SJ2727 I was accepted to NYC (first choice) but put both SH and AD as my second/third choices.
Sure thing! For Stern, I had
3.7 UW GPA, 4.1 W at a very competitive HS
No rank
1530 SAT
35(.25) ACT
TERRIBLE subject tests, (like 30th percentile terrible)
EC’s
Captain of football team, 3 year varsity starter, 2 years all-conference
300+ Volunteering hours for Athletes for Kids, (Mentoring a kid with a mental disability)
Chem Club 2 years
Huge investor in bitcoin and ethereum (rip 
)
Babysitting
Piano for 10 years, Art Lessons for 4
Great rec letters from close teachers,
Spent 1 week on essay MAYBE, could have been better but honestly pretty solid
Congrats to everyone who got into Stern class of 2023!
For my deferred guys, not all hope is lost! Keep grinding in school and hope to see you on ‘Campus’!
For my rejected guys, God always has a plan, you’ll find what you’re looking for wherever you go. Who knows, you might be the next Bill Gates, you might find your soul mate at your other college, you WILL make lifelong friends at your college, wherever you go!
@student138 , thanks for info!
if you’ve been accepted to Steinhardt for Music Business, add me on ig/sc @arihsilverman
lol anyone know any colleges similar to nyu i can apply for
**33 ACT
got rejected from tisch… oof
stats:
gpa: 4.0
act: 29, not submitted
honors: 6
ecs:
volleyball varsity captain 2 years, played 3 years
feature screenwriter at sidewalk film festival 2019
assistant director of feature short film at sidewalk film festival 2019
internship at erwin brothers entertainment
current job at both starbucks + teaching job at my church
200 hours of community service
founder/president of yearbook committee
founder/president of film club
yikes
congrats to all who got in and best of luck to waitlist!
do you guys think that withdrawing my financial aid application would help me get off the waitlist? i never needed aid, i thought it was required, so would that be a possible push to get me in? idk im stuck.
@lolgirl123 NYU is need-blind. This wouldn’t do anything. They’re stingy (NYC is super expensive), but not THAT stingy.
what did you guys write for you ‘why nyu?’ essay
i wrote about wanting to work at the lgbt center, and including me founding the day of silence at my school. then i wrote a paragraph about tisch and the drama studio id want to be in and listed some specific classes id want to take. i got accepted with this!
I wrote about wanting to be a polymath and how i see different fields contributing to my career choice (urban design). I then connected this to my love for social justice and how i would basically make a difference on campus as an activist. Got me into Gallatin woooooooo
Decision: Accepted to Stern - Major in Business and Political Science
Sat/ACT: 1580 (800 Reading, 780 Math)
GPA: 95 UW, 102 W (7 points for AP/Honors)
Hook: Recruited Athlete
Race/Gender: White, Female
AP Classes - AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP Lang, AP Physics 1, AP Spanish, AP US History, AP BC Calc, AP Lit, AP American Gov, AP Comparative Politics, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Physics 2, AP French
ECs - club swimming 3 hours a day, high school swimming x4 years, varsity x4 years, captain senior year, Comm Director of Key Club x2 years, Key Club all 4 years, student rep x4 years, Neighborhood Swim Coach x3 years over the summer
Financial Aid - lol what a joke, EFC around 40k (wouldn’t have been able to attend even if full need had been met), FA “offer” - 80k in loans
Congrats to all those who will be attending in the fall!
@swamatl will you not be attending next fall then?
Guys could yall just pray for me I cant afford this and im calling tmr morning to make my final plea
@mikeythescammer that’s honestly an awful thing to do. I got waitlisted to stern with a 33 ACT, a 4.5 GPA, and a ton of business EC’s. I hope they verify your ethnicity, find out your lying, and blackball every other school you applied to.
I applied for ED 2 so I hear from NYU in Febuary and seeing how competitive this first round has been I’m super nervous lol. But going thru you guys’ stats I know that literally everyone in this thread is so talented and deserving of attending NYU. At the end of the day, they just have to make hard decisions. I wish everyone the best!
I applied for NYU ED and got deferred to ED2. Any tips on what I should do?
@lolgirl123 , I can’t remember (sorry) what you were interested in doing. Boston U and Fordham I think are often seen as “similar” to NYU, one for the big urban similar ranking aspect, one for large and in NYC. And no, withdrawing financial aid option won’t matter.
@nickystarblue - they want to see that you know enough about NYU to specifically relate what NYU offers to what you want to do, and they want to know how you in turn will contribute to life at NYU. Make it personal and make it authentic.
hey guys i’m planning to apply ED 2 for NYU and was just wondering for the Why NYU essay, if I put NYC as my primary choice of campus followed by NYU Shanghai, should I be mentioning my interests in both campuses in my essay? A 400 words essay is a little limited! :-?