<p>Stats:
-East Asian female, Minnesota
-GPA: 3.71 UW, 3.95 W (school only weights for APs)
-Class rank: bottom of top 10% (about 40 out of 445-ish)
-ACT: 35
-SAT: 800 CR, 780 M, 800 W
-SAT II: USH 780, Bio 770, Lit 800
-AP: 5s on USH, Bio, Euro, Calc AB, Lit, Lang, Human Geo, Enviro (self-studied last two)- National AP Scholar
-Senior classes: 5 APs, 2 University of Minnesota English classes, orchestra, multivariable calc/linear algebra</p>
<p>Select ECs:
-various school and local honors orchestra groups, top awards in regional music contests each year
-National Honor Society
-many hours volunteering with school recycling, orchestra, Science Olympiad, NHS
-varsity team member of top Science Olympiad team (2nd in nation) senior year
-Carnegie Mellon Pre-College (took calc 2 and physics 1), William Elliot full scholarship
-waitressed summer after sophomore year
-USA Biology Olympiad semifinalist 2013, honorable mention 2014
-National Merit semifinalist (and possible finalist) senior year</p>
<p>Leadership:
-school orchestra board secretary
-orchestra mentors program co-president</p>
<p>Applying to Stern; Gallatin and CAS listed as “other options”</p>
<p>EFC is around $15,000. Given NYU’s history of crappy financial aid, is it even worth it for me to apply? In other words, how competitive would I be for merit scholarships and how much am I likely to receive?</p>
<p>I know NYU’s pretty unpredictable in terms of aid, but any and all comments are welcome and encouraged! Thanks!</p>