*****OFFICIAL NYU CLASS OF 2019 ED2 DECISIONS******

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** Decision: Accepted to CAS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 720 Reading, 670 Writing
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: 730 Bio, 690 Chem, 660 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.38
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.79
[] Rank/percentile (if available): school didn’t calc
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), APUSH (5), Lang (4), Chem (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, AP physics C, AP Calculus, AP Lit, AP Stats, Honors Economics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, CAPT award for standardized testing or something, Honors for 10th and 11th, inducted to french honros society, inducted to NHS.

[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I put years in paranthesis instead[/li]National Honors Society (2 years)
Editor of School NewsPaper (3 years)
Broadcast news (director) (1 year)
Black Belt in TaeKwonDo (I have practiced TKD for 8 years and received my black belt during my 6th year of training)
Student at Brown over the summer to learn about CS
Student at Harvard and MIT over 2 summers and 1 Fall to take courses including Quantum Mechanics
Country President in Model UN (2 years)
Cross country (2 years)
Track and Field (1 Year)

[] Job/Work Experience: interned at a lab called inStem
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS volunteer, tech crew volunteer.
[] Summer Activities: Brown Sumer program for CS, Took classes at MIT and Harvard over the summer (HSSP program).
[] Essays: Super good
[] Teacher Recommendation: All were super good based on what i heard
[] Counselor Rec: SUPER DUPER GOOD
[li] Additional Rec: Recc from Brown professor of CS. It was an evaluation from my summer course but i just submitted it as a recc.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation immigrant (parents came to U.S from india)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: reccomendation letters by far
[] Weaknesses: GPA and SAT’s kind of
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed that I was interested in CS through my essays and reccs. I think that’s what sold it.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Northeastern.

[/ul]General Comments:
I was so anxious to hear back and am now super glad to be part of the NYU CAS class of 2019. I honestly thought I didn’t have a chance especially because of my kinda eh GPA but it all worked out. Stoked to be moving to NYC in the fall!!!

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Decision: Accepted to GALLATIN

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 720 W, 670 M
SAT II: 770 Chinese 720 Lit, 700 Math I, 630 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (probably around 3.2-3.3) very rigorous private high school, strong upward trend
Rank/percentile (if available): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): 26, 33, 36

[ b] Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (school paper), ModelUN, School council, French Scout, theater, class president
Job/Work Experience/Activities: 8/10
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 (Had 2 sent)
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: Reference from the advisor of the company I started.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): International student
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: Essay and supplements definitely. One of the UC Berkeley admissions officers read mine and loved it. RECOMMENDATIONS from teacher who changed my life (we’re very close)
Weaknesses: grades
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None.
General Comments: Believe in yourself!

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Decision: Accepted to Stern School of Business

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (CR -740. Math - 700, Writing - 740)

ACT (breakdown): n/a

SAT II: Math Level II: 760 Chinese with Listening: 800

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.60

Weighted GPA (if available): 4.02

Rank/percentile (if available): n/a

AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a

IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a

Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English, AP Environmental Science, AP Government, Honors Advanced Research

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of regional and national debate awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(1. Founder and President of the New Jersey chapter of a national charity)
(2. Started my own online shop selling collectible toys)
3. Debate/Speech, won many national and regional awards from it
(4. Spotlight interviewer for a online kids’ magazine supported by Scholastic)
5. Play Piano
6. Club soccer
7. Play Handbells
8. Personal Tutor for Math, Biology, and English
9. Harvard University Debate Workshops
10. Volunteering at libraries - lots of hours

Job/Work Experience:
Opened my own online shop
Worked as a cashier for Sears

Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at the library, started my own New Jersey branch of a national charity

Summer Activities: Harvard University Debate Summer Workshop

Essays:
Common App - 9/10
Supplemental - 10/10

Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read them but one of them is probably 10/10 and another one 8/10 or 9/10
Counselor Rec: He never showed me but probably 10/10, my counselor really liked me

Additional Rec:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance with concentration in Accounting
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’ve moved schools many times throughout my life-- 4 times in elementary school, 2 times in middle school, 1 time in high school. I’ve moved from/to different countries AND states.

