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

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**Decision: Accepted to Stern **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 E, 35 M)
[] SAT II: 700’s in history and both Maths
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 5.65
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 1/422
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): mix of 5’s and 4’s (one 3 in Chemisty…)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Senior Year Course Load: 9 AP’s (a couple online) [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): competitive equestrian for 17 years; started two of my own companies

[] Job/Work Experience: my own businesses
[] Volunteer/Community service: a decent amount
[] Summer Activities: traveling and competing
[li] Essays: Common App was spot on; NYU was probably nothing special [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: finance (like every Stern kid, right? Haha)
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: GPA and ranking
[] Weaknesses: scores (why do you think I said N/A for SAT? Hahah)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The board happened to like me that day, I’m nothing special, honestly.
[] Where else were you accepted?: accepted to Emory Scholars, Johns Hopkins Biomedical, Georgia Tech; waitlisted at Northwestern and Rice :neutral_face: ; waiting for the Ivies, fingers crossed

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Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (720 CR, 650 Math, 650 Writing)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 710 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.54
[] Weighted GPA (if available): N/A
[] Rank/percentile (if available): Top 30%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, 4th year Japanese, Honors chem, Psychology/civics, Architecture & Engineering
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hospital volunteering, science fair + awards in chemistry, debate club (President & founder), piano
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just the hospital volunteering.
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering
[] Essays: Both were on point; accounted for my flaws while highlighting my strengths + uniqueness. The additional essay let me show my passion for something not reflected in the rest of the application.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my biology teacher; I didn’t read it.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably generic.
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I think receiving the National Hispanic Scholar award helped. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: My essays, background, and SAT score
[] Weaknesses: My relatively low GPA and lack of extracurriculars (crammed in towards the end of high school)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays + Hispanic scholar
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to the University of Washington, Rutgers University, University at Buffalo, University of Arizona, University of Nebraska, and Long Island University. No rejections.

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

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2140
[] ACT (breakdown): NA
[] SAT II: NA
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): honestly I don’t know
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 3.7
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 12/51
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Lit (did not take test)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: Humanities, Anatomy, Calculus, Literature & Rhetoric, Drawing 1, Digital Photo 2, Traditional Photo 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NA

[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: NHS (VP), Junior Statesmen of America (Chapter President and Secretary of the Territorial Council), Thespian Society, horseback riding since 8th grade, travel to 9 foreign countries so far, photography
[] Job/Work Experience: NA
[] Volunteer/Community service: Spring & Fall break trips to build houses in Mexico
[] Summer Activities: None reported
[] Essays: Common app essay on reconciling my sexuality (asexual) with my faith, NYU essay on my desire to study the intersection of the humanities and neuroscience plus my attraction to NYC as a melting pot of cultures and NYU’s study abroad oppertunities
[] Teacher Recommendation: From humanities/APUSH/Gov teacher (very good) and Calc/Anatomy teacher (ok)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty decent but generic
[] Additional Rec:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Technically “Individualized Study”, but I plan for my concentration to be “Human Consciousness”
[] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Arts school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NA

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Essays, very clear plan of study that fits with the spirit of Gallatin, nontraditional HS experience
[] Weaknesses: GPA is pretty baseline
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I fit the profile of the average Gallatin student
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UC Santa Cruz, University of Washington, Ithaca College, University of Rochester, and Arizona State University… Waitlisted at University of Chicago. No Rejections

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**Decision: Accepted to CAS **

**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT (breakdown): 32C 34R, 33E, 32 M, 31Sci, 9 Writing
[] SAT II: na
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): na
[] Weighted GPA (if available): na
[] Rank/percentile (if available): na
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 40/45 (mid year was 42)
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL Bio, Chem, Econ// SL Maths, Eng Lit, Span Ab
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): City-wide service award, grade 8 saxophone?

[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I helped a city-wide event which was youth endurance race to fight against human trafficking, saxophone, church activities, some sport
[] Job/Work Experience: interned at a university
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots of it- Lead several student-run activities and participated in a lot more.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Common app was really good + unique; nyu one was lol I literally copied, pasted and changed the program and university
[] Teacher Recommendation: they should’ve been okay
[] Counselor Rec: not bad!
[] Additional Rec: These should have been pretty good!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: not too sure
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): na
[] Country (if international applicant): US living internationally
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Common app was good! my igcses and ib isn’t terrible either// lots of service?
[] Weaknesses: lack of big awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was at least average for CAS acceptance and quite wellrounded
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: nyu, ucla, ucsd, wustl, U washington, U minnesota, Umich

[/ul]General Comments: I won’t be attending but good luck everyone else!

