<p>This may sound like a stupid question, but the NYU acceptance rate is pretty low (about 30%, give or take), yet I feel like they get a lot of really qualified applicants. Is it possible to be extremely well-qualified academically yet still get rejected? How does NYU decide which select students out of many qualified ones are to be accepted?</p>
<p>It isn’t all about academics. NYU (like all schools on the Common App) follows a holistic approach to admissions; that means your essay, EC’s, recommendations, test scores, grades, course load, demographics, socio-economics etc all factor in - so if you are a super qualified student academically but are boring and personality-less, you are likely to get rejected. But if you have something to offer to the school, despite not having the best grades, you are likely to be accepted. Admissions is very illusive.</p>
<p>so your best chance for acceptance is trying to appear as unique as possible on your application. i got it.</p>