New York University

“I was very involved inJul 21 2008Journalism
I was very involved in extracurriculars. I had straight A's and high SAT scores.
SAT: 1410 Female

“I was valedictorian, participated in many EC such asApr 26 2008Undecided
I was valedictorian, participated in many EC such as plays, 3 years of biology research, history club. took AP's and aced them. My SAT was questionable but my class rank helped me out. Also, I am a NYC resident and NYU wants more new yorkers to go to NYU ( even made the application free for us).

Make sure you are not pretending to be who you are not... granted, sometimes it works but most of the time you wont be able to fit in a College to which you were accepted because the Admission committee didnt see the real you. Remember: college admission is a matching process not a competition and you will most likely enjoy where you end up...if you are sincere in your application. There is no perfect application and the more you perfect it the less likely you will enjoy the 4 years of college ahead of you.

feel free to Email me regarding college admissions in general of NYU-related questions and I will try to answer them.

good luck
SAT: 2030 Male

“Volunteer workNov 14 2005Finance
Volunteer work
Captain of 2 Varsity teams
Vp of National Honor Society
Named best female in NYC public schools in my sport
outside of school extracurriculars include: dance classes (avg of 4 hrs a week) and piano and tennis lessons every weekend.
-- make sure that all of your acitivites are continuous and not just sparatic, changing each semester. I have held my outside of school activites for the past 10 yrs. Schools want to see Dedication.
SAT: 1360 Female

“Volunteer workNov 14 2005Finance
Volunteer work
Captain of 2 Varsity teams
Vp of National Honor Society
Named best female in NYC public schools in my sport
outside of school extracurriculars include: dance classes (avg of 4 hrs a week) and piano and tennis lessons every weekend.
SAT: 1360 Female

“Lots ofAug 26 2005Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc
Lots of extracurriculars, leadership positions. High class rank. (for us non-minority students...) I personally know about NYU going after minority students who don't even care about the school/academics and offering amazing financial aid- because of ethnic last names even - which really pisses me off since there are those of us who work their asses off and have tons of qualifications and who are dying to go to NYU and get next to nothing because we are plain old white kids. NYU bureaucracy sucks.
ACT: 32 SAT: 1420 Female