Rejected from NYU Stern ED 1. Now what?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am devastated from NYU's rejection, since Stern has always been my dream school. I really think they lost a candid student who has a great potential. Now I have to spend near $1000 from my saving account for apps and scores. Sigh. I'd like to ask some advices from you to choose the right school for me.</p>

<p>Gender: Asian Male
Location: California (Non-immigrant visa holder; international, Korean)
College Class Year: 2017
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.84
Class Size: 543</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT: 1960
SAT I Math: 750
SAT I Critical Reading: 530
SAT I Writing: 680
SAT II U.S. History: 680
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 660
SAT II Korean with Listening: 800</p>

<p>TOEFL: 106</p>

<p>ACT: waiting for December</p>

<p>Taking more than 7 AP tests next May</p>

<p>12th: 4 APs 2 Reg
11th: 3 APs 1 H 2 Reg
10th: 1H 5 Reg
9th: 5 Rg + EL (ESL) </p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: </p>

<ul>
<li><p>eBay Entrepreneur: Top-rated Bronze Power Seller. Average monthly revenue: $1100. 12.</p></li>
<li><p>Social media director, staff writer & photographer at Beverlyhighlights (school newspaper) (print & online edition).</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Leadership positions: </p>

<ul>
<li>President: Technology Club. Presented introductory level lectures on Java and Python programming languages. 11.</li>
</ul>

<p>Treasurer: American Red Cross Club. 11.</p>

<p>Treasurer: K-Pop Club. 11.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: </p>

<ul>
<li><p>American Red Cross. </p></li>
<li><p>Peer tutoring.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Honors and Awards: </p>

<ul>
<li><p>National Honor Society. 10 12.</p></li>
<li><p>California Scholarship Federation. 9 10 11 12.</p></li>
<li><p>Principal Honor Roll. 9 10 11 12.</p></li>
<li><p>JEA/NSPA National Pacemaker Award (Beverly Highlights). 12.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>College Summer programs:</p>

<ul>
<li>LeadAmerica Business & Entrepreneurship Conference at Stanford. 11.</li>
</ul>

<p>College: </p>

<p>New York University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Rejected</p>

<p>Now I am trying to apply some liberal art schools which will be good for transfer after 1 or 2 years to NYU Stern. Big schools like USC, BC and BU are still in my target. I'd appreciate if you could chance me on each of my choice, or even suggest some other schools. </p>

<p>Applied:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley</p>

<p>UCLA</p>

<p>UCSD</p>

<p>UC Irvine</p>

<p>Highly interested:</p>

<p>Stanford University (Should I bother to apply? Summer program may look distinguished, but my stats are too low for this)</p>

<p>University of Chicago (My stats are too low, but good financial aid for international students)</p>

<p>University of Southern California (If I didn't get into Stern, whats my chance to Marshall?)</p>

<p>Amherst (My states are too low)</p>

<p>Wesleyan (Probably realistic first choice at this moment)</p>

<p>Colgate (Probably realistic first choice at this moment)</p>

<p>Interested:</p>

<p>Boston College</p>

<p>Boston University</p>

<p>Bates</p>

<p>Safety Choice:</p>

<p>Northeatsern University</p>

<p>Babson</p>

<p>Bentley</p>

<p>Skidmore</p>

<p>Should I consider?:</p>

<p>Trinity</p>

<p>Middlebury</p>

<p>Swarthmore</p>

<p>Vassar (my stats are too low)</p>

<p>Colby</p>

<p>Financial aid for international students will be a huge factor, since I will be paying the tuition by myself through student loan. So, I researched many schools that give out a lot of FA to international students, and I tried to narrow them down. Please give me any advice if you have. </p>

<p>How would choice between liberal art school and traditional college on transfer chance? For example, would school like Skidmore look less rigor to the admission than BC, and lower my chance?</p>

<p>Would it be more worth to take around $30-40k through student loan to go to school like BC then transfer than going school like Skidmore with a full financial aid then transfer?</p>

<p>My career goal is on finance - investment banking, unless I have to go to Babson, which has a really good program for entrepreneurship. I'll love to double major finance and marketing. Accounting seems too boring to me. </p>

