<p>In your favor:
- Nationality + Ethnicity: face it, NYU is all about globalism and diversity, you embody that incredibly well
- GPA: demonstrates both intelligence and work ethic
- IB status: colleges tend to love kids who take the (arguably) most challenging high-school curriculum possible
- Class rank: top 10% is great, you almost broke into the top 5%</p>
<p>Not in your favor:
- Awful SATs. It’s almost absurd given how well you’ve done with other things. You only broke 600 with one subsection and even then just barely. Try getting a decent study guide (roughly $30 or less, try The Princeton Review: [Cracking</a> the SAT, 2011 Edition, College Test Prep Series, Princeton Review, (9780375429828) Paperback - Barnes & Noble](<a href=“http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Cracking-the-SAT-2011-Edition/Princeton-Review/e/9780375429828/?itm=1&USRI=princeton+review]Cracking”>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Cracking-the-SAT-2011-Edition/Princeton-Review/e/9780375429828/?itm=1&USRI=princeton+review) ) and spend an hour or two a day for a month and retake it in March or whenever they offer it again, then do a rush report to NYU. Regardless of what they say, they <em>will</em> factor a newer score into the decision to some extent.</p>
<p>I’d say you have a great shot at getting in, but in LSP. What they’ll do with candidates who they really like but who have one or two aspects of their application that really concern the admissions office is defer you from your original school into LSP.</p>