Please chance me for NYU Stern (2016)

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Hey guys! Im originally from Malaysia, but currently doing my final year of high school in Melbourne, Australia. I am taking my SAT's next week, hopefully my results go well and I end up scoring what I got on my practice tests. I really want to get in to Stern, major in Finance and maybe minor in International Relations which i love so much!</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (Malaysian Chinese)
Stats: Top 10% of my Class
Fluent in English, Chinese, Malay and conversant in Cantonese. </p>

<p>Senior Classes: Accounting, History, Business Management, Chinese, Hospitality, Math Methods (Calc), English. (No Sciences, is this a big problem?) </p>

<p>Predicted Scores (Based on my practices):
TOEFL: > 105
SAT I: 670 Math, Reading 760, Writing 730 - Total 2160
SAT II: World History 700+, Chinese 800 </p>

<p>Teacher Rec's and Essay:
- Recommendations from my IR and Business teacher.
- From my school principal detailing my leadership positions.
- Maybe write my essay on how NYU would be my dream school because of the diversity and great experiences I could have? </p>

<p>Extra Curricular: </p>

<p>Student Reference Committee (President)
International Student Council (President)
Member - School Soccer Team (2008-2010) - Avg 5 hours a week
Member - School Softball Team (2008-2009) - Avg 5 hours a week
DJ - Syn FM Community Radio (2008) - 30 hours
Work experience as Waiter/Barista/Cook (2009-2010) - Avg 7 hours a week.
Former professional gamer sponsored by IT brands such as AMD.ATi and Alienware, travelled internationally to represent Malaysia in gaming tournaments.
Featured in various national newspapers/ IT magazines.
Planning to do some community service in Sri Lanka with my Dad's friends charity. </p>

<p>Both my parents haven't been to college and it would be such a great thing for me to get into NYU. It has been one of my dreams schools for a while because of its unparalleled fast paced city surroundings and its excellent undergrad business program. </p>

<p>Please chance me for this! Thank you guys once again!</p>

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<p>I obviously can’t offer much insight into stern (tried and failed with another poster), but you’re almost the same age as me so I just have to ask. Where in malaysia did you go?? GIS?</p>

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<p>hey sixela, i went to sri cempaka then sri KDU both are private but not international schools like GIS. im currently doing my senior high school year in melbourne.</p>

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<p>Sorry to break it to you, but your background isn’t that diverse. Stern has a ton of international students mostly coming from East/Southeast Asia, so it’s going to be hard for you to differentiate yourself. For an international student, you will need to focus on getting better standardized scores. Stern doesn’t look at the writing section of your SAT, so you should be scoring higher on Math and Critical Reading. If you really want to get in, you should apply early decision; if not, it’ll be a crapshoot.</p>

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<p>^Stern has started to look at the writing section this year, although they don’t weight it as heavily as the CR and Math portions.</p>

<p>I’d say you’re on track… but you’re no shoo-in by any means. Internationals compete in a smaller pool and need to stand out more to gain admission. Also, are you full pay? NYU is need-aware for international applicants, which means that your ability to pay will affect your admissions decision.</p>

<p>Also, you won’t be able to minor in Int’l Relations. The full list of CAS minors is at <a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/UC/NewStudents/Freshmen/BusinessProgram/Minors/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.stern.nyu.edu/UC/NewStudents/Freshmen/BusinessProgram/Minors/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>P.S. I hope you have visited NYU before/intend to… it’s not your usual type of school. I thought it was going to be like “OMG THERE’S TIME SQUARE OMG I’M IN NEW YORK!!!111!!! BRIGHT CITY BRIGHT LIGHTS” when I visited, but that wasn’t the case. I still loved it though.</p>

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<p>hey guys thanks for the advice, im planning to visit NYU in april. and yes i plan to pay full for my tuition fees. i guess intl relations would come under the politics minor? any other advice as to what i should do to increase my chances of getting in other than improving sat scores? thanks!</p>

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<p>Weijiat, that’s even more interesting, I lived just down the street from Sri cempaka!
Sorry, I get excited over the little things…:stuck_out_tongue:
Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>I have to disagree with you justspice. I called NYU Admissions and asked them if internationals compete in a different pool of applicants (i.e. Internationals are considered differently than domestic applicants) and they said NO. Domestic and International applicants compete in the same applicant pool.</p>