Stern chances

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<p>Hi im currently a junior in high school and hoping to go to NYU stern as an undergrad finance major. Can someone please chance me?</p>

<p>Gpa:
Freshman Year:
Unweighted: 3.58
Weighted: 3.58
Classes: Algebra 3-4, Pre-calc 1, Biology 1, Chemistry 1 and 2, Spanish 3, 4 and 5, Honors High School English 1 and 2, Computer Informational Systems, PE also taken but not included in gpa</p>

<p>Sopmore Year:
Unweighted: 3.93
Weighted: 4.214
Classes: Ap Biology year long (3 classes), Biology 2, Spanish 6 7 and 8, World History 1 and 2, English 3 and 4, Internet Publishing 1, AP Calculus AB (2 classes), Pre-calculus 2,</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Unweighted By Trimester: 3.7 3.2 4.0
Weighted By trimester: 4.67 4.0 5.0</p>

<p>Also, for third trimester, I only have one academic class because the rest of my 4 classes are Ap seminar classes and are thus not included in the GPA
Classes: AP Calculus BC (2 classes), AP Calc Seminar (1 class), Ap Physics C (2 classes), AP Physics C seminar (1 class), Ap English Language (2 classes), Ap english language seminar (1 class), AP US History (2 classes), Ap US history seminar ( 1 class)</p>

<p>Senior Year: NOT TAKEN YET. BUt planning on taking ap statistics, ap gov and ap chem along with marketing and economics and advanced composition.</p>

<p>SAT: 2120</p>

<p>Extra Curriculurs
STARTED a youth cricket association in my town. TRANSFORMED IT FROM A MINOR GROUP OF 3 CHILDREN TO A FULLY FUNCTIONING ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 30 CHILDREN. PLAYED A HUGE PART IN THE PROMOTION AND EXECUTION OF IDEAS TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS AND HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED FUNDRAISERS, MANAGED TO RECEIVE FIELDS AND PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATION OVERALL.</p>

<p>GIVEN MANY SPEECHES IN INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE PLAYED A PART IN MANY EVENTS INTENDING TO SPREAD CULTURAL AWARENESS</p>

<p>AVID STOCK INVESTOR. TRANSFORMED A $1000 PORTFOLIO TO NEARLY $2200 IN A YEAR AND A HALF.</p>

<p>OVER 2000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis 3 years and JV freshman year</p>

<p>Clubs:
SPEECH AND DEBATE
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION </p>

<p>Overall Stats at a glance:
Cumulative Unweighted GPA of UC approved classes up till end of Junior Year: 3.667
Sophmore Junior Unweighted GPA (UC APPROVED) : 3.73
Cumulative Weighted Gpa: 4.0
Sophmore Junior Weighted: 4.26
UC calculated Gpa (only 8 ap points): 4.08</p>

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<p>I’m going to say that Stern is a reach for you. I think we can agree that Stern is roughly comparable to schools ranked between 12-18:
What I have noticed is that Stern is extremely numbers focused. Most of the students at stern tend to have very competitive numbers, competitive enough to fall within the median at nearly every top school. The reason why they are not at said top schools is because most stern students are robots or overrepresented groups. (How’s a little self-deprecating humor for you?)
I will say that my extracurriculars in high school were not as top-notch in comparison to my peers who got into ivies but that my numbers were comparable or superior. </p>

<p>I can’t really speak for the admissions officers, but what I have ascertained from this trend of taking students with high marks but not necessarily good extracurriculars tells me that NYU Stern is trying to move up in rankings while sacrificing fit and diversity. </p>

<p>If it’s not too late, I suggest you retake the SAT. If you get a 2300+ on your SAT, I will say you are a shoe in. </p>

<p>Not to offend you or anything, but your extracurriculars to me do not look that impressive. If you are planning to get into a top institution on the weight of your extracurriculars alone, you’re going to have to dig a little deeper.</p>