<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Due to personal & family reasons, my freshman year was not a very pretty year. I had a 1.6 GPA that year. However in my sophomore and junior year, I have significantly improved my grades and brought it towards a decent 3.7/3.8 average. This is all unweighted. I have took various honors courses in all fields as well as took AP's senior year.</p>
<p>Overall my ending GPA will be in the low-mid 3's. Will my upwards trend be enough to get into NYU or maybe even Columbia considering that I have some killer extra-curriculars.</p>
<p>It is also very important to mention that I have a perfect SAT and ACT score taking these exams on the FIRST try. I have studied very hard over the summers and gone over my schoolwork. </p>
<p>Some extra curricular activities I have are:
Computer Building (I build and sell computers for the school and I am the President of the Computer Engineering Club. All proceeds go to the Red Cross Foundation.)</p>
<p>Music (I sing, play guitar, bass, synthesizer, and tour around the towns nearby for gigs. I've won awards in talent shows and placed in competitions. I also do live and professional recording as a hobby.)</p>
<p>I have a lot of work experience considering the fact that I buy and sell actively in the stock market under my father's name. I have also worked since I was 6 at my family's restaurants and today I manage all three of them. (Hiring, firing, finance, taxes, inventory, design & decor, service, etc.) </p>
<p>I've played 3 years of tennis (played in a private team), 3 years off soccer (one year on the school varsity team, rest on private teams for my township), as well as ran track for a year (in school).</p>
<p>I hope this is sufficient information to enable readers to grant me some valuable information on what is the best thing I could do. Thank you for taking the time out of your day just to read my post. :)</p>