*****************OFFICIAL NYU CLASS OF 2019 RD DECISIONS***************************

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GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to (Insert: School) [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (Insert: School) [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available):
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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

[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

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**Decision: Rejected NYUAD and POLY **
I am shocked, not really but I laughed really hard when I read I was rejected.
ACT 33
SAT subject test - 800 math2 800 phy
AP - 5’s in 2 subjects
Class rank 2 in 186
Predicted external exam year 12 97.5%
Year 10 external exam 96%
Essays and supplements solid
9-12 grades almost all subjects have straight A’s
International Male Student
My ec’s are-
Programming in 3 languages outside school curriculum
Web designing
Internship at Tata associates
Community Service Volunteer at two associations tons of service hours
Ethical Hacking
TIE Young Entrepreneurs program really changed my mindset centred many essays around this
B.R.A.T.S. Robotics course
Chief Secretary of Computer club headed an event that crossed international borders
Technical Head of Literarture club
Public speaking- master of ceremonies in many events
Guitar course
Times of India merit awards
Olympiads and intra school events
Awards for academic excellence

I am from India AP is not offered in my school I just took the exams by reading books without the help of any teacher.

Grades-
English-ICSE NH 96
Mathematics-ICSE NH 100
Social Science-ICSE NH 94
Science-ICSE NH 98
Hindi-ICSE NH 95
Computer Applications-ICSE NH 100

Grade 10-
Social Science ICSE NH 94
English ICSE NH 92
Mathematics ICSE NH 98
Science ICSE NH 94
Computer Applications ICSE NH 98
Hindi NH 92

Grade 11-
Mathematics- ISC NH 98
English- ISC NH 96
Physics-ISC NH 98
Chemistry-ISC NH 95
Computer Science-ISC NH 100

Grade 12 (predicted by school)
English 90
Physics 97
Chemistry 95
Mathematics 98
Computer Science 100

I was probably rejected because I showed zero interest and Yield padding dunno…
Just really funny though

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Decision: Rejected by Tisch (Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1640
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.5
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 85/650 Top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (4) APLANG (4) APWH (4) I did not send these scores in, but were listed in Common App
[] Senior Year Course Load: Ethnic Literature, AP Statistics, AP Government, Media Arts, Radio & Television, Film and Animation

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Finals Acts theatre production, Pike Women’s Soccer, Pike Freshman Mentor
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job working Concessions
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at LDS Bishop’s Storehouse/Welfare Services. Stake Youth Committee Member for Indianapolis West Stake (did not list this in Common App, but should have!)
[] Summer Activities: Camp Youth Leader at LDS Girls’ Camp.
[] Essays: I felt that they were very good and I was very honest in them. However, I failed to mention the degree I was pursuing and how I would take advantage of the film program at NYU.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great I suppose. The teacher I asked to write it for me is someone I trust and am close to.
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure what she thinks of me or what she put down but I don’t doubt that it was pretty okay.
[] Additional Rec: 2nd teacher recommendation couldn’t figure out how to submit a recommendation over Naviance but I don’t think he tried hard enough. Only one was needed anyway.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: duuuuh
[] Intended Major: Undergraduate Film and television
[] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Fe
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, URM, low income fam

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays and recommendation
[] Weaknesses: SATs and GPA as well as extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure. I want to say grades but they say it’s all holistic. Also I believe that whatever happens is just supposed to happen. Maybe NYU is not ready for me, and maybe I’m not ready for NYU. All for a reason!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Indiana University, Columbia College Chicago
[/ul]General Comments: Looking back, there was a lot I did not know about admissions. I am first generation so everything was new to me. I would have done more research earlier. I’m looking to transfer and hopefully by then I have money saved up. NYU is still special to me. There’s just something about it…

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Accepted, CAS. Don’t really feel like writing everything so.

2220 SAT (700 M, 750 CR, 770 W), 4.03 W GPA, top 10% of class, great ECs, solid essays, no real hook (white male with no real financial issues), accepted for international relations. Openly gay Eagle Scout, NM finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, all that fun stuff.

Senior classes: AP Calc AB, AP Physics C (Mechanics), AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Comp Gov, Advanced Band.

My low GPA is getting me into a shocking amount of schools, so I’m not even going to question it.

