<p>Thank you, everyone, for their advice so far!! I am very happy to hear that academics still play a large role in admission because there are always rumors about different schools that require an audition and how strongly they consider high school academic endeavors. Also, I am hoping that my academics will help set me apart from other auditioners!</p>
<p>For anyone who has gotten into NYU (or has known people who have, etc.), I will try to describe in more detail my academic situation:</p>
<p>I’m only a rising soph. so have only had 1 year of high school under my belt. The classes I took this year were: Biology Honors, French 2 (no honors until French 4 
), Gym/Health (mandatory!), World History (no honors available… again!), Geometry Honors, LA I Honors, and Choir. I ended up with: A’s on my finals and A’s in my courses (4.0 UW, 4.5-ish W?).</p>
<p>The coursework I will be taking this year is: Chemistry Honors, French 3, Gym/Driver’s Ed 
, American Studies Honors, Advanced Algebra II Honors, LA II Honors, and Choir. By my Senior year, I will have taken/be enrolled in about 8-ish (give or take) AP’s.</p>
<p>As for SAT’s and such business: I took the SAT II in biology this past year. Science isn’t my strongest subject, but I wanted to give myself a challenge (I mean, why not??). Honestly, one of my reasons for taking the test was that I was so curious about how I would do! I took it in June and I got a 740! (Disclaimer!!: I’m not trying to flash my stats, I just want to supply everyone with the correct info!!). I am hoping that if I do that well on each section of the SAT, I could potentially have a 2220, or a 1480 w/o the writing portion (which I heard NYU doesn’t use?!).</p>
<p>I am going to take the PSAT’s for the first time this year and I would really love to become a NMS finalist (my mom was, and I know that she would be so proud of me!). I know that NMS is a really tough goal, but the idea of it is more of an inspiration to study, rather than the end-all be-all dream of my life lol.</p>
<p>So I guess what I’m asking is; academically, do I seem to be on the right track? Are there any reasons why NYU may not admit me? (I know that no one here can bode for my talent ability, but I’m hoping to upload some videos of recitals, etc. onto youtube sometime soon, so I’m sure that would help people form opinions! (if my youtube dreams are ever realized!)</p>
<p>Also, I read on another thread that someone said something along the lines of: For every 1 person that CAP admits, there are about 2 people with similar qualifications who can not be admitted due to space.</p>
<p>How do they decide who this one person is, do they close their eyes and point? Or do they look at ethnicity/special qualities (to increase diversity?)? I am bi-racial and have a duel citizenship, but I don’t want people to judge me based on race or anything. What are the qualities that set apart the accepted from the almost-there-but-rejected-anyway people?</p>
<p>Thank you!,
Meg</p>