<p>Prospective Major(s): Biology and Philosophy SAT I: N/A SAT II: 800 Bio M, 740 US Hist, 710 Math I ACT: 33 Comp (35 Eng, 32 Math, 29 Read, 35 Sci, 8 Write) AP Exams: Biology (5), US History (TBA), Psychology (TBA) GPA: 4.94 W, 3.94 UW Rank: 14/514 (Top 3%) (Our class has 13 Rank 1's) Transcript Breakdown: 4.5y English, 4y Social Studies, 3y Math, 5y Science, 3y Visual Art, .5y Volunteer Work Senior Coursework: Honors Sociology/AP Psychology, Honors Physics, Honors Human Anatomy, English Composition/British Lit. (Dual Enrollment/AP), Student Volunteer Worker (Classroom Asst.)/Adv Creative Writing</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: My personal essay was a heartfelt narrative about how I came to terms with my sexuality by falling in love. It was the major turning point in my life, and I feel I did it as much justice as words possibly can. Teacher Recs: Both are glowing; I couldn’t have asked for better. Counselor Rec: Aside from writing an enthusiastic recommendation, my counselor went to great lengths to explain the scheduling issues and relatively few opportunities at my high school. I owe her for explaining the situation. Extracurriculars: Editor of the School Literature Magazine (1y), Scholar Bowl Team (2y), Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Team (2y) Awards/Honors: National Merit Commended Student, 6th in the State of Illinois in Biological Science (WYSE), Artwork Displayed @ City Art Show, Yale Book Award for “intellectual promise”</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Illinois School Type: Non-Competitive Public Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Perceived Strengths: Intellectual Vitality, Strong Recommendations, Heartfelt Essay Perceived Weaknesses: Lack of Foreign Language and Calculus, Few ECs
** Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:** I don't know. Apparently my weaknesses weren't as glaring as I thought. I really assumed that the lack of foreign language would kill me, but my counselor was great at explaining my dedication to and success in art. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone that got in!</p>
<p>Pick one:
*NYU- RD arts and sciences: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (Math 710 CR 740 W 780)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 740 US History: 780 Lit: 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP American Gov't: 5
AP American History: 5
AP Literature: 5
AP European History: Taking in May
AP Statistics: Taking in May
AP Composition: Taking in May
AP Calculus AB: Taking in May
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 Courses, Several APs...Too much.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A regional theatre Award for Stage Management
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of the Drama Company, lottts of time to theater; I'm a techie; various literary clubs; NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tennis Instructor 2 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Service trip with selective admission at my school; Church work
[<em>] Summer Activities: Working, Playing Tennis
[</em>] Essays: Thought they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Rigorous, parochial
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Noneee =/
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: The Short Answers were fun to do.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Longer Essays were half-@$$ed somewhat
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well rounded individual!
[/ul]General Comments: Happy!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 M:780, CR:750, W:720
[</em>] ACT:--
[<em>] SAT II: Bio:790, Lit:720, WH:720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.38/3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):48/300+
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov(4), Calc AB(5), World History(5), Biology(5), English Language(5), Environmental Science, English Literature, Spanish Language, Music Theory, Calc BC
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Food and Nutrition, AP Calc BC, Wind Ensemble, AP English 12, AP Spanish 5, AP Music Theory, AP Environmental Science
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really :(
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jewish Organization for Local Teens(founder/president) music stuff(section leader/principle player, etc.), Spanish Club(President), JSA(public relations officer/vp), NHS, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at synagogue's sunday school, interned at the US DOE
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: stuff through extracurriculars
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interlochen Arts Camp (Clarinet and Drawing/Painting Majors), Summer@Brown 2007: Music Theory and Composition, Intern at US DOE
[</em>] Essays: they were pretty good, to be honest, i ended up kind of bsing my short answers, but i guess they were honest and well written
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one from my world history teacher(intended major!) and one from my 11th grade english teacher who i know kind of well, so i guess they were probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: this one was probably pretty generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: one from my band director (after 4 years of being in his class/assorted extracurriculars) and one from the undersecretary at the DOE
[</em>] Interview: nyu doesnt do interviews, right?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland!!!
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half Chinese, Half Caucasian (jewish)
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope :(
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: good test scores? idk my essays were good i guess, and leadership?
[<em>] Weaknesses: lowish grades/rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ask my admissions officer!
[/ul]General Comments: <3<3<3<3 I LOVE NEW YORK!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 650, CR: 680, W: 690.
