====NYU Official Decisions Thread for Class of 2012====

<p>Decision: Accepted!
Admitted School: CAS

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 33 ACT
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Literature, 700 US History
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.81
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.30
[<em>] Rank: Top 10% (we stopped ranking early this year, but I was in the top 7% then and nothing has changed, so I figure top 10% is safe)
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Camp counselor during the summer, Editor for the school's creative writing magazine
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Lots of Honor Roll, a Creative Arts 2nd Place Award, member of the Collegiate Scholar Program for the school district
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Colorguard, Newspaper Staff, SMAD (Students Making A Difference) Member, Tutoring
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very well written.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, I should hope.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably beaming. We have a good relationship.
[</em>] Hooks (if any): Nope.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Community service. 450+ hours with the same program, for which I am now a paid employee during the summers.
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Stats/Community service
[li] General Comments: I got two of the little acceptance cards in the mail, which my dad had brought in instead of me, and my parents had opened one before I got home. :( The only bad part was being so excited, and then I ran up to my dad to tell him and he said, "I know." That's just a joy kill. But everyone was excited! NYU was the first college I visited, and it's always been one of my top choices. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: CAS

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2110 / 33
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology E 700 / Math Level II 770 / Chemistry 770 / Korean with Listening 800
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.65
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.71
[<em>] Rank: Unranked
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Public / Selective Enrollment High School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: 200+ service learning hours
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? I'm awesome?
[/ul]</p>

<p>**Decision: **Accepted
**Admitted School: **Gallatin
</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2240
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math IIC / 720 US History
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.85
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.6
[<em>] Rank: top 5% (school doesn't report exact rank)
[</em>] Leadership Positions: EIC of school paper; president of service club; yearbook section editor
[<em>] Awards/Honors: AP Scholar with Distinction, some student of the year awards, county awards for decathlon, Commended Scholar (PSAT)
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: decathlon; intern at local paper; NHS</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: the main essay was pretty good. I liked my short answers a lot :)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great (my teacher went to Steinhardt for grad)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hooks (if any): n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: n/a
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? decent numbers; recs; essay?
[li] General Comments:[/li][/ul] Congrats to everyone! Yay!</p>

<p>I know this isn't the right format... sorry!</p>

<p>SAT: 2030
SAT II: Lit 740, US His 750
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.92 uw, 4.3ish w (three APs this year, four last year)
Other: 5 AP Lang, 4 AP US His, won department awards in English, French, and Ethics, fabulous recs (my teachers gave me a copy)</p>

<p>editor in chief of school newspaper, crew chief for drama department, lots of education outreach within my school re Darfur and Haiti, in a scholar program, interned at non profit, tutor, student exchange to paris, i work at a science museum, etc.</p>

<p>i'm from sf and am planning on going to mcgill, but i love new york so i might be going to nyu! congrats to everyone!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: CAS

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2180 (760 CR, 700 M, 720 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Chemistry, 710 Math, 570 Spanish
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.64
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.16
[<em>] Rank: 8/119 (top 10%)
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Captain of the Quiz Bowl team
[<em>] Awards/Honors: National Merit Finalist, published in state-wide anthology of student writing, various school-wide awards
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Gay-Straight Alliance, Yearbook Committee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent, if my English teacher is to be believed, and I trust her. The NYU supplement wasn't quite as wonderful, but still pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was superb, never read the other.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but not great
[</em>] Hooks (if any): Openly gay National Merit Finalist who can write really well? I don't know, something like that, assuming my hook exists.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[</em>] School Type: Public, not insanely competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: I don't know.
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? SAT scores and writing, probably.
[li] General Comments: :D[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: CAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT/ACT: 2190 ACT 33</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 690 literature 720 u.s. history</li>
<li>GPA (W): 4.01</li>
<li>Rank: 29/445</li>
<li>Leadership Positions: sophomore class president, french club president, invisible children united secretary, historian in bunches of clubs</li>
<li>Work Experience: 10 hours a week at Planet smoothie, 5 hours a week at nothing but noodles, currently 10 hours a week at a pharmacy</li>
<li>Other Extra-curricular: over 300 hours at a hospital and various museums</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: loved mine!</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: strong</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: strong</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: alabama</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: korean</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Statements: #2 choice :D</p>

<ul>
<li>Other Factors:</li>
<li>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? i took the hardest classes offered, being from alabama, and my essay</li>
</ul>

