<p>Whenever <em>official</em> decisions come in- the actual acceptance letter is in your hands, not an invite- post for this year and next year's applicants to look through.</p>
<p>Copy and paste the following into the reply. Then fill in the answers. First decision, then SAT scores, etc. Remove the spaces before the brackets to make it work</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc):
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>It should look like this: Decision: Rejected (Tisch)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1000
[</em>] SAT IIs: 300, 350, 600
[<em>] GPA: 2.3
[</em>] Rank: 199/200
[<em>] Other stats: AP Lit-1, AP Gov Pol-2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Didn't write any
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't like me because I never did my work
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never met him/her
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Not sure
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: My whole app was probably pretty weak.
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I didn't really think going to school was important. Or homework. Also, I don't know anything about NYU.
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): None
[/ul]Other Factors: None. My poor parents.</p>
<p>edit if you forget to take out a space or something</p>
<p>don't post if it's not an official decision. the side comments are unnecessary</p>
<p>Ha, this is for Aaron, who was suspended of posting privileges recently.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Steinhardt)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770, 740, 680
[<em>] GPA: 3.75
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: AP AB Calc-5, AP US History-5, AP Environmental Science-4, AP Music Theory-3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty well written, had a humorous spin
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Heard from my counselor that they were very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Assume that it was very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Whizite
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strongly demonstrated passion for music.
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My grades and test scores were probably at least in NYU's 80th percentile
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Sunday at the Square
[/ul]Other Factors: Let's not go there</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1450
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730/680/670
[<em>] GPA: 94 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: Nada
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Alright I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Dunno
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno
[<em>] Hook (if any): No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: None
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Nothing really wrong with app, nothing too great either
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): U-day
[/ul]Other Factors:None</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1410
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730/690/620
[<em>] GPA: 4.1W, 3.8UW
[</em>] Rank: 3/294
[<em>] Other stats: AP US: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: 1 very good, 1 funny: about my fear of bugs
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 awesome, 1 great, 1 written in a cold style but still good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it, but I'm sure it was good
[<em>] Hook (if any): I don't believe I have a hook
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NYC - Queens
[<em>] School Type: Catholic - low caliber (I was one of five students who broke a 1250)
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Indian (Bangladeshi)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Weakness: no leadership EC's
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My numbers are on the high end of their scale?
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Lewis Rudin Scholar
[/ul]Other Factors: Really don't want to attend: parents will probably force me to.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1490
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 720, 720
[<em>] GPA: 3.9ish
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on AP Lang, Psych, 4 on USHistory
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thoguht they were alright. Nothing truly amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Not sure. Didn't get to read, counselor wouldn't read them either.. ??
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably okay
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public (500ish kids in our grade)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: SAT scores could've been higher. Showed some leadership skills.
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Decent to good everything?
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Sunday at the Square
[/ul]Other Factors: NYU loves our school and takes like, everyone. ha.</p>
<p>I'm posting this for my son who is on a school trip in Japan and doesn't even know about this yet.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: CAS, Lewis Rudin City Scholar</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780/670//630
[<em>] GPA: 3.6 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: IB program junior and senior years
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: fine
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didnt see it.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt see it.
[<em>] Hook (if any): play piano and bassoon, co-founded a neighborhood bike club. Hes a real city kid.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: white Irish Catholic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: math and music are strengths. Could do better in verbal.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: He has a good bit of Brooklyn street smarts as evidenced in his essays; maybe they liked that. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:800v 710m
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800us hist/750world hist/720writing
[<em>] GPA:3.0 uw
[</em>] Rank:school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: good ECs i guess
[/ul]Subjective: **[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i'm told very good. explained my gpa and stuff
[<em>] Teacher Recs: really really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really really good...pushed me over the edge along with my teacher recs i think
[<em>] Hook (if any): nothing of note
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:westchester, ny
[<em>] School Type: small private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: gpa
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: luck?
