Anyone hear back for the Global Liberal Studies Program?

kennyyyy
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:54:22 +0000

Sure!

** School/Major: CAS - Global Liberal Studies Program**

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted (ED)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (690 M, 680 W, 660 CR)
[] SAT II: 720 Math I, 680 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 58/360
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3 uch.)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP/UConn Physics, AP/UConn Calculus, AP/UConn English Lang. & Comp., UConn Spanish, UConn World History, an Independent Study Program on Persian & Arab Relations with the West focusing on relations between Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK and US in the Post-WWI era.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOBY, CAPT Honor Roll, Outstanding Achievement Awards at every Underclassmen Awards, MathCounts Award, As a choral singer, invited to sing at Carnegie Hall, Gold Rating in the Young Musicians Festival of Fairfield County, etc…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): International Politics Club (Founding Member, Secretary, and Researcher): Grade 11, 12; NYU Precollege Ambassador: Grade 12; Concert Choir (Section Leader): Grades 9, 10, 11, 12; Chamber Choir (Section Leader): Grades 9, 10, 11, 12; Camerata (Section Leader): Grades 10, 11, 12; HOBY World Leadership Congress (Ambassador): March 2007 to Present; MCTV – Student Run Television Program (Business Manager): Grade 12; Culture Club: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12; Freshman Student Council; Interact Club: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12; World Youth Alliance: Grade 12; Concerto Chorale - Chamber Choir/Camerata Concert Tour of Italy: February 2007
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon Learning Centre since Sophomore year.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Crazy amounts, over 100 hours a year, and a lot of International Community service through an organisation I’m really dedicated to in the Philippines. I also am a religious teacher at my mother’s Roman Catholic church.
[] Summer Activities: Taken courses at NYU and Columbia for the past three summers, and worked with children and built homes in poverty stricken urban areas of Metro-Manila, Philippines. Also I have extensive travels under my belt from Singapore to India, France to China!
[] Essays: Awesome I think. I had a teacher at Dalton and Dwight-Englewood read them over, my AP English Lang. & Comp. teacher, my parents, my counsellor–and my brother. They said it was great. So hey!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing.
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Fairfield County, Connecticut.
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed (Persian - Parsi/Filipino)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m one of the few Zoroastrians left. (Dying Persian religion that the Abrahamic religions have roots in.)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Uniqueness, Essays and Recommendations, also the fact that I’ve taken courses at NYU already, and represent them.
[] Weaknesses: GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Unique and my essay was really different, I think. Plus, I mean, I think it’s pretty much clear how much I LOVE NYU through all the stuff I do for them already.[/li][/ul]General Comments: SO HAPPY OMGGGZZZZZZ.