Somebody told me I was "made" for BPE @ Stern: what are my real chances?

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<p>So I am an American citizen, from CT, who has lived in Hong Kong for the past sixteen years, attended a French school and been educated under the British system. I am applying for BPE at Stern and was told by a Stern grad that I was “made” for this program, personally I know Stern is very competitive (11% I believe) and the BPE program even more so. What do you think my chances of admission are? </p>

<p>One additional question: I have read that if I wish to submit SAT2’s to Stern I must include a maths SAT2, would it be beneficial for me to use score choice to simply send only my november SAT and no SAT2s or prior results?</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White
GPA: School does not use GPA
Class Rank: School does not rank (graduating class of 19)
School type: Extremely small private
SAT
-Math: 690 (■■■)
-Critical Reading: 800
-Writing: 760
-Essay: 10
= 2250
Single sitting (Nov.)</p>

<p>SAT II (I am considering not sending these in as they are not required.)
French (written): 600 (Catastrophic error on my part.I will be graduating with a bilingual diploma. I will be retaking in January for 750+)
Math II: 640 (oh my god…) (signed up for Jan but might not retake)
Chemistry: 700</p>

<p>Bilingual IB Diploma Candidate: (predicted)
HL Maths (5)
HL Economics (7)
HL History (of East Asia and Oceania) (6)
SL Chemistry (6/7)
SL French A2 (6)
SL English A1 (6/7)
TOK</p>

<p>ECs:
-Division I Club Rugby 10 years
-School (JV/Varsity) Rugby 5 years
-Division I Club Tennis 4 years
-International Rugby Board Referee level 1
-Golf - Club awards (<10 handicap)
-Volunteer at an NGO specialising in local youth outreach ( 3 hours a week for 2 years, >100hrs)
-Modeling (some for Charity fashion shows)
-Member of School Life Council (Highest student government body, made up of students from both English and French sides of the school, teachers and french government officials.) 3 years
-MUN 2 years
-X-country (Varsity) 1 year</p>

<p>Achieved Academia:</p>

<p>International General Certificates of Secondary Education IGCSEs (CIE) (2009)
A*: Maths, Economics, French (2008) and English Language
A: History, Geography, Information Technology and Chemistry
B: English Literature</p>

<p>Yale Summer Session ('10)
ECON 252: B+
ENGL 212: B+</p>

<p>Essays:
CommonApp: interesting interior monologue about internationalism, economics, history, culture, all of which spurred from a verbal assault on a bus.
NYU: I thought pretty good, the BPE one was interesting since I incorporated each location of the program and mentioned their contributory effects on my life.</p>

<p>References:
Uni Counsellor (also econ teacher): should be pretty darn good since I have consistently shown promise in economics and am friendly with him outside class.
Teacher references: honest, unbiased opinions, that is the school policy! I don’t have access to these but I presume they will be positive as I have done well in the classes taught be these teachers and have known them for some time.</p>

<p>Additional reference:
Yale University Professor: taught me during the summer, graded my work, knows me fairly well and will again provide an honest unbiased account of my work with him in seminars with Yale students.</p>

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<p>bump, anyoneee?</p>

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<p>As a current Sternie, I think you have a great shot at Stern. I wish you the best of luck :D</p>

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<p>thanks so much! But what about BPE in particular?</p>

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<p>You don’t necessarily seem “made” for it. You have a good shot at acceptance here I’d say, but you could fit into so many things that I don’t think you’re necessarily a shoo-in for BPE. Some of the kids I know in BPE right now:

  • interned for two years at a think-tank in DC focused on the ethnopolitical discourse of the Israel/Palestine dispute and how it affects oil and wheat commodity pricing
  • wrote a 40-page, published thesis on government regulation of the financial services industry post-2008-meltdown</p>

<p>Against kids like these who excel above and beyond what you’d think any teenagers could do, I’m not sure you’re guaranteed. Besides, it’s a ridiculously challenging program that a few of my friends dropped out of in favor of something else in Stern. If it’s something you really feel you WANT to do, apply. If not, consider an RD application to start.</p>