Got in with mediocre stats and amazing ECs. Who else got in? Let’s talk 
Posted this on the office 2019 RD results… but wouldn’t hurt posting in this Stern thread:
Decision: Accepted – Stern
Admitted School:Stern School of Business (Stern Scholar?)
[/list]Stats:
[] SAT/ACT: 2350 (800 CR 770 M 780W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem, 770 Physics, 750 Us History
[] GPA (UW): 3.7.
[] GPA (W): I had 4.0s during my 11th and 12th grade which were the years with IB Courses/ Major Upward Trend.
[] Rank: 14%
[] Leadership Positions: Editor of Literary Magazine
[] Awards/Honors: Departmental Awards for Highest Average on various school subjects
[] Other Extra-curricular: Frisbee, Student Gov’t. 50 hours of volunteering.
[/list]Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hooks (if any): First Gen College.
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Financial Aid information (see description): Stern Scholar, or whatever the name is for a 56k scholarship. In practice, the financial aid package gives me a full ride to NYU Stern
[ /list]Other Statements:
Other Factors: None
Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? SAT, SAT 2s. Upward Trend. Recs. Weakness: EC’s
Where else you were accepted/rejected: Accepted at Williams College, Northeastern Honors, Wesleyan, Rochester, and Boston Uni.
General Comments: Humbled to receive a practical full ride to Stern. I wish everyone the best of luck!
Well, congrats everyone! I heard (though it is possibly false) that acceptance rate for Stern this year was 9.5%. Regardless, welcome to Stern!
Those are some sweet stats yo.
Here are mine:
SAT: 2290
SAT II: 720 math, 700 physics
GPA (UW): 3.6 (on 100 scale, 89)
Rank: Bottom 10% probably
Leadership: SGA Rep, Student Council
Awards: barely any lmao
Extracurricular: Business owner, UI/UX developer
Essay: Spectacular
Teacher Recs: Probably great
Counselor Rec: Probably great
Location: NJ/USA
School Type: Public/Magnet (ranked #1 on Niche)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
FA: 23k scholarship
Accepted because of EC and essay.
Full ride to Rutgers University school of business
Other comments: disappointed in the lack of money, but still happy. NYU is 5th on my list, after Wharton, Harvard, Columbia, and Dartmouth.
Hi! All of you lucky accepted scholars. As a prospective student(current junior) what advice would you give me.for the application process?
Decision: Accepted
Admitted School: Stern School of Business
Stats:
SAT/ACT: ACT 34
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2
Other Extra-curricular: Over 200 hours of volunteering at Sorokdo Island in South Korea to help with the elderly who have suffered from leprosy in the past. Taught North Korean children english as well over the holidays.
Subjective:
Essays: Mediocre. The essay was structured nicely and well written, but it lacked personality I think.
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hooks (if any): None
Location/Person:
State or Country: Hong Kong
School Type: International
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Financial Aid information (see description): None
Other Statements:
Other Factors: None
Why do you think you were accepted/rejected? I think it was my test scores, but more importantly my supplement. It was probably my best supplement as it was one of the last ones I wrote.
General Comments: So excited to have been offered this, honestly don’t know where I’ll go I’m definitely giving Stern a lot of thought.