Weighted GPA

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>Hi! I’m Mike,</p>

<p>I have a question about how heavily the weighted GPA is weighted in the admissions process (no pun intended…maybe). (Give me a like a score range as well, my school goes up to about 4.7)</p>

<p>Also, please chance me too lol :)</p>

<p>I go to a very competitive school in the northeast where 10% of the student population goes to some ivy league school or top public school.</p>

<p>GPA(UW): 3.85 (I hurt by Junior year )
GPA(W): 4.41
Rank: Top 10%
Class size: 400
I took nearly all honors and APs</p>

<p>I got 4’s on all my AP tests, and 2 5’s AP Physics and AP CALC (ab), and one 3 Stat (yea…epic fail)</p>

<p>SAT I : 720 CR 800 M 750 W Essay 10 (will retake this, I’ll probably get a 2300+ in October)
I am taking it again next year
SAT II: 740 Chem, 800 Math II
I am going to take Physics too</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Chinese Club Treasurer
Varsity Fencing 3 years - Captain
Economics Club - Founding Member
China Night- Director and Manager
Future Problem Solvers- 15th in the state, (will make second next year)</p>

<p>Ethnicity : Asian
Gender: Male
Teacher reqs: Excellent, Two of them loves me, and another is like my godmother</p>

<p>Essay: I’m working hard on this essay.</p>

<p>Interview: IDK, I’m actually worried about this…</p>

<p>Majors: Finance, Business, economics, International relations and business.</p>

<p>THANK YOU!!!</p>

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<p>So you’re applying to Stern? I don’t do “chancing” but your SATs are pretty impressive.</p>

<p>That said, I was told Stern mostly looks at the unweighted GPA. If your school transcript gives them a weighted GPA they make it into unweighted, or something.
Also… what interview??</p>

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<p>Interview, idk borderline students usually get these I suppose, my parents says I am border line for all my schools, such as UPENN, JHU, Northwestern, and STERN.</p>

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<p>There are no interviews for NYU, so you’re in luck. You have a good chance for Stern RD, just like everyone else. Your GPA will not hurt you either.</p>

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<p>i think you have a decent shot at stern. i don’t really think anyone is a lock for stern though.</p>

<p>i think your UW GPA is just fine.</p>

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<p>Thanks for replying everyone! This is somewhat unrelated but, which is easier to get in? Northwestern, Cornell, or NYU Stern through regular admission.</p>

<p>Also which is easier to get in through early decision?</p>

<p>I need to know because my dad is freaking out on colleges…Personally I like stern but he says that I need a school that I can be somewhat sure to get in.
(again my dad is making ask this question, sorry if its insulting)</p>

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<p>Tell Dad you are sure to get into CUNY Brooklyn, but you have cery good chances everywhere else.</p>

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<p>Northwestern > NYU Stern > Cornell</p>

<p>In that order of difficulty. </p>

<p>Check out BU’s School of Management as a safety. You’d have a good chance at BC Business School too, but don’t count on it because BC is known for rejecting/waitlisting applicants who are they think are using them as a safety school aka overqualified applicants.</p>

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<p>I would swap stern and northwestern if you are looking at finance, chris :)</p>

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<p>Oh he meant in terms of admissions, not academics. Haha, whoops. They are all pretty much the same level of difficulty, with nyu just a wee bit below northwestern and cornell,
Just a bit though. A safetyish alternative you could look into is USC marshAll</p>

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<p>Thanks again everyone!!!</p>