<p>I want to explore the most independent and individualized curriculum and great academic atmosphere between professors and students. I love challenging projects with intuitive and creative approaches. Internship opportunities will be a huge factor. </p>

<p>Now I somewhat regret that I applied to Stern instead of Gallatin. Gallatin could have been much more realistic for me.</p>

<p>Please save me from this enormous stress. Thank you so much.</p>

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<li><p>$1,000 for college applications? Either the colleges you’re applying to have ridiculous fees or you’re applying to too many colleges!</p></li>
<li><p>From my point of view you have good credentials, but I’m in no position to judge your chances of getting into any of the colleges listed and neither do many of the people on this site.</p></li>
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<p>I’m sorry to hear about your rejection. I was pretty devastated as well when I got my rejection from Stern when I applied ED II last year. Looking back at it, however, I can’t help but laugh at how much of a drama queen I was (seriously! Look at my post history). While you should no doubt do what’s best for your future, you should nevertheless enter whatever school you’re going to enroll in with an open mind. I still plan on applying to Stern as a transfer this year, but my current school has grown on me and I won’t be as upset if I’m rejected again. </p>

<p>I’m not telling you to abandon your goal to get into Stern, I’m just saying that you shouldn’t let that goal overshadow your first year of college where you should be making lifelong friendships.</p>

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<p>Treasurer of K-pop Club. What an amazing EC. May the power of 9 grant you admissions to your other choices. </p>

<p>Sorry, had a little sone moment. Your test scores are a bit low so try finding a school in your range.</p>

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<p>Well, even if you were admitted, you would likely be financially rejected, since NYU is known for poor financial aid.</p>

<p>Your stats are not high enough to have a realistic chance at the schools targeted by investment banking recruiters.</p>

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<p>You listed class size but not rank?</p>

<p>I’d just like to say that as an Asian, you have some de facto discrimination against you as far as admissions go. There have been some studies that show that to get into the same school, an Asian has to get higher scores than whites, blacks, or latinos.</p>

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<p>What is your UC weighted GPA?</p>

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<p>guys, this is a 6 week-old thread, and most app deadlines have passed.</p>

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<p>You would never have been able to afford NYU, as they give little to no financial aid.</p>

<p>Did you not apply to other colleges? Many schools’ financial aid application deadlines have passed, especially for merit aid.</p>

<p>You want to go into a financial career. You should therefore know that there is no way you can pay for top private or state flagship school solely through student loans. If you need to have that much financial aid and loan money, odds are that you do not have someone to cosign private loans for you.</p>

<p>Your best bet at this point would probably be to take a gap year, get a job if your immigration status allows, and take a class or two at a community college. That gives you time to research your options at schools that you can afford, and that provide scholarships for merit: probably lower on the reputation scale than the ones you are considering now.</p>

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<p>kevinsm329 -</p>

<p>If you are still around, go to the International Students Forum, and read everything that b@r!um has written on finding aid as an international applicant. Right now your best bet may be to take a gap year. DO NOT TAKE ANY COLLEGE CLASSES DURING A GAP YEAR!!! That will probably ruin your chances for admission in freshman status, which would mean that you will not be able to get the best aid package. </p>

<p>Spend some time in the Financial Aid Forum as well. Read through the threads on Guaranteed Merit-Based Aid. If your grades are good enough to qualify for some of those scholarships, work on your SAT and ACT scores to bring them up to the range you need for admissions and money. By the way, if you had looked at the Financial Aid Forum sooner, you would have known that NYU is famous for giving lousy aid packages to all but a very small number of students. Even if you had been admitted there, chances are that it would have been utterly unaffordable. </p>

<p>Talk with your family about the money. From your other threads you appear to be in California. Find out if you qualify for in-state tuition and fees there. A commuting distance CCC or CSU might be affordable.</p>

<p>Lastly, unless your family is already in line for a green card, you need to consider which major and/or college is most likely to get you a job when you leave the US after completing your studies and any OPT time. Students who major in the subjects that you are considering have almost no chance (as in truly very nearly impossible) of finding employers who will go through the expense and hassle of an H1B (work) visa application. You need to be ready to find a job in your home country, or elsewhere outside the US.</p>