Chance at NYU?

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 1860, 1850 CR 600, 680 W 600, 560 M 660, 600

  • ACT: 29
  • SAT II: US 740 Math 2 650
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5, W 3.97 (I have taken every Honors or AP class available to me)
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/511
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro - 4 US -5 Bio - 4 Eng - 4, taking Macro, US Gov, BC this year
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load:
    AP Calc BC
    AP US Gov
    AP Macro
    Multicultural Literature
    Psychology
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): California Scholarship Foundation
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Union (Founder, President), School Newspaper (Arts/Opinion/Online Editor), Entourage Anti-Bullying Mentor (Founder), Link Crew Freshman Orientation (Link Leader), Tutoring in Math

  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service: I put my community services as ECs
  • Summer Activities: Zilch
  • Essays: My common app essay is about how I went from completely unknown, to a major contender in the race for ASB (Student Council) President, lost, then used my resources to found Student Union and fight for the changes I lost the opportunity to make
  • Teacher Recommendation: Great, my sponsor for SU
  • Counselor Rec: Great, we get along really well
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview:
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

  • Intended Major: PoliSci, Public Policy
  • State (if domestic applicant): CA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: Lowest of the low, unemployed
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
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<p>If I had to guess, I’d say in. Your stats are good and I believe 1st generation is a huge hook at NYU. By the way, in case you’re worried about FA, NYU has a huge scholarship for first generation students and you don’t even have to apply for it.</p>

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<p>Awesome :D</p>

<p>I’m getting a ton through gov aid already, 5500!</p>

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<p>What school are you applying for. Your SAT is kind of low, but still keep your hopes up.</p>

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<p>I really don’t know…</p>

<p>What ever PoliSci is in</p>

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<p>um…political science? ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>I believe that is in CAS.</p>

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<p>Why is political science funny? I will probably try to double major or minor in macro</p>

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<p>We are very much alike!
And yes, I do believe you will be accepted.</p>

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<p>Where else did you apply Sousa9?</p>

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<p>OH, i misread that. i thought u had asked “What ever PoliSci is”…as in, ‘what does PoliSci stand for?’ so, i was like 0_o</p>

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<p>I also applied to Boston U, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine.
I know, not many. I wish I had applied to more.</p>

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<p>If there is perspective needed on my first EC (student union), then here it is:
[Culver</a> High Students Diagram a Policy for Flipping Phone Ban : THE FRONT PAGE ONLINE](<a href=“http://www.thefrontpageonline.com/articles1-7270/CulverHighStudentsDiagramaPolicyforFlippingPhoneBan]Culver”>http://www.thefrontpageonline.com/articles1-7270/CulverHighStudentsDiagramaPolicyforFlippingPhoneBan)</p>

<p>Also Sousa, I applied to UCLA, UCB, UCSB, UCD, USC, Stanford + Yale (for fun), NYU, and LMU. LMU accepted me already.</p>

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<p>Hmm so lets say I get accepted, but my second semester Calc BC grade is like a D/C-, will it affect admission? My AP Gov, AP Econ, Lit, and Soc grades will probably be As/B+s.</p>

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<p>Very nice!
UCI and NYU (LSP) have accepted me.
Just waiting to hear from the other two.
And I’m pretty sure you just need to maintain a 3.0 and you’re good.</p>

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<p>I agree with Sousa9 with your chances. I was accepted with very similar stats into LSP. Plus, I’m a first generation.</p>

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<p>Whats LSP? I applied to arts and science.</p>

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<p>LSP = Liberal Studies Program. </p>

<p>Basically these students take a bunch of liberal arts courses for their first 2 years, then actually enter CAS (and Steinhardt and/or Gallatin - maybe?) as juniors and continue on with whatever major they choose. This is offered to student who don’t quite make it into the college they applied to, but are still admitted to NYU. Not all NYU colleges LSP applicants, like Stern.</p>

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<p>Oh I see, do I have more of chance to get to CAS or will I probably get into LSP?</p>

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<p>Also, I’m having trouble deciding now between staying in PoliSci only or double majoring in Macro/Polisci or Macro/International Relations. Can I switch once I get accepted?</p>