<p>I don't go to NYU, but I'd say that attitude will work with any school. If someone doesn't like simply because of your political views, then that's their problem.</p>
<p>thank god. i thought i was going to be the only student at nyu that isnt , forgive me for using the term, a "tree-hugging" liberal.</p>
<p>Ha, don't worry Dilo. I have friends at NYU now, and not all are tree huggers, some the farthest thing from one. Its majority liberal like most schools in the NE (not sure about tree huggers, NYU doesn't have that many trees except the 420 kind, hehe). NYU is big and diverse, so I'm sure you'll easily find people like you, at least that's what everyone tells me. </p>
<p>Seeing dumb liberals upset and crying at everything the president does is a funny sight so I hope I'm able find people to share that with.</p>
<p>haha... well im just not a fan of politics in general. I'd rather let other people who care and would probably do a better job take care of that. haha.</p>
<p>accepted into stern as a stern scholar with a 1530. not going though... no aid.</p>
<p>Accepted: GSP</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 600V, 670M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 630Writ, 610Math IC, 540Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.338/5.33
[</em>] Rank: 7%
[<em>] Other stats: My school doesn't offer AP, but I just take the Honors courses and pay money for those classes to be counted towards college (Fairleigh Dickinson middle college program)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were fantastic, but I wrote them so my opinion doesn't really count.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both were pretty good, but the one my law/gov teacher wrote went above and beyond my expectations.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, not too personal though, more of a general sounding rec.
[<em>] Hook (if any): What is that?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type: small, poor, doesn't push its kids as much as they could.
[</em>] Ethnicity: 'Azzzzzzzn' aka Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I do try to get involved with EC's, sports and tons of volunteer opportunities. I'm not the strongest test taker, hence the mediocre SAT scores.
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I felt I really told NYU my reasons for going there; it was also extremely truthful, because it's been my dream school for years.
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): UDay
[/ul]Other Factors:
[*]FA package: 8,000 GSP Scholarship (after appeal), 4,000 work study, 5,000 with 2 types of loans; didn't meet EFC.</p>
<p>Accepted GSP- Attending
Top 11% 760v 570m 32ACT
History Major
Accepted at Vanderbilt , Johns Hopkins, UofIllinois, Westmont and Fordham (Rejected at USC, William and Mary, waitlisted at BU)
Financial Aid- 17,000 (8000scholarship, 4000 work study +loans)
Chose NYU because it felt like a really good fit, and I want the whole NYU experience.</p>
<p>I know I shouldn't reply to this but;
chicagojen, what made you choose nyu's gsp over jhu? I'm just wondering because my parents are trying to tell me to choose a school based 90% on its academic ranking, and I HATE it.</p>
<p>I applied for financial aid late at JHU and the financial aid office couldn't have been more unhelpful. We could never speak to a human, nobody returned e-mails or voice mails. I visited the campus, which was beautiful, but the dorms were tiny and gross looking (on the inside, they looked great from the outside), and the students just seemed overly driven and competitive. I know JHU was clearly the best academic choice, but I want to be able to have some fun and a great experience in my four years of college, and I love everything about NYU. So i decided to go with my heart instead of my head. I may regret it, I may not, but I know I would've regretted it if I didn't try NYU.</p>
<p>Accepted into the CAS, but I'll be attending UVa instead.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS) (Courant)</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:1430 (630 on the language part))
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 700 Us History, 670 Chemistry (, 550 writing part, but I don't think I sent them that)
[ *] GPA: er, depends if you want weighted or unweighted (meaning ap and honors classes are worth more points that regular classes) I guess about 95
[ *] Rank: 14/173
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I worked on my essays alot, mainly because the numbers on my previous performance on writing evaluations (eg Writing SAT II and English Regents) were ill-reflecting
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2, one teacher said I would change the world, she's cool
[ *] Counselor Rec: 1, I don't know what he wrote, but he's a good guy too
[ *] Hook (if any): hm, I also sent a supplement with my application giving a little introduction to a little pet project theory I made (don't take this too far as theory in this sense is just a collection of beginning theorems of a system I made to discuss a certain question)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Long Island, NY
[ *] School Type: Public (Although on Long Island, the school may be more like a private school elsewhere. I say this because I realize that it varies on location)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths would be a strong focus on a particular area (mathematics) and my trying to blatantly show my enthusiasm for my school work. Weaknesses would definitely be my writing scores.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Well I could talk about character here, but I think cold hard stats might me more infromative. Besides from the supplement I sent (I totally suggest creating a supplement of something extra you would like colleges to see and send it to all of them), I also took many college courses independently while in high school. By the time I graduate high school I will have taken 5 college courses, with only one actually being in my highschool (it was still run by a university). Also about 5 AP courses. and I am a T.A. for my school's AP Calculus class.
