Why not check out the competition?

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>So, considering we are all freaking out about impending admissions decisions, I thought it would be fun to check out the competition! Feel free to post your stats and what school you applied to even if you haven’t been admitted/rejected yet.
Use this format:</p>

<p>School Applied To:</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II (if submitted):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Tisch (Drama)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (CR: 630, M: 600, W: 660)
ACT: 31 Composite
SAT II (if submitted): N/A
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 Weighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (3), AP Psych (4), AP US History (4), AP Lang (4), AP Music Theory, AP Lit, AP Statistics
Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, AP Lit, AP Stat, Econ/Gov Honors, Journalism 3 Honors, Executive Internship, HOPE</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too much to list
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard for 3 years, Camp Counselor for 5 years
Volunteer/Community service: Over 140 hours
Essays: Have won multiple awards for my main college essay
Teacher Recommendation: Not able to see them
Counselor Rec: Not able to see them
Additional Rec: Not able to see them</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Drama
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

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<p>Oh and come back after the 30th to let us know if you got in!</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Tisch (Drama / MT)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (CR: 650 / M: 760 / W: 690)
ACT: 34 Composite
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang. & Comp. (3), US History (3).
Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit. & Comp., AP Psych, AP Gov, Stats, Practicum Journalism</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Don’t feel like listing; average list.
Job/Work Experience: Online article writing (4 years), A/V producer (2 years)
Volunteer/Community service: See ECs.
Essays: Good, I think. Spent a lot of time especially on NYU and USC essays.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: MT / Acting
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Private, Catholic; highly competitive
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male</p>

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<p>Stoplights! You applied for Tisch drama too? How’d your audition go?</p>

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<p>It was good, I think! Singing and dancing were eh… so I’m glad that I checked the box saying I’d like to be considered for straight acting as well as MT! The acting portion went well; the guy was really friendly, and he had me do my first monologue again with “props” (a water bottle, my binder, and a chair). He was also the guy who interviewed me after my initial audition, and that went well, too. Overall, the whole thing felt very relaxed and positive. </p>

<p>And yourself?</p>

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<p>I think I did really well! I applied for just acting, and I was the first one to go! The auditor REALLY seemed to like my work! So much that she just watched me act the whole time of my audition. She said she didn’t even need to interview me—which I hope is a REALLY good sign! Our GPA’s are about the same, and so are our test scores—except the ACT, which I got a 31 on… A 34 is AMAZING by the way—but honestly, I think it comes down to talent. I hope I see you at Tisch this fall! Let me know how you do!</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Stern</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (760 M/730 R/750 W)
ACT: Didn’t Take
SAT II (if submitted): 770 Math II, 770 U.S. History, 730 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
AP (Couldn’t take until Junior): AP English Language (5), AP U.S. History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, Honors Spanish IV</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (Weak >_>): Model UN (Youth Sec), MS Walk, JSA, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Golf Team, Swim Team
Job/Work Experience: Supermarket Cashier
Volunteer/Community service: ~75 Hours at an afterschool program for Hispanic children, Math Tutor
Essays: Common App Essay was on my passion for Sabermetrics
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t Read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t Read
Additional Rec (My 2nd Teacher?): Didn’t Read</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I highly doubt that I’m getting any.
Intended Major: Actuarial Science
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Fairly Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>I’m really concerned that my mediocre ECs are going to kill me for Stern. ._.</p>

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<p>Heh, well, getting in is one thing. Getting the money to go, on the other hand…</p>

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<p>School Applied To: College of Arts and Science</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1920 (CW 580, M 720, W 620)
ACT:30
SAT II (if submitted):NONE
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7
AP (place score in parenthesis):Lang/Comp (4), Stats (4)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Art History, AP Literature, AP Physics, AP Gov/Econ HP</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):don’t feel like listing everything; Average
Job/Work Experience:Subway crew member
Volunteer/Community service: >150 hours total
Essays: Started on them late, so not as good as they could have been ;
Teacher Recommendation:Didnt read
Counselor Rec:Didnt read
Additional Rec:Didnt read</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major:Sociology
State (if domestic applicant):CA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: Asian, Korean
Gender: Female</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Stern</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (CR:730 MA:770 WR:730)
ACT:N/A
SAT II (if submitted): MA Lvl2:760 Chemistry:770 BiologyE: 740<br>
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (A-level)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Microecons(4) Macroecons(4) Chemistry(5)
Senior Year Course Load: A-level Maths, Chem, Econs, Biology</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): committee member of my club.
Job/Work Experience: Internship at hotel for one month
Volunteer/Community service: too many to list here
Essays: average I think
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Rec: Good</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biz
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
School Type: Top 3 high school in the nation
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male</p>

