tried this a while ago, not too much luck.. round two?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Hey everyone, so I applied RD to BPE and Stern, what do you think my chances are? Please just lemme know like good, bad, you're screwed, maybe etc. I love straight up answers and please be as critical and realistic as possible. I wanna get ready for April. Thanks a lot guys!!</p>

<p>ACT: 28 ( yeah, i'm that hardcore nbd)
I sent this and my 27. My break downs were:
27 composite
27 E
27 M
31R
24 S
and my new score is
28 composite
31 E
30 M
27 R
25 S
SAT 2: Math Lvl 2: 600
Spanish: 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8</p>

<p>AP: French, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Chemistry, Calculus
IB (place score in parenthesis):Full IB <---death. School that does the IB program won very prestigious award for international focus.</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
@ High School :
AP Spanish
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus
AP/IB Spanish Literature
IB Lit
IB History
IB theory of knowledge
IB Projects
@ College
International Economics
Writing Class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>

<p>Varsity Tennis (captain), Varsity Soccer ( captain), ASB President, NHS, Drama( costumes), EIHS President ( the IB school, that won goldman sach's award for international focus, inside of my school, i can explain if I need to), on the YAT which is a group of students on the board of education for my state. we are advisors for the superintendent.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: None</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 hours, 100 in spanish by senior year. I started and lead a group that goes around my city and helps hispanics that are having trouble with school because of a language barrier and tutor them one on one. By the end of senior year, i would guess that I would have 200+. Also doing a fundraise for Children's Miracle Network.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Taking a course at University and doing community service. Also visiting colleges.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation:I have solid ones.
Counselor Rec: she loves me</p>

<p>Essay topics:
Famous New yorker: I talked about Voletta Walace, the mother of notorious BIG and how I want to help her with the Christopher Wallace foundation.</p>

<p>Movie: It was a spin off of Don Quijote de la Mancha. It was about my adventures in the northwest and fighting off bank robbers and crooks. It was pretty funny.</p>

<p>Haiku: It was pretty good, I write poetry quite often so the whole thing rhymed pretty well and had cool meaning behind it. </p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>I think you have an average/fair chance, though your raw standardized test scores are a tad low. Your ACT’s superscores to a 29, which helps you a little; a 30+ would have helped a lot I think. (Yes, NYU does superscore the ACT.) I personally would not have sent that SAT 600 Math Level II, but if they keep to their promise of only using the best combination of scores. You look like a solid candidate otherwise.</p>

<p>…I applied to Stern RD this year, so take my “chance” as heavily or as lightly as you desire. I just wanted to help out since you didn’t get much luck last time.</p>

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<p>I actually think you have a very good chance. Good leadership activities, lots a EC. Do you have any hooks?</p>

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<p>@ohboi, didn’t send the SAT 2, thank god. i forgot to edit that part out. haha. And thanks for the opinion! :)</p>

<p>@milkandsugar: I’m hispanic from Oregon, does that count?</p>

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<p>You’re welcome. </p>

<p>If Spanish isn’t your first language though, I would have sent the Spanish SAT Subject Test score. I think it would help since you applied to BPE.</p>

<p>Yes, being Hispanic is a hook. Pretty much every minority status, except Asian, count as a hook for NYU. However, I don’t think NYU cares as much about minority status as most other schools since it is very diverse already. They probably still consider it though.</p>

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<p>Well it isn’t my first language, I don’t know how they would know this but it isn’t.</p>

<p>And are you guys evaluating my chances based on BPE? If possible, could you do both? thanks!</p>

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<p>Yes Hispanic is a hook, but NYU is diverse, your hook may be that you are from Oregon.
They seem to like west coast kids.</p>

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<p>So good, okay, decent chance?</p>

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<p>Just a few more comments and i’ll be set, thank you!! :)</p>

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<p>Outside of your standardized test scores (except Spanish) you look like a decent candidate IMO.
Test scores are my weak point as well, but I am fortunate enough to have an ACT superscore of 32 from two different sittings. Hopefully we both get in! =]</p>

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<p>Yeah that’d be awesome! haha</p>

<p>I dunno, hopefully they see my leadership stuff and that will compensate for the low scores. I dunno, we’ll see!</p>