So I don’t want to complain since I’ve gotten many interviews at great schools like Hopkins penn and Columbia, but today I was placed on hold at nyu and honestly I’m a little shocked. Like of all the schools I applied to I thought i had the highest chance at nyu since I was under the impression that they were a stats school. At the same time I wasn’t expecting much from the other schools since they focused less on stats. I guess I’m confused because the nyu secondary didn’t even ask for anything, so I just don’t understand what they could reject me for. I have strong research, multiple pubs, community service, etc and I think my application is strong otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten my other interviews. Is this process completely random? Did the person reading my app just not happen to like me for whatever reason? This is also my first bad news this cycle so perhaps I’m still in denial.