Please chancd :) NYU Stern Early Decision

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey! I am applying for NYU Stern as an Early Decision applicant. Asian male from california.

ACT 32 composite 33 Superscore (retaking in october hopingfor 34 composite)

SAT Subject: 770 Math 700 Physics 730 Chinese (Should i send all three or just math?)

GPA unweighted ~3.66 (Upward Trend, 3.4 freshman, 3.7 soph, 4.0 junior)
Weighted ~4.2

EC:
Summer @ Stern program- took two classes B+ and A+ (will get a recommendation letter from my professor at Stern)

Internship at CK-12- Team Director, created online interactive learning object programs

Intern at Riffiti- Created business awareness through ads, media, etc

Intern at Plexxus- Managed business at CA

Non profit organization (501c approved) founder focused on Autism awareness; partnered with Autism Speaks for support

First Autism Speaks Student highschool club in CA founder

Varsity water polo 3 years (MVAL award honorable mention, athletic academic award)

Varsity swim 3 years (NCS, have schools records)

Gold Presidential service award(150+ hours)

Essays:
Strong personal statement about Autism

Decent NYU supplement

Decent counselor rec letter

Strong rec letters from teachers

additional rec letter from Autism Speaks or from business professor at Stern

Im mainly worried about my grades.
Also what are my chances for these schools (business major)

UCLA, SD, Davis
IU Bloomington Kelley
UTA
USC Marshall
CMU Tepper
Northeastern
Boston College
Boston University

Thanks for any responses :slight_smile:

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Can you afford 72k per year? If not, what would you do if you get accepted to NYU with no financial aid or merit scholarships?

UT Austin looks at class rank rather than GPA. What’s yours?

UC schools use a different type of GPA. Check here to find out yours and let us know what it is. http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

CMU is a reach
USC reach
Northeastern high match
Boston College Reach
NYU high match
BU reach
IU Low Match

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Hey thanks for the reply. I can handle the price of NYU if I get accepted.

My school doesnt calculate class rank so I have no idea.

My UC uncapped is around 4.3 and capped is 4.1. Thanks

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It’s great that you have all those internships. If your ACT ends up being a 34, then your chances will definitely be better because it’ll put you to be above average/75% rank for most of the mentioned schools. Using your current ACT & GPA, I believe:

NYU - low reach (getting into Stern is extremely difficult, and your GPA is 25% rank; a 34 would increase your chances as many Stern applicants score around that or higher)
BU - high match (your GPA is more or less average; your ACT is slightly above average on a range of 27-31)
USC - low reach (your GPA is merely above 25% rank; your score is 75% rank on a range of 28-32 but USC is very competitive as well)
UCLA - low reach (your UC GPA is all right; your ACT is 75% rank on a scale of 25-33 but UCLA is a reach for many as it is a tough admit)
UCSD - high match (ACT is above average)
UCD - match (ACT is above average but higher acceptance rate than UCSD & UCLA)
BC - low reach
Northeastern - high match

You seem like a competitive applicant if you get your score to a 34.

Good luck.

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You you will definitely make it to CMU Tepper! All the best

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New updated ACT score is 35. Does this change anything?

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bump

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@Gumbymom

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So did you get it?