average jewish kid's chance?

GuitarManARS
Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:30:33 +0000

NYU STERN is not a safety school, that’s just egotism. Now you’re ranked 113 in your class, your SAT is 1870, you got a 660 on your only SAT II and you haven’t taken a single AP course. Right off the bat your stats are nowhere near the range of any of the schools on your list. Chess is a good thing but I don’t think it’s enough to make up for the other things at any of those schools except maybe NYU. Interning at a bank is not notable. From what we’ve heard so far, it’s just another job like any other teenager, so what makes it notable? And just how many recommendations did you get? I have trouble believing you got a full recommendation from the president after just a short meeting or two and you’re giving off the impression that you have a large number of rec. letters which is never a good idea. And how well do any of these “big politicians” know you?

Point is, it can’t hurt to apply to these schools, but don’t be cocky. Apply to some lower schools because none of the schools on that list are safe for you.