Bad Subject Test and nothing else special...Do I stand a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>User Name: ikatfabric
Gender: F
Location: Pennsylvania
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.77
GPA - Weighted: school does not calculate
Class Rank: school goes by decile...I'm in the first decile.
Class Size: 602</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 1950
SAT I Math: 630
SAT I Critical Reading: 650
SAT I Writing: 670 (10 on the essay)
I'm taking it again in October.</p>

<p>SAT II's - I took the German one and got a 570. >< Meh. I'm taking at least two more in November.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
-National Honor Society
-won second place at the German Fallfest Competition at Millersville University
-scored in the 85 percentile on the AATG German exam
-vocal ensemble club during ninth grade
-Quizbowl during tenth grade
-working as a cashier at a supermarket for almost a year</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Treasurer of Student Historians club at my school</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
-worked with special needs kids and helped them do crafts/helped organize activities for them to do (during school for the past two years)
-"Walking Tour"...about to be a tour guide for the elementary school kids for the second year in a row. I take them to different historically significant landmarks in our town and explain why they're important.
-Civil War Reenacting in Gettysburg for the past four years</p>

<p>Courses: Freshman through Junior year</p>

<p>Math - Honors Algebra II, Regular Level Geometry, Regular Level Precalculus, AP Statistics</p>

<p>Science - General Science, Biology, Chemistry, Regular Level for all</p>

<p>English - Honors English grades 9-11</p>

<p>Cultures - Honors Cultures grades 9-11</p>

<p>Foreign Language - Four years of German</p>

<p>Senior year schedule - Regular Level Calculus, AP Biology, Advanced Regular Level Physics, AP Humanities English, AP US History, AP Economics, AP German</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>NYU (CAS) - my dreamschool :-/<br>
George Washington University
University of Maryland: College Park
Gettysburg College
University of Delaware</p>

<p>So...reaches, matches? I've got some safeties that pretty much accept about 60% of my school's graduating class every year, so I think I'm good with them. Any other suggestions? Thanks.</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>gwu is a big reach for u</p>

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<p>Any particular reason? I didn't think my stats were THAT bad for it...</p>

<p>What about the others?</p>

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<p>Bump??????</p>

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<p>gwu you need an sat of 2000 min. your stats are good. I advise you to take the sat again and make sure you study. preferably baron's beacause it is hard.
The rest of the colleges i will guarentee that you are in.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the explanation. I'm definitely going to study for the October SAT. You're saying I'm definitely in for NYU???</p>

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<p>No, I don't think you're definitely in at NYU, but you stand a decent shot. As for George Washington, I have no idea what FixedAxle is talking about, I've heard of kids with 1800's and 3.6's getting accepted, according to the Princeton Review, their combined SAT score range is 1800-2060, so I think you stand a great shot.</p>

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<p>Allrighty, thanks!</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot I'm also looking at University of Rochester. How're my chances for that? And what about UMD? I think I'm good for Delaware...</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump!</p>

<p>Also, can anyone else tell me their input on NYU? I always hear different things about it.</p>

<p>I hear, "Oh, you're fine," which I don't believe.<br>
And then there's, "You've got a good shot," which would rock!...but I still don't believe it.
And then, "You've got a decent shot," which is better than no shot at all, and I might believe this one.
And finally, "It's a slight reach." and "It's a high reach." I'd expect both of those. So which is it???!</p>

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<p>Ikat, since you have safeties in place, you are solid. Your reaches are not out of reach. You have a decent shot at NYU. It's what a reach should be for you. I know a young lady who got into GW last year with stats similar to yours, nothing in her app was outstanding to overcome anything, so you do have a good shot there, in my opinion. Since you are not local to NYU, you would have a slight edge that way. I think you have a good list of schools.</p>

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<p>Woohoo for decent shot!! What could I still improve on for NYU? Obviously the Subject Tests need to go up. How much would anyone say they count for, anyhow? I just don't think I'm good at them. And if I got my SAT into...say the 2000's, or even to a 2100, would I stand a better shot? Plus, I haven't checked yet, but I think my GPA might have been upped to a 3.8 after this year. That's got to sound better than a 3.77.</p>

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<p>Good luck. You'll certainly need it.</p>

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<p>That's helpful...</p>