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Got accepted to the Core Program in Liberal Studies at CAS. Can’t be bothered to post stats XD Good luck everyone!

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Decision: Accepted to (Insert: Tisch Kanbar Film and TV Institute)

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 29 (composite) (I don’t remember the rest of them)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): STATS (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, Bio, Shakespearean Lit, African American Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none that I know of

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Moody Math Challenge
[] Job/Work Experience: Target Team Member, Gaffer, Videographer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Park District Volunteer
[] Summer Activities: Working
[] Essays: My NYU essay may have been a bit of a risk, but it focused on the school and the Film program and how I wished to rise to the prestige of their alumni. The Tisch essays were some of the best fiction I’ve ever written.
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Film
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Mixed (Asian/European)
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: I’m currently studying film and developing an artistic voice.
[] Weaknesses: My lack of extracurriculars.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good Portfolio/Good Essays, RECs, Avg. ACT scores and GPA
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Columbia College

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**Decision: Accepted to NYU Abu Dhabi **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 - didn’t submit
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] SAT II: Math 2: 770; Chem: 740 - didn’t submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a (my school doesn’t report GPA or rank)
[] Weighted GPA (if available): n/a
[] Rank/percentile (if available): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 41-42 (Language A HL 7, English B HL 7, Math HL 6-7, Chem 7, Geography 5, Visual Arts 6
[] Senior Year Course Load:
IB Macedonian A HL
IB English B HL
IB Mathematics HL
IB Chemistry SL
IB Geogaphy SL
IB Visual Arts SL
Theory of Knowledge
(my school doesn’t offer any other IB curriculum, nor any other honors classes)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Scholar Award

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scouting (project manager and scout patrol leader of my local group; young spokesperson, on the PR and program team in my national association; few seminars through Erasmus + program), Hip Hop Dancing (european and World championships; dance instructor), Debate, Model European Parliament delegate; Tutoring in Math, Chem and Physics
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at the American Corner
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at the Red Cross, tons of individual projects
[] Summer Activities: Summer in VA, USA - babysitting a 6 year-old and teaching her Macedonian and Math; Organized an Intercultural Scouting summer camp; Attended intercultural scouting summer camps in Romania and Germany;
[] Essays: 9/10 (CommonApp); 10/10 (Nomination Essay); 8/10 (Supplement)
[] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10; both of my teachers know me quite well and wrote amazing recommendations
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 (got one from my internship supervisor, and another one from my Scouts Association)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (full need)
[] Intended Major: Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[] Country (if international applicant): Macedonia
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Macedonian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): /

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: My involvement in scouting (extracurriculars in general); summer activities
[] Weaknesses: SAT score (although I didn’t send it to NYUAD)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that my ECs were the prime hook, but I did really well on the interviews during Candidate Weekend, really showed my passion and ambition
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Amsterdam University College, Waitlisted at Connecticut College, Rejected from Amherst, Trinity, Vassar and Colgate

I am so excited because I actually can afford to attend since NYUAD is giving me a 74k$ scholarship per year :smiley:

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**Decision: Accepted to CAS **

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 34C (36M, 34E, 34R, 33S)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[] Weighted GPA (if available): n/a
[] Rank/percentile (if available): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), CS (5), Psych (5), Lit (4), Macro(5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lang, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Micro, Spanish 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Diversity Club (President), basic academic club type stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: Econ Research @ State University, Various minimum wage jobs all 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: YWCA (Intern), NEDA (Intern), Hospital Volunteer (500+ hours)
[] Summer Activities: Same as above
[] Essays: 9 Common App, 7 NYU Supplement
[] Teacher Recommendation: 8/10 for both
[li] Counselor Rec: 8/10[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Econ
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Test scores
[] Weaknesses: GPA, ECs, Recs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If they do look at the applications holistically, I think my background and life experiences made them reconsider my application.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - Notre Dame, Boston College CSOM, UMich Ross Pre-Admit, UIUC, Lehigh University, Cornell University, UW-Madison
Waitlisted - Barnard, Wellesley, Smith, Scripps, Colgate, Colby, Bucknell, Wesleyan
Rejected - USC

