<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (780 CR, 680 M, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 English, 31 Math, 35 Reading, 35 Science, 10 Writing)
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math L1, 690 Math L2, 620 Physics (thought I was going to be an engineer, ha ha, so I took tests in the subjects I suck at - math and physics)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C, Language Arts 12, Auto Tech, Economics, US Government, Career Practicum, Humanities, PE
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholars nominee; poem nominated for publication (don’t know if these count)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I read, write, snowboard, and travel. No organized school activities; other things have taken priority.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I babysit often and am currently interning at the inpatient psychiatric ward of my local hospital. (I don’t believe I mentioned the latter in my application; I applied for the internship after my application was submitted.)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I have taught vacation bible school classes and helped construct haunted houses, and volunteer at random events every couple weeks or so.
[</em>] Summer Activities: I moved nearly every summer, so not much. I spent last summer reading, writing, and attempting to teach myself some Russian. The aforementioned VBS instruction took place during the summers before ninth and tenth grade.
[<em>] Essays: My main Common App essay was about how dealing with depression has changed and strengthened me over the past five years. The extracurricular blurb on the Common App was about how I try to condense reality when I’m writing, and the supplemental NYU essays focused on a trip to Venice and… something. Oh! How I anticipate the opportunities available in New York - the variety of internships, job possibilities, museums and zoos, etc.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I had two, one from my AP Psych/Economics teacher (with whom I am in very good graces) and one from my eleventh-grade English teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I did not ask her to submit a recommendation. I haven’t been at my current school for very long, so I don’t know how she evaluated me on the school and mid-year reports. She seems to like me…?
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: I was not able to do an interview.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: about $100,000 (including benefits)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: I believe my ACT scores and essays were the shining parts of my application. My second semester scores for eleventh grade probably also helped; it was my first all-A semester since middle school. The fact that they coincided with some mental health improvement probably helped drive the case that I am much better off, both intellectually and emotionally, than I used to be.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades, particularly my first semester senior grades. I tend to have A’s and B’s, but received my first C last semester in calculus. I don’t have many extracurricular activities, either. Mentioning mental health was a risk on my part, but I was aware of stigmas attached to the topic and reconciled with the fact that I may have tipped the scales against myself. I believe it paid off, however.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely because of my essays. Test scores are important, yes, but NYU emphasizes wanting to know the applicant as a person, and this is reflected in their acceptance demographics.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Middlebury denied me; I’m not really surprised. Washington University wait-listed me (as they do to everyone). Boston University accepted me, as did a handful of other schools: Goucher, Hartwick, Kettering, and Rochester Institute of Technology. I’m waiting to hear back from a few others. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: NYU Shanghai would be an incredible experience. It will be very difficult to decide where I’m going. On a side note, if there are any incomplete sentences in this, it’s because I was jumping around while answering questions.</p>
but maybe since these went out earlier they will tell the RD. Anyways, I hope you get into both (but I hope you choose NYUSH more haha)</p>
Probably 7.5/10.</p>
Don’t get me wrong, I would do the same thing again in a heartbeat and Im thrilled, but I guess I will never know about Stern.</p>