<p>Decision: Accepted!
*Admitted School: CAS *

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 32 ACT 1350/2110 (580Ma, 770 CR, 760 WR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 US History 730 Literature
[<em>] GPA (UW): n/a
[</em>] GPA (W): 3.995
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Section Leader- Marching Band, Wind Ensemble; Co-Captain- Academic Team; Secretary- German Club; helped run a kids' drama club in the summer, volunteer synchronized swimming coach; Attorney- Mock Trial, some other smaller ones
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Girl Scout Gold Award, Silver Award, Leadership Award; National Merit Commended Student, National Honors Society, German National Honors Society, Latin National Honors Society (2 years), AP Scholar with Honor, National Latin Exam- Silver Medal (2 years), Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Girl Scouts, Swimming, Softball, Pit Orchestra, Model Congress, Key Club, NHS, JSA, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Just good. I'm a decent writer, but I am pretty awful at creative writing.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One absolutely astounding rec....the other one should be pretty good, too. I know both teachers from having had their classes for multiple years, from extracurricular activities, and outside the classroom.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I would think pretty good, too.
[</em>] Hooks (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[</em>] General Comments: Congratulations everybody!
[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted **
**Admitted School: Stern

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 780M, 760CR, 720W - 2250
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math IIc, 770 Bio M, 750 US History
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.77
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.55
[<em>] Rank: Not given. But inside the top 10%, but not top 5%.
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Started community service organization connecting homeless people to jobs. It's pretty big now.
[<em>] Awards/Honors: A lot.
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Track and Field, although I wasn't recruited.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Wrote on the red power ranger and an identical twin. It wasn't as trite as it sounds.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good, but not like the best student they've ever encountered.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She calls me in to ask what I ate for breakfast.
[</em>] Hooks (if any): I don't think being half asian is worth anything.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Chinese
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: I'm not getting much financial aid. My family won a house in a poker game, so we look rich on paper.
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Essays. Writing is one of the only things I'm okay at, plus everything tied in with community service. I have like 1800 hours, even if they didn't ask for that.
[li] General Comments: NYU's pretty nice, but I don't think I can afford it. My family's also sending a twin at the same time, so we're short on money.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *
*Admitted School:Stern *

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 620 Math, 620 Reading, 630 Writing/ ACT 31
[</em>] SAT IIs: 620 Math, 630 Lit, 650 US History
[<em>] GPA (UW): 4.0
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.7
[<em>] Rank: 3/885
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Senior Vice Pres
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Topic: Diversity-Wrote about a run-in at local park- Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 Long somewhat academic profile/ 1 short about personality and humor
[<em>] Counselor Rec: horrible
[</em>] Hooks (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public, Big (about 3600)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: None
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Grades/ ACT
[li] General Comments: Very pumped about upcoming decisions from rest of schools[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted **
**Admitted School: CAS

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 660 CR, 780 M, 730 W (2170)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 math lvl 2, 650 physics
[<em>] GPA (UW): 94.49
[</em>] GPA (W): 99.33
[<em>] Rank: 5/256
[</em>] Leadership Positions: mathletes president, chess club secretary
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Rensselaer Medalist, AP Scholar with Honor and otehr random stuff
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: matheletes, chess, art, science olympiads, church stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I don't know...I wrote one and I got in...must have been good enough :)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one probably was really good, the other one was a relatively new teacher so idk if he's good with recs in general
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good i guess
[</em>] Hooks (if any): eh...not really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors:
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? cuz the world needs more female physics majors? i don't know...
[li] General Comments: um....I kinda got accepted to another school EDII but I didn't get my official acceptance letter when I should have so I didn't have to withdraw this app...so....I'm kinda not going here even tho it was my top choice for 3 years (when I still wanted to be an art major that is)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I just wanted to say to the person who said they won a house and look rich on paper. NYU doesn't use the CSS profile therefore they don't look (or ask for) home value/equity when determining aid</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted
Admitted School: Gallatin</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 710 CR, 670 M, 680 W (2060)
* GPA (UW): 4.3ish
* GPA (W): 4.0
* Rank: 7/320ish
* Leadership Positions: percussion section leader, newspaper managing editor
* Awards/Honors: Early graduate, Highest SAT in graduating class, some other stuff
* Other Extra-curricular: band, newspaper, beta club, boys & girls club volunteer
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Excellent on the short answers, pretty good on the long one
* Teacher Recs: one would have been pretty good and I'm not sure if the other ever made it there
* Counselor Rec: fine
* Hooks (if any): lack of AP classes and lack of extracurricular experience due to my early graduation
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: GA
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: male
</code></pre>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: TISCH FILM WHOOT</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 1880; 30
* SAT IIs: 660 bio; 720 chinese
* GPA (UW): 3.3
* GPA (W): 3.5
* Rank: n/a
* Leadership Positions: Vice President of Fashion Club; set/makeup/costume designer of broadcast media club.... thats it lol.
* Awards/Honors: ap scholar award, speech and debate award, three film awards (my high school film festivals)
* Work Experience: secretary for three months for an insurance office
* Volunteer Experience: uh. not much. less than 100 hrs for all four hs yers.
* Other Extra-curricular: unimportant stuff i can't remember (private art instruction, peer conflict resolutions, chinese school, piano, fashion designing)
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: very awesome and polished. about fashion designing and learning how to fashion design/sew all by myself.
* Teacher Recs: one of them was just good; the other (i didnt read) was really good (says my teacher)
* Counselor Rec: no clue
* Hooks (if any): learnign to sew/fashion design on my own? and growing with it, as well.