Might be seeing some of you next year at NYU :slight_smile:

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**Decision: Accepted to CAS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR750 M800 WR730
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Chem 800 Math II 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Weighted GPA (if available): N/A
[] Rank/percentile (if available): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: ALevel (A2) Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UK Mathematics Challenge (Olympiad first round…?) for two years

[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): House vice captain, science fair, horse-riding for 10 years, badminton, etc…
[] Job/Work Experience: a two-week intern in Shanghai
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: summer camp at Harrow London
[] Essays: my best ones at least
[] Teacher Recommendation: IDK its quality honestly but the math one must be outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: IDK either
[] Additional Rec: none

[/ul]Other[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores and mathematical ability…?
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I LOVE NYU!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at USC, BU, rejected by Northwestern, CMC, waitlisted at Johns Hopkins

[/ul]General Comments:

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Waitlisted by Tisch (Recorded Music)

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (690W, 670M, 690CR)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.7
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP Euro (3), AP Language/Composition (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Literature/Composition, AP Physics 1, Honors Latin 4, Calculus, Band
[ *] Major Awards: two honors societies, AP Scholar

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor in Chief), Marching Band (Drumline Captain), Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, Latin Honors Society, Rho Kappa Honors Society, Fueled by Ramen Street Team
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Staples
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Youth group leader at my church
[ *] Essays: pretty good

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Recorded Music
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: EC’s, essays, interest in NYU
[ *] Weaknesses: grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The program is so so selective, so it’s hard to predict whether or not you’ll get in no matter how strong your portfolio is.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Drexel University, Eugene Lang College, Pace University, University of New Haven (Waitlisted at Northeastern)

[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I’m bummed I wasn’t totally accepted, but I’m still happy to have a second chance on the waitlist. Hopefully I’ll get to make the most of it!

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Pick one:
[ size=+2]Decision: Accepted to CAS[ /size]

Objective:

ACT : 32
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.92
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (3), AP Lit (3), Calc AB (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Stats, Span 4, Lit
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): George Eastman Young Leaders Award

[ /list]Subjective:[ list]

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Alpine Ski, Tennis, NHS, Mentors
[ *] Job/Work Experience: MN State Fair, Farrell’s FBX, ski instructor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at hospital, church kitchen
[ *] Summer Activities: kickboxing instructor
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: both really good
[ *] Counselor Rec: really good

[ /list]Other[ list]

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]Reflection[ list]

[ *] Strengths: recs, test scores, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: none i guess
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea! honestly was not expecting this at all!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Southern Methodist University, Auburn University, DePaul, Fordham, Boston University
Waitlisted: Boston College

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**Decision: Accepted to Tisch Schools of the Arts **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): I took it twice, so I’ll put the highest score out of the two:
630 Reading
510 Math
640 Writing
1780 cumulative
[] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.01
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 41/206 (TOP 20%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 2 honors courses (christology and intro to calc), Law/Eco, Modern Drama, Philosophy, Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society (11th grade), normal honor roll stuff

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Disney Club (started the club, wrote the proposition, and was president last year), Film Club (10, 11), Poetry Club (10, 11)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Altar Serving (since 5th grade)
[] Summer Activities: N/A
[] Essays:My common application essay was about how getting into Disney as a teenager showed me what I want to do for the rest of my life (study film). My NYU supplement was on how I could give to the community because of my strong sense of self and belief in individuality, and my cinema studies portfolio essay was on The Exorcist.
[] Teacher Recommendation: couldn’t read either.
[] Counselor Rec: Couldn’t read
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Cinema Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am convinced that I got in because of my cinema studies portfolio, and that the guys at Tisch pulled strings for me.

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:Essays
[] Weaknesses: 80 average in physics junior year
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My cinema studies portfolio, really.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Brooklyn College (CUNY), and Pace University

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to CAS [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): W-710 M-730 CR-760 (2200 total)
[ *] ACT (breakdown): Didnt take
[ *] SAT II: USH-710 WH-690 I think? lit-740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 ish I think?
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.98
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available): no idea
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5) WH (5) US Gov (5) Comp Gov (5) Music Theory (5) Lit (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap euro, physics, stats, english, band, speech and debate, french IV, religion
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and debate (captain and helped get it going), politics club (founder and president), jazz band (1st chair tenor saxophone), Varsity golf (scholar athlete), Studied at Oxford, Exchange to Europe 2x, service trip to China
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None on app, but since I submitted I’ve gotten one at golf course lol
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 30 ish hours locally every year and a service trip to China
[ *] Summer Activities: Travel, travel, travel!
[ *] Essays: Main one I thought was very good, supplement was written at last minute and awful I thought haha
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: both very good, but both from social studies teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Politics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant

[ *] School Type: Private Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: Half white (american), half black (Caribbean)
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Common app essay, SAT, AP SCORES, recs, and EC’s
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA and supplement
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk, but I’m happy! I spoke a lot about debate and maybe they liked that?
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

Congrats to everyone and I hope you all wind up somewhere happy!

