Click here to go to the NEW College Discussion Forum

SAT I 1310 (720V -590M) retaking...
SAT II - 680 bio (ouch...)
770 Math IIC
800 Chinese

GPA- 3.744 UW (from 9-12th grade: 11 honors classes, 4 AP (calc BC, stat, government, physics B classes)

Public School @ Long Island

Took marching band for two years,

EC:

Peer Drug Educators- 11-12
NHS - 11-12 (some people said that they've had it all four years, how? i thought that this is an exclusive for upperclassman)
International Ambassdor's Club - 9-12(officier this year)
Art Club 11-12(officier this year)
Math Team- 10-12

Sports:
Winter Track 9-11(thus far): 3 varsity letters
Spring Track 9-11(thus far): 2 varsity, 1 jv
Cross Country 11-12: 1 jv, most improved player award.

Excellent rec from social studies teacher
Deciding between Math or Chem for the second (both would write me something decent)

Community Service- 172 hours

asian-american- citizen, but lived in taiwan til 5th grade. didn't offically take english/social classes til 7th grade. couldn't take honors science til 9th grade. Math H was the only thing offered to me in middle school (they'd figure that 80% of the test are #s, that i'll at least pass)

Have horrible writing skills (i was struggling when i took english in 7th and 8th, barely understood what they said) , never had official training in grammar. luckily i can always check my grammar w/ my english teacher...

interests: engineering, med, or stat

Schools Considering for ED
NYU (reach): strong in med..., close to home
johns hopkins (superreach): ideal because it is strong in both engineering and med...
Cornell (superreach): strong in both areas too, but i was kind of put off when i found that Cornell is a big party school
tufts (reach): strong engineering program.

some comments? perhaps other school that i should look into? Any shot at my other reaches? (for EA or regular) matches? be as honest as you can, i can take a harsh hit of reality. I need to know where i stand, thanks.

By Jwblue (Jwblue) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 04:33 pm: Edit

Its always worth a shot to apply. Your stats do seem strong, but are nothing spectacular for NYU. The fact that you are from the Northeast and Asian isn't going to help you either. You might want to turn the living in Taiwan thing (you having an int'l background) into a possible diversity hook.
You should, without a doubt apply to NYU early decision to maximize your chances. All in all, I would say you are in the running.

Good luck!

-NYU class of '00