Brown, Northwestern, NYU, Boston U...CHANCE ME KIDS :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances??</p>

<p>Class Rank: 6
Class Size: 120
Rank (%): Top 5%</p>

<p>School: Small public school, sent one student to NYU last yr. Nothing special.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: None Offered*</p>

<p>*Note: Our school does not offer AP/IB/Honors. We only are offered college credit through Dual Enrollment at Des Moines Area Community College. I have taken all but one course, which I'll take next semester, for a total of 19 credits:
Composition I, A-
Composition II, A
Psychology, A
Government/Poly Sci, A
Western Civ, A-
and I will be taking Speech, which I predict an A in</p>

<p>ACT: 30 (35 English, 34 Reading, 25 Math, 26 Science(down 3 points from last year:())</p>

<p>SAT II
Math 2: 590 (ouch)
Literature: 630 (way lower than I wanted...)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Student Government
9-Rep
10-President (class)
11-Treasurer
12-President</p>

<p>Cross Country (9-12) Varsity all four years</p>

<p>Track and Field (9-10) Varsity both years</p>

<p>Tennis (11) JV</p>

<p>Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
9/10/11 - member
12 - chapter president</p>

<p>Kids Into Not Smoking (basically JEL)
11 - member
12 - captain</p>

<p>Tiger Banner Newspaper
(write columns every other week to be published in our city newspaper)
12 - co-founder and editor-in-chief</p>

<p>Speech and Drama Club (all events have advanced to state competition)
9 - member
10 - officer - All-State Performing Honors
11 - member
12 - officer/historian</p>

<p>Academic Honors
National Honor Society (11/12)
University of Iowa Belin-Blank ACT Recognition Honors (9th Grade)
Academic Letter (5 and 6 semesters as of Dec 2007)</p>

<p>Community Service:
KINS - 1 hour per week
FCCLA - 1 hour per week
Various church secretarial, Sunday School teacher, attendance - 2 hours per week
Volunteered at 2 Blood Drives
Ran concession stands for school events
Organized all-church carnival for bible school kids and their families
Relay for Life fundraiser/team member - two years</p>

<p>Work Experience
--Box office at a movie theatre, May 2006 to Present - 12 (school year) to 20 (summer) hours per week
--Summer Childcare job, three consecutive years - 25 hours week</p>

<p>Caucasian female, no legacy</p>

<p>Schools:
NYU, my top choice
Brown University (reach)
Northwestern University (reach)
Boston University
University of Texas at Austin
DePaul University</p>

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<p>Match:</p>

<p>UTA
DU
BU</p>

<p>Reach: </p>

<p>BROWN - High
Northwestern - Moderate
NYU - moderate (depending on department really).</p>

<p>I don't really see any special interests...</p>

<p>Half of your e.c are clearly college-appealing (they know this) and the rest are pretty basic. Your class rank doesn't mean much with that kind of student populous - although your API can change that.</p>

<p>Student government participation is impressive, but everyone and their mom's has that.</p>

<p>Only negative is SAT, but it's not that bad. ACT and GPA compensate.</p>

<p>I'd suggest throwing in some more schools.</p>

<p>/HS sophomore</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks. Yeah, my