<p>Im a junior in high school and NYU has always been my dream school since as long as i can remember. I am indian and of the Sikh Religion if that helps.</p>
<p>I dont have a very high GPA yet. My cumulative for the last two years has been an 89 weighted but this year I'm on track to have a 95-96 weighted, so it would put my GPA to like 92. In 9th and 10th grade I took all honors classes. This year Im taking Honors English, APUSH, AP Psych, College Spanish, College Pre-Calc, Regents Physics (I'm going to self study for the AP physics exam). Next year Im taking AP Economics, AP Government, AP Calc, AP Bio, College Anatomy, deciding between regents or AP English. I am pretty sure i will get a SAT score around 2050-2100. I am in Interact club and equality club. I have 200 hours of internship at a clinic. I work at my dad's store everyday. I am going to get a few more houre of community service at the Boys and Girls Club. I was in Cross Country for Freshman and Sophomore year and this year I will probably do spring track. I am going to try and vounteer at a hospital this summer. I only took one regents class in all of high school and im getting a 96 in that class. THe worst grade ive gotten is a 79 in chem and that because my teacher was horrible. In order to show colleges that im not that bad in chem, I will be taking the SAT II for Chem soon and hopefully get a highs score on it.</p>
<p>Are you planning on applying for financial aid, or can your family bear the full cost of NYU by themselves? It is a very expensive school and it’s notorious for gapping students (i.e. not meeting need and expecting students to take out loans to pay the cost). Especially if you want to go to medical school, you don’t want large amounts of undergraduate debt.</p>
<p>I would say it is a match, but what you get on your SAT will be a large determining factor. If you sore ahead of what you predict then it will become a low match and if you are overestimating yourself then it may become a high match.
However, what is your unweighted gpa looking like? Because if it is (on a 4.0 scale) below a 3.5, you may run into problems. You can google gpa conversions to figure out your gpa on a 4.0 scale, which is what most schools and colleges use.
Overall, I think you should get in!
Good luck!</p>
<p>My unweighted GPA would probably be like in the high 80’s. The AP and honors classes have brought it down, but the only regents class i took i have a 96 in. Hopefully that will help colleges see that i pushed myself.</p>
<p>NYU is not a good choice for one seeking/needing substantial financial aid. In the not-too-distant past the financial aid packages involved mostly loans. Pre-med & pre-law students should try to avoid undergraduate debt.</p>
<p>My parents are willing to support me throught this school if i am somehow able to get the cost of the tuition and room and board down to 28000. Do you know how much financial aid i will be able to get if my family makes around 72000 before taxes? and also where do i find scholarships?</p>
<p>Your parents have to fill out EFC calculators to find out how much their expected contribution will be. However, NYU does not guarantee to meet need, and you will have to take out a lot of debt even to get down to your 28,000 figure. That’s only half of what NYU will cost for one year. I agree with Axelrod; NYU does not sound like a good financial fit for you. Outside scholarships are not going to cover the difference between what your family can pay and what NYU costs. You will be expected to take out big debt, and that can get in the way of your goal of becoming a doctor.</p>
<p>If your parents can pay 28K a year, you can easily afford a good SUNY for pre-med like Stony Brook or Binghamton; or, you may be able to get institutional merit aid at a private college if your stats are in the top quartile of their applicant pool.</p>
<p>I went to a college visit and they said their average financial aid is around $20,000. so with room and board it usually is 52000. It would be around 32000. Im hoping to get some minority scholarship and other scholarships.</p>
<p>Beware the “average” FA package. It may not apply to you personally; it is not a promise that you are going to get 20K a year in free money. Some schools award a few huge scholarships to students they want and hardly anything to anyone else. Others (including NYU) include loans in their “awards.” </p>
<p>Have your parents filled out the FAFSA 4caster? you mentioned that you worked in your father’s store. If your parents have their own business, they may be richer on paper than they look, and that will impact your financial aid, especially at privates like NYU that use the CSS/Profile questionnaire. Your parents need to be clear with you about what they can afford.</p>
<p>Good luck to you. Just don’t focus so much on NYU that you don’t consider other alternatives in case the costs just don’t work out.</p>
<p>Or, you could apply to a college that your family can afford and/or will give you merit aid for your stats, and spend your time getting good grades, prepping for the SAT, and participating in ECs. Don’t focus on NYU as the be-all and end-all. Focus on getting into the best college that you can afford. It might be NYU or it might be somewhere else.</p>