gigantic official RD decisions thread: 2014

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>Jumping the gun and making this now, before we have five million identical threads. </p>

<p>Jacking this template from a UC board. </p>

<p>Copy/paste the template into a new post, select whichever outcome is accurate for you. (Try to hit “post preview” before submitting!) (Take out the spaces! Thanks, Cowman!)</p>

<p>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t put “chances” here. By filling out the template, you’re helping the generations of stressed out CCers after you. :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>Good luck, everyone!</p>

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<li>Miss A</li>
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<p>We should get one that needs the spaces eliminated and comes out pretty. I can do it if you want…</p>

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<p>Darn the weird HTML on CC! I’ll fix it!</p>

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<p>Stolen from UCLA. Just past into MS Word before filling out, ctrl+g, replace, put one space in the first bar, hit replace all, done.</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>I think I got it fixed. But as long as you use one of these, it’s cool. Someone who has been accepted should do the honors and christen the thread. :-P</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1940 660M 680C 600W
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 740USH 650M2 670WH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/516
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US -5 Bio 4 Eng 4 Euro 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Econ, Multi Lit, Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] 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
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] 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
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Politics/Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lowest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: EC, essay, rec
[<em>] Weaknesses: Scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am awesome.
[/ul]General Comments: LSP</p>

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<p>Bump bump ba bump.</p>

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<p>when do CAS applicants hear back?</p>

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<p>Please include which school when you post!</p>

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<p>got into LSP! might post stats later</p>

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<p>How about Gallatin? Anybody heard back?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 - 630M, 730CR, 800W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Didn’t send them
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96 weighted out of 100 which I guess is a 4.0 when converted… but I don’t know what it is unweighted.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19 out of 334
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), US History (3), European History (4), World History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French, AP Stats, AP US Gov, Honors Spanish, Precalc
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Language Club (Vice President), International Club, Debate Club, English Tutor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Did filing at an insurance office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Religion teaching, food drives, some fundraisers
[<em>] Essays: The actual common app essay was pretty good (it was about how The Color Purple is a great reflection of who I am even though I’m a white male), but I think the supplement answers are where I really stood out and it’s probably why they accepted me… I got a random burst of creativity
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know for sure I guess, but one I’ve had for 6 straight years and the other really loved me so I’m sure they were great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I’m assuming
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Linguistics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays were really good, especially the supplement answers. I have really high English & foreign language grades, plus a myriad of international interest that I think might appeal to NYU.
[<em>] Weaknesses: I haven’t taken a science since my sophomore year (which means I never took Chem or Physics… ever.)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that they were intrigued by me even though I was missing some key elements… hence my being in LSP
[/ul]General Comments: LSP</p>

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<p>[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color]</p>

<p>[ b]Date applied:** January 1st, 2010
[ b]Date decision postmarked/received:** March 11th, 2010
[ b]Accepted to which school/major at NYU?:** Liberal Studies Program (Then to Tisch film after one year)</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:**

[list]
[ *] SAT Total: 1730 M: 560, CR: 560, WR: 610,
[ *] ACT: 24
[ *] SAT Subject Tests: mid 500’s on both Literature and US History
[ *] GPA-UW/W: 3.3/3.35
[ ] Rank: Doesnt Rank
[ ]AP/IB classes: AP Psychology (senior year)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
Essays: Good, didn’t have anyone read/edit them though.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it…
[ *] EC highlights: Been on a bunch of sports team, started a diabetes club and a school news team, done a bunch of community service and interned at a management company.</p>

<p>[ b]/Person:**
State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ b]Other Factors, hook?:** Got a 3.8 (unweighted) in the first semester of 12th Grade and wrote my personal essay about how I didn’t take advantage of my eduction throughout highschool (until 12th grade). Also submitted a really good portfolio…(i think). </p>