<p>I just pray. I just hope I can get in NYU. Please admit me.I really want to go NYU.</p>

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<p>This is why I’m so nervous about NYU! SOOOOOOO many good students applying!</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Global Liberal Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (composite + one sitting), 800 R, 760 M, 700 W
ACT: 32
SAT II (if submitted): 800 U.S. History, 730 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.34 W (school doesn’t report UW), 4.00 over four semesters @ Western Michigan U
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit/Comp (5), Lang/Comp (5), U.S. History (5), European History (5), Computer Science (3 - I’m rubbish with Java), Physics B (lawlz!)
Senior Year Course Load: So, I go to three schools.
Normal public school: AP Gov
Math & science magnet school: AP Stats, AP Calc AB, Honors Geology/Honors Astronomy
Western Michigan University: Arabic 1000/1010, History and Cinema (HIST 3015), Writing Creative Non-fiction (ENGL 3700)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (executive board 11,12), NHS (Secretary), Computer Science team, Math League, Community Literary Awards judge (5-11), research paper grader for a prof. at WMU (9-12), hilarious last-minute Model UN adventure a couple of weeks ago
Job/Work Experience: Internship with local progressive non-profit. I’m a lobbyist for underrepresented voters, yo. Also, I’m a janitor. Woo, toilets.
Volunteer/Community service: I spent three months as a volunteer field staffer and canvass organizer for a campaign to pass a local queer rights ordinance. I trained volunteers, lead phone banks/canvasses, recruited volunteers, and was a poll captain on election day. Last year, I helped my partner organize a local Walk for Choice in solidarity with Planned Parenthood and women’s rights groups around the country.
Essays: Pretty solid. Wrote about visiting a concentration camp and having all of the feelings.
Teacher Recommendation: One from my physics teacher, who’s become a pretty great friend, the other from the English professor I grade for. She’s been a great mentor to me and helped me get four of my poems published.
Counselor Rec: Surprisingly personal.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yepz.
Intended Major: English/History if not admitted to GLS, not sure which GLS concentration I’d pick if I went to NYU. I’d like to continue studying Arabic and French.
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
School Type: urban public (1500 students), competitive magnet (60-some in my graduating class, had to take an exam/apply for admission and maintain a certain GPA), state university
Ethnicity: white
Gender: is a construct. but ‘female’ on the forms.</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Stern School of Business</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 750 M 730 W (2220 one sitting)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): 760 Lit, 700 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4) Calc BC (5) Calc AB Subscore (5) Human Geography (5) Psychology (5) English Language (5) Biology (4) World History (4) US History (3) Chemistry (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics C: E&M, AP Gov</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV/V Football, JV/V Baseball, V Wrestling, V Powerlifting, Orchestra (4 years in the top one)
Job/Work Experience: seasonal employment in the summer at a camp for special needs children
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: I’m honestly unsure…probably good or better.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business and Political Economy
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: 4A Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

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<p>School Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (CR 720, M 610, W 720)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II : Lit 740, US 620
Average (on a 100 point scale) 95.60
AP: Lang (4) US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP AB Calculus, AP Italian, AP Environmental Science, AP Literature, Economics independent study course (only one semester) </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Poetry Club, reporter for school paper for 2 years, National Honor Society, tutor within school.
Job/Work Experience: pfffft
Volunteer/Community service: 300~ hours at my local library, plus a few one-off events I did with NHS
Essays: I’m pretty proud of my common app essay as well as my supplements.
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Rec: Would that be from the second teacher? Because I didn’t read that either</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
Intended Major: English + Anthropology
State: NY
School Type: Large, public, diverse
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern (so I guess white?)
Gender (shouldn’t this be sex?): Female</p>

