Chance me please~! (NYU Stern)

raiishu
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:06:17 +0000

Harro thar!
Sorry for the adding to the “chance me” spam, but I’m really freaking out…;; OTL;

I’ve been hearing many different things about the typical admission stats for NYU, and while I did my research and went through the stats of previously accepted people, I’m still pretty unsure of my chances of getting in, especially with Stern. I have an okay SAT score but a really low unweighted GPA, resulting from a bad freshman year. Nervous. So please, humor me <3



SAT I : 720 CR/ 740 Math/ 800 Writing / 2260 Total
SAT II: 690 Bio E / 740 Lit/ 800 USH —> (Planning on retaking Bio and possibly Math II)
GPA: ~3.6 Unweighted, ~4.2 Weighted —> (Upward trend/ straight A’s Sophomore year up)
APs: European history (5), APUSH (5), Bio (5), English Language (5), Psych (self-studied) (4), Studio Art (4)

Senior Courseload: 7 APs (all) : AP Spanish Lang/ AP Physics B/ AP Calc BC/ AP English Lit/ AP Stat/ AP US Gov/ AP Microecon

Honors/Distinctions: National Merit Scholar Semi, AP scholar w/ distinction, Questbridge Finalist, Honor roll/Principal’s List, Attended Governor’s School for Int’l Relations

Awards: 2 National art awards, 2 school art awards, 1 writing award, 2 Most outstanding student awards, MUN Most Outstanding Security Council Delegate

Activities: Volunteering at Frist Art Center, Summer volunteer at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, JHU CTY Programs, Tutoring, Internship at Shanghai Bund Law firm

Clubs: International Club (vp), Explore China (Co-founder), Art Club (vp), MUN, Mock Trial (head lawyer), Environmental club, SPEAK (Anti-genocide), Science Olympiad

Sent 3 teacher recs, one from my econ teacher/ mock trial coach, and my counselor loves me, so I’m not too worried about those.

I feel confident in my writing abilities, so essay isn’t a big deal either. The short answers were slightly difficult, but only because of the allotted length. Idk, they’re subjective anyway. Here’s a snippet. (Short answer #2)

“A “global network university” resonates of boundless opportunity for a myriad of futures in friendship, business, and academia, closing the rift of cultural ignorance and absolving the invisible walls which insulate man from man. Such an expansion in education banishes false preconceptions, replacing them with an open mental foundation. In a world where the interdependence between countries requires a broad spectrum of perspective, there is no better place than NYU to begin building bridges.”

I’m asian american, I can speak Chinese, Japanese, and learned Russian in Governor’s school. I applied to Stern for International Business.

Income < 60k

My friend told me that GPA really mattered in admissions, so I’m feeling super uneasy.
I submitted the app a week ago, RD, but I’m apprehensive. I ask the nice people on CC to give me their honest opinion of what my chances would be.

Also, I hear everywhere that the FA in NYU is rather terrible in relation to the FA at other schools. Can someone give me an estimate of how much FA I might recieve?

I know this is alot to read, I really appreciate the help!

Thank you very very much for bearing with me! ^____^ <3