<p>Decision: Accepted - Stern</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 800 CR, 800 WR
[</em>] ACT: N/A (Never took)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2: 800, Biology: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Government and Politics (5), AP BC Calculus (5), AP Language and Composition (5), AP Physics Mechanics (5), AP Physics Electricity/Magnetism (4), AP Biology (4), AP Psychology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A (None taken)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Literature and Composition, AP Statistics, AP Micro/Macro Economics, Science Internship at the National Institutes of Health
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholars with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Presidential Scholarship Candidate, National Honors Society, DNA Day Essay Honorable Mention (if that counts for anything)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations (USG), Business Club (Senior Officer-essentially VP, but there are 2 of us), Martial Arts Club President, Math Team, Multiple Local/National/International Martial Arts awards (Bronze Medal at Panamerican Games in 2010, US Junior Wushu Team x2, Tons of other local competitions)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Intern at NIH/NIDCD, Martial Arts (Wushu/Kungfu) Instructor at a local Chinese School
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Special Volunteer (My position before the internship) at NIH/NIDCD, VP of a pending 501(c)(3) organization, Financial Officer at another with 501(c)(3) status
[<em>] Essays: Last minute brilliance
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two of the most respected teachers at my school, I performed near the top of my class for 4 semesters in each
[<em>] Counselor Rec: The counselors at our school typically don’t see the students and just put down “best student ever” in every category, not honest, but effective
[</em>] Additional Rec: My martial arts teacher. He is quite the writer, and did his fellowship at Harvard for educational psychology.
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, got some
[<em>] Intended Major: Finance (Surprise Surprise)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): 'Murica
[li] School Type: Highly-competitive, public (We send around 15 kids to ivies each year, 10-15 more to top 10)[/li][</em>] Ethnicity: Asian as can be
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Lol, I’m an Asian Male (works against me)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, Wushu, Several hundred volunteer hours + demonstrations of commitment (from the 501(c)(3)s), coursework
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I am the Batman. To be quite honest, everyone who I asked said I would get in.
[/ul]General Comments:
Reading more about NYU has lead me to consider it much more seriously in the past couple of weeks. The opportunities present and academic rigor are quite appealing to me. This year was quite the challenge for our school, less of us made it into top 10/ivies. #2 Finance proves NYU has the mettle to challenge these bourgeois headquarters. Let’s GO!</p>
<p>P.S. I think I see someone else from my school here. I will investigate more on this matter.</p>