Waitlisted to Stern
SAT 1420 Essay 23/24
MATH II 800 PHYSICS 700 CHEMISTRY 700
GPA 4.5
AP Bio 4(self studied), Chem 5, Calc BC 5, APES 4, Physics 1 4
Senior year with 5 APs
Feeling super worried rn 
Thought I might post my stats on this thread to help anyone out in the futureā¦
Wait-listed at CAS
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.43
ACT: 30
Major: Environmental Studies at CAS
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
School Type: College Prep, Private High School (California)
Senior Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, economics, teacherās assistant for AP European History (we have 8 periods, I have one free period)
AP: Aside from this yearās classes, I have taken AP Statistics, APUSH, and AP European History (passed all).
Extracurricular Activities: Varsity volleyball (freshman - senior; captain senior year; libero/defensive specialist), competitive club volleyball (freshman - junior year), founder and co-president of Healing Humanity Club (a community service club that strives to improve the lives of children in our community), founding member and co-president of the app club (created an app for our school/we manage the app weekly), Model UN member (I have been awarded a few notable mentions at conferences, but nothing major.), tutor for all subjects (math up to calculus), head of theater hair and makeup for my schoolās drama department, school ambassador (I try to help new students feel as welcome as possible), 200+ hours of community service (including a service trip to Costa Rica).
Personal Advantages: Fluent in Spanish
Personal Disadvantages: ACT score, unweighted GPA
Accepted: Fordham University
Rejected: Carnegie Mellon University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University
Waitlisted: NYU, Boston University
Anyone know how many student usually accept the waitlist offer. I did the math and itās definitely less than 7,000 people but that feels like a very vague number. 
i know in 2010, they waitlisted ~2500 people, ~1500 accepted it, and ~130 were admitted
Hi guys! I applied to CAS Pre-Professional Medical Track and got waitlisted ā¦ no wonder why smh. My second choice was Gallatin, was really looking forward to that //: But on my application I indicated that I was still interested in CAS, just added a few more majors, and Gallatin, as well as Global Liberal Studies Program in four countries. Iām really hoping that I get a spot in either of those three schools/programs ā¦ NYU was a dream come true! But then again ā¦ tuition ā¦ so Iām totally lost lol (but still hoping)
@applefreak665 So that comes around 8.6%. So, in 2010, 60% of the waitlisted people stayed on it. This year the number of applicants is 67,232 and 21% of applicants were waitlisted which comes to around 14,118. Assuming that 60% of them will stay on the waitlist, 8,470 people will stay this year. With 2010ās 8.6%acceptance rate, 730 people could be accepted this year. I guess I just have too much free time. This is definitely not accurate and it changes every year
Wow, Iām hella chuckling at thisā¦ you guys are literally doing math to calculate these percentages. Thatās dedication. Respect.
Welpā¦ the only way to know if we can get in is by just applying
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@tealovahh Awww! Tealovahh, itās so sweet of you, in the middle of your freshman year of college, where you are so very happy, and have happily moved on, to create a brand new college confidential account on 3/31/17 and post this one post on the NYU Waitlist 2021 forum just to let all of us waitlisted people know that weād be so much happier to decline a spot on the waitlist!
@stasi1999 I canāt tell if thatās sarcasm or not. Lol
@lsingh It is indeed sarcasm. Itās highly unlikely that a happy college freshman would create a college confidential account on 3/31/17 to make one post in the NYU waitlist thread for the high school class year after her. Given tealovahh is a new account with one post to her name, I think tealovahh is on the NYU class of 2021 waitlist and is hoping to encourage others on the waitlist to drop off and accept another college to increase her chances on the NYU waitlist.
Yeah itās a very underhanded method to go about things. @stasi1999
Tealovahh is pretty desperate.
@stasi1999 Tealovahh even joined the waitlist group me chat and began talking about how happy she is atā¦I think some college in Boston. She said that she didnāt want us to be worried because some of her friends were waitlisted at NYU and they were super worried and nervous
@hillmtalia I am on spring break and bored to death. I love math so why not. Lol
Does anyone know why NYU has such a large waitlist this year? Thereās no reason to think they will take the same percentage off their waitlist without knowing why itās so large to begin with. Last year they took about 300 off the waitlist but I donāt know how many total were waitlisted.
ETA that they said they waitlisted 10-15% of the applicant pool last year (which was about 64k) and expected less than 50% of those offered a spot to accept it. If 50% accepted a spot it would make the percentage taken off the waitlist approximately 6%
why doesnāt nyu release statistics about their former waitlists?? its really difficult to find any information on the waitlist. i dont want to hang on to false hope
@guamboy - As @Nimisha99 posted a few days ago, the NYU Admissions blog post for 2016 indicated that NYU accepted about 300 students last year from the waitlist. Not a lot, but itās something. I really appreciate how transparent NYU was in 2016 on its blog about movement on the waitlist. It was nice that NYU let waitlisted students know when certain schools (Tandon, Steinhardt, Tisch etc.) were full and that no more students would be taken from the waitlist, so that students could move on. Iām hoping NYU is equally transparent this year.
@guamboy I know right! I looked everywhere including the NYU Facebook and I havenāt found anything about waitlist acceptance rates.
I know that in the FAQ they mention not to contact the admissions officers and just to have all the info in your RSVP form. In last yearās forum though, many of them contacted NYU to relay their interest and a lot of them got in. What do you guys think?