What are my chances for those schools???

Chance Me / Match Me
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I am applying:
ED 1 NYU
EA:
Umichigan
IU Bloomington ( Kelley Business School)
UIUC
Northeastern
Fordham Unviersity

Major: IR for NYU ( CAS)
Business for everything else
My Stats:
3.55 UW GPA
1490 SATI
Taking SAT2 Math 2 in November, assumed around 780.
SAT 2 Physics in December, expecting somewhere around 720 - 750
Toefl:110

EC’s:
Founder of a foundation in my hometown in China.
Club Leader for Multicutural Club
A couple of Business Internship.
JV player for Basketball and soccer.

Essays:
Really good essays. ( Worked with a solid tutor who is a professional writer graduated from Yale.)
I reflect my traits of diversity well in PS and supplements.

I guess it is important to mention I am an international student who is from China studying in the US.

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Also I I think it’s worth to mention that I transferred from a average school to an academically more changeling one as a sophomore. So my Sophomore year grade was bad(B+/Bs no C) but then I picked it up and took the hardest classes possible and showed an upward trend.

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You will probably get into at least one of the EA schools (IU, Northeastern,Fordham University), as long as you didn’t ask for financial aid. NYU, UMichigan and UIUC are a high reach for 3.55 GPA.

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Thanks. But doesn’t Northeastern have higher standard and ranking than UIUC?

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UIUC definitely has higher standards than Northeastern dont be fooled by acceptance rate

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Which division of NYU are you applying to? Your chances are pretty good for Arts & Sciences, but less so at Stern.

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i am applying ed1 to college of arts and sciences( IR major, a really good ps explaining my indentity as a minority in China.)

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Dude if we are talking about stats obviously Northeastern has a higher sat range and GPA(4.0)

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Are you instate for UIUC? If not, you are not looking at the right stat. Also, the admission stat at UIUC depends on the major you are applying to. The overall stat is not really meaningful.

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Out of state. I could not find stats for out of state stats. But Being ranked lower than Northeastern, it does not make sense to me it would have a way higher requirement for out of state students

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It does have way higher requirement for OOS just as any public schools. For certain majors, it is even more competitive than Ivies.

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A comment in this thread about financial aid implies you improve chances if do not check off yes to applying for financial aid? If I know in advance I will only be eligible to get student loans should I check off no in order to improve chances? Are parent student loans considered financial aid?

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@VYU18 UIUC admits by major, and specific departments are much more competitive than others. The admitted student profile for a business student (and the acceptance rate) is not reflective of the general school. If you were applying for say English, it would be a very different story. Many public schools follow the same admit by major / college format.

I can’t find specific numbers to claim that between UIUC and Northeastern the acceptance or standards are higher or lower, but I am certain that the business schools at UIUC has higher standards and lower admission rates than the school generally. I would say that their standards are generally comparable based on my experience.

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For UIUC, there is no financial aid for OOS no matter you check that box or not.

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I got accepted by all of the schools I mentioned lol

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UIUC is literally so easy to get into

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How easy ? How easy do you think it is to get into UIUC’s college of LAS for psychology?

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Well, I have an around 90 GPA(a very prestigious high school near Boston, no ranking), and a 1490 on the sat. My counsellor told me it was a safety school even for an international student like me, mainly because of its high acceptance rate I believe. If you have a similar stats u should be fine.