Hey CCers, I’m an Asian international student studying in the US.
I applied to NYU Stern under Early Decision I and was wondering if y’all could chance me.
Here’s stats and other info
GPA(UW): 3.85
School doesn’t rank nor does it have Weighted GPA. My school ranks top #2 - #5 among private schools in my state every year.
SAT: 1500 (Math 800 Reading/Writing 700)
SAT II: Math 2C expecting 720-760 / Korean 800 (but I don’t think Korean really counts so lol)
Course Rigor
Sophomore: Took 3 classes at local state college (English Lit, Calc I, Human Anatomy)
Junior: AP Lit, AP Bio 1, AP Gov, AP Calc AB (I transferred so had to repeat calc and the school has 2 yrs of AP Bio), Chinese, HTML
Senior: AP Lang, AP Bio 2, AP Euro, AP Human Geo, AP Stats, French, Chinese
Extracurriculars
– President/Founder of School Model UN club
– President/Founder of School social justice club
– Have 2 businesses (CEO and Founder) in US/Korea (one made more than $40,000 in net earnings and the other doesn’t make much profit; both aim to educate young minds in international diplomacy and other disciplines)
– Interned at a start up in Korea as a marketing/sales B2C specialist
– Interend at a pretty big company in Korea as a consultant for incoming clients + invited to their Berlin company summit for the first time as an asian/non-european
– State House of Representative page (I was the only one in the grade at my school)
– Private tutor for more than 6 years, teaching/taught more than 25 ESL students
– School’s After School Activities Staff (first international student to be hired)
– Fall Play/One Act State championship
– and there’s more but I just can’t think of it. the above are the most defining I believe.
Essay
– Common App: talked about making it as a gay, asian, immigrant and how that made me an activist within my community. Talked about bullying I had to go through in Korea because I’m gay and how I overcame. Very personal, lots of ppl liked it but some commented it lacks “shock/wow factor”
– Why NYU: Talked about all my friends I’ve made during the visit to school and different programs at Stern, CAS (mentioned professors and specific concentration which is Marketing). Also talked about my dream to reach different minority communities in marketing/sales field.
Rec
– AP Gov/AP Euro/AP Human Geo Teacher: prob wrote a very good rec im her fav student (I think cuz literally tried so hard in her classes)
– AP Calc teacher: Moderate – talks some personal things about me but I got a B+ in that class sooo
– Counselor: Prob a good one. I worked with her as a peer college counselor and MUN president. She likes me
Weaknesses
– international (I don’t have US citizen nor a green card), Asian (bamboo ceiling), GPA is weak I feel like, maybe cliché essays (idk tho), I am not exactly the brightest kid in school.
– Also as far as I know Stern really cares about your math grade at which I’m not strong. Got a B+ in AP Calc and didn’t take AP Calc BC.
IDK DO I HAVE A CHANCE GUYS