Average GPA, Great SATs, Ivy League and a Headache

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So I'm freaking out. I'm in GREAT need of financial aid, but my income bracket (90-115k) doesn't show this...so I feel like I'm aiming too high and expensive. </p>

<p>Schools I am going for, in order of importance:
1. NYU (can't decide between Stern or CAS, definitely Stern for Graduate degree)
2. Brown U
3. Columbia U
4. BU
5. University of George Washington
6. U Penn</p>

<p>Hoping to go into Business-Marketing or Advertisement </p>

<p>SATs:
Sophmore year: W: 780 M: 780 CR: 690
Junior year: W: 800 M:710 CR: 710
Superscore: 2290</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Math I: 710 Math II: 720 Lit:750</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 UW/4.2 W (trying to get it up)</p>

<p>Current grades (3rd term/year average):
AP English: A/A CP Math (Had a really bad honors teacher so I had to drop): A+/A+
Honors History: A+/A+ Honors Chem: B+/B+ (science has consistently been weak)
H Journalism: A+/A+ H Law:A+/A+ H Economics: A/A</p>

<p>ECs:
-President/Founder Hope for Haiti Club, have held 3 major events and raised $7k for Partners in Health, consistently doing small term projects
-President of Journalism Club
-Editor of school newspaper
-Russian School of Math (5 years, most advanced courses, over 200+ hours)
-Chorus for 8 years
-Soccer for 8 years
-UU Youth Group (weekly); participated in over 20 fundraisers, including New Orleans relief, Walk for Hunger; have sang in three large benefits
-YRUU: Week long leadership and spiritual (non religious) strength conference run by teens
-GSA
-3 Relay for Lifes</p>

<p>Awards:
-Silver and Gold Presidential Awards
-National Economic Summit Geography Champion
-National Economic Summit Middle-Income Country Champion
-National Merit "Commended" Scholar
-National Honors Society (have applied, likely to get in)</p>

<p>Personal:
-Bi-sexual
-Tri-lingual; Russian, French, English
-Born in Isreal, raised in Russia
-First generation immigrant</p>

<p>probably left some stuff out...but what are my chances?</p>

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<ol>
<li>NYU - CAS-Match, Stern-High Match</li>
<li>Brown U- Reach</li>
<li>Columbia U- Low Reach</li>
<li>BU- In</li>
<li>University of George Washington(George Washington University)- Match</li>
<li>U Penn- High Match/Low Reach</li>
</ol>

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<p>Thank you btotheg for being so fast…it’s a relief that NYU is a match, but again…$ ;_;</p>

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<p>The University of George Washington is not a school.</p>

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<p>haha oh jeez…I meant George Washington University (…obviously?)</p>

<p>Thanks for the correction</p>

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<p>Stern is extremely competitive though. As I’ve been told by my counselors, parents (attended Stern), grandparents (Stern, once again), and dean (…Stern, lol). I should try and shoot for the CAS school and then work my *ss off for the highest GPA I can achieve, and the apply for an internal transfer to Stern.</p>

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<p>I would place columbia and penn as reaches, not high matches or low reaches</p>

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<ol>
<li>NYU CAS- Match, Stern-Low reach</li>
<li>Brown U- low reach/reach</li>
<li>Columbia U- reach</li>
<li>BU- in</li>
<li>GWU- in/match</li>
<li>U Penn (CAS or Wharton?)- CAS- low reach, Wharton- high reach</li>
</ol>

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<p>Generally speaking, admissions officers regard students with low GPAs and high SATs and intelligent slackers.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at NYU :)</p>

<p>Help me out plz </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/924270-new-york-schools-surrounding-areas.html#post1064815480[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/924270-new-york-schools-surrounding-areas.html#post1064815480&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>*as intelligent slackers. Noticed my typo there.</p>