Do I have too many reaches with my grades?

<p>Hi man ! I don’t want to comment but here’s one of my friend’s stats for NYU last year.
Like you, he’s an international student from china. I was in the same class as his when we studied in singapore</p>

<p>SAT 2000+ ( i dont know the breakdown but M =800)
SAT2 = all above 700 and Math = 800 also
A level predicted result = AAAAB
Rank = 2nd in my class (I’m the 1st :slight_smile: )</p>

<p>ECs = He’s my Prefect team leader
Vice president of several toastmaster club in singapore
Founded and became the president first school based toastmaster club
Hundreds of hours fo voluntary work
Organized a commemoration of a disaster. His project was reported by a large local newspaper.
Best speaker of our school-based debating championship.
A lot more</p>

<p>Awards : amazing stuff like Math and chem olympiads, etc etc</p>

<p>result : He got rejected !</p>

<p>I dont know the reason but until now it’s still an enigma for me. It could be caused by a lot of reasons = increase in the international students competition to gain access to US’s top colleges, his essays (but when I read that, I personally think it’s solid), etc</p>

<p>I dont wanna say whether it’s NYU’s a reach for you or not, but I’m sure my friends stats would be more than enoguh to illustrate the competition to get in.
Don’t hesitate to PM me and please chance me in my thread :</p>

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