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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS accepted to both. No SAT - 30 ACT with 3.6 UW GPA. [/quote]

Was this early decision admit, pp? Curious because I have a ds who wants to attend NYU with 1390 sat and 3.7 uw gpa but can’t do early decision.[/quote]

Yes - ED to NYU (Tisch). Unfortunately had to decline due to finances - their package was all loans. Things worked out as he is happy where he landed. Good luck to you and your son.[/quote]

URM?[/quote]

No.[/quote]

NP: Tisch is for the performing and media arts. URM or not, if they want you for your talents, they want you.[/quote]

NYU is looking for full-students.  If you are a full pay, they want you.

Oberlin is for artistic/musical students who are also academically talented.  They want you for your talent. Oberlin is more willing to invest in their students. [/quote]
PP last year Oberlin could not fill its class.  Many full pay DC kids were shocked to get rejected by NYU.  Its fine to say all this based in 5 year old information but make sure that your kid does not end up in the shocked and disappointed by relying on dated information.  This area has a ton of full pay kids with A averages from public and private who apply.  Its not so easy to be in the 19%.
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+ 1.  Not sure about the  "Oberline could not fill its class" part but agree on the "This area has a ton of full pay kids with A averages".  Most middle class Asians with dual income, programmer-type parents are willing to pay full price if necessary to send their kids to top schools.  Most of those kids have an A/A- average.  So it's not just the rich that have money to pay for school.[/quote]

NYU is NOT a top school.  It's just an overpriced mediocre private, equal to good state universities.[/quote]

In your unhumble opinion!! How old are you 50??  Is your opinion based on recent data or simply your belief? What data? Acceptance rates, graduate school placement, noble prize winning professors, graduate job placement, famous professors, billionaire alum, wall street job placement, med schools, International reputation, law schools, internships for students, other graduate schools???? Well by any of those metrics its a top school and dusts any state school any day.  PP please tell me what the basis of that statement is other than ignorance![/quote]

PP here.  Not based on academic studies poring over mostly meaningless data.  It's based on lived experience of navigating through the college application process of my child.  An only child.  Had I had more than 1, you'd have to take me out to the backyard and shoot me at the thought of going through another college application process.

Based on my personal experience, students I know who got in also got into mid-level UCalifornia school system - but rejected by top CA college systems, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Cal State SLO.  Cal State SLO is considered a top tier among second rate public college system in CA.

It's a sample size of one HS, I admit.  Nevertheless, it's based on my lived experience - and not based on meaningless ranking games you are referring to.  (You shouldn't look down on mid-level UC school system.  By any measure including nobel prize winners, mid-level CA universities can compete with NYU.)[/quote]

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