Chance at NYU arts and science

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Male, Immigrant from Korea in 1999, Senior class 06’, “perfect HEOP
applicant”- according to my counselor </p>

<p>SATI
Math: 700
Reading: 650
writing: 550</p>

<p>GPA: 97 I don’t know if it’s weighed or not
Rank: 10~15%tile
Moderate public school with only 600 kids</p>

<p>4 years Track - Shotput and 100m dash<br>
1 year wrestling - first time offered in our school
4 years science olympiad - placed in regional for bio couple times but never in states, b/c we never make it to states
4 years mock trial, watershed, math team - captain
100 + hours volunteering in hospital, church… etc
… some other awards and honorary mentions for exellence in few subjects,
Interned in a waterplant for few months
… and few other stuff I can’t remember</p>

<p>Secondary school records:
4 different schools in last 5 yrs</p>

<p>Jobs:
Motel manager/clerk/cleaner, dishwasher, bus-boy, landscaping - I worked consistently since 13</p>

<p>APS in senior yr:
chem, us hist, calculus, bio, english, and physics - grade didn’t go down 1st marking per.</p>

<p>major: international relations</p>

<p>any advice is appreciated.</p>

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<p>just apply and find out</p>

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<p>I think you are a fairly strong candidate. Your scores are at the 50th percentile for admits, higher than average GPA, and you’re a minority…I think you’ll get in. I think you should try to emphasize your constant employment since age 13. I’m applying to NYU AS next year…are you applying this year or next year?</p>

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<p>Also I don’t think they are strongly considering the writing portion of the SAT…which is a blessing, because subtract that part and you have a 1350 which is, well, their 25-75 percentile is 1210-1410, so about 40 pts more than average…</p>

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<p>I’m applying now, and I think I placed enough emphasis on it on my essay, thanks</p>

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<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>It’s ‘06, not 06’.</p>

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<p>First of all, being korean doesn’t help/hurt his chances. Him being Native American or Black or Hispanic helps his chances. Also, how are you top 10-15% while have a 97 gpa. O_o</p>

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<p>Aren’t Koreans “over-represented” minority, aka ORM? I mean I’m a Korean immigrant myself, and I always thought Koreans/asians needed better stats than your average acceptants.</p>

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<p>baklava, I don’t understand why it’s strage to have 97 gpa and be within 10~15%tile?</p>

<p>eTHeReaLkEv, I think we are considered a majority</p>

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<p>btw, can anyone tell me, how being a HEOP candidate affects my chance at admission</p>

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<p>um tenacious, in america. you’re a majority if you’re white. not korean.</p>

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<p>Not a majority, but definitely an over-represented minority.</p>

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<p>no I think what he meant was that since Koreans are so over represented in American colleges, Koreans do not get the advantage of being a minority… at least that’s how I understood his “majority” comment.</p>

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<p>i think you’re right. ideally, however, there should be no advantage based on race.</p>

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<p>How is it that almost every damn thread becomes a debate on race?
Secondly, he never said he was Korean, contrary to popular belief, there are other races in Korea than just one.</p>

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<p>You mean NK and SK? well…thats sorta still the same race</p>

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<p>What I meant was Koreans are considered just like whites in college admission process…
also, I remember a friend of mine saying that MIT has asians AND whites under “majority” in their profiling.</p>

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<p>Quote: You mean NK and SK? well…thats sorta still the same race</p>

<p>Um… no. How about there are white people, black people, hispanics, redfoxes, and ME’s at Korea? Just because asian are a majority there doesn’t mean everyone from korea is asian.</p>