[</em>] SAT II: Lit: 680, Hebrew: 800, Spanish: 800, Math I: 600
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I wonder about USA'S System... GPA of about 90%.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Pfft. Yeah, right. But I assume I'm in the top 10.
[li] Senior Year Course Load: There isn't really room for choice, but I took as many classes as I could. To give an idea, you need 27 units to matriculate and I have 40...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook editor in 9th and 12th grade.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Working since I was 16. First in translations for TV, later costumer service, water company's written complaints and coordinator of a country-wide tutoring project at a blind foundation.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A full-time year working with the blind and visually impaired. After a year I was promoted to tutor and was offered pay. Stellar letter of recommendation.
[</em>] Summer Activities: A film project with Arabs my age to promote tolerance and reduce animosity.
[<em>] Essays: Can't really judge, regarded my work at the foundation for the blind.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 3 teachers + principal.
[li] Counselor Rec: We have none but the homeroom teacher acted as one.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Israel
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low. EFC of 0.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International student from Israel, spend the last couple of year volunteering and working.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul][<em>] Strengths: Again, I assume volunteer work and country of origin. Excellent TOEFL and recs. Don't know about the essays...
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades all around. SAT is low but I suppose the TOEFL balances it a bit. Also lack of AP or IB but I suppose they understood the Israli system is totally different (apparently...).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Diversity thing. I suppose they're looking for candidates from all over the world. Not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth too much, though. I'm just happy to be in :-)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: How sad is it that I probably won't be able to attend because of horrible FA? I really hope the rumors and data at collegeboard.com turn out to be wrong...</p>
<p>accepted :D just need some serious money :[</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown):580 R, 660 M, 770 W
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: 710 Math2, 710 Chem, 620 Spanish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 english lang, 5 chemistry, 4 world history
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: eco/gov, gym, speech, AP calc BC, AP spanish lang, organic chemistry, quantitative analysis
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BETA, NHS, art club, school magazine, band
[ *] Job/Work Experience: camp counselor, assistant teacher (summer and about a year, respectively)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at community center, 50 hours about.com
[ *] Summer Activities: camp counselor, volunteering
[ *] Essays: what about them? mine was about hospitals?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: ap chem teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: yep. idk what it said.
[ *] Additional Rec: nope
[ *] Interview: they gave interviews?
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY :D
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white?
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Income Bracket: <40 grand
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): oldest of 4, 1st generation college
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: writing and science
[ *] Weaknesses: history/geography/social studies. hate that stuff!
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: essay and average. maybe extra currics?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] i only applied to 3(this columbia and hunter/macaulay) and this is the only acceptance i got LOL! in ur face hunter :] if u plan on applying, dont let financial aid stop you. theres always room for a miracle and you might get money SOMEWHERE. nothing ventured nothing gained right? and im filling this out cuz im procrastinating on organic and math hw.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): 800/700/750
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 770 lit, 740 spanish, 730 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Lower end of top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s and 4s in like six subjects
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Solid, 4 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer job
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100 or so hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Work, travel, classes
[ *] Essays: I felt good about them
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn't see
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn't see but I don't have much faith in my counselor
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: None
[/ul]Other*[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): South
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: An okay Catholic school
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710M 750CR 770W (2230)
[</em>] ACT: --
[<em>] SAT II: 740M1 690LIT 610SPAN (w/o listening)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank. Top 20% ish.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): --
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): --
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP US Government & Politics, Honors Physics, Advanced Calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council (4 years, secretary), Peer Mediation (3 years, 1 year as president), Student Action Committee, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Fall Cheerleading (1 year freshman captain, 1 year varsity, 4 years in high school total), Winter Cheerleading (1 year, varsity), Pop Warner Cheerleading Coach (2 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: --
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts, Coaching (listed above)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Same as above.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good. I tried to be creative with the NYU-specific ones.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I had 3 -- one from my English teacher (hopefully really good), one from my chemistry teacher (probably pretty good too) and one from my class council advisor.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I think it was good, too!
[<em>] Additional Rec: Just from my C/C advisor.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): --
[<em>] School Type: Large, competitive, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: I'm not receiving financial aid.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): --
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, involvement, honesty.
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Spanish SAT scores, %age.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: :)!