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to the Global Liberal Studies Program [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (760 CR, 740 M, 650 W)
[ *] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[ *] SAT II: 680 US His, 660 Lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure haha
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.9
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Psych (4), AP Lit (4), AP Gov, AP Stat, AP Macro (haven’t taken tests yet)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB English (haven’t taken test yet)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Music Theory, International Relations, Economics, AP Stats,
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores/ EC
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The direction of the wind
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Minnesota, Illinois, Fordham
Waitlisted: Kenyon, Wash. U
Rejected: Barnard, Northwestern, Swarthmore, Berkeley, UCLA, U Chicago

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Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 English, 30 Math, 36 Reading, 35 Science)
[] SAT II: 720 World History, 700 Math II (but I don’t think I sent those)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.33
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 8/527
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (3), U.S. History (4), Psychology (4), U.S. Government (4), Biology (4), Taking Calc AB and Physics I this year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP English Lit & Comp, AP Physics I, AP Music Theory, AP German, AP Calc AB, Concert Choir
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really major, just AP Scholar with Distinction and National Honor Society.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (president), quiz bowl (captain), concert choir (vice president), speech and debate (vice president) are all the main ones. I put some smaller ones down too.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[] Summer Activities: Girl’s State, Mock trial camp
[] Essays: I thought my common app essay really showed who I was, and my NYU essay was really quirky.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was from my Government and European history teacher, and it was really good. The other was from my Precalculus teacher, and it was pretty generic; she still said good things though.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: I think I put music or linguistics, but to be honest, I have no idea what I wanna major in.
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, grades, maybe essay?
[] Weaknesses: AP scores and no real hook or something that made me unique
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have noo idea lol
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only been accepted to Indiana University, rejected from Duke and Barnard, waitlisted at Vanderbilt and Northwestern, don’t know about Notre Dame, Reed, Stanford, and the Ivies.

[/ul]General Comments: I am so shocked. I was preparing myself all day for a rejection because I’ve only gotten rejections or waitlists from schools so far. I’m glad I got accepted first to this school because it is secretly my favorite. T.T good luck everyone!!! we will make it through this!

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@katierox581‌ Hey me too! Where did u apply to…how come it didn’t show on the email

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**Decision: Accepted to: Gallatin School of Individualized Study **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (M-620, CR-720, W-730)
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.65
[] Rank/percentile (if available): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French Lang (4) English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English 12, Calc, Marine Biology, AP Gov, French 5 H
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Commendation

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (5 instruments, section leader), Stage Management (3 California Theater awards–highest honor), Varsity soccer (4-year starter, senior captain), Club Soccer (6 years 3 year captain), lots of community service, head of French Honors Society, semester program student correspondent.
[] Job/Work Experience: Counselor/Teachers assistant at Chadwick Summer Programs
[] Volunteer/Community service: Senior Docent (5 years) local aquarium, Soccer coach (2 years), Counselor/coordinating head of Vacation Bible School (3 years), Floater (4 years) local hospital, Commodore (2 years) tutoring younger students, Mariner (Senior year) TA in Kindergarten classroom, Math Assistant (2 years) local elementary school… More but I can’t think of any.
[] Summer Activities: Many listed above
[] Essays: Very much specialized to Gallatin
[] Teacher Recommendation: apparently quite strong.
[] Counselor Rec: same as above
[] Additional Rec: one from soccer coach, one from priest at church

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Individualized
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private K-12
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Went to a semester program that specializes in individualized learning and experiential study… Gallatin loves to take students from this program.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Writing, Foreign Languages, idk I’m cute…
[ *] Weaknesses: MATH
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: As note above, Gallatin loves my semester program. I also worked my ass off on the essays.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Indiana University, Earlham College, Kalamazoo College, University of Oregon. [/li]Wait listed: University of Wisconsin, Tulane university
Rejected: University of Michigan, university of Miami.

[/ul]General Comments:
Too excited to be in NYC!