[ *] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): huh?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
I pretty much went over most of what I would put here under "why were you accepted"</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CAS)</p>
<p>From: The most southern part of Alabama
Major: Pre-medicine (for now)
ACT:32
SATs: not good.
Rank:7/300-ish
Accepted at NYU, Penn State, University of Alabama
Deferred then rejected from UPenn.</p>
<p>Chose NYU because I think I can be more successful there, plus they gave me the most financial aid: 11,000 grant, 9,000 in loans and work-study.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Tisch Film) [ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>SAT: 1390
SAT IIs: 700 writing, 760 lit, 770 bio-e
GPA: 3.85uw
Rank: No rank, but top 10%
Other stats: Eight total ap's</p>
<p>Essays: I spent two months on them...so I hope they were good
Teacher Recs: Didn't see.
Counselor Rec: Didn't see
Hook (if any): For other schools, I wrote film...but that doesn't seem to work at a film school...</p>
<p>State or Country: Midwest
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Major strength/weakness: SAT's and GPA were low, but I've won national competitions in film. </p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I wish I could answer that...they gave me a trustee scholarship though, even though I would never recieve any need-based aid.
Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): Saturday at the Square.
Where else accepted? USC Film, Northwestern, Harvard, Brown, Umich.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted (Stern)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1360 (750 math, 610 verbal)
[</em>] SAT IIs:720 Biology, 630 writing, 780 1c, 770 2c, 690 ush, 630 chem
[<em>] GPA:4.0
[</em>] Rank:6/246
[<em>] Other stats:14 total ap's by the end of senior year, already recieved 6 credit hours from taking courses at SUNY at Buffalo
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I wouldn't have sent them if i didn't think they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I got glowing recs
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He loves me
[<em>] Hook (if any): Um...varsity sports maybe possibly? maybe because i was captain of 2 of the teams? maybe? possibly? dunno really....what exactly is a hook?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York State
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: SAT was low, had a good class rank, had really good leadership qualifications
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No clue really...i think i shoudl have gotten rejected :P. Not complaining tho.
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): U Day (what are they asking? Likely? likely what?)
[/ul]Other Factors: errrr....lots and lots of music. I'm a major music guy. you know how it is.</p>
<p>accepted to Stern, Transfer from community College</p>
<p>SAT: 1260 Math 710 Verbal 550</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Korean</p>
<p>Location: Virginia</p>
<p>GPA: 17 completed credits: 4.0, 20 in progress (they requested my midterm and it was 4.0) </p>
<p>Took honors courses and engineering calculus to prepare for transfer. </p>
<p>involved in Business Honors curriculum, activities</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]accepted! gsp/cas</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1270
[ *] SAT IIs:590 writing, 650 us history, 690 math 1c
[ *] GPA:87.4
[ *] Rank:72/518 (top 14%)
[ *] Other stats:ACT: 30
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: pretty good i think
[ *] Teacher Recs:i know for a fact excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good but not to personal
[ *] Hook (if any):recognized by the president for my excellent work on republican 2004 campaign, picked to be apart of 35 students out of 250 to be a peer leader, and i started a club at my school.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: new jersey
[ *] School Type:very large public school
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness: standardized testing, my class rank wasnt too great but my school is extremely competative
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my ec's and personality
[ *] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc): i was at university day
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] took all ap and enriched classes and did lots of ecs: two varsity sports, honor societies, religous school, outside club sport, peer leadership, and student government</p>
<p>BUMP for those RDers who may need this as reference.</p>
<p>jwblue, howd you find it? Collegeconfidential wont let me look back further than a month.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1960, 2020
[</em>] SAT IIs: not sure yet
[<em>] GPA: 4.36/5.0
[</em>] Rank: 30/280
[<em>] Other stats: Excellent EC's, started and leaded clubs, Girls State governor, Awesome work experience at a resort in Hawaii over the summer
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): My writing maybe?
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Leadership qualities, essay, / grade inconsistency
[<em>] why you think you were accepted: Major (hotel management) is that popular
[</em>] Likely? If so, which (Sunday at the Square, University Day, etc):
[/ul]Other Factors:** now I just need to apply for scholarships like crazy. NYU gave me like 14,000 in grants my first year, but I need sooo much more</p>
<p>haha...this is an old thread..class of '09.</p>