<p>**Decision: Accepted to Tisch **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1920
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 31 (without writing)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA (if available): 4.375
[</em>] Rank/percentile (if available): 4/355
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 classes senior year
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible for me (my school only offers 3 AP classes total)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DECA Internationals qualifier, a few school awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (secretary), Relay for Life, lead roles in a few theater productions, varsity choir, self-produced album, gave music lessons
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nothing important!
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Around 50 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Music!
[<em>] Essays: Very personal, actually. (My CommonApp essay was about how my sister and I are both gay. That sounds lame. But I made it work, I think.)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Calculus teacher wrote it. I didn’t get to read it, but we both like Madonna, so therefore she likes me.
[li] Counselor Rec: Mediocre at best.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Recorded Music
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] School Type: Large public (Something like 1,400 students.)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Creative portfolio and…passion?
[</em>] Weaknesses: My SAT (I put no effort into studying which wasn’t a smart move)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They apparently liked my portfolio. The interview went well too! It was very intimidating since there were three of them in a room at the same time, but I think I did fine.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Really, I think with my major it all came down to my creative portfolio. My stats otherwise would seem to be rather sub-par for NYU. I originally thought I didn’t even have a chance at NYU since I’ve never even taken a Foreign Language class in high school. But I’m very grateful to have been accepted!</p>