Official NYU 2015 RD Decisions

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT:32 (twice) (individual top scores E:35, R:35, M:34, S:28, essay:10)
SAT II: Lit 710 Math II 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we only do weighted at my school 4.13
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/173
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP USH, taking this year: AP English Lit and Lang, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB and BC
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Principle of Macroeconomics at Edgewood College, AP English, AP Physics, AP Calc AB/BC, Piano Intermediate, Spanish IV, Recent European History, Gym, no-name religion classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing worth mentioning
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year Varsity Tennis Letter winner (captain senior year, 2nd in team state senior year, Sectional Champion Sophomore-Senior year), NHS, Amnesty International
Job/Work Experience: worked at a grocery store and restaurant Freshman-Junior Year. waitress/hostess at different local restaurant Senior Year (15-30 hrs./week)
Volunteer/Community service: Developed a mission trip where I started educating Peruvian children on personal hygiene, then science. Sustainability comes from me continuing to recruit young kids to develop their own lessons in Spanish, and the downtown Madison Rotary International has offered to continue to chaperone., volunteer for the local homeless shelter the first Tuesday of every month for 4 years, YMCA and Breast Cancer Recovery volunteer all 4 years for various events, raised around $4,000 for Breast Cancer Recovery in fundraiser
Summer Activities: Peru mission trip the last two summers, working, and I think I made a big deal out of spending time with my family at our cottage up north
Essays: spent a lot of time on common app and everyone that read it said that it was me on paper. advice: start early on and try to get across how you function, rather than talk about the accomplishments that they can read on your resume. other essays were written in the same style…have fun with them; I was quite sassy in some of mine
Teacher Recommendation: waived my right to see them, one probably better than the other
Counselor Rec: generic but good
Additional Rec: none
Interview:none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): WI
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: grades, rank, I think my personality really showed through my essays
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UVA, Brandeis, rejected UChicago…waiting for ivies
General Comments: Good luck everyone!</p>

2

<p>Decision:Accepted (STERN)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730CR, 790 Math, 720 Writing (2230 total)
ACT:N/A
SAT II: Lit 750, Math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB exams in May </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - IB HL Chem, HL Econ, HL English, SL Chinese, SL History, SL Math, Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Forensics League IDEA China Qualifier Champion, APAC Forensics Debate Gold, APAC Forensics Debate Silver, China Cup Forensics Debate Bronze, China Cup Forensics Third Place Best Individual Speaker, WEMUN Best Delegate, National Merit Commended Student</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years forensics team, 3 years MUN, Head of Publications for Habitat for Humanity, Middle School Chair for Habitat for Humanity, prom committee, Talent Show MC, Side by Side (program where I work with autistic kids)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at BusinessWeek China, internship at a publishing company in China, write a monthly magazine column</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Along with several HFH building trips, I spent my sophomore summer in Guizhou helping the local minorities document and preserve their cultural artwork for a website database.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: 2 internships for the past 2 summers, WEMUN conference for summer of sophomore year, went to the National Forensics League Nationals tournament in Kansas City this past summer</p>

<p>Essays: Common app essay about going to pub quiz at a local bookstore and interacting with the locals. It was kind of a strange essay. My additional essays for NYU/Stern weren’t terribly spectacular or interesting.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: One from my econ teacher, should be fantastic, other from my math teacher - heard it was great but I can’t check.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Don’t know, but he said it was good
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Involvement in forensics, excellent grades in econ class (in terms of Stern acceptance)
Weaknesses: test scores, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strength in econ</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted (so far) - Wellesley, UC Berkeley, Claremont McKenna, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, George Washington University + $15,000 annual scholarship; Rejected: none so far, still waiting on ivies</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone else who got accepted and I wish the best to everyone who didn’t. Honestly I didn’t think I would get into Stern, so surprises are everywhere!</p>

3

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT:31 (individual top scores E:35, R:36, M:26, S:28, essay:let’s not talk about it)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): only 17 kids, so…yeah.
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Honors English, Honors Physics, Advanced Computers, Spanish III,Sociology and Psychology via correspondence, Bible.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball(co-captain junior year, captain senior year), Varsity Volleyball(co-captain senior year), Clarinet(1st chair), lots of music stuff
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a daycamp since freshman year(summer only)
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Worked in the summer.
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t waive my right, but I didn’t read them anyway. So…I guess they were good!
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read. He shouldn’t hate me, though.
Additional Rec: none
Interview:none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private/Christian
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Waaaay at the bottom
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Well, I thought my test score was really good. XD
Weaknesses: My essays were utter crap.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: …couldn’t hazard a guess.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted @ WashU, UVa(goshdarnit!)
General Comments: Would love to go, but probably can’t. $28,000 IN LOANS?! We don’t even make $28,000 a year…):</p>