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**Decision: Accepted to Polytechnic School of Engineering **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Composite: 1910 CR: 670 M: 610 W: 630
[] ACT (breakdown): Composite: 31 E: 33 M: 30 R:33 S:27
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.125
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 16 / 579
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang. & Comp.: 5 US History: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science, We The People (AP Gov.), AP English Lit. & Comp.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): AP Club (President), Creative Art & Writing Club (Treasurer), Physics Club, We The People
[] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Kmart and Intern for School District’s Information Systems department
[] Volunteer/Community service: 366 hours volunteered at local library
[] Summer Activities: Internship, 4 days a week for 8 hours
[] Essays: NYU Essay: 5/10, Common App: 7/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: I supplied two, both of which were really good in my opinion
[li] Counselor Rec: Also really good[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah and my package was a lot bigger than I expected
[] Intended Major: Integrated Digital Media
[] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College, Low Income Family

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Common App essay, Academics, Letters of Rec.
[] Weaknesses: NYU Essay, extracurricular activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was a mix of my Common App Essay and Academics
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NAU and WSU

[/ul]General Comments:
So excited to have been accepted!

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

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800/800/680 in CR)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35M 35E 34R 33S)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 US, 800 WH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (really easy school though)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranks but top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats, World History, US (5) Calc BC and Environmental (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Chem, AP Eng, AP Econ, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of a few things, some volunteer work. I won’t go into extreme detail but a bunch of government/business related things
Job/Work Experience: waiter, host, tutor
Volunteer/Community service: easily over 250 hours at hospitals, blood drives, random stuff
Summer Activities: Senator Internship and Medical Internship (nothing major)
Essays: Very solid, 9/10 and 9.5/10
Teacher Recommendations: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: 7/10
Interview: No

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $100,000 - $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Negative hooks

Reflection:

Strengths: Solid business extracurriculars, Decent test scores (nothing crazy for Stern)
Weaknesses: No major awards, Average asian on paper
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nice and focused Stern essay
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cornell, Brown (Likely), Boston College, UCLA, UC Berkeley

General Comments:

Thank you Jesus

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**Decision: Accepted to CAS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (superscore) 680 CR, 690M, 660W
[] ACT (breakdown): 29C 32R, 30W, 29M, 25S
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.55
[] Rank/percentile (if available): Top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (2), US History (3), Psychology (4), Lang/Comp (3), Chemistry (2)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Online psych for 1st semester (Needed an extra half credit to graduate with Advanced Honors Diploma), AP Lit/Comp, Anatomy H, AP Gov, Photo 1, Pre-Calc H
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, First graduating class of AP Academy[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club 9,11 (Historian), Key Club 11,12, Private Piano Lessons 9,10,11,12
[] Job/Work Experience: Freelance photoshop retouching over summer at a company
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club 11,12
[] Summer Activities: ^job
[] Essays: 10/10 I spent hours on the NYU essay and kept editing it over a week’s span, as well as had my dad read it over (He’s very critical) and some friends/other family and they thought it was amazing.
Common App Essay 10/10: Came from the heart and was really unique
[] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 From my AP Chem teacher who loved me, as I always helped out in class and designed the Chem class T-shirts. The only reason it might’ve been a 9 and not a 10 is because I got a 2 on the exam.
8/10 from my French teacher who I’ve had for 3 years, and is my French Club advisor.
[] Counselor Rec: 7/10, he knew me but not well enough to really go into detail.
[] Additional Rec: 6/10 from my piano teacher. Pretty generic

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Philosophy/Pre-law
[] State (if domestic applicant): Nevada
[] School Type: Public, the only AP Academy in the state
[] Ethnicity: Half White, Half Asian
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, weighted GPA
[] Weaknesses: EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted: My essays definitely helped, as well as rigorous courses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC San Diego, Pepperdine, NYU
Rejected: UC Berkeley, Notre Dame, Stanford, USC

[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to the class of 2019! NYU is my top right now and I’m excited to meet you all :slight_smile:

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Bored1997 - you were probably rejected because you are a non-US citizen. Did you apply for financial aid? NYU is need aware and they accept very, very few international students who require financial aid.

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**Decision: Accepted to Stern

Copy and pasted for the most part from another post so sorry if the format isn’t exactly the same.

