After family hardships, education suffered, do I still have a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a smart girl, but I've had some TOUGH times throughout all of high school.
A younger sibling of mine has been battling cancer for the past four years. Because of this, I never could manage volunteering, excelling in a sport, ect. ect. because most of my time was spent trying to stay sane..</p>

<p>I did poorly in grade 10 and 11, and only had an average of about 80%. I was planning to really pick it up and apply myself completely to AP classes in my senior year, but then we found out we had to move to Tennessee because my sibling needed a more advanced hospital.</p>

<p>So, now a senior in high school, I had accepted that my dreams of getting into NYU were probably dead because when we moved I had to drop my AP classes. If all the tragedy didn't come upon us, I feel like I really could have managed better marks in my junior and sophmore years, plus had more activities. </p>

<p>But are my dreams completely dead? If I achieve above 90% marks on my remaining senior level courses, get high SATS (and other test scores), begin volunteering at the hospital we are at, and maybe use my story in future interviews, could I still have a decent shot at acceptance?</p>

<p>In a sum, I am asking, with poor marks in grade 10 and 11, and non AP classes, could I still be accepted into NYU if I do great on everything else? Also, because I am Canadian, will being an international student have any effect on my acceptance? Also, I want to get into a science program.</p>

<p>THANK YOU :) <3</p>

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<p>Hello fellow canadian!</p>

<p>Being a rising canadian high school senoir living in the U.S will have an effect on admissions process and has posed its challenges. Colleges like to have some international students in their schools to show diversity but it is a more competitive pool of students (i cannot lie). In terms of your grades, use your personal narrative and your interview to explain your story to NYU. They will not know why ur grades arent as stellar as they used to be unless you write a powerful essay explaining it :slight_smile: Do take the SAT a couple of times and try the ACT too.</p>