4

<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Science with a 31,000 CAS scholarship.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2300 (740 verbal, 780 math, 780 writing)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 720 World History, 780 Math II
Weighted GPA: 105ish?
Unweighted GPA: 98ish
Rank: 2/450
AP: 5 World History, 5 Psychology, 5 Human Geography
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB (class), AP US History, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP European History (self study), AP Calc BC (self study)</p>

<p>Major Awards: USABO semi-finalist
Extracurriculars: President NHS, SING show band director, a lot of other stuff
Job/Work Experience: 3 years of work
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hospital volunteer hours
Summer Activities: College Now at a CUNY, volunteering
Essays: Judgmental essays which many were critical of
Teacher Recommendation: Very personal, thought out recommendations.
Counselor Rec: Was great.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Bio/History
State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: SAT, committed to activities, GPA went up drastically since start of high school
Weaknesses: Maybe essays. Income bracket maybe? Common major.
General comments: With a 31k scholarship, why wouldn’t I go?! Screw CUNYs. I’m commuting from Staten Island.</p>

5

<p>Decision:Accepted to Steinhardt</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): T: 2070, CR: 690, M: 680, W: 700
ACT:n/a
SAT II: Lit 650, US History 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Just over 4 weighted…around 3.4 unweighted? Unweighted is never mentioned at my school.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/273
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3), US Gov (4). Taking this Year: Lit, Language, Euro, Physics C (Mechanics and Electricity/Magnetism).
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Gym, Calculus, Honors Italian, AP English, AP Physics, AP Euro, and a class that allows me to shadow a teacher and teach a class.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Recording Secretary), National Italian Honor Society (VP), Model Congress (President), Operation Smile (Vice President), Dramas and Musicals, Literary Magazine, Gay Straight Alliance (co-leader), Tae Kwon Do (Black belt).
Job/Work Experience: none.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered hundreds of hours at my local tae kwon do school.
Summer Activities: Greece every other year.
Essays: Solid, I think. Spent a lot of time making it as concise as possible, given the limitations. Wrote about Atticus Finch for my common app essay.
Teacher Recommendation: Waived rights, but I imagine it was great because I have a really close relationship with him.
Counselor Rec: Waived right/generic.
Additional Rec: From my tae kwon do instructor; solid.
Interview: n/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, son of an immigrant?
Reflection
Strengths: grades, rank, leadership, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: test scores, work experience, volunteering.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: (see strengths).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers New Brunswick, Boston University. Waiting on Princeton (I imagine it’ll be a rejection though).</p>

6

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (780 Math, 670 Writing, 660 Reading)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Spanish, 770 Math II, 650 Literature, 660 French
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.812 Weighted: 6.112
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) AP CAL AB, (3) AP English Language, (4) AP French, (5) AP Spanish
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Economics, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, Art (required), Yearbook, Internship, AP Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Dartmouth Book Award, 4th Place Business Math (FBLA-District), Honorable Mention Model UN, AP Scholar, Teacher’s Choice for Math, Silver Knight Nominee for Mathematics</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP, Secretary, and Sergeant of Arms of Class of 2011, Secretary of Mu Alpha Theta (sponsor wrote rec), President of French Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society (sponsor wrote rec), Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, Learning Mandarin, Fluent in French and Spanish, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Crew, Peer Mediator, Heritage Panelist, HIV/AIDS Educator, EESAC (Educational Excellence School Advisory Council) Representative
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Psychology Firm, Language tutor, Math tutor, Chiropractor’s Office
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teach Catechism in Church (4 years), Shake-A-Leg (children with disabilities), Teens for Jeans (collected over 500 jeans for Haiti), Organized for a Holocaust survivor speak to the school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Princeton JSA Summer (International Relations), Yale Quest Bridge Conference, Dual-Enrollment Courses (Psychology, Mandarin, Acting, Nutrition-all As), Acting at the Actor’s Playhouse (main part in a play)
[<em>] Essays: Really good! Were checked by head of English department and she loved them!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great! Know teachers very well!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic :slight_smile:
[</em>] Additional Rec: No
[li] Interview: None Offered</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Finance
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL (see below)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Peru, living in US
[<em>] School Type: Magnet, in top 60 schools in nation
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <25k</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: NYU, BU, UF, UM, USC, Fordham
Rejected: Rice, UVA, Vanderbilt (but conditionally because I am international, and if I can prove to them that I can finance my education they will accept me [they explicitly said so in my letters]), Stanford
Waitlisted: Carnegie Mellon, UChicago (I was waitlisted for the same reason I was rejected by the above mentioned schools)
[*] What would you have done differently?: Take the SAT more seriously[/ul]</p>

7

<p>Decision-ACCEPTED </p>

<p>NYU GALLATIN</p>

<p>gpa: N/A</p>

<p>SAT: I took the ACT instead.</p>

<p>EC: reading books, swim (synchronized) team, breathing (I guess), clubs lol</p>