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (superscore) 2120 (highest composite)

1st: Math - 680 Reading - 720 Writing - 670
2nd: Math - 720 Reading - 690 Writing - 710

SAT II: Math 2 - 670 US History - 670

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/207
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (3) Statistics (5) Macroeconomics (5) Microeconomics (4) U.S. History (4)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc BC, AP English, Physics, Spanish 3, band, personal economics and finance, and computer applications

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, but that’s not really major…

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 9th-12th (Brass Section Leader 10-12), Symphonic Band 9th-12th (Section leader 10th-12th, placing in district band all three years, 1st chair all county 11th-12th and all-state qualification 11th) JV Soccer 9th, Varsity Cross Country 10th-12th, Beta Club 9th-10th , Varsity Track 10th-12th ( 11th placed in the conference, regionally qualified, and qualified for 3A state track meet for 4x800 m relay team)

Job/Work Experience: Started my own business, was able to raise funding and set to launch very soon. Personally a very big accomplishment but the money raised was nothing crazy. Paid teaching assistant at elementary school, three hours a week senior year only. Volunteer/Community service:

Summer Activities: Research on alternative method of education called SOLE.

Essays: Common app essay was a very personal and emotional background story and explained where my drive came from. Wrote about visiting the Apple headquarters for my ideal intellectual field trip, really liked that essay. For the what I need to make my education whole essay I wrote about my business failures and what I could learn in a specialized program like Mendoza. I thought both were pretty good.

Teacher Recommendation: One from my Stats teacher, he and I really got along and he’s a great person so probably wrote a very nice recommendation. Other from my physics teacher, he liked me because I did very well but I slept quite a bit in his class so I’m really not sure how that recommendation was.

Counselor Rec: Probably pretty generic

Additional Rec: Music teacher and I are very close so probably very good.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): VA
Intended Major: Mendoza
School Type: Public, smallish
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <$25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, everything I’ve read said being Middle Eastern doesn’t count as URM.

Reflection: Actually very surprised. I expected Stern to be quite the reach considering their emphasis on objectives and my pretty average test scores and GPA. My essay was pretty good though and I think it displayed my business knowledge so that’s likely what pushed me over the edge.

Strengths: Extracurriculars and essay
Weaknesses: SAT IIs and GPA

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely my unique business experience and essays.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UVa, University of Richmond, William and Mary, and VCU. Rejected: Notre Dame. Still waiting on Ivy Day but fully expecting rejections from Cornell and Penn.

General Comments: I’m very excited! Stern is a great program, New York is such a wonderful city, and barring any miracles occurring on Ivy Day I look forward to studying there this fall!

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Decision: Accepted to Tisch, Recorded Music

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1770 (superscore) 669CR, 540M, 590W
ACT (breakdown): 29C 31R, 29W, 29M, 28S
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.75
Weighted GPA (if available): -
Rank/percentile (if available): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Rigourous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Model UN National Best Speaker, SAIIA young ambassador
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French 8,9,10,11. Model UN(chairperson and founder), touch rugby(provincial level, deputy captain. First team school captain), hockey(provincial level), piano, theater actress
Job/Work Experience: Not much really
Volunteer/Community service: Eco-access volunteer and coordinator
Summer Activities: ^job
Essays: 9/10
Common App Essay 10/10: Came from the heart
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 from my piano teacher. He worked a lot with me during school productions, we were very musically inclined(duh) he’s aways really liked me, lol. He agreed to write me a rec a week before the app was due and he did it in like 2 days.
9/10 from my history teacher. I was very passionate about this subject and was the top performer. We are on very good terms and I’m certain he wrote me a great recommendation
Counselor Rec: 7/10, she knew me but not well enough to really go into detail.
Additional Rec: none
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: BFA Recorded Music, might double major in Poli-sci
State (if domestic applicant): International, South Africa
School Type: Pruvate
Ethnicity: African, black…
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: My creative sample and essays
Weaknesses: EC’s and scores
Why you think you were accepted: I literally cannot point a finger at what it was. But I’m really proud of my application as a whole(except the test scores).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I only applied to NYU for such a program
General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone! I literally did not expect to get in at all. I didn’t even know decisions were coming out yesterday! I got my decision unexpectedly at a party and I screamed for like a whole 10 minutes! I still cannot believe it! It’s been my dream to go to NYU since I was 11. Like, I really can’t believe this! I’m so excited to meet everyone! Yay! I’m gonna be a Tisch kid!!!
If you were rejected. Don’t worry! Rejection is the best part(although it may not seem so) of life because it opens so many doors! I hope that you find strength and happiness wherever you land up. Do great things, be great! :heart:

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2140
[ *] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[ *] SAT II: 650 US 710 Math 1
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Weighted GPA (if available):
[ *] Rank/percentile (if available): 17/917
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(5) 4 more aps to come
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
Ap Lit
AP Psych
AP Polysci
Economics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS and Latin stuffs

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Latin Club and barely any
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Church things
[ *] Summer Activities: Mission Trips
[ *] Essays: It was ok (5.5/10)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 Latin and 7/10 Psych/Physics
[ *] Counselor Rec: 5/10
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?Yea:
[ *] Intended Major: IDK
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: gpa
[ *] Weaknesses: ec
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idc
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Northeastern,Colgate(full rides), brandeis(15k), Hunter macalauy
Rejected: Swarthmore and Amherst
Waitlisted: Wesleyan, Trinity, BC
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
only 48k a year so idk

37

**Decision: Accepted to (LSP but k I guess) **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 28C, 32E, 27M, 30R, 23S
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.27
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer any
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer any
[] Senior Year Course Load: Accounting, College Prep English, College Algebra, College History, Art, “Physics”, World History, Chemistry
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Chapter President), Art Club (President), FBLA (Chapter Parl.), Spanish Club, Speech and Debate
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Recycling + Backpack Program
[] Summer Activities: N/A
[] Essays: TBH, I felt my essays were pretty on point. I definitely let show to the reader who I was, what I was striving for, how NYU could help me with that strive, and what I could be in the future
[] Teacher Recommendation: I felt one of them was amazing but the other was okay. Still got me accepted
[] Counselor Rec: IDK
[] Additional Rec: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Stupidly, no
[] Intended Major: Linguistics
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Rural public
[] Ethnicity: Latino
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation gay Latino from a rural town who wants to major in Linguistics and become a foreign languages teacher

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My honesty and ability to let my true colors flow on my essays along with my recommendations and course load
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, lack of AP
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My diversity and my ability to make the best of what I have. Also, my strive to make both LGBTQ and Latino communities more respected may have struck a chord
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was waitlisted from University of Chicago and WUSTL. I didn’t even want to go to WUSTL but Chicago was also my top choice along with NYU. I was also accepted at Case Western Reserve, a state school, and an international school

[/ul]General Comments:
I was surprised I was accepted. I did not think I would be after being waitlisted from Chicago and WUSTL but when I was accepted at CWRU, I felt like there was more hope. The tuition and housing is so high, though, that I am not sure if I will be able to attend. I want to and I would much rather go to NYU than CWRU but the truth is I was stupid and didn’t apply for financial aid to NYU out of laziness but mostly because my parents went an almost one month on vacation which hindered my ability to fill out the CSS. I am going to have to talk about this with NYU and maybe they could understand. I just did not want to explain my current living situation because it is so strange and I am not even sure what is going on because my parents will not tell me

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 Single Sitting Composite (630 CR, 750 M, 680 W)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.91 (up to 12th grade 1st semester)
[] Weighted GPA: ~4.34
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/467
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), Physics B (3), World History (4), English Language (4), Calculus BC (5), Calculus AB (5), US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: DE Intro to Statistics, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP French, AP U.S. Gov/Econ, DE Differential Equations, Speech & Legal Reasoning
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Listed on App: Academic Decathlon (Captain), Varsity Cross Country, Mathletes, Speech and Debate (Treasurer), MESA, Key Club, Human Rights Organization (VP), Model United Nations (Founder/President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Finance Internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: Few hundred hours
[] Personal Statement: It was okay, though NYU prompt’s response was cliche IMO.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Social Studies Teacher (9/10)
[] Counselor Rec: Did not read
[li] Additional Rec: Cross Country Coach (8/10)[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[li]** Intended Major **: Business with concentration in Economics (Stern)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Title 1 Average Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k-120k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats were mostly up to par, Course Rigor, Extracurriculars/Leadership (?)
[] Weaknesses: SAT CR, Lack of major awards/unique attributes
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCLA (Waitlist), Colorado School of Mines (Waitlist); Acceptances: UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, Cal Poly SLO, University of the Pacific, UC Berkeley
[] Schools you are waiting for? Georgetown, Cornell