<p>I’m so anxious and so tired of waiting.</p>

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<p>School Applied To: Tisch</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1790 (550 Writing, 620 Math, 620 Lit)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP GOV, AP CALC, AP LIT, AP US HIS, AP WORLD HIS
Senior Year Course Load: Adv PE, Geospatial Science, Physics, Spanish 5H,
AP GOV, AP LIT, AP CALC</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football 2 time state champ, and more
Job/Work Experience: Art Gallery
Volunteer/Community service: 50+ Hrs
Essays: I think they were good if it counts for anything
Teacher Recommendation: Cant read it
Counselor Rec: Cant Read it
Additional Rec: Cant Read it</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Film and Television
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: Top 10 in VA
Ethnicity: Afghan
Gender: Male</p>

<p>I’m iffy if I’ll get in but its worth a shot. Some teacher I talked to there
was impressed.</p>

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<p>2220, 2230, and 2240 for Stern. This isn’t all too encouraging… xD</p>

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<p>School Applied To: CAS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 Writing, 760 CR, 740 Math)
ACT: 33
SAT II (if submitted): Nope.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.6
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send scores, but these are the courses: AP World History, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Art History, AP French Language, AP US History, AP Biology.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Government and Politics, AP European History, AP Psychology, AP Literature and Composition, Honors Civil War/American West, Honors French Literature, Accounting I (single semester). </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Standard stuff. 3 years debate, 2 years NHS, 2 years French Honor Society, French club, 200 volunteer hours, AP Scholar W/ Honors, National Merit Commended, Honor Roll, Top 10 placement on National French Exam 3 years in a row, ice skating, flute.
Job/Work Experience: Worked a year and a half (secretary-esque stuff) to pay for a leadership conference in D.C. and a homestay to Paris.
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours. (Teen Court attorney, tutoring)
Essays: Kind of risque. Either total hits or total misses.
Teacher Recommendation: IDK
Counselor Rec: IDK
Additional Rec: Nope.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: I said I would, but didn’t after I found out I got into my first choice school.
Intended Major: Pre-law (poli-sci, English maybe)
State (if domestic applicant): NC
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender:</p>

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<p>School Applied To: CAS, but I was emailed about switching my application to Gallatin in mid-February and did just that!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130; 720W 660M 750R
ACT: 31
SAT II (if submitted): Not submitted (they were heinous!)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (5.2 weighted, 3.89 in college)
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A, my school only has dual credit. Completed my AS Degree in December, 6 months before receiving my high school diploma.*
Senior Year Course Load: 1st Sem: Dual Credit British Literature, DC Economics, DC State & Local Government, DC Statistics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Capstone Engineering; Student Aide in Intro to Engineering and Design/World Geography
2nd Sem: DC Brit Lit, DC Trigonometry, Digital Imaging Mechanics,*Civil Engineering and Architecture, Capstone Engineering; Student Aide in Intro to Engineering and Design/World Geography/Private Montessori Academy Individual Tutor</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President for 2 years, grade rep for 2), Model UN (Outstanding Delegate & Resolution, Middle School Liaison), Youth Legislature (Outstanding Spokesperson & Bill), Philosopher’s Club, Ballroom Dance, Technology Student Association (Secretary, multiple leadership awards, State competitor), FBLA (State Placement), Interact, NHS, Phi Theta Kappa, Prom Committee (Chair), PTO (Student Advisor), Project Graduation (Student Coordinator), Concert Choir (Performed at the Biltmore), Student Ambassador, Lots more that I don’t remember.*
Job/Work Experience: Photographer! This was not on my app though.*
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer as a reading and writing tutor for with kids with mild disabilities, many many hours from the extracurriculars
Essays: I loved them! My friend said I could write recruitment letters for NYU. One very quirky one about quantum physics and time travel. My personal statement for Gallatin was four pages long and plotted in depth my planned career in International Relations and Architecture (Building refugee camps that are sustainable and efficient, to put it at the most base level.)
Teacher Recommendation: From my Engineering/Architecture teacher. Pretty generic.*
Counselor Rec: Extremely kind. Painted me as perfect.*
Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Self-Designed IR and Arch Studies
State (if domestic applicant): Texas, y’all
School Type: Public Charter TSTEM and Early College Academy
Ethnicity: White, Vietnamese
Gender: Female</p>