<p>(applying to Gallatin)</p>
<p>I'm in about the 13% in all IB classes.
GPA: 3.85uw
SAT: 2010
ACT: 31
Good Ecs etc.</p>
<p>Will my good gpa and pretty good scores make up for the rank? I'm worried that my school won't seem competitive because outside of the IB program, its really not but the IB program def. is. I read that 73% of accepted ppl were in the top 10%. Am I screwed?</p>
<p>No, you're not screwed. If you're strong all around, 13% is perfectly fine.</p>
<p>That means that there are still 27% of students admitted who AREN'T in the top 10% and especially where you are so close to that, I wouldn't worry at all. My school doesn't even rank.. we'll see where that leaves me</p>
<p>I'm not sure about that statistic; there were 6 people that were ranked around 25% (out of a class of approx. 400) that got into NYU Stern.</p>
<p>Yeah but you have to consider that that's Stern. It varies by every school, and Stern is probably the hardest to get into</p>
<p>That's what I was trying to say; if several/many people that were ranked 25% got into Stern, I think being 13% could get you into Gallatin? I don't know.</p>
<p>Gallatin is much less numbers based. If your essays are good and you're a good fit for the program then you have a shot. Plus, your GPA is great.</p>
<p>How about Tisch? is it "numbers based"?</p>
<p>Tisch is definitely not numbers based.</p>
<p>I think it's Stern that's more numbers-based at NYU</p>
<p>College of Arts and Science is pretty numbers based</p>
<p>All NYU looks at are SAT scores so dont worry. If anything you can get GSP.</p>
<p>That’s not necessarily true...my SAT scores sucked, but I still got in! I think it's just everything overall</p>
<p>what school did you get into?</p>
<p>I got into Tisch, but I also had a friend with about the same scores and he got into CAS...he had a really good GPA and really good EC's, so that's why I think it's a lot of everything overall, but who knows</p>
<p>NYU places emphasis on mainly the SAT, not the GPA? Thank god! My SAT is FAR better than my GPA...</p>
<p>Morningstar23, tisch doesnt really care about SAT scores or GPA its based on talent more. We're discussing real academic schools here.</p>
<p>Whoa, no need to be rude, I was just saying my opinion. And I understand Tisch isn't as big on scores, that's why I mentioned my friend.</p>
<p>yeah i was actually in the 2nd quartile of my class and i got into gallatin (granted my class only has 119 students)</p>
<p>I just got in and I'm not in the top ten percent! Yay!</p>