<p>SAT: 1820.. for now... new scores comin up on the 26th of june
GPA: 5.14
SAT II: Bio 800 MAth IC 650</p>
<p>Classes:
AP Bio
AP Psych
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish
AP Studio Art
honors spanish levels 3 nd 4
honors math B
honors chem
honors bio</p>
<p>Awards: Spanish Honors society
Renselaer Medal</p>
<p>E.C.: Ballroom dancing - 9yrs of serious, across country, competition
NHS
Invention Club
Mock Trial
Spanish club</p>
<p>Appreciate any feedback. Thanx a bunch. If y'alls got any other schools to offer, i'd be glad to hear 'em</p>
<p>forgot honors precalc (that was a toughy)</p>
<p>a great chance for all NYU Schools except Stern. your math score gotta be better than that.
(that includes tisch, too, as your a national ballroom dancer.. haha)</p>
<p>What's your GPA in terms of this grading scale (1-100)?</p>
<p>i have noo clue.. im sorry. im really confused as to how my schools gpa system works.</p>
<p>what school are you applying to and what do you plan on doing here (if you know)?</p>
<p>and now for the brutal honesty:</p>
<p>nothing about you makes you stand out (besides that medal, which is sweet - congrats), esp if you're from a feeder state (ny, cali, etc). unless you're applying to the tisch dance program, i don't think you have a shot.</p>
<p>unless there are some tidbits that you left out, like how you saved a woman from a burning house/wrote a bestselling novel on the NY Times bestseller list.</p>
<p>sure, you took a bunch of difficult classes, but all the other applicants did too. with the number of applicants to NYU on the rise (well over 35K), you're gonna appear like another statistic. do something to make them look twice at your app.</p>
<p>work on that, and you'll be a stronger applicant, for any school mind you.</p>
<p>i plan on applying to the liberal arts school. Intended major for right now: Pre-dentistry. </p>
<p>But man, 9yrs of sticking to something is pretty dam long, especially an art. Im a big math/science student, and the art component is kinda unusual. And yes. I know. I need to raise the SATs.. i'll tell you all about it in a week.</p>
<p>does the fact that i plan to commute to the school help me at all? Is living space a real problem for NYU?</p>
<p>Commuting will make no difference, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Also, do NOT put "pre-dentistry" down as your intended major - it will make you look bad. There is absolutely no such thing as a pre-dental, pre-vet, or pre-med major. It's just a series of classes that you take on your own initiative to prepare yourself for the respective exam and graduate school. It is not a major, and it will not qualify you for any degree.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are a little. I know someone who got rejected with a near perfect GPA, ranked in top 1%, with SAT scores of 1300.... NYU places a big emphasis on SAT Scores to weed through the 35k applicants. I'm not trying to discourage you from applying which you should anyway, I'm sure you improved in June. Good luck in june 26th, dont lose hope though, you could end up in GSP which isnt necisarrily a bad thing. Good luck with the college application process. Take a look at BU also if you like city schools.</p>
<p>P.S. I think NYU likes Mock Trial team members, try to emphasize that. That should give your chances a big boost.</p>
<p>NYU does NOT place a "big emphasis" on SAT scores. I had a 1920 (granted it was from my junior year, and I was too lazy to ever take it again in my senior). I would say that a lot about you stands out, especially the 9 yrs. ballroom, medal, and perfect score on the SAT II Bio (that's especially important since you plan to be a dentistry major).</p>
<p>What NYU likes, along with good stats (b/c they've got a rep. to keep up), is individuality and that something special. The best place to show this is in your essays- so don't think that you have to do absolutely spectacular things just to be recognized by NYU- just show them who you are and the best word to remember in the application process is "PASSION". (Sounds corny, but I'm serious.)</p>
<p>I was lucky enough to have an interview, and I honest-to-god think THAT is the reason I am in NYU. I have some of the lower stats (My scores are mid-range, but there's nothing else extremely special and my only commitments were theatre and drug free youth and I didn't take very many AP courses and the test scores were...bad...) but I showed my interviewer who I was and THAT is what NYU puts a "big emphasis" on.</p>
<p>(P.S. Think about going for the ACT, too. I personally hold it in much higher regards than the SAT and scores are usually better. While my SAT was fairly low, my ACT was higher than the average at NYU ;). )</p>
<p>hey. thanks for writing. I have one small question, what does GSP stand for? And yes, PASSION, i've heard that word so many times during my ballroom career, once again, im going to TRY to present it..lol Tell me, do you guys really like NYU?</p>
<p>GSP=General Studies Program</p>
<p>lindsey - you're tisch though. theres a little less weight on those things for tisch.</p>
<p>but for cas, yes, sat does matter, and i dont think that score will cut it.</p>
<p>the 9 years thing is good, but other people have done the same. not ballroom dancing, but i know there are tons and tons of kids who have ya kno, like, played piano since they were two. or been in dancing or gymnastics for that long.</p>
<p>that having been said, see if there are one or two more ecs you could get involved in senior year, and definitely try to get your sat up. or take the act. some people do a lot better at that. if you do those things, and your essays are good, i think you have a shot.</p>
<p>lindsey - you're tisch though. theres a little less weight on those things for tisch.</p>
<p>I do not like getting into this argument, but seriously, why does everybody who is not in Tisch think this? FACT: Tisch puts just as much stress on academics as does any other school w/in NYU (stern, cas, etc.). You'll find some students in Stern and also in CAS who have statistics lower than mine, so obviously those things aren't the ONLY factor for the schools. Yes, Stern may look at your Math score more than Tisch will and Tisch more at your Lit. score than CAS, but that still doesn't mean you don't have to pass the bar that they already set for you.</p>
<p>Applicants- don't listen to anybody who tells you one school or another puts more or less emphasis on anything, b/c it's NYU. You've got to have the NYU standard grades and THEN some (that's where the individuality/personality comes in....or talent for the Tischies).</p>
<p>The bad thing about asking people on this forum whether or not your NYU material is that most think, because they are in, they know exactly what NYU is looking for. I look at myself and then any other student and I'm confused as hell as to what they want. Just be yourself, don't let statistics run your mind during the application process because you are a strong candidate academically, and remember- a college chooses you for you...they don't choose you for a number on a piece of paper.</p>
<p>i AM in tisch. you do have to have good grades, but there is a little more leeway than in other schools because of the fact that we are judged on more things than the people in other schools. when there are more factors to look at, each weighs in a little less. not much, but still some.</p>
<p>actually...all the factors way in at the same level, none of them are down played. that's basically why tisch is said to be one of the hardest, if not the hardest, school to get into at nyu. by the way, this was told to all the students when they auditioned (as if we didn't have enough stress)...so don't think i'm just saying this because I can. I'm still trying to figure out why your saying what you are...</p>
<p>im only saying it because i dont want the OP to get too overconfident that if you got in with a slightly lower-than-average sat score that should mean that they for certain can too. im not trying to be offensive in anyway, i just dont want anyone to get their hopes up when all the schools vary slightly in their judging (and cas is known to be the most statistically random when it comes to acceptances)</p>
<p>...your the one who said tisch puts "a little less weight on those things". I said they don't do that.</p>
<p>Anyways, I understand what you were trying to say, but you pretty much just put your foot in your mouth.</p>
<p>The whole point to this is that no school at NYU puts more or less emphasis on anything. You still have to have the NYU level grades to apply to any school, including Tisch. But you also have to have a personality, and something individual that stands out and makes NYU notice you. That applies to any and every school within NYU. Fin.</p>