<p>[ b]General Comments, scholarship decisions, are you going to NYU? If so, why? If not, why not?:** It’s between NYU and Emerson…I’m pretty sure I’m going with NYU though (only have to do one year of Liberal Studies, then I get direct admission to Tisch)</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SATI(breakdown): 1730, M 560 CR 560 W 610
[</em>]ACT: 24
[<em>]SATII(ifsubmitted): mid 500’s on US History and Literature
[</em>]UnweightedGPA(outof4.0): 3.3
[<em>]Rank(percentileifrankisunavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>]AP(placescoreinparenthesis): nope
[<em>]IB(placescoreinparenthesis): nope
[</em>]SeniorYearCourseLoad: 1 AP
[<em>]MajorAwards(USAMO,Inteletc.): nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars(placeleadershipinparenthesis): Been on a bunch of sports team, started a diabetes club and a school news team.
[<em>]Job/WorkExperience: Internship at a Management Company
[</em>]Volunteer/Communityservice: over 100 hrs
[<em>]Essays: Gooood, wrote about the opportunity of education.
[</em>]TeacherRecommendation: Not allowed to read them
[<em>]CounselorRec: Not allowed to read…
[</em>]AdditionalRec: Film teacher and NYU Professor
[<em>]Interview: Nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]AppliedforFinancialAid?: No
[<em>]IntendedMajor: Film @ Tisch
[</em>]State(ifdomesticapplicant): California
[<em>]Country(ifinternationalapplicant): USA!!!
[</em>]SchoolType: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]IncomeBracket:
[</em>]Hooks(URM,firstgenerationcollege,research,etc.): Got a 3.8 (unweighted) in the first semester of 12th Grade and wrote my personal essay about how I didn’t take advantage of my eduction throughout highschool (until 12th grade). Also submitted a really good portfolio…(i think).
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Portfolio and Essay
[</em>]Weaknesses:…everything else
[li]Whyyouthinkyouwereaccepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good portfolio for Tisch[/li][/ul]**GeneralComments:
One year of Liberal Studies then direct admission to TISCH!!!
Keep calm and carry on.
**GoodLuck!!</p>

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<p>^ you give me hope. My stats. are sort of like yours.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2090 (CR 710 M 650 W 730).
[</em>] ACT: 31.
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 660, Lit 620, US History 660.
[</em>] UW GPA: ~3.3 at time of application.
[<em>] W GPA: 3.89 at time of application.
[</em>] Rank: 116/561 (top 20%) at time of application.
[<em>] AP: Euro (4), Art History (3), English Lang (4), US History (5), US Gov, English Lit, Spanish Lang.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Film/Media Analysis, Individual Sports, Advanced Math/Trigonometry, Honors Physics, Honors Symphony Orchestra, AP Spanish, AP US Gov, AP English Lit.
[<em>] Major Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Illinois State Scholar, Honors Thespian.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Drama Club (Co-VP, Historian), Technical Theatre Club (VP, Historian), International Thespian Society (Honors Thespian), Scholastic Bowl, Math Team, Orchestra/Violin.
[<em>] Work Experience: work as a theater technician in my school’s theater.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, volunteering at a local food pantry. Other random stuff.
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good. Writing is my strong point. For famous New Yorker I wrote about spending a day with Heath Ledger. My Tisch supplements were solid too.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AWESOME. The teachers I asked all know me really well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, she knows me pretty well too.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES.
[</em>] Intended Major: Cinema Studies (Tisch/CLAS).
[<em>] State: Chicago, Illinois!
[</em>] School Type: pretty large public, ~2200 people.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: my mom makes about ~$30k and my dad doesn’t support us.
[</em>] Hooks: Ukrainian immigrant, multilingual, low income, involvement in theatre… not much.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, rec letters, essays, ECs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA. I’m not a bad student… I take all Honors and AP classes, I just tend to get B+s in them. Seriously, I always end up with an 88 or 89. So borderline. But a B is a B, you know?
[li] Why you think you were accepted: involvement in the arts and passion for film shows in essays.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Wow, this came as a COMPLETE SHOCK. I got the “make travel plans” email. It doesn’t say whether I’m LSP’d or anything, which I expect to be due to my low GPA. Anyway, I’m really glad this came when it did because I’m currently DYING waiting to hear back from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. I don’t know if I’ll be able to go to NYU because their financial aid kind of sucks and, as you can tell, I really need a lot of it.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 - 650M, 800CR, 710W
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): 720 Lit, 550 M1 (embarrassing, I know)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know my unweighted. My weighted is a 3.75 on a 4.0 scale.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French, AP Macro, Calc 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club (Secretary), Environmental Club (Secretary), Choir, Young Democrats, Ballet/Jazz, Key Club
Job/Work Experience: Cashier in 2009
Volunteer/Community service: Served on my town’s Shade Tree Commission, Key Club events
Essays: I wrote my Common App essay explaining my C in physics. I had never gotten below a B so I thought it probably stood out on my transcript. I’m only average in math and science and I really struggled with physics but never tried to get help until too late. I wrote about how I’ve now realized that asking for help is not a sign of weakness, and knowing that I got a C hurts my pride more than admitting I couldn’t handle physics would have. It was a good essay. I worked really hard on it. My supplement answers were good too I think. I can’t really remember. I remember thinking my haiku was pretty great.
Teacher Recommendation: I got my French teacher and my English/Theatre teacher to write mine. They both loved me, so I presume they wrote me good recommendations.
Counselor Rec: I would guess good. Our old counselor retired last year, so I doubt the rec was anything spectacular because this new one didn’t know me that well. But I have good grades and she seemed to like me when I met her, so it was probably generic but good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Linguistics
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Good essays/supplements. SAT score pretty good. I also sent in a supplementary resume and a short note about why I think I would add to NYU.
Weaknesses: C on transcript. Low math SAT/SAT II. Didn’t take science senior year (but I had 5 credits in it already, so not that big of a deal.)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I did some creative things in my application. NYU seems to like creativity.
General Comments: Won’t get the admission packet until Apr. 1, but I guess I’m in CAS b/c I never got an LSP letter. Also, I don’t have word on my laptop, so sorry for the missing colors.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I: 2210

