<p>Please use this thread to post decision, so future applicants can use it for reference. In addition, there's one section which talks about financial information, please can you fill this in as well. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, just go to Albert>Financial Aid and write what you see.</p>
<p>Good Luck everyone!</p>
<p>To use the template, copy+paste, fill out your info, and take out all the spaces in the brackets.</p>
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 720 CR 770 M 670 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 790 Spanish Language w/ Listening 680
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.88
[</em>] GPA (W): High school doesn’t weight
[<em>] Rank: High school doesn’t disclose rank
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Bank Internship (10-12)
Marketing Job (9)
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Character Award (9)
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Marching Band (9-10)
Theater Internship (10)
Robotics Club (11)
Badminton Club (11-12)
Boys State Program (11)
Food Pantry Volunteering (11)
Computer Club (12)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Strong
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Moderate
[</em>] Hooks (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Not Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Financial Aid information (see description): Changed to “2014 Award Access Not Available”</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Requested to be considered for another school if rejected from Stern
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Good objective stats and essays.
[li] General Comments: NYU really does not offer much for FA. In non-loans, I only got 1000 bucks.[/li][/ul]</p>
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 780 CR 740 M 800 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 790 Chemistry 740 US History 740
[<em>] GPA (UW): 4.0 (96.9)
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.0? Not sure how to convert to a 5.0 scale (100.59)
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Leadership Positions:
Webmaster of Video Club (11-12)
Secretary of Dance Club (10)
[<em>] Awards/Honors:
National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist (currently awaiting Finalist standing) (12)
National Honor Society Member (11-12)
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular:
Volunteer (Marketer, Interior Designer, Secretary, Tutor) (11-12)
Extracurricular Study (Saturday & Summer School) (6-11)
Volunteer (Teacher’s Aide) (11)
Freelance Graphic Designer
Key Club (9-12)
Indoor Girls Track Team (10)
Art Club (10-12)
Video Club (11-12)
Senior Empowerment Club (11-12)
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Strong? (my editor who’s an author liked them but I feel like I could’ve done better - I guess they were good enough haha!)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Wasn’t allowed to see (assuming 1 moderate, 1 good)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Wasn’t allowed to see
[</em>] Hooks (if any): #1 Public High School in NYC??
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public, Specialized
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Financial Aid Information: 23k in Scholarships & Grants; loans cover the rest
[/ul] Other Statements:[ul]
[</em>] Other Factors: Requested to be considered for general admission if rejected from Stern
[<em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Good stats & ECs??
[</em>] General Comments: Don’t listen to the Financial Aid change rumor, it just makes you more nervous… I didn’t check and I was still nervous sigh u<strong><em>u Just believe in yourself!!! Good luck to everyone n</em></strong>n
[/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision: Admitted **
**Admitted School: NYU Liberal Studies at New York **
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 1750 - Reading: 620 Writing 610 Math 520
[</em>] SAT IIs: Japanese 760
[<em>] GPA (UW): N/A (School does not offer)
[</em>] GPA (W):N/A (School does not offer)
[<em>] Rank:N/A
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Student Representative
[<em>] Awards/Honors: International Bacculaureate (IB) score, 35
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Varsity Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: GREAT, AWESOME
[</em>] Teacher Recs: VERY GOOD
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome
[</em>] Hooks (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Japan, (Tokyo)
[</em>] School Type: International School
[<em>] Ethnicity:Indian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[li] Financial Aid information (see description):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Nope
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? honestly I have no clue
[li] General Comments: I hope I give hope to other low-scorers![/li][/ul]</p>
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2220- 730 CR 720 M 770 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: I don’t think I submitted any… (If I did 710 Lit)
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.64
[</em>] GPA (W): School doesn’t calculate but over 4.0
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Mock Trial Officer, Drama Club Officer, Varsity Volleyball Captain
[<em>] Awards/Honors: National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalist
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Drama Club, Mock Trial, Business club (only girl), S.T.A.R. (Students Terminating Abusive Relationships), Varsity and Club Volleyball, Varsity Softball, Varsity Gymnastics, Varsity Track, Girl Scout, Midnight Run, Volunteer Sunday school teacher and Youth Representative, Paid job at a Gymnastics Instructor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Spent a decent amount of time on the Common App essay and was told it was very strong. Rushed the NYU Supplement but also received very good feedback.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, should have been decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably very good
[</em>] Hooks (if any): None?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half-Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Financial Aid information (see description): $1000 Scholarship; rest in loans and work study</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Requested to be considered for general admission if rejected from Stern
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected?: Decent stats, heavily AT (Advanced Topic, my school doesn’t want to conform to the AP curriculum) course load, very strong ECs
[li] General Comments: Congrats to everyone! What percent of Stern is Asian because I’m seeing a pretty high concentration of Asian last names on Facebook (and I’m just encouraging that stereotype, Chinese dad and Asian last name)? [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted Admitted School: CAS Cinema Studies
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2150 (710CR 800Math 640WR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.93
[</em>] GPA (W): 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 16
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Founder of a school film club. Leadership positions for a community service corps
[<em>] Awards/Honors: NHS, First Honor Roll
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: Royal Masque, Glee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think I was being honest throughout. I was humble and just stated why NYU is my first choice school. Also, I went a little witty on why I chose Paris as my first year study abroad. My commonapp essay was on my first love and how it affected the shaping of my personality.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Two excellent recom letters. One’s from my history teacher and the other is from my math teacher who also works as a college student counselor.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t send, I think
[</em>] Hooks (if any): I think my commonapp essay was really good. It was appropriately intriguing (it’s about my first love) and adequately intellectual (I wrote about how that first love got me into reading and about my favorite writers)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania (International Student)
[</em>] School Type: Private, Not very good
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Financial Aid information (see description): 2014 Award Access Not Available</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors:
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? My GPA, Commonapp essay.
