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  <h2 style="color: #5E3E99; font-weight: bold;">CASE STUDY #6 – STUDENT A</h2>
  <h3 style="margin-top: -10px; color: #444;">How a First-Gen Pre-Med Applicant Got Into NYU Gallatin Without Submitting Test Scores</h3>

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  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">📊 Quick Stats</h4>
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    <li><strong>GPA:</strong> 3.89 (unweighted)</li>
    <li><strong>Standardized Testing:</strong> SAT 1280 (practice), 1050 (official – not submitted)</li>
    <li><strong>AP Courses:</strong> AP Chem, AP Lang, APUSH, AP French, AP Calc AB, AP Comp Sci Principles (Junior Year)</li>
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  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">🎯 Goal</h4>
  <p>Get accepted into a competitive, flexible program that would support a future career in <strong>pediatric healthcare, education, and advocacy.</strong></p>

  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">🧠 Background</h4>
  <p>Student A, an Indian-American applicant from a competitive public school in Bellevue, Washington, came to us with big ambitions—think top 20 schools and BS/MD programs. But despite her strong GPA and extensive volunteer work in hospitals, she faced several roadblocks:</p>
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    <li>A C in AP Chemistry (later retaken)</li>
    <li>A test score she didn’t feel reflected her potential</li>
    <li>No clear application theme tying together her wide-ranging activities</li>
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  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">🚧 Challenges</h4>
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    <li>GPA impacted by AP Chem</li>
    <li>Test phobia—no scores submitted</li>
    <li>Overextended and unsure how to tie it all together</li>
    <li>Competitive goals (BS/MD, T20) without the profile to match</li>
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  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">💡 Our Strategy</h4>
  <p>We worked with Student A to:</p>
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    <li><strong>Reframe her narrative</strong> around compassion, resilience, and pediatric healthcare</li>
    <li>Highlight her <strong>children’s book</strong> about cancer for young patients</li>
    <li>Emphasize leadership in <strong>student government, honor societies, and healthcare clubs</strong></li>
    <li>Showcase her work with <strong>Swedish Medical Center</strong> and the <strong>Bellevue School Board</strong></li>
    <li>Target <strong>NYU Gallatin</strong> as a school that supports interdisciplinary majors in healthcare, education, and storytelling</li>
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  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">✍️ Personal Statement Focus</h4>
  <p>A story of growth: from overwhelmed student to someone who finds meaning and confidence in caring for others. Her voice was raw, real, and purpose-driven.</p>

  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">🎉 Outcome</h4>
  <p><strong>Admitted Early Decision to NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study</strong></p>
  <p>Despite early academic struggles and no submitted test scores, Student A earned admission to one of the most competitive, flexible programs in the country.</p>
  <p>She will now design her own major in <strong>pediatric health equity, narrative medicine, and science communication</strong>.</p>

  <h4 style="color: #5E3E99;">💬 What This Proves</h4>
  <p>You don’t need a perfect transcript or test scores to get into a top school. What matters is how well you articulate who you are and why you belong there.</p>

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