<p>First post on CC! I’ve spent a lot of time reading these boards before deciding where to apply, and thought they were pretty helpful so… now it’s time to do my part for the Class of 2013!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (680CR 680M 730M) First try, didn’t retake
[</em>] ACT: 30 composite both times, grr! (Best breakdown 29R, 35E, 31S, 29M)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 700 USH, 640 Spanish w/o listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (self-calculated - school doesn’t actually put UW GPAs on transcripts. My weighted cumulative one at time of submission was 4.03, 1st semester senior year GPA was 4.48)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Spanish Language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Latin:Vergil, AP Calc AB, Environmental Science, Greek 2
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Gold Medal (9th, 10th, 11th), National Spanish Exam Silver Medal (11th), National Merit Commendation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School LitMag (Exec. Editor 10th-12th); Student Govt. (Disciplinary Committee 10th/11th, Class President 12th); Key Club (Co-President 12th); Shield (student ambassador society, helped at school events a lot); member of school varsity XC, varsity soccer, and varsity track teams;
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at public library 10th-12th, Native plant restoration/Beach dune preservation project 6th-12th, Lots of random projects - total 150+ hrs.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer after 9th earned A in French 1A course at local community college, Summer after 11th earned A in graduate level Intensive Japanese course at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Had surgery on cleft lip summer after 10th, but didn’t mention that on apps (want to get into college on my own merit, not make excuses [shrug])
[</em>] Essays: Common App was about learning how to knit - sounds awk but strangely fantastic and totally me! 9/10, I think.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right to read both, as per school policy. Classics teacher has taught me every year since 9th grade and knows me well, so I’m sure his was glowing. Precalc was probably pretty generic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also waived right to read. She joined our school just this year so she only had about two months to get to know our entire grade, but she probably had a good impression of me because of the old counselor’s notes and her interactions with me as class president. I’m assuming her rec was good, although not raving.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes… but totally not getting any!
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations (want to double major in IR and Linguistic Anthropology). Can’t remember if I applied to the Global Liberal Studies program or Liberal Studies, but anyway was admitted early to LSP and offered NYC/Florence/London/Paris/Shanghai… picked NYC anyway.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Small/selective private Episcopal. ~50 students per grade. I see you judging.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+ (awk because w/ 6 members in our household, and none currently in college, on paper we seem pretty affluent but in reality we’re not so much)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays - supplement really showed my interest in NYU was genuine (raved about my visit to the campus and how the sassy tour guide kind of sold me), made it obvious how NYU was a great fit for me.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT Score slightly below average of accepted students?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In terms of stats, I fit the average profile of NYU students pretty well. I showed a lot of interest and since NYU calls itself a “global” school, my broad interests didn’t scare them away like it did some other schools.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted – GWU, NYU, Scripps College; Waitlisted – UCLA; Rejected – Brown University (deferred ED – alas, my dream school no more!), Pomona College, UC Berkeley
[/ul]General Comments: NYU was my top choice all through sophomore and the first half of junior year, until I visited Brown! Of the schools I’ve been accepted to, it’s my favorite - but I’ve received literally no aid, and idk that $60,000/year for a moderately challenging education is worth it…</p>
I love 'em npboth so much.