What do I need to do to get into stern?

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<p>Hi</p>

<p>I am a freshman in High School and I want to go to NYU Stern. Mainly get into marketing/finance/management anything to do with business that will help me gain experience to become an entrepreneur. Do you guys know what I need to do in order to get excepted</p>

<p>So what should be my GPA through out the years?</p>

<p>I think my weighted GPA this year was 3.9 and UW was 3.5</p>

<p>I know I need to improve.</p>

<p>What about ideal SAT scores?</p>

<p>I took BIO SAT II and Im expecting around a 700</p>

<p>what classes should I take and what honors/ap? Do i need to get an A in all honors?
which math course?</p>

<p>I will end senior year with AP AB calculus</p>

<p>what about Extra Curriculars?</p>

<p>I do lots of volunteer work
im in boy scouts (leadership)
going to join FBLA club (potential to be president)
play piano
going to start an internship with an website working with their marketer</p>

<p>skills:
computers: graphics/video editing
language: speak 2 languages other than english</p>

<p>what else should I do?</p>

<p>If you guys have any ideas that will help me out and help me set some goals that would be great.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>Spell "accepted" right if you use it in an essay. :D Kidding.</p>

<p>Hmm... 3.5 is all right, but you're right, you should probably raise it. The easiest way to do that is to take APs, which I'm assuming at your school raises your GPA if you get good grades.</p>

<p>SATs -- average SAT score at Stern is 1441/1600... that's roughly a 2160 on the new test. You should aim to get all your SAT IIs 700 and above too. And I think you need two? Not sure... I took three, because some of the other schools I applied to needed three.</p>

<p>Take any honors and APs you can. As long as you choose the most rigorous classes possible (without killing yourself), you boost your chances of admission. It doesn't really matter what math course you take, as long as they are challenging. Some people enter having taken courses past Calc BC; others haven't even taken Calc. It really depends on what your school offers.</p>

<p>You seem to have some leadership positions staked out, but I would add a couple more smaller ECs to make yourself seem more balanced. Student government is good. Or newspaper, math, or debate... any of those are good too. If you become an eagle scout, that's definitely a plus.</p>

<p>The languages thing... not really going to help. I mean, you can mention it, but I don't think it matters much, unless if you're a translator or something.</p>

<p>EDIT: This is the 2011 RD thread. You can check out the stats of people who got in, got rejected, etc. Stern kids are mixed in with everyone else, but there are a bunch of us. Some decisions seemed to be crapshoots, but you can see some patterns.</p>

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<p>consider applying ED</p>