</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA, US
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: female
</code></pre>

<p>Other Statements:</p>

<pre><code>* Other Factors: um. i don't know. my film portfolio consisted of a pretty good film resume (i'm not sure if its impressive, tho); um, a short story i wrote in 9th grade (LOL), and a very very intesne writing sample. it was good tho.
* Why do you think you were accepted/rejected?: funny short answers, well-polished essay... and i guess a kickass portfolio? i worked harder on application that portfolio since i knew i had the talents to get into the film school already
* General Comments: regarding my gpa (Downward trend. from 3.8 freshman year to a 2.8 end of junior year), i have no clue how it was possible that they'd even consider. but cool! nyu is my dream school and i cannot imagine myself anywhere else.
</code></pre>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: Gallatin

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 700 M, 640 CR, 740 W (2080)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 530 US H, 570 BIO E, 590 M II (haha)
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.6
[</em>] GPA (W): 3.8
[<em>] Rank: 21/200
[</em>] Leadership Positions: FFA Chapter Parliamentarian, Boys State (House of Reps)
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Multiple State Honors for FFA, Honor Roll, Who's Who
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: FFA, Cello, Boys & Girls Club, Texas Boys State, NHS, Art Club
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: dang good; wrote about an experience with my paramedic father in a hospital (witnessed a man die in surgery, encountered sickly patients, evoked by a child's looming death)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>] Hooks (if any): FFA involement? (how many "future farmers of america" apply to NYU?)
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas (rural)
[</em>] School Type: Public, rarely send grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Statements:**[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Honestly, I think my essays secured me a spot; in the why Gallatin/NYU essay, I explained my interest in creating a program around the "global outreach of medicine" by combining course work in international relations, social work, political science and anthropology with a premed track
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? polished short answers, killer/unique essay/s
[li] General Comments: I assume the admissions committee ignored my SAT II scores (they were sick nasty way below average)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I thought attending NYU was a pipe dream, but heck, even if my parents make too much money for finaid but can only contribute 5k a year, I'm still going to NYfreakin'U. Too bad it's notorious for giving crappy finaid.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b] [ /color]
[ color=green][ b]Admitted School: CAS[ /b] [ /color]
[ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT/ACT: 2200 (super score) M:750 CR: 670 WR: 780
[ *] SAT IIs: 790 Math lvl 2 650 Bio
[ *] GPA (UW): not sure
[ *] GPA (W): 4.3
[ *] Rank: 9/505
[ *] Leadership Positions: President of Interact Club (2 years) chairperson/VP (one year), Cultural Awareness club Co Pres,
[ *] Awards/Honors: Commended Student NMSQT, distinguised honors in school, voted "most involved" senior .. yea i included that :)
[ *] Other Extra-curricular: dancing, newspaper writer/cartoonist, peer tutoring, french club, chorus for a couple of years, mostly interact and cultural awareness take up my time
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: wrote about my passio nfor dancing and how its been my connection to india, my confidence, my stress reliever, i thought the essay was cute funny and hopefully good? wrote about how as a kid in india i was known to be the rambunctious dancer and how thats never changed.
[ *] Teacher Recs: didnt read them but my teachers love me :)
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good i guess she knows me
[ *] Hooks (if any): not sure
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: PA, USA
[ *] School Type: big public school
[ *] Ethnicity: indian (bron in india)
[ *] Gender: females
[ /list][ b]Other Statements:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? I think i was genuine, the clubs i did lead i basically put my heart into them. I dont think i ever tried to "build my resume" and just had fun in what I did. My short answers were good too, cute and i think my personality just showed. plus the sat helps :)and my gpa/rank were good. im also really "indin" as in i really embrace my culture, and that shows in my activites. so maybe tthey liked the diversity?
[ *] General Comments: CONGRATS TO ALL THOSE WHO GOT IN!!!!!!!
[ /list]</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *
*Admitted School: Stern *