[/ul]General Comments: Disappointed about the rejection, as it would be really nice to live in NYC and attend one of the best business schools. Congrats to everyone who got in, and for everyone who got denied, don’t let this define you and march on, so you can go to NYU for grad school :slight_smile:

39

**Decision: Accepted to Steinhardt **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 superscore, but 2010 was my highest individual score
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] SAT II: Math 2 (660), US Hist (600)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
[] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.05 or so
[] Rank/percentile (if available): 88/556
[] AP: English Lang (3), AP World (3), APUSH (3), AP Calc AB (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multimedia, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Psych, Civics/Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Secretary), Environmental Club (Secretary), World Vision (DOA, then President), blogging, YouTube, JV Swim team (3 years), Varsity Golf Team (3 years), Piano Certificate of Merit, Nordstrom BP Internship
[] Job/Work Experience: YouTube
[] Volunteer/Community service: not much, just from being in Key Club and doing club events
[] Summer Activities: none
[] Essays: Personally, I LOVED my essays. I worked really really hard on them and I really believe that they were a great representation of who I am. I actually researched a lot for the NYU essay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I showed a lot of dedication in my math class with getting my grade up to an A, and my other teacher saw my hard work from studying and whatnot.
[li] Counselor Rec: idk I met my counselor like two times during the entire 4 years of high school[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Media, Culture, and Communications
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I definitely think my strengths were from my extracurriculars (youtube and blogging) as well as my essays. My extracurriculars showed my dedication for the major that I wanted to pursue so that probably helped a lot.
[] Weaknesses: My low GPA and minimum community service
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays and extracurriculars!!!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCI (CHP), UCR, CSULB, CSUF. Waitlisted at UCSD. Rejected at UCLA, USC, UCB, & Stanford (lol duh)

[/ul]General Comments:
I was lucky enough to get some money from NYU (only $14k though). So even though it’s my dream to go, I don’t know if I’ll be able to. Keeping my fingers crossed!!!

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted to LSP

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (CR:740, M:670, W:660)
[] ACT (breakdown): none
[] SAT II: none
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I guessed around 3.6
[] Weighted GPA: 4.2
[] Rank/percentile: 97/1160 (top 8%)
[] AP: HGAP (3), WHAP (3), APUSH (4), APLang (5), APDrawing (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, all core classes plus AP Art History. My science was APES and math was Calc AB. I’m also in German 3H
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t really know what’s considered major, but I won medals for my art pieces in VASE competition and won my silver award in Girl Scouts[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NAHS (fundraising officer/historian), NHS, Girl Scouts (10 yrs), German Honor Society (co-president), Student Council, Library Teen Advisory Board (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts, NHS
[] Summer Activities: Volunteer at GS day camp
[] Essays: I think my CA essay was strong. I wrote about my fear of failure and compared it humorously to my fear of spiders. I feel like the “quirkiness” is what helped set me apart–I wanted to make sure to express my personality in this essay. My NYU essay was alright; I talked about my love of the Art History program (my original major) and how it would tie into the city.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived FERPA, but I believe they were pretty good. I got to know both teachers very well, and one said I reminded her of her own daughter so I think that was a plus.
[li] Counselor Rec: Probably standard; I go to a large HS and it’s his first year here[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yuh
[] Intended Major: Art History, but I got LSP
[] State: TX
[] School Type: Large public high school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[li] Hooks: none that I can think of, other than my involvement in GS or possibly my essay??[/li]
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: I am very driven and extremely passionate about what I want to do. I am great at talking to adults, which helps when it comes to teachers. I have an overall strong work ethic I guess. Subjects: English, Arts, etc.
[] Weaknesses: I stress out a lot, not great at decision making, annoying lol, idk what exact weaknesses you want me to put?? My SAT writing was terrible, and I’m not so great at the STEM subjects.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know. I’m pretty average when it comes to stats for NYU. I think it has to do with my essay and my rec letters, because they show who I really am as a person and a student. I think NYU looks for passion as well; all of my AP classes and most of my ECs were geared towards the arts. I am a strong believer in finding a niche and sticking to it,as opposed to taking as many APs and ECs as possible so it “looks good” on your college app. My involvement in Girl Scouts may have helped some.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SMU, UT, UTD. NYU was my reach hahah

[/ul]General Comments: I am so lucky to be accepted into my dream school! I was waiting for a rejection haha