Chance me for NYU Stern - ED2/RD

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Chance me for NYU stern - trying to decide whether to apply via ED2 or RD.
Status: Asian
Gender: Male
Parents income bracket: <30k

Very competitive, top public school in nation in northeast

SAT: 2330 (Superscore) - 800 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR
(2250 one sitting - 720 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR)

SAT2: Math IIC 800, Literature 750

GPA: 4.38 Weighted (5.0 scale), around 3.75 UW (4.0 scale). Pretty stable GPA throughout high school.

APs (12 total): AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP US History, AP English Language and Composition, AP Physics 1, AP Statistics, AP World, SENIOR YEAR: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Gov Pol.

Classes taken at the University Level: Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Algorithms and Data Structures

4s and 5s on all the APs, National AP Scholar

Awards: Debate Awards, National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, Won a hackathon

Have taken most rigorous courses in subjects (except foreign languages - I hate foreign lang classes)

ECs:

  • Debate; multiple awards from both national and local varsity tournaments. Pretty successful. Serve as coach for novice debaters on the team.
  • Computer programming; Have an app published in the Google Play Market, Won a hackathon, invited to speak at a techfair in local area
  • Internships:
    • 2 Medical firms: Focus on web management, inventory management, learning how to make sales, business interaction. 4 years.
    • Intern under a team of professors at a relatively highly regarded University on a paper. Data analysis work.2 years.
    • Intern under a very prestigious real estate firm. Head Broker paying for my real estate license. 1 year.
  • Drafted a patent and gave it to a highly regarded medical company (no money/time to build a prototype which is required for me to publish)
  • Volunteer for international organization - Translate letters for children in third world countries so that their sponsors can read them, as I am bilingual. 2hrs/week
  • Prayer group - Discuss theology

Essays/Rec:

  • Rec from Ap Eng teacher. Did very well in her class and she loves me as student. Writes good recs and is sought after.
  • Rec from AP us/gov pol teacher - Did well in his class, and he likes me as a student - friendly relationship
  • Guidance counselor rec - very close, and she really likes me as a person, so I assume a good rec
  • Essay on how I attempted to become vegan, and what I learned from the experience

Interested in finance, and hope to work in Wall Street in the future. I like Stern a lot, but it’s very expensive, and I don’t know how much aid I can get.

Would gladly appreciate any help.

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Hey! I think you’re pretty qualified for Stern. Yet I’m uncertain as well about your chances of receiving FA, since NYU doesn’t give out much.

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If worried about aid I wouldn’t apply ED. It’s a trade-off though because RD has single digit acceptance rates.

Your stats look great but have seen many people with stats like yours rejected. You look like you would be a great fit at Stern though.

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I think you’re good to go for Stern! :slight_smile: I agree on the RD/ED2 thing the others have said, though

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Question - Based on my family’s low income, if NYU was to accept me through the ED2 process, wouldn’t it have to offer me a lot of financial aid? Otherwise, it seems as I would be able to get out of the agreement. At the current time, I’m considering RDing stern along with other schools like Cornell Dyson, Upenn Wharton, CMU Tepper, etc.

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You can back out of ED if you have a significant financial barrier, but the burden of proof is on you. The reason why you don’t want to apply ED is your decision will come out before all your RDs, and you won’t be able to compare financial aid packages and bargain with schools.