Accepted ED2 at CAS Econ
Asian American, Male, large public school
SAT: 2230 (One seating) ACT: didn’t take
GPA 4.5 (W), 3.7 (UW)
SAT Subject: Chinese (750. I am not Chinese), US history (780), Math II (750)(Didn’t send to NYU)
Class rank: N/A (school doesn’t rank)
AP taken in senior year: 2. junior year: 4
Honors class taken in senior year: 3 junior year: 1
Post AP level class taken in senior year: 1
ECs
- Captain Varsity Soccer
- Volunteer work 4 years in a neighborhood elementary school
- Teacher Rec: 1 Great, 1 Good (I guess)
- School Orchestra (4 years as a principal cellist)
- 3rd degree black belt in martial art; founder of self-defense club at school
Essay
- Explains well why NYU with a research plan and NYU-specific facts.
- Only focused on what NYU can specifically offer and tried not to talk about being in Big Apple.
Also applied RD to Tufts, BC, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, USC, UPenn but NYU has been the absolute favorite and feel very luck to be accepted with FA. Also applied EA to Kelly School of Business at Indiana Univ. and got direct admit, but definitely NYU.