<p>wow, looks like stats have gone up considerably for 2011. Me and my 2010 friends here don't have too many >1500 SATs among us. </p>
<p>BTW, Scholars has very little rhyme nor reason as to who gets picked. Don't stress over that.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous</p>
<p>That is ridiculous. NYU (Stern) is not an ivy or even considered the next best thing, IMO. Where else did you guys/gals apply? UVa, UMich, USC all have great undergrad business programs...</p>
<p>I'm over it, but my parents are ****ed. They said they've written their last check to Stern... </p>
<p>I've got to admit, I really was not expecting a reject from NYU. I'm amazed at how competitive it's become. But I've gotten into other good schools (Cornell, USC) and I guess NYU wasn't meant to be. Oh well.</p>
<p>I applied to Wake Forest (accepted), RPI (accepted with tons of $), Rutgers (same), Cornell (Deferred, rejected), Emory (wait listed)</p>
<p>damn & I thought I was hot stuff with high SATs and all that jazz</p>
<p>obviously gpa, sats, and resume fillers aren't everything.</p>
<p>I screwed up freshman year and I need some help for people. My overall average in high school is a 83 but I'm only a sophmore. I have taken ap us history. I scored a 1300 on the psat. I have many extracirrucular activities such as being on the jv baseball and basketball team. Can someone give me some advice on what I need to improve on and give me a percent of my chances of getting into nyu,thx</p>
<p>hey ymvc15, I think you'll be fine...personally, I think all this admissions business is completely random because I've been admitted to stern and cornell even though I have pretty mediocre grades and average SAT scores. It was really weird because my friend who has had a 96% average for the past 4 years and got 2300 on her SATs and really god extra curriculars got rejected everywhere and I've had a pretty low (mid 80s) average every year except this one. I say, just have fun in high school and do your best. I think it's mostly luck so even if you don't get into your dream school, you'll have had an amazing high school experience =)</p>
<p>I know that Stern really cares about leadership and essays. Every single person I talked to who got in had really amazing essays. I conveyed how much I wanted to go there, and I also wrote in my essay (on commonapp) about "why I shoudd be accepted" about my leadership.. so I'm in. :/</p>
<p>My friend got in with an 1800-1900ish SAT & top 1% ranking.</p>
<p>throughout this thread people are talking about how important leadership is in extracirrucluar activities. Can someone give me some examples of what I can join to show leadership in my transcript</p>
<p>i was accepted into NYU as a scholar. i was initially surprised at the invite b/c of my low test scores. here is my overall profile.</p>
<p>SAT I: 1400/2120 (700 verbal, 700 math, 720 writing)
SAT II: 2090 (710 Math I, 700 US History, 680 Literature)
ACT: 31 (35 English, 33 Reading, 29 Math, 25 Science)
GPA: 4.0 unweighted (I will either be salu or vale by the end of the year)
ECs: newspaper editor, debate captain, political activist club secretary, italian club board member, latin club president, ice hockey assistant captain)
(I participated in all of these activities for all four years of high school)
Academic Awards:
Perfect score on the national latin exam
Multiple debate awards
National Honor Society
Essays: I put a great deal of effort into the short response essays for the nyu common app supplement.</p>
<p>I never expected to get into Stern. My competition, after all, had the 1400 SAT that always eluded me, the leadership positions, way better math grades, AND his own profitable business!</p>
<p>But I got in over him. I don't know how.
SAT: 1370/2010 (750 verbal, 690 writing, 620 math)
SAT II: 690 Biology, 740 US History (took on same May weekend as APs)
APs: 4 US History, 5 Biology, 5 Literature
Rank: 4.0 weighted, ranked 17/379
ECs: NO LEADERSHIP whatsoever, rejected from National Honor Society, didn't qualify for Math Honor Society. I did random clubs like newspaper, fall drama, international society, etc., for 2-3 years each. I intern for a local Assemblyman and I volunteer as an EMT-B.
Essays: They were original, to say the least. They must have rocked, 'coz I somehow got in?</p>
<p>does anyone have an opinion on what the admissions will be like for the class for 2009</p>
<p>Nope, don't have my crystal ball on me..</p>
<p>But seriously, ymvc15, you're in sports, that's good. Don't join stuff just as resume filler - admissions will see you were only in the club for like a year, and they'll know it's filler. I really didn't have anything in the way of leadership besides being debate captain, and that was pretty much by default because I was the only senior left... XD Keep up the good work with the grades and standardized tests, and if you really feel like you need leadership, you can always write about 'being a leader' in your sports team..</p>
<p>Anyway, you've got more than a year before you need to think about this stuff. Relax!</p>
<p>Admissions at NYU is bizarre. I got into Stienhardt with a 3.18 weighted GPA, one AP, 1860/2400 on my SATs. I sit at the middle of my class rank wise.</p>
<p>That said, my essay was brilliant and it explained my academic performance/SAT scores. My extra curriculars were rather good in the end, it's odd. This post will probably **** off a few people. </p>
<p>I got rejected from my safety though, go figure. I got into every school I applied to but one, Drexel gave me a "Deans list" scholarship that nets out to $50k in total over the course of the four years. The admissions process is really very different than everyone imagines it to be. Perfect SAT's and a 4.0 un-weighted isn't as impressive as it sounds. After all, why else would Yale brag about rejecting more Valedictorians than any other Ivy? Cookie cutter students are easily replaceable.</p>