  • ACT: 32
  • SAT II: Math II: 760 Chem: 730
  • W GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) 4.36 (weighted)
  • Rank: idk… top 5?
  • AP: Chem (4) Calc BC (4)
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Bio, AP French, AP Stat, Consumer Economics, Multivariable Calc, AP English, Journalism III
  • Major Awards: Scholastic Art and Writing Gold/Silver Keys, Outstanding Music Student
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Editor in Chief of Newspaper, Tutor, Volunteer at Early Childhood Center

  • Work Experience: Piano teacher
  • Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Early Childhood Center
  • Essays: They were… decent? I hope haha… wrote about Anderson Cooper (lol the journalist in me coming out :D)
  • Teacher Recommendation: Good… I read two out of the three
  • Counselor Rec: AMAZING!
  • Interview: None.
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: HELL YES!

  • Intended Major: Undecided (leaning toward English) at CAS
  • State: PENNSYLVANIA!
  • School Type: um… middle sized public school
  • Ethnicity: ASIAN!
  • Gender: Female.
  • Income Bracket: um… like 150k-200k
  • Hooks: um… none really
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: um… idk essays were good?

  • Weaknesses: um… test scores… ec’s?
  • Why you think you were accepted:essays and recs?
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: I’m super glad this came! I’ve been anxiously waiting for the past week… loss of sleep is not fun. Congrats to everyone else who got in! You guys are amazing! Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1960 (CR 580 M 660 W 720).
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
UW GPA: 4.0 for two years, transferred to much more competitive school and it has ranged from about a 3.3 to a 3.6
W GPA: N/A
Rank: School does not rank
AP: US History, Environmental Science, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics
Senior Year Course Load: AP and Honors courses; above average course load
Major Awards: National Honor Society, Elementary Functions Award, All-State, All-Division, All-Freshmen, Rookie of the Year, Leading Scorer
Extracurriculars: Varsity Ice Hockey, JV Crew, JV Field Hockey, Gay Straight Alliance, Tutor, Tour Guide, Global Partner, Student Ambassador, Young Republicans Club, Culturally Aware Society, Community Service Club, etc.
Work Experience: Ice Hockey Referee, Ice Hockey Scorekeeper
Volunteer/Community service: Tour Guide, Tutor, Global Partner, Ice Hockey Tournaments, Blood Drives, etc.
Essays: My college counsellor said my big essay was beautifully written and very powerful (I was confident about it after hearing that because I had written about six drafts and she didn’t particularly like them).
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them, but I had recs from last year’s math teacher and creative writing teacher. I also had recs from two of my professors from the Summer Scholar Program at the University of Miami (filmmaking)
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Film & Television (Tisch)
State: Rhode Island
School Type: small private boarding school
Ethnicity: Did not specify
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks: Summer Scholar Program at University of Miami (filmmaking), LGBT
Reflection
Strengths: Essays and recs
Weaknesses: GPA. Most students in my school are extremely competitive and the reason we don’t rank is because there are only about 120 students in each class and GPAs are very close (usually within .1 of each other). My Critical Reading score on the SAT wasn’t that great either
Why you think you were accepted: passion for film, involvement in extra-curriculars, SSP, and essay.
General Comments: I was expecting to be rejected so I didn’t really consider attending before this, but now I am seriously loving the idea of attending. I’m waiting to hear from a couple more schools, but I am also going to need financial aid.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/30
Date decision postmarked/received: not sure
Accepted towhich school/major at NYU?: CAS I assume, politics</p>

<p>Stats:

[ul]
[<em>]SAT Total: 2180 M: 680,CR: 760, WR:740,
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests:780 Lit, 640 Spanish
[</em>]GPA-UW/W: 3.5/3.75
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IBclasses: AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP Spanish Lang, AP US Gov, AP Psych
[/ul]Subjective:
• Essays: pretty good, creative and very personal
[<em>]Teacher Recs: great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: okay, I think she underestimates me a lot though
[li]EC highlights: newspaper editor, president of anti-drug club, tutoring club board member, service trip to El Salvador, co-founder of breast cancer awareness foundation</p>[/li]
<p>/Person:
[<em>]State or Country: California
[</em>]School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male</p>

<p>OtherFactors,hook?: Immigrant, parents only went to 2-year colleges</p>

<p>General Comments,scholarship decisions,are you going to NYU? If so,why?If not,why not?: SO EXCITED!!! :D</p>