<p>I posted this in the chances board already, but I want to hear from people who know a lot about NYU/go there already. Thanks a lot in advance to anyone who replies - I want to go here really badly and appreciate responses :)</p>
<p>Stats:
Personal:
I'm a white immigrant from the UK and my parents have only made it through 2-year colleges. I have no siblings that went to any of these schools.
I live in CA and go to private school.</p>
<p>Academic:
My weighted GPA is currently a 3.75 and unweighted is around 3.6, though my GPA for the last year and a half has been a 4.1 (it was a 3.2 freshman year and has increased substantially every year after that).
I got a 2170 on my SAT and was named a national merit commended student. I got a 780 on the Literature SATII and a 640 on the Spanish one.</p>
<p>Classes:
I've taken English 1H, 2H, 3AP and 4AP; Algebra 1H, Geometry H; Spanish 3H and 4AP; World History H and AP US Government; and AP Psychology. I've only taken the English 3AP test, which I got a 4 on. In addition to my four years of Spanish, I've also taken 2 years of French, and I've had a full schedule every year except for my 8th semester (most students take 2 free periods).</p>
<p>ECs:
I'm an editor on the newspaper, the president of the drug and alcohol awareness club, a CSF board member (which is a tutoring/TAing club), and I'm a member of my school's foreign language honors society. I've played piano since 3rd grade, and have been teaching myself Portuguese since last year. (I'm also a board member of the Harry Potter Club but I'm not sure if that's a pro :P)</p>
<p>Service:
I tutor every semester and try to get around 10 hours of service in each semester as well. Last year I went on a trip to El Salvador where I worked to keep poor kids off the streets, and this summer I'm going to Ecuador to teach English. I also work every October on a charity founded by my mom, where we raise money for breast cancer awareness and to pay for scans for people who can't afford them.</p>
<p>Recs:
I got one from my English 3AP teacher, who I got along with really well and I did well in his class too. He is very thorough in describing people (I asked him to describe me for a homework assignment once and his answers were 3x as long as my best friends'). My second rec is from my Spanish 4AP teacher, who told me she knew I was the best student in the class before she had ever taught me (she would sit in on my Spanish 3H class).</p>
<p>Other:
I think my essay was really good and at least a little unique. I wrote about how I've grown up with music being my biggest influence, and I talked about how music has shaped me into the person I am today, as well as about how I plan on using what I've learned to fight for better conditions in parts of North Africa.
My school doesn't release class rank.</p>