**Can i get into nyu**

soccergirl98 · 05-13-2008, 05:36 PM

gpa-3.8
sat-500,600
3 ap
live in newark
rank- 30%
softball for 3 years
community serivces 130
much more leadership.
applying for general studies
next year for ED

Bubbly088 · 05-13-2008, 05:59 PM

SAT is too low. Take it again

rszanto · 05-13-2008, 06:57 PM

So your SAT is 1100?

flyguy_ · 05-14-2008, 04:41 AM

nice to see you can do some math rszanto... haha jk.

soccergirl you should definitely aim for at least mid 600's on each SAT. the more the better. is your gpa weighted or unweighted? if unweighted then that'll really help you. make sure you spend alot of time on your essays too...

bimachris · 05-14-2008, 03:53 PM

Btw you can't apply directly to GSP, it's like aiming for a consolation prize instead of 1st place, lol. And it's not General Studies Program anymore, it's now called Liberal Studies Program. If they changed program to department, it'd be LSD. lol haha yeah I'm retarded.

I think you can do, ED is such an application booster. Good luck!

RedStorm · 05-14-2008, 04:01 PM

Your SAT scores will kill you. Try to raise them

soccergirl98 · 05-14-2008, 04:20 PM

so the rank is okay
30/114
i want to raise the sat to 1800-2100

bimachris · 05-14-2008, 04:31 PM

Forget about writing. NYU doesn't judge the writing section, as long as you didn't totally bomb it, I doubt it'll matter. Think in terms of math and CR, if you can break 1300, I think you're okay for NYU ED. The average NYU student is about 1300-1350. I think like 75% of NYU students are within top 25, so try to bring your average up a bit. I'm like 150/1000 in my junior class.

What school are you applying for btw? Cause that matters a lot lol

chubeebo · 05-14-2008, 05:04 PM

In addition to reaking the SAT, also try the ACT.

soccergirl98 · 05-14-2008, 05:50 PM

College of Arts and Science is what i want to apply for
i was killing myself with the rank thanks i just need to do better next year
i want to go for organic chemistry

bimachris · 05-15-2008, 04:06 PM

Ooo CAS. I've seen some people with 1800s get in, but when your grades and stuff are a little on the down side, your essay has to be really good. Like tearjerker good, lol. My grades aren't all that spectacular either, but I'm applying to Tisch Film, so half my admissions is based on the short film I sent along, so I have a lot riding on my film.

If your a unrepresented minority (URM)? Cause that's a lot of bonus points right there too. Like two spanish girls and one black girl got into CAS this year from my school, out of the 1000+ seniors. None of the Asians got into CAS this year from my school, where we asians are like 40% lol. Two got GSP-ed but both decided to go Macaulay Honors instead and the saludictorian got into Stern but he's going to Harvard so yeah. :P First person to do so from my school in 7 years lol.

Guess Again · 05-17-2008, 07:54 PM

I guess ED gives a huge boost to the application process, but I had a 1390 SAT, with a 7OO Lit. SAT II and a 71O Math II SAT II. I was ranked 28 / 295 students and I have a GPA of 3.9 unweighted. My essay was strong, and I had excellent recommendations and long term extra extracurriculars (with 3+ years in each club I listed) along with several leadership positions, but me being Chinese, an ORM, probably brought me down a little. Definitely go for ED, because during RD I was waitlisted (though a few of my friends that are URMs got into either the school itself or GSP).

abcdefgh88 · 05-17-2008, 11:02 PM

you can't apply for gsp, as you've already heard.

everyone from jersey gets in. it seems like half the fricken school is from new jersey.

soccergirl98 · 05-18-2008, 10:54 AM

but i have no awards except for academic.

can i still have a chance?

bimachris · 05-20-2008, 01:48 PM

Actually you can apply directly to the new GSP program, called GLSP (Global Liberal Studies Program) that's starting in 2009. They'll probably want more students in this new program, so if you apply GLSP and ED, I think you'll definitely have a very good chance of getting in.