashion model AND a state-ranked debater every day… so I guess that made up for my clearly inferior objective data
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, GPA (woah I have horrible test scores compared to everyone else!), academics in general
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I genuinely think NYU just found me amusing more than anything… Looking to my academics I am an “underdog” I think…(and I do not qualify for geographic/ethnic/religious/etc. diversity AT ALL affirmative action is so against me) [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m happy with NYU (among my top choices), though I’m hesitant about GLS… I know it’s totally not associated with LSP but how competitive is it?

Bluandgold · March 31, 2011, 1:30am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[] ACT: 24 (Yeah, that’s not a typo :-P)
[] SAT II: Didn’t submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/360
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): I don’t believe I mentioned it anywhere…
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP Government, AP Literature, research in a lab (I’ve taken about 9 APs so far)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Got my name published in a scientific journal doing research in a lab.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Lab research, Debate, Ocean bowl, , taught physical science to elementary school kids
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship at a Lab
[] Volunteer/Community service:Founder/President of community service club, hospital, NHS, CSF
[] Summer Activities:Took over 6 community college classes
[] Essays:Revised like crazy. They were pretty good, based on numerous critiques. The supplement was… original, to say the least
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent! One came from lab, one came from my AP English teacher who’s now a professor at a major University.
[] Counselor Rec:I met her this year, but I think I made a good impression.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Nope
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but I’m sure I won’t get any
[] Intended Major:Social Work
[] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity:Indian/Bengali
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: Over 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research publication, essay, rec letters
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths:GPA, Course rigor, passionate essay
[] Weaknesses:TEST SCORES!!!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:After looking back on my application I’d have to say it was the supplement. Very unique and genuine.
[/ul]General Comments: Don’t think that you need over a 2000 SAT score to get in. There isn’t anything too special about me, but I was able to come off as appealing, nonetheless. Without enough financial aid, I might go to UC Irvine. Not sure yet, though :)

misterkevinsun · March 31, 2011, 9:15pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Supplements (pretty good)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, leadership positions, interview
[] Weaknesses: Awards, though numerous, were okay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:

Happier than ever!

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