Reflection
Strengths: Great Extra-cirricular’s with strong leadership positions, Good SAT test scores, pretty good teacher recommendations and essays.
Weaknesses: Low GPA
Why you think you were accepted: I think I was accepted for the strong leadership and involvement I showed and also for my supplemental essay - it was quite funny and quirky yet it showed off my personality and why I would fit in at NYU.
Where else were you accepted: Rutgers University and University of Maryland

General Comments: Feel free to message me with any questions!

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Congrats, everyone! I was admitted into Gallatin! I only have access to CC on mobile as I am holiday right now, and I don’t want to mess up the formatting, so I will post my profile later! :smile:

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**Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Science **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 Math, 730 Critical Reading, 730 Writing
[] ACT (breakdown): Did not take.
[] SAT II: Did not send.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.48
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.05
[] Rank/percentile (if available): School does not rank, but I am about in the top 25%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Only reported on Common Application, but did not formally send scores: AP Euro (5), AP US History (5), AP English Literature (will take in May), AP Calculus AB (will take in May)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Psychology, Honors “Democracy” course, Honors Asian History course, Honors British Literature course, Honors Latin, AP English, AP Calculus AB, Gym, Health
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Commendation, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist, winner of a short story contest sponsored by UMaine, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards honorable mention, Second-Place in International Crescendo Music Competition (where I played at Carnegie Hall).

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (president), Feminist Alliance (President), Creative Writing Club (President), Model UN, Tennis, editor for a very well-known political website, intern at my district’s courthouse under a first justice, creative writing in general
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my town’s historical society
[] Summer Activities: intern at a district courthouse under a first justice
[] Essays: Very good, counselor said best he had ever read
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was kind of oddly written, but the teacher’s veneration and warm feelings for me really showed through. Another, I’m not sure about, because the teacher and I had very different personalities (me being very outspoken in her history courses and her being very goody two-shoes-ish), but I think she wrote me a good one because she admired my ability to always express my opinion. Another one I had to get from a teacher who I asked to write about my “integrity” and “high moral standards” because I knew my counselor was writing me a terrible recommendation.
[] Counselor Rec: Terrible, counselor hated me, said he would write in my recommendation that I cared more about the grades than the actual learning.
[] Additional Rec: I had an extra recommendation, which I read, from my Mock Trial team’s lawyer adviser. It was very well-written, and I think it really highlighted my strengths as a mock trial attorney.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics, but put Art History on application
[] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Highly-ranked public school in Connecticut
[] Ethnicity: Korean-Japanese, but did not report on Common Application
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars and awards, and SAT
[] Weaknesses: Recommendations and GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay, SAT, and extracurriculars helped make up for a low GPA, and I don’t think the counselor recommendation even matters so HA SUCK IT guidance counselor!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Vassar College, deferred at UMichigan, had to withdraw other apps because of ED agreement.

[/ul]General Comments:
At my school, the average acceptance into NYU was a 4.05 weighted GPA and a 2050 SAT. As you can see, NYU was definitely within my shot even RD. It was originally a match/safety that I applied RD, but I switched into ED last minute because my grade in AP Calculus was so bad and because of my counselor recommendation. Still, I am very happy to have made the choice to ED, as this year seems ridiculously competitive, and I am proud to be a part of the class of 2019. Go Violets! :slight_smile:

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Did you guys get any merit aid as ED2 students? Always wondered if schools just didnt give it because they have no reason to incentivize you to come

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@dvgbhs‌ yeah I got around 20k in merit aid

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@ImNYUobsessed Hey, I got around 40k in Merit Aid (this includes grants and work/study) but I’m really worried about the extra 26k in loans… What do you think about this financial aid package? Are there too many loans?

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@SebasAL‌ I got no federal aid; the 20k was purely NYU scholarships…
Anyway…it all depends on your financial situation - can you pay back 26k, or can you ask your parents for some contributions?

