Average Student: Chance Me For Vassar And NYU

Applying to College
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<p>Female</p>

<p>ACT/ SAT: 30 ACT/ 1900 SAT(650 M 600 CR 650 W)</p>

<p>SAT II: 760 U.S. History 620 Biology(took it as a freshman) and taking Math Levels I and II in December</p>

<p>Nationality: Egyptian(URM?) Dual Citizenship</p>

<p>State: New York</p>

<p>My major(s): Mathematics and want to take Pre-Med requirements</p>

<p>GPA: 97.16 </p>

<p>Rank 17/399 (Top 5%)</p>

<p>AP Classes Taken: </p>

<p>U.S. History- 5
(Note- Because of block scheduling, our school doeesn't offer many AP classes and makes it close to impossible to take more than 1 or 2 until Senior Year, although I am not really sure if colleges will know about this)</p>

<p>Took (close to) the hardest schedule offered at my high school.</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:</p>

<p>Suny Albany Spanish 5
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics
SUPA Public Affairs
Gym :P
Supa Forensic Science</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Math Team(Since 10th Grade)
-National Honor Society
-Science Honor Society
-Math Honor Society
-Elderly Care
-Go to a separate school to learn Arabic and Arabian History
-Cashier, (but quit 2 months ago to focus on studies)</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>-Mathematics and English Award for Minorities
-Advanced Regents Diploma(Scored a 90+ on 8 state exams for each subject)
-High Honor Roll</p>

<p>Recomendations will be descent, but not expecting anything spectacular.</p>

<p>Essay will be on how elderly care has impacted me and made me a better person. By doing so, I am embellishing more on an extracurricular activty.</p>

<p>Do I have a chance for Vassar or New York Univeristy?</p>

<p>Are Egyptians a URM even though I listed white on the Common App and specified I was an Egyptian?</p>

<p>Is there any possibility that I can get the Martin Luther King Scholarship for minorities from New York University based on my stats?</p>

<p>Thanks Guys!</p>

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<p>I’ll leave it to others more knowedgable about Vassar’s and NYU’s policies regarding URMs to answer, but I am not familiar with too many schools that view US citizens of Middle Eastern or Egyptian descent as underrepresented minorities (not that I necessarily agree with that perception).</p>

<p>I think one of your biggest challenges at both schools, but particularly at Vassar, are your standardized test scores. You should use your ACT score, which is the equivalent of a 2000 on the SAT according to the concordance charts. Based on the fact that you are taking SUNY Spanish V I am guessing you live north of the NYC metro area. The good news for you at Vassar is that your application will be put in a pile of apps from Upstate NY students and will not be read by the same admissions officer responsible for reading apps from the high-powered NYC, Westchester and LI schools.</p>

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<p>“The good news for you at Vassar is that your application will be put in a pile of apps from Upstate NY students and will not be read by the same admissions officer responsible for reading apps from the high-powered NYC, Westchester and LI schools.”</p>

<p>So will that up my chances of getting into the school? How so?</p>