gigantic official RD decisions thread: 2014

Randwulf
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:28:56 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Date applied: 12/27/09
Date decision postmarked/received: Received March 25
Accepted to which school/major at NYU?: Computer Science

Stats:

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[] SAT Total: 2330 M: 800, CR: 730, WR: 800,
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 2, 680 Chemistry, 770 USH
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.6/3.95
[] Rank: 14/52
[]AP/IB classes: 5. All that were available at my school except for one and I took one online.
[/ul]Subjective:

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[] Essays: Epic
[] Teacher Recs: Also epic. “best student I’ve ever had”
[] Counselor Rec: No idea. Probably mediocre. My GC barely knew me.
[li] EC highlights: Working on open-source projects. Being class president. [/ul] [/li]
Person:

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[] State or Country: USA, NH
[] School Type: Small, public
[] Ethnicity: Snow White
[] Gender: Male[/ul]

Other Factors, hook?: Nope.

General Comments, scholarship decisions, are you going to NYU? If so, why? If not, why not?:

If NYU would cost me less than 20K per year, I will seriously consider it. But NYU gives kind of crummy aid so I doubt I’ll attend.