NYU STERN ED1 2020 CHANCES

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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Hi! I just wanted to hear your thoughts on my chances of getting in :slight_smile: I know my stats are kinda low but i’m hoping my extracurriculars help out a bit. Also if it matters I’m planning on majoring in marketing.

GPA: 3.961 (weighted, all As and Bs but did not take honors/APs freshman and sophomore year-most APs aren’t offered in my school until junior year)
unweighted gpa: 3.7

ACT: 32

Extracurriculars: (from transcript)
-On school’s executive board for DECA (+ participation for 3 years)
-School’s VP of membership for FBLA (+ participation for 4 years)
-Lacrosse 2 years
-Field hockey 4 years
-Art club 2 years
-Student council 3 years
-All School Musical Production 4 years
-Hand in Hand (hanging out with mentally challenged middle/high school students) 2 years
-JV debate 1 year
-American Red Cross Club 1 year

Total of 9 honors/APs
-AP Macroeconomics (scored a 4)
-AP Microeconomics (scored a 4)
-Precalc Honors
-Accounting Honors
-AP Stat
-AP Lang
-AP Psych
-AP Calc AB
-World Myth Honors

Honors:
-National Honor Society
-Honor Roll all 4 years
-Won 3rd place in NJ for advertising test competition through FBLA

Extra:
-I started a jewelry company where 40% of proceeds go to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital

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Your stats are pretty much in line with the last published averages for NYU, not sure why you say they are low. What school within NYU are you wanting to apply to?

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^ oh sorry I missed the “Stern” in the subject!

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Those extracurriculars look good, however, your stats are in the lower end. I would suggest regular decision for two reasons:

  1. opportunity to retake ACT or submit another test that will place you in a competitive spot
  2. As you are probably taking AP classes right now, this will be an opportunity to raise your GPA that you submit in comparison to the GPA that you have right now, which is in the lower end. Test score statistics matter a lot more than extracurriculars for Stern.

In the end, I think that you’ll have a good shot (absolutely no one is guaranteed) as anyone else as long as you try to improve your scores, and continue with your AP classes to improve your GPA. Good luck!

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Need higher test score