<p>I know this Asian kid with a 1300 SAT who got into Stern w/a 20K per year scholarship. It just goes that college admissions can be totally random. </p>
<p>To the OP: You got into BU, which is a very good school. Personally, I'd be happy there but I can see why you're upset.</p>
<p>i got rejected too.. =/</p>
<p>Double NYU Stern legacy (active alumni), 2210 SAT, NYC marketing internship... did NOT get in! I'm still a little shocked, and did not expect this, as basically my entire family went to Stern, but I have plenty of other excellent schools to look at (USC, Cornell).</p>
<p>I'm not going to let a reject eat me up :)</p>
<p>I was accepted to Stern with a 1470 SAT and 750, 740 SAT IIs. I was also accepted at Cornell (Engineering), UNC OOS, Rice, Penn</p>
<p>crazy, and your point is what on this thread</p>
<p>Thats weird a lot of you guys have higher stats than i do but i was wait listed instead of rejected. I got a 1970 on the SAT (1410 without writing), 4.7 weighted GPA (3.9 unweighted), and below average to decent ECs.</p>
<p>A note about merit scholarships at NYU: I went to the financial aid office on Sunday, and the lady told me most merit scholarship recipients also have to demonstrate financial need... so that's weird.</p>
<p>But anyway, yeah, college admissions are REALLY random sometimes. You should look at the Ivy League acceptance/rejection threads. They're insane.</p>
<p>i just dont get it....what merited a rejection??!?!?</p>
<p>not even waitlisted. :(</p>
<p>^^ I totally feel your pain.</p>
<p>That & my friend who got in with lower stats then me, isn't attending & is going to a SUNY school instead. </p>
<p>I shoulda done stern-ed or somethin</p>
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<p>yeahh.. i agree with the threads that says you probably look too good for stern..and they think you wouldnt go anyway.
I got in the scholar program with similar stats as you and im from jersey. I think what i did that was different from you was writing in the additional info part that I think I'm not as qualified as the other applicants but I would definitely make the best of my Stern acceptance if that were to happen..</p>
<p>do US universities provide the reason for rejection if you contact them?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Not ususally. You have to understand that a) NYU especially has an absolute ton of applicants, so it would be very hard for them to find/know/recall what lead you to being rejected, and b) The admissions office doesn't really want to field a lot of angry "Why was I rejected?" calls. That said, if you really are desperate, you can call up and (politely) ask, but I doubt you will get anything more than a stock (34,000 applications this year....holistic process...etc.) answer.</p>
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<p>No offense, but I don't think that makes sense. Colleges want the best classes possible, and if someone applied to their school, then there's at least the POSSIBILITY that they will attend. So why reject them if they're "too good?" What would be the point of, say, a safety school, if that happened? What is "too good" for a school like NYU Stern, anyway? There are no definites for Stern's main competitor, Wharton, or any of the Ivies, so it's not like anyone can pass judgement and say, "Oh, that student is going to Wharton/the Ivies for sure; we don't need to accept them." Also, it's kind of putting down the rest of us that did get in... we don't all want to believe that we're mediocre or something.</p>
<p>I do think that college admissions can be random, especially in schools like the Ivies and the so-called "new Ivy Leagues," but I wouldn't go so far as to say they actually only admit people they're pretty sure will attend. Because a lot of us did get into Stern with good stats from the New England/Tri-state area states.</p>
<p>Again, no offense... just my thoughts on that.</p>
<p>OP that doesn't make senese. I was browsing through the accepted thread and many Scholar invited applicants were accepted with MUCH lower stats. </p>
<p>A waitlist would even be questionable.</p>
<p>1540/1600 and a 2230/2400</p>
<p>I know, it makes no sense. I was completely surprised.</p>
<p>I had no leadership ECs whatsoever in high school though and this will surely hurt me next year when I try to transfer to Wharton.</p>
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I had no leadership ECs whatsoever in high school though and this will surely hurt me next year when I try to transfer to Wharton.
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<p>Actually, that might be a reason why... I think your stats are very good, but I think Stern looks for people with leadership positions, though I doubt it matters where -- my leadership positions were in music and my school's newspaper.</p>
<p>ec's do matter. really they do.</p>
<p>Your test scores are definitely good, but the avg SAT at NYU was 1450 or something last year, and probably even higher this year. There were probably just a lot of comparable applicants and you just got the short end of the stick. Don't feel bad about it though; if you work hard during college, you'll end up at the same firms Stern grads will be at with the same type of job.</p>
<p>Also, Scholars has definitely shifted its focus from a while ago - since applicants to Stern are so strong academically these days, a lot of the Scholar invitations now are based more on the overall resume...</p>
<p>Everyone at my school who was accepted to Stern had at least one leadership position in an EC activity, so that may have been a critical factor. I know my GPA was a weaker point of my application despite a 2300/1530 on the SATI, but my ECs definitely brought me into the loop. I was a team leader of a sports team, president of a club, activities director of a club, editor of the school paper, officer of the orchestra, and team captain of a consumer league challenge.</p>
<p>i had decent ec's with along with my 1510/2200 4.3 gpa 5% rank... it just doesnt make sense</p>