<p>Pick one:
**Decision: Accepted to Stern **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 32 Composite: 31 Math, Science 35 English, Reading
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Weighted GPA (if available):
[</em>] Rank/percentile (if available):
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP World History (5), AP Comparative Gov (5), AP Macro Econ (5), AP Micro Econ (5),
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP State, Precalc, AP US Gov, Orchestra, AP Lit, Chinese 3
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, Violin/Orchestra, Track, Cross Country,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: See summer activities.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for my church youth group, various NHS volunteer activities, volunteer violin tutor for 5th graders
[</em>] Summer Activities: Took two classes at UChicago last summer, Shadowed/Interned with professional commodity trader two years ago.<br>
[<em>] Essays: Main common app one was fine (but that didn’t get me far with other schools), thought my Why NYU and Why Stern were pretty good, talked about my passion for finance and trading, my love for New York/diversity and desire for a global education.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Thought they were pretty good, but again these were mostly the same ones that got me deferred from UChicago and UMich.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Had my piano instructor write one, I assume that one was very good as well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes…doesn’t look like I’ll be getting much at all though 
[</em>] Intended Major: Stern/Finance
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays which showed my true passion for Finance/Business/NYU, ACT score, extracurricular, AP Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, very little leadership positions,<br>
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If I had to pinpoint it I would say it was my essays and my summer internship/job shadow two years ago.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred: UMich (in-state), Georgetown, UChicago…
[/ul]General Comments: Well I’m in 
Now I have to figure out if I can afford it…</p>