gigantic official RD decisions thread: 2014

Traveler2be
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:58:47 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): V:690 M:610 W: 650
[] ACT: E:32 M:27 Composite: 29
[] SAT II (if submitted): Biology Eco: 690, U.S. History: 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 at high school, 3.8 at local college, 3.95 combined
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All college classes, 13 credits then 15, had French 1 and 2, Physics w/lab etc. 19 total classes taken at college, several during summers.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too big, 1st and 2nd places in drawing at art shows, but I’m not an art Major, lots of little academic ones.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Local soccer, Martial arts- green belt, Honor society, Bird and Wildlife Rehabilitation- these are my big ones, helped start a 501-c-3 (Youth advisor)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots at my non-profit, like 600 hrs.
[] Essays: really good, wrote about experience in wildlife rehab,
[] Teacher Recommendation: both good
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, we get along well, but my school has four total councilors for 1,200-1,500 students.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Environmental Studies/science
[] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, sucks.
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 25,000<
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: class rigor, ACT, volunteer hours, Utah
[] Weaknesses: SAT, Work experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Again the Utah thing, but I think my volunteer work with wildlife defiantly made me unique for a school in NYC.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Financial Aid will be a huge factor. I love NYU, but I refuse to take more than 20,000 in loans for four years, I will still have to pay for Grad. School! Best of Luck to everyone still waiting on decisions!