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do you know if it’s possible to get aid after the decisions have been released? I did the CSS form but my did didn’t do that noncustodial form so NYU Albert says “Award access not available.” please help :neutral_face:

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Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 33/10
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[] Weighted GPA (if available): N/A
[] Rank/percentile (if available):N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4), AP US (4), AP Lang/Comp (5), AP Psych (5), AP Calc AB Sub (4), AP Calc BC (4), AP Lit/Comp (~), AP Stat (~), AP Euro (~)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit/Comp, AP Euro, AP Stat, AP Chem, C++, Choir, TA
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Multiple Rankings in Multiple Contests

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Cyber Security and Forensics Club (Founder/President), CyberPatriot (Captain), HS Forensics Challenge (Captain), CyberFoundations (Captain), CyberQuest (Captain), DHS Security Quiz (Captain), Science Olympiad (Event Captain), Personal Finance Challenge (Captain), Model UN (Head Delegate), National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Orchestra (First Chair Viola), Choir (Baritone/Tenor), Cross Country, Track
[] Job/Work Experience: Crew Member at Culver’s
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Science Teacher, Tutor, MO Stream Team, Relay for Life, Fundraiser for the National MS Society
[] Summer Activities: Summer School, Summer Job,
[] Essays: I talked about cows, food, and gateways?
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Euro and AP Lang
[] Counselor Rec: Got one
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents were boat people

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Writing Skills, Extracurriculars, ACT, AP, Heavy Course Load, State
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My strengths outweigh my weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I also applied to UC Berkeley and Purdue. Haven’t heard anything from them.

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Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1760 - CR:580 M:570 W:610
ACT (breakdown): 24 Composite - E:26 M:25 R:22 S:21 W:8
SAT II: Math I: 550 Physics: 560 Math II: 620

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA (if available): 4.49
Rank/percentile (if available): 3 out of 385; Top 1%

AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AICE Physics, AICE Thinking Skills, AP Government, AICE English Literature, AICE Spanish V, AICE Higher Math II (my school offers the Cambridge Program and about 3 AP classes)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All American Scholar, Principal’s Honor Roll all four years

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Top Teens of America DC-PWC Chapter (Historian): African American community service organization that participates in various projects including: senior citizen appreciation, improving the status of women, community beautification, and the March of Dimes (last year we raised over $3,000)

National Spanish Honor Society (Historian/ President of Pen Pal Committee): responsible for documenting all events, provide supplies to disenfranchised hispanics in local community

Relay for Life Club (Co-Chair of Donations Committee): held team members responsible for providing all items necessary for events; volunteer work at Children’s Hospital; raised money for cancer research

Key Club: raised over $400 for the elimination of neonatal and maternal tetanus; raised money to build wells in Africa; community beautification; volunteer at ACTS Shelter Thrift Store

Model United Nations Club: learn about international relations and the United Nations; assigned a country to research and debate upon

Summer Vacation Bible Camp (Camp Counselor): managed children ages four to six; collaborated with fellow camp counselors; managed the camp store and its profits

Community Outreach Program at church: fed the homeless at the Hilda Barge Homeless Shelter; mentored the children; led a group to distribute goody bags to the youth

Tennis Team: participated in doubles matches

AICE Engineering- 2013 Regional STEM Sea Perch Competition (Team Captain): built an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV) and my team placed 2nd in the Logo Design Challenge and 3rd in the Engineering Notebook Design Challenge

Job/Work Experience:

Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours

Summer Activities: intern at the Department of Public Works and Transportation in Prince Georges County, Maryland- worked under the chief engineer and chief transit planner

Essays: 10/10 (I was really proud of them)

Teacher Recommendations (2): 10/10 my teachers really took a liking to me and mentored me throughout my time in high school

Counselor Rec: 10/10 didn’t get to read it but I have a good relationship with my counselor so I’m confident she wrote a stellar rec

Additional Rec:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

Income Bracket: $250,000

Intended Major: Mathematics

State (if domestic applicant): Virginia

Country (if international applicant):

School Type: public

Ethnicity: African/Caribbean American

Gender: female

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection: I wish I would have taken the standardized tests a lot sooner than I did (end of junior year-beginning of senior year) and studied for them more

Strengths: GPA, Class Rank, Teacher Recommendations, and Essays-really showed my interest in the fields of math and science; I put my heart into the why NYU supplement and I feel that the admission officers really got a good idea of my character and what I can add to the campus. I was a little worried about my essay though because it was straightforward and the writing style wasn’t very “creative”.