[li] General Comments: Congratulations to all who got accepted! Now all I have left to do is to pay off all the friggin debt I will take from attending this tremendously expensive college. Yay for me![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
**Admitted School: CAS Econ **
Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2160 (650M) (780CR) (730W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 US Hist
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.7
[</em>] GPA (W): 3.75
[<em>] Rank: Top 25%
[</em>] Leadership Positions: Leader of 8 member funk band, organized charity music show
[<em>] Awards/Honors: High Honor Roll/Honor Roll some years
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: NYU summer music program, home music producer, learned multipul instruments (guitar, vocals, bass, drums) with private lessons, took private music production lessons, Jazz band bassist/percussionist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great essays. Wrote a very strong college essay about “why I’m funk music” (edited a great deal by AP english teacher and SAT english tutor), for the “what intrigues you” I wrote about the power of simplicity and talked about an old blues song called “Grinnin’ In Your Face” by Son House, for “why NYU campus” question I wrote about how Washington Square is the quad and there are so many different types of people in the city who you can learn from
[</em>] Teacher Recs: APUSH teacher gave me an amazing recommendation, got rec from math teacher (I got an 84 in her class junior year, and now have her again for senior year and have a 95, so she wrote about my improvement)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, wrote about some family problems I had that made my GPA not as high as it should have been sophomore and junior year
[</em>] Hooks (if any): didn’t apply for financial aid, took a class there already and met some of the faculty
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Italian/jewish)
[</em>] Gender: male
[li] Financial Aid information (see description): didn’t apply</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: Took AP Econ, AP Euro, AP English Language, AP English Lit, AP US History and did well on all of them. 5 on AP US/English Language exams
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? Strong SATs, good course rigor, didn’t apply for fin aid, unique essays/extracurriculars that NYU would like… I REALLY WANTED TO GO!!!
[li] General Comments: My grades definitely weren’t amazing and many people say you need high grades to get in here. If you have lower grades, but you’re a cool person and you can show it, you have a great chance! I support anyone who wants to apply and think it’s an AMAZING school, so excited to attend. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Admitted School: Liberal Studies Program
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2120 – 720 Math, 730 Writing, 670 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: French with Listening (760); Lit (670)
[<em>] GPA (UW): 3.6
[</em>] GPA (W): Unsure
[<em>] Rank: Unsure, but top 25th percentile
[</em>] Leadership Positions: A variety in many clubs and some community service projects.
[<em>] Awards/Honors: Many awards from piano
[</em>] Other Extra-curricular: I was in a million different clubs, National and French Honor Society, and I play the piano competitively.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think they were awesome. I had them edited by two friends, one who attends The Wharton School at UPenn, and another who was the Jefferson Scholar for UVA.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I picked teachers with whom I’ve forged a close relationship over the years. One was a leadership teacher and another english.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me, so I think it was good as well.
[</em>] Hooks (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Financial Aid information (see description): $24,470 Liberal Studies Scholarship, $900 Early Decision Pell Grant, everything else is work study and loans</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Statements:[ul]
[<em>] Other Factors: I’m an IB student, which probably helped me a ton.
[</em>] Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? To be honest, I didn’t think I would be accepted at all. I have a tendency to lower my expectations to save myself from disappointment. I think I showed a lot of passion for NYU and New York City in my essays though.
[li] General Comments: Originally applied for CAS but got placed into LSP. Still beyond excited though, because NYU is my dream school![/li][/ul]</p>