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2220 one sitting, 2250 superscore
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Math II 770 Chem 750 Lit
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.93
[</em>] GPA (W): N/A
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Leadership Positions: huh?? president/vp of a few clubs, thats about it
[<em>] Awards/Honors: nothing outstanding...
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: volunteering, part time job, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good, but nothing groudbreaking
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no clue, probably generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[</em>] Hooks (if any): none at all
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Vancouver, Canada
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors:
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? no clue
[li] General Comments: :D[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: GSP'd **
**Admitted School: GSP (Applied to CAS)

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 690 CR, 660 M, 670 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Spanish, 620 Chemistry, 570 Math Level 2
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.62
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.8
[<em>] Rank: 33/848
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Nothing major. Team leader at Catholic work camp once (that's it)
[<em>] Awards/Honors: National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, Honor Roll...
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Band (concert and marching), 2 years of track, 2 jobs, some volunteer work, NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: main one was about my experience of growing up with psoriasis
[</em>] Teacher Recs: decent- stat and calc teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: it sounded bland when i read it
[</em>] Hooks (if any): Mexican-American
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul] i don't know
[<em>] Other Factors: I included a list of books read in the "additional info" section, and my EC essay was about reading (my true passion)
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted? well i'm gonna call it being accepted. I'm not sure what it was (sat IIs sucked, i had Cs in math freshman and sophomore year, and i've never held a major leadership position), but i'm just happy to be in.
[li] General Comments: if i go, i'm really looking forward to it..[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: CAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT/ACT: 32
SAT IIs: 660 Math IIc, 650 Bio E
GPA (UW): 3.75
GPA (W): 4.13
Rank: 33/500
Awards/Honors: Not so many
Other Extra-curricular: A butt-load</p>

<p>Essays: I wrote about my venture in music and for the mini essays I wrote about STELLA and NYU</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Bland</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: IDK</p>

<p>Hooks (if any): My music and my all AP senior schedule
Location/Person: Suburb of Milwaukee
State or Country: WI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White, immigrant
Gender: M
Other Statements:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Essays and ACT</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Admitted School: GSP (Applied for CAS)

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 1910/30
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio 690/Chem 660/French 650
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.89
[</em>] GPA (W): n/a
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Leadership Positions: President/Founder of DECA, President/Founder of Asian Culture Club, President/Founder of MUN, Co-Clarinet Principal of school's Wind Ensemble, Secretary of the school's athletic association, co-captain for field hockey
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Bunch of awards from DECA/MUN, and awards for graphic design competitions
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Internship with up and coming clothing company, small design jobs on the side
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good (explained a lot of about my character and why I had some bumps in my academic record, and about how I developed as a person), but the supplement was average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One excellent, one very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: One average to good
[</em>] Hooks (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: None
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? I think my scores put me on the borderline (since I'm international) but I think it was my essay, ECs, and one of the recommendation letters that put me into GSP
[li] General Comments: I will probably be accepting this offer and taking freshman year abroad in Paris if I don't have any better offers. I'm very happy with this acceptance especially after visiting the campus.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: Stern School of Business

Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 770CR+790M+700W (2260)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Physics 800 Math II 800 Chemistry 800
[<em>] GPA (UW): N/A (probably 4.0 since I scored straight A's for A-Levels)
[</em>] GPA (W):
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] Leadership Positions: President of School's Photography Club
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Bunch of regional arts and science related awards
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Band, Multimedia Club, Local Cultural Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: played the diversity card, very good (according to what other people said)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Hooks (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Indonesia but studied in Singapore for 4 years
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Experience abroad?
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Good SATs and grades heh
[li] General Comments: Received this one day before Easter. Nice easter present I'd say[/li][/ul]</p>