Weaknesses: Definitely standardized test scores

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my character and potential was greatly exhibited through my application and recommendations

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Columbia, accepted to Howard, VCU, and Saint Johns. I haven’t heard back from Georgetown, UVA, Georgia Tech, UCLA, UC Berkeley, George Mason, Virginia Tech, UMichigan, UChicago, Fordham, RIT, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Spelman, Duke, or VSU but it doesn’t matter because I will be withdrawing my applications and attending NYU.

General Comments: I am incredibly grateful and blessed beyond belief. NYU has been my dream school for a while and I’m really excited to be attending this fall! A lot of people told me not to waste my time applying because I had a “bad” SAT score but I love NYU and applied anyway to see what would happen. To all of you who are afraid to apply to your dream school because of a low SAT or ACT score: apply and see what happens! You never know what God has in store for you. Congrats to all of those who were accepted and if you were not accepted it just means there’s a better school in store for you!

I thought I would take the time to post my stats because reading other peoples’ stats on here was really helpful to me, but the posts on here aren’t very accurate in terms of who will get accepted/rejected as most of the people on College Confidential have near perfect standardized test scores. I can attest to the fact that schools absolutely have a holistic approach to admissions so follow your dreams no matter what your stats are (low gpa or scores)!!!

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**Decision: Rejected by Stern **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (superscored)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Weighted GPA (if available): N/A
[] Rank/percentile (if available): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Micro/Macro 5, Stats 4, Psychology 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Comp Sci, AP WH
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Own tech startup (CEO), Business club (President + founder), MUN, Math team (Co-captain), Inquiry conference (CFO, it was a medical conference), First Responder (Captain), Computer recycling plant NPO (manager), Teen angel investors (President), Tech angels (Vice President).
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at local financial institution for 2 summers
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours at local organization
[] Summer Activities: Intern at local financial institution for 2 summers
[] Essays: 10/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Finance
[] State (if domestic applicant): Int’l
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Private, competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, little bit of GPA, teacher RC, quite a lot of leadership roles
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, didn’t do well on SAT2 so didn’t submit
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stern is all number based, my SAT weren’t that high.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: still waiting

[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone else, Stern was my dream school but not my year I guess.

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[color=green]** Decision: Accepted to Poly **[color]

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Total: 1990 ; 650 CR, 680 M, 660 W
[] ACT (breakdown): none
[] SAT II: I didn’t send because they were bad
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):

[] Weighted GPA (if available): in my school, it’s 94.89/ 98
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 2/190
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Math, English, Physics, Analytic Geometry with Intro to Calculus, Filipino, CLE, Computer, Accounting, Food Service Management, PE, Scouting, Music, Health, Social Science,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul][/b ]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance (captain of a sub-group in our team), journalism (editor-in-chief), class treasurer, seminar (souvenir committee head), intramurals in said seminar (team captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Very rarely are HS students hired in my country, but I would have gotten a job if an opportunity presented itself
[] Volunteer/Community service: none that are official, though i tutor and choreograph
[] Summer Activities: seminar conducted by a uni in my country for the top 70 national scorers to introduce us to college life, dancing, writing, worked as a kid crew in a bookstore
[] Essays: Common App 8/10, Supplemental 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: waived
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10 ??
[] Additional Rec: From my school paper adviser

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Integrated Digital Media
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Philippines
[] School Type: Private, competitive if put in my country’s perspective but not internationally
[] Ethnicity: Filipino
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I think