<p>My rich aunt donated alot to the school in the 70’s.
And I paid this smart kid to write my essays.</p>

8

<p>Decision:Accepted!! :D</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 720M 720W
ACT: didnt take
SAT II: didnt send them
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6-3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP chem, taking this year: AP English Lit and Lang, AP AP Calculus AB, AP Biology,
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing worth mentioning
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year Key Clubber, debater
Job/Work Experience: intern at research institute in the Bronx
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at hospital
Summer Activities: nothing much
Essays: I thought they were okay
Teacher Recommendation: waived my right to see them, one probably better than the other
Counselor Rec: we love each other
Additional Rec: none
Interview:none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection: Im just glad I got in
Strengths: grades, I think my personality really showed through my essays
Weaknesses: maybe my gpa
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Cornell, Columbia waiting for the rest
General Comments: Hope you all get in!</p>

9

<p>Guess since I’m the only one here that wasn’t accepted…
Decision: WAITLISTED (college of arts & science) [Pre-Med/Biology]
Objective:
Sat I: n/a
Act: 28
Breakdown: E (33) M (23) Reading (31) Science (26) Writing (8)
Sat II: n/a
Weighted (x/4.0): 3.97
Rank: 129/441 [a bit inaccurate due to outstanding circumstances]
AP: AP Language (5)
IB: n/a
Major Awards: nothing in particular
Senior Course Load: AP Biology, AP Literature, Honors Anatomy, Honors Medical Science II, Sports Medicine II, Art II, Advanced Functions & Modeling (it’s like a second algebra , because they wouldn’t let me take pre-calc last year…I would’ve taken AP Calc, and I made an addendum to my application to this affect)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: FBLA, HOSA, Environmental Club, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Art Honor Society
Work Experience: Cashier at a supermarket (6-7 hrs/week), Hospital Intern Emergency Department (6 hrs per week)
Community Service: Children’s Hospital Volunteer, Library Volunteer (2 locations), Local child-based community service, Classroom supply for underprivileged schools…etc.
Summer Activities: Charlotte AHEC week nursing program sponsored by accredited university, LeadAmerica Health Conference at Columbia University
Essays (personal statements): Thoughtful and Unique
Example: NYU is ‘In and of the City’ and ‘In and of the World.’ What does the concept of a global network university mean to you? How do you think studying in New York City, Abu Dhabi, or one of NYU’s global sites would change you as a person and equip you to build cross-cultural relationships at NYU and beyond?
To Do: Send Mizuka an email and ask if she is still in Tokyo, Find out if International calls are free to Abu Dhabi, Buy African-style curry, Buy Indian-style curry, Take bag of clothes for Darfur refugees to drop-off center, Look up the weather in Argentina for the trip next week, Confirm flight information online, Study for midterms, Meet Ashley in Washington Square to go out for lunch; Don’t forget to buy mom an NYU sweatshirt.
Teacher Recommendations: Only saw one; but both excellent, one better than the other
Counselor Recommendation: IDK but I hate that woman. At our school counselors don’t really know the students very well and I was switched from my favorite counselor who would’ve written me the best rec ever to her my sophomore year. So it’s a toss.
Additional Recommendation: None
Interview: None
Demographics
State: NC (originally from NY)
Country: USA
School Type: Public; good standing
Ethnicity: African American/Puerto Rican
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Low Middle; single parent income
Hooks: First-generation (parents never earned degrees but started), URM
Reflection: UGH.
Strengths: Essays, Personality, Unique, extracurricular
Weaknesses: MATH SCORE ACT in particular, but test scores and perhaps class rigor
Why you think you received your decision: IDK. -_-
Where else were you accepted/rejected: Rejected Johns Hopkins (I did it just to see), Columbia, Duke], Waitlisted [NC State, UNC Chapel Hill, NYU], Accepted [Stony Brook University, Virginia Tech University]
General Comments: I REALLY HOPE I GET IN AND THEN IT WILL BE THE STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR GOING;; UGH. HOPEFUL!</p>

10

<p>CAS accepted</p>

<p>sat 2110
gpa: well…my school does not use 1-4 scale, so about 91
aps: ap biology (4), ap english literature, ap psychology, ap us history (4), ap calculus ab [god I hate that class]
sat IIs: I dont remember :confused: but i took bio and us
ethinicity: korean-american
living in: nyc
school type: I go to a feeder school…you know the specialized one blah blah</p>

<p>i got a little more than 27k scholarship Ha i’m definitely going to utilize that to my advantage
truthfully, I had my eyes set on an ivy league…but you can’t twist and shape life the way you want to.
and btw, how the hell do you people have time and strength to type all these infos out…lol my goodness…I have a headache already reliving these stats–which don’t prove anything, really. </p>

<p>enjoy life, peace</p>