[/ul]General Comments:
My grandfather went to NYU. I was so upset that there was nowhere on the application to put that! But it looks like I didn't need it. Congrats to everyone who got in! & if you didn't hear back, don't worry. A lot of very qualified applicants from my school still haven't heard. Good luck!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 640 Math, 700 Reading, 710 Writing
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 690 World History, 730 Biology E, 760 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Hmm…3.4ish?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US 5, World History 5, Bio 4, Lang 4
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, Model UN, AP Micro, AP Comparative Gov, Physics, AP Psych
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nada. just a bunch of debate stuff, local stuff</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (Co-captain, secretary), IMPACT Club (Secretary), History Club (President), NHS, Volunteering @ Kumon
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300 ish?
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camps, Summer @ Brown, Shadowing Doctors at Hospital
[<em>] Essays: not fabulous
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably nice
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, dont really know her that well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[<em>] School Type: huuuge public school, uber competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: my obvious dedication and work ethic apparent in my essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: second semester senior grades, SAT’s, lack of extra curriculars (its only 3, but I invest alot of time into them)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i heard a rumor that they didnt look at second semester senior grades, so they probably accepted me because they didnt see that devestation.[/li][/ul]General Comments: yay! i still need to be convinced that nyu is awesome even without a campus though</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2010
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 720 (US) 700 (lit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/867
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US(5) CalcAB(5) ArtHist(4) LangComp(4) Euro(4) Bio(3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap econ (macroµ) ap gov (comp&us) ap lit ap stats ap spanish IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): gold award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): girl scouts, softball, tennis, mock trial, hospital, clubs…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[</em>] Summer Activities: 3 week summer course at brown
[<em>] Essays: totally myself. apparently they didnt mind that
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: APUSH one was fantastic, calc one not so much
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she knows me pretty well
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: were there nyu interviews??</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): southern california
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public with amazing AP/honors program
[</em>] Ethnicity: white (sicilian baby)
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle classsss
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 13 yr girl scout with gold award is about all i could think of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul][<em>] Strengths: dedication & passion (through ec’s & essay)
[</em>] Weaknesses: crappy SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: essay, ec’s[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>ive been thinking about the decision for like 2 weeks but not sure i’ll be coming coming cause i heard FA wasnt that great…</p>
<p>Objective: ACCEPTED CAS[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240, 800 reading, 720 writing/math
[</em>] ACT: 32 composite, 36 math, the others i don’t remember
[<em>] SAT II: 800s in Math II, Biology Molecular, and Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.23/4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 out of forty
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in world history, Calc AB, Econ micro and macro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 7 in Math HL, Bio HL, Chem HL, Econ SL,
Predicted 6-7 (not sure b/c school gives ranges) in English SL, and spanish ab initio
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB and AP Calc BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club president, Student Review newsletter editor in chief, Investors club president, MUN Chair of DISEC committee
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in Three different hospitals/retirement homes for a total of 150 hours, seperate 150 hours of CAS for the IB diploma
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering at hospitals
[<em>] Essays: Decent, but my friends tell me that they were kind of weak and thats why i was waitlisted at JHU and rejected from MIT
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York State resident, but i live in India now
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[</em>] School Type: American International School -Chennai (private)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian origin, but i’m American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Full IB student, with 5 AP fives, international, strong committement to medicine/health care, alot of volunteering, good ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: my SAT Scores (kind of) I only took them once as well as the ACT, but i got such mixed results. I got a perfect in SAT reading, and bad in math. But got a perfect math score in ACT and a bad score in reading
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Over All I think I’m a good fit for NYU [/li][/ul] b]General Comments:** I love NYU for giving me 55,000 in financial assistnace, with 40,000 in grants and scholarships. I think I will end up going to NYU. See you all there.</p>
<p>Okay, so I’m a lurker, but this is my first post!</p>
<p>**ACCEPTED NYU- RD arts and sciences **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2160; 750 Math, 730 CR, 680 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 32 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 730 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t know
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP French, AP Calc, AP Bio, some other classes…
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Rotary Interact Club (VP), Literary Magazine (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Orchestra - violin
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor in Chemistry and English (doesn’t really count though…), Intern at dental office
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ER hospital volunteer ~200 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: some healthcare/science camps, volunteered w/ YMCA
[<em>] Essays: good - I spent a lot of time on them!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: English - amazing; Chemistry - didn’t read, but should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul][<em>] Strengths: GPA, volunteer experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of sports, real job
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I am a good fit for NYU![/li][/ul]General Comments: I am so excited!!! I got into the BA-DDS program and the Presidential Honors Scholars. I’ve wanted to go to NYU all throughout high school. Congrats to everyone else who got in, and good luck to those still waiting! :)</p>