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@eatpeasplease I don’t believe the school automatically places you at an oversees campus, although I could be wrong about this… I believe I ranked mine from with London at the top

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Decision: Accepted to CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320
[] SAT II: 610 US History, 800 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.3
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 1/150
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US (4), World (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, Graphic Arts, Gym
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge College Prep Scholar/National Match Scholarship

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP, then Pres), Math Team, Student Gov (Sec),
[] Job/Work Experience: Two years as tutor/mentor in local after-school program (work 4 days a week after school), Work at hospital during summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours at hospital, few hundred hours at soup kitchen, community festivals, etc.
[] Summer Activities: WORK!
[] Essays: NYU essay was mediocre but common app showed my passion clearly.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers love me dearly so 10/10
[li] Counselor Rec: She knows me well so it should have been good – 7/10[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Horribly poor
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indo-Guyanese)
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, very poor family[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My perspective can bring something to NYU I suppose.
[] Weaknesses: Undocumented and poor so that hurt my chances, my ECs suffered because I had to work a lot. Also my AP scores are not so good along with my 610 SAT II.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: That common app essay and my recs!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at City College and Fordham, waitlisted at Vassar, rejected at JHU

[/ul]General Comments: I’m SOOO excited to have been given an essentially FULL scholarship to NYU. I’m so thankful and wish all future applicants the best of luck.

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Pick one:
**Decision: Accepted to (Insert: CAS) **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not Take
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite, 36 Science, 34 Reading, 34 English, 35 Mathematics
[] SAT II: 770 Bio M, 770 Math II, 800 AP Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (if available): School does not weight
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 1/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Chem, 4 AP Bio, 3 AP Language, 4 AP Statistics, 5 AP Psychology
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big… some state awards for academic competitions

[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Around 500 hours at hospital, Medical Research, some more science stuff
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea; probably was good
[] Counselor Rec: No idea; probably sucked…
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] School Type: Public, Huge
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nah

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores, Research Experience
[] Weaknesses: Lack of big awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I’m a boss
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cause I’m a boss

[/ul][ b]General Comments:** The scholarship NYU gave me was a lot more than I expected and it is definitely my number one choice right now… Gonna go visit one more time, explore the dorm houses, and make my decision in mid April… But so psyched that I can afford the school

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Decision: Accepted to Gallatin

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 superscored, M - 730, CR - 800, W - 780
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 superscored
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.77
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 12/274
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on English Lang, 4 on Calc AB subscore/BC and Enviro Science
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov yearlong, AP Stats, AP English Lit, Honors Journalism VI, Honors Journalism VII, Honors Botany and Zoology, Honors US History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, first place award for a feature article, AP Scholar, gold medal on National Latin Exam

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (editor in chief), Latin Club (vice president), Key Club, Beta Club, Student Government Association (treasurer in 9th grade), Drama Club (9th to 10th grade–treasurer in 10th)
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, freelance journalist for local newspaper and occasionally major state newspaper
[] Volunteer/Community service: Helped autistic teens learn social skills and feel included at lunch (40 hours), helped run community events and blood drives with SGA (30 hours), worked Toys for Tots toy drive (4 hours), raised and lowered flags for school (10 hours), helped run middle school festival (15 hours), participated in state governor’s page program (25 hours)
[] Summer Activities: Just work
[] Essays: Both were at least 9/10. NYU is my dream school and I put a lot of effort into researching info for the essay. My Common App was good too, according to everyone I’ve talked to.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both 8/10 or 9/10. I didn’t see them but they know me well.
[] Counselor Rec: 7/10 or 8/10. My counselor seems to like me.
[] Additional Rec: 7/10. My babysitter knows me pretty well but rarely saw me at the job because she was usually gone when I was working.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Individualized
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] School Type: Medium-sized public high school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have a speech disorder (which I wrote about in my CA essay)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, essays, maybe ECs
[] Weaknesses: Recs possibly, no good hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a well-rounded application and showed my passion for the school in my supplement
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UNC Asheville, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Manchester (UK), University of St. Andrews (UK), University of Surrey (UK), King’s College London (UK). Rejected: Northwestern, Swarthmore, Duke, USC, UChicago. Waiting: Columbia.

[/ul]General Comments: If you were rejected, keep your head up! I got rejected to 5 schools in a row and I was devastated, then I got into my dream school with a $50k scholarship. Anything can happen. :smile:

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@yxliu1121 wil you be attending? I have also been a horseback rider for many years

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My email for CAS has not come yet! Should I be worried?