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Other colleges: Wash U (deferred ED II), NYU, Case Western Reserve, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Vanderbilt, University of Rochester, UCONN

middle B average (a couple Cs junior year w/no explanation, but none senior year with a few As)

9 APs by graduation (tougher than average AP student here but taking AP Calc A and not BC though)

1420 SAT (730 V 690 M)

700 Writing
690 IC
660 Bio
640 Chem
620 2C

ECs & honors - an online magazine.
AP Sholar (worst possible AP award you can get)
National Merit Semifinalist (won't be moving onto the next round unless they do something with my appeal which I seriously doubt...so this title means nothing)
Went to CTY going into 9th grade for a math class
Honor roll of course
Unified basketball in 9th grade
Volunteering at a hospital going into 10th grade
panelist during 11th grade to describe experience with prejudice and crap to 11th grade class. helped lead groups in 12th grade with same program.
school orchestra and chamber orchestra grades 9-10

interests: violin, piano, graphic design, + standard.


Chinese-American. Risky essay on conformity.

Thanks. I know my SAT is OK for NYU, but is my GPA too low? I thought NYU admissions were pretty consistent, but it's odd...last year, I saw they rejected someone from my school with a high GPA (mix of As and Bs in AP and honors classes) and a 1560 on the SAT I ED (maybe my school entered the stats in wrong)!!

By Culovv (Culovv) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 12:33 am: Edit

NYU would never reject a 3.6+/1560 that applies ED. Unless there is something really wrong with the kid (crimes, HORRIBLE sat ii's, etc.) then someone isnt telling the truth.

By Chen (Chen) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 02:27 pm: Edit

Yeah, and that kid was probably top 5% and got accepted to Dartmouth and Middlebury. I think he was applying for film studies, and maybe his work for that was really bad?

Any opinions for me though?

By Chen (Chen) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 10:25 pm: Edit

bump

By Emilyp114 (Emilyp114) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 11:31 pm: Edit

It's quite possible if that kid was applying to Tisch that he was rejected if his portfolio wasn't great. Academics is only half of the admissions decision to Tisch.

GPA and the difficulty of the courses you took are the most important things in the academic admissions decision. Which college are you interested in?

By Zachb (Zachb) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 11:59 pm: Edit

Hi chen, i am just wondering why you know you won't be a NAtional Merit- Finalist, and also what you mean by there appeals? thanks

By Chen (Chen) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 05:47 pm: Edit

Oh. Arts and Science.

I won't be because of my Cs junior year. I wrote a letter to appeal their decision, but I didn't explain why I received those Cs junior year...I just asked them to reconsider their decision and look at my first quarter senior grades. I doubt they're going to do a thing though. *sigh*

By Chen (Chen) on Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 08:58 pm: Edit

bump

By Ohreally (Ohreally) on Monday, February 09, 2004 - 01:11 am: Edit

how many Cs disqualifies you from being a finalist? (im in the same situation and i didnt know about this)

By Chen (Chen) on Monday, February 09, 2004 - 08:11 pm: Edit

I guess my chances must be hard because of those Cs :/

I know you can get 1 and still move on because I've heard of that happening, but the rest of your record really has to be pretty stellar. I'm not sure if that 1 is from a semester or year grade tho. If you're a semifinalist from last year, you're a finalist now, but if you're in the round to be considered next year, try and keep up a good record until then and don't be disappointed when they send you a rejection letter. I don't think they consider things hollistically like college but rather on a strictly grade basis.