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): university day
[/ul]Other Factors:**nothing of note. good upward trend on my gpa</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1520 (800m 720v)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/730/710
[<em>] GPA: My school does not have GPA
[</em>] Rank: My school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: APUS:4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, but I did them all a few hours before they were due.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent, since I know all my teachers very well. I often treat my math teacher to lunch.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Math and Physics / English and History
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Good SATs and I live in NY.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
I don't know...single non-english speaking mom perhaps?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1560 780m/780v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Writing, 710 US History, 680 Literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.6578/4.33 UW
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: 5 APs by Graduation, 3 on US History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent. Everyone that read them thought they were incredible.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really good I am close with many of my teachers.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, I know my GC very well.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I really wanted to attend Tisch for Recorded Music and made that apparent in my application. I made sure that I came across as driven and willing to handle a huge amount of work.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type: Public, Highly Ranked
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: History and English and Science/Math
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Good grades, I am pretty talented, I work hard, and I'm a good kid I think.
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Saturday at The Square but I was accepted ED
[/ul]Other Factors: I made friends with one of the admissions officers, by calling and asking lots of questions, so I talked to her a lot. I think that she really got to know me quite well, and that played in as a factor in my admission.</p>
<p>Subjective-
Essays: A bit whimsical...you either loved it or hated it
Teacher Recs: don't know, didn't read
Hook: none</p>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country:New York
School type: private, religious
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
major strength/weakness: writing ability
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: test scores, GPA, possibly essay</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS: My parents both went to NYU grad school</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450 750m/700v
SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 800 Math IIC, 800 Bio M
GPA: 97/100
Rank: School doesn't rank
Other stats: 6 APs by graduation </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good I suppose
Teacher Recs: ^^^^^
Counselor Rec: ^^^^^
Hook (if any): I have no idea</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public, Magnet school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: male</p>
<p>major strength/weakness: Science and Math/...uh....the humanities?
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think my involvement in my school's robotics club/high GPA
Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Sunday at the Square
Other Factors: None that I can think of.</p>
<p>Wow, I totally wasn't expecting merit aid from NYU, so I was pleasently surprised</p>
<p>I still havn't received notification of my decision but received this email today:</p>
<p>Hello Christina Boyd,</p>
<p>In order to send you your decision materials, we need you to respond detailing a phone number we can reach you at.</p>
<p>Please respond AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!</p>
<p>My best,
Dan Sarmiento</p>
<p>I though it was somewhat of an odd email, considering my phone number should be on the common app just like with any other university I applied to. Has anyone not received notificatione either? Btw Im applying to the freshmen year in florence program.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1520
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790, 720, 720
[<em>] GPA: 93 UW
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats:....
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I thought.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Have a business.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strength: SATs
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My SATs, academic record in math, legacy w/Dad.
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): University Day
[/ul]Other Factors: NYU gave me $0 scholarship money...so I don't know if I can go.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1350, but I used my ACT:32
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math2C: 750, Writing: 740, USHistory: 770
[<em>] GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank: 9/585
[<em>] Other stats: AP Govt 3, AP USHistory 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: my English teacher said one was "really neat", and the other was "cool"...great feedback, I know:P
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was "best ever" and the other was quite good I think (didn't read it)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me (out of her 300+ students)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Some cool Latin stuff, my major (Linguistics)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (apparently no longer considered an ethnicity but just a color)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Essays & Recs, SAT?
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My major, extra-curric. involvement, essays (like I said, they are cool and neat)
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Nope...but I did send out my application last minute.
[/ul]Other Factors: I'm just delighted I got in!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1540
SAT IIs: 800/720/680
GPA: 98.9/100
Rank: We don't rank, top 10%
Other stats: 6 APs at the end of the year + 1 college class </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Awesome.
Teacher Recs: Awesome.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Hook (if any): I've taken classes at NYU.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Top 150 public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>
<p>major strength/weakness: my numbers, my essay, and my reccomendations were all very, very good. however, I haven't been meaningfully involved in any EC's.
Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Sunday at the Square
Other Factors: I got awarded a randomn, 20K "CAS Scholarship," and an additional 6K in loans. That is a hell of a lot more than I was ever expecting.</p>