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay (ha) , Recommendation, Extra-curricular (if they saw it in a good light),
[] Weaknesses: SAT Score, the fact of being too young and not going through K-12, no IB or AP, lack of competitions
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted because of my essay HAHAHAHA
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: top universities in my school, but haven’t heard back from other international universities

[/ul]General Comments:

Mainly posting this for the reference of internationals who are in the same sticky situation as I was when I was applying. I had trouble looking for answers to my questions when I was applying, because my guidance counselor doesn’t know a single thing about the process and I didn’t have any outside help. Willing to answer any questions for people :slight_smile:

I honestly didn’t expect to pass an an international, mainly because I need close to full financial aid, my application doesn’t look extraordinary and my SAT score SUCKS. I’m also two years younger than most Americans if I go there. Might not accept the admission offer though unless I get a sponsor.

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**Decision: Accepted to Gallatin **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR, 610 M, 650 W (I sent in my A-Level predictions and asked the officers that consider that as my main standardized exam though)
ACT (breakdown): -
SAT II: -
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t use the GPA system.
Weighted GPA (if available): -
Rank/percentile (if available): My school doesn’t have a ranking system.
AP (place score in parenthesis): -
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: A2 English Literature, A2 Economics, A2 History, and a critical thinking class.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): International award for an essay

Subjective:
Extracurriculars/Leadership: Eco Club Chair, Fine Arts Journal Editor and Writer, Feminist Group Co-Founder and Executive, Executive of national youth organization, MUN Chair and Parliamentarian, Workshop Coordinator in a national conference, youngest member of LGBT activist group, Media team leader, Documentary Director, Director of school recycling program, and Co-Founder of anti-Trafficking group.
Job/Work Experience: Intern at leading animal conservation NGO, doing PR, marketing, and youth education.
Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours in educational outreach.
Summer Activities: Community service and internship.
Essays: In my counsellor’s own words, “nothing’s perfect, but this is pretty damn close.”
Teacher Recommendation: I asked my English Literature teacher and my History teacher. I get along very well with my English teacher and I assume she gave me stellar recommendations. I am not close with my History teacher, but he runs MUN at my school so I think he was able to also give me a good recommendation. I didn’t do as well as expected in History last year, so I asked him to write my recommendation to explain the situation.
Counselor Rec: Excellent, I think! My counsellor and I get along well, and she is very impressed by my extracurriculars and academic interests.
Additional Rec: I asked my senior Fine Arts journal editor and Feminist Group coordinator, who is also an English teacher at my school. We are friends, and she wrote me an excellent recommendation.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Human Rights and International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): -
Country (if international applicant): Thailand
School Type: Private international school
Ethnicity: Thai, Chinese, Burmese
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have impressive extracurriculars and leadership positions despite attending an academically-focussed school with very little extracurriculars. I would also say my bisexuality, but at NYU, that isn’t really a big deal haha. Though, I did explain that I was the only out person at my school, which partially caused my anxiety. I think my admissions officer emphasized with that.

Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, extracurriculars, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: My grades last year, my mental breakdown last year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: -
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: -

General Comments: If you had a mental illness that brought your grades down, please do not be discouraged! My depression and anxiety really brought down my grades last year, but I explained my situation to my teachers and my admissions counsellors, and they understood.

And please don’t be discouraged if your school has a poor extracurricular program! You can always start your own clubs and do things outside of school, like I did! Doing that has been far more rewarding for me than simply making do with what my school offers.

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Update:

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I just found out that I got into Beloit College with a Presidential Scholarship.

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I also got accepted to Earlham College, but I am declining all other offers and withdrawing my other applications as part of my ED agreement for NYU.

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Decision: Accepted to CAS

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 34
[ *] SAT II: 790 math ii, 780 chinese with listening, 730 us history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.02
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available):n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), APUSH (4), English (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Macro, APES, AP English, AP Stat, Calc II Honors, Computer science
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not much

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor of newspaper, Varsity runner in XC team
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Reporter for local news channel
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Good
[ *] Counselor Rec:Good
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major:Econ
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Big
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Me
[ *] Weaknesses:Me
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: