NYU Caliber Application

[Walter Raleigh]

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What constitutes a "NYU caliber application"? I have heard that NYU is even more competitive - by a significant margin - than Harvard or Stanford.

 

[SleazySalesMed]

Top .1% of applicants nationally, man. The LizzyM I saw accepted on their thread was an 81 wars 100, and I have seen a person say they were waitlisted pre-acceptance with a 3.98 and 522. If you don't have a 3.95 and 520 or an exceptional story to fall into their bottom 10% then you're probably just handing them money. The updated MSAR report coming is going to be interesting.

EDIT: I'm actually incredibly interested to talk to the people that fall into their bottom 10%, What kind of story is required to impress a school that is clearly concerned with their numbers? How much are they willing to budge from their average statistics to accept that person? What were their ECs? Did the LORs they have make a significant impact or were they so impressed with the rest of their application? What was so impressive about their interview? (Not that it really matters, but for my curiosity) were they moved off of the waitlist later down the line or accepted "early" on?

With an expected class size of 100ish students, that group of 10 students that "deviate" from their norm are the real MVPs.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Someone with a life story like this:

Patricia Tillman was born into grinding poverty in the hills of West Virginia. Her mother never knew who Patricia's father was, and at the age of three, her mother's meth addiction was too much for her, and she bounced from foster home to foster home. When she was 12, a track coach reached out to her, and she quickly became a star; although she only attended that high school for six months, the experience was enough for her to nurture a deep and abiding love for track. This eventually gave her a path out of her chaotic and often-painful existence, as coaches from several large universities offered her scholarships. She accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of West Virginia. Her first year as a mathematics major was rocky, and she struggled to earn a 2.3 GPA. She turned it around, though, earning a 3.7 GPA sophomore year and a 4.0 junior and senior year. She also participated in the Putnam mathematics competition, placing in the top five her junior and senior years - as well as finding time for mathematics research. She was offered a sponsorship as a professional runner and a spot in Harvard's math PhD program, but turned both down to join the Army, becoming the first woman to serve as an Army Ranger officer. Tragically, she lost a leg to an IED - and gained a desire to study medicine, taking a postbacc, volunteering in a hospice, and founding a national nonprofit for wounded female veterans. She then took the MCAT, earning a 526.

Summary:

Girl from foster care joins Rangers, earns 526 MCAT, founds national nonprofit after losing leg in Iraq. 3.61 GPA, 526 MCAT.

 

[Skeletorr]

Someone with a life story like this:

Patricia Tillman was born into grinding poverty in the hills of West Virginia. Her mother never knew who Patricia's father was, and at the age of three, her mother's meth addiction was too much for her, and she bounced from foster home to foster home. When she was 12, a track coach reached out to her, and she quickly became a star; although she only attended that high school for six months, the experience was enough for her to nurture a deep and abiding love for track. This eventually gave her a path out of her chaotic and often-painful existence, as coaches from several large universities offered her scholarships. She accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of West Virginia. Her first year as a mathematics major was rocky, and she struggled to earn a 2.3 GPA. She turned it around, though, earning a 3.7 GPA sophomore year and a 4.0 junior and senior year. She also participated in the Putnam mathematics competition, placing in the top five her junior and senior years - as well as finding time for mathematics research. She was offered a sponsorship as a professional runner and a spot in Harvard's math PhD program, but turned both down to join the Army, becoming the first woman to serve as an Army Ranger officer. Tragically, she lost a leg to an IED - and gained a desire to study medicine, taking a postbacc, volunteering in a hospice, and founding a national nonprofit for wounded female veterans. She then took the MCAT, earning a 526.

Summary:

Girl from foster care joins Rangers, earns 526 MCAT, founds national nonprofit after losing leg in Iraq. 3.61 GPA, 526 MCAT.

She’s deserving of the free tuition for sure

 

[MacBee]

Someone with a life story like this:

Patricia Tillman was born into grinding poverty in the hills of West Virginia. Her mother never knew who Patricia's father was, and at the age of three, her mother's meth addiction was too much for her, and she bounced from foster home to foster home. When she was 12, a track coach reached out to her, and she quickly became a star; although she only attended that high school for six months, the experience was enough for her to nurture a deep and abiding love for track. This eventually gave her a path out of her chaotic and often-painful existence, as coaches from several large universities offered her scholarships. She accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of West Virginia. Her first year as a mathematics major was rocky, and she struggled to earn a 2.3 GPA. She turned it around, though, earning a 3.7 GPA sophomore year and a 4.0 junior and senior year. She also participated in the Putnam mathematics competition, placing in the top five her junior and senior years - as well as finding time for mathematics research. She was offered a sponsorship as a professional runner and a spot in Harvard's math PhD program, but turned both down to join the Army, becoming the first woman to serve as an Army Ranger officer. Tragically, she lost a leg to an IED - and gained a desire to study medicine, taking a postbacc, volunteering in a hospice, and founding a national nonprofit for wounded female veterans. She then took the MCAT, earning a 526.

Summary:

Girl from foster care joins Rangers, earns 526 MCAT, founds national nonprofit after losing leg in Iraq. 3.61 GPA, 526 MCAT.

???
Is this a real person, or did you just really describe a super detailed hypothetical applicant, so someone here could tell you whether said hypothetical person could hypothetically get accepted to specifically NYU?

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Hypothetical applicant - don't know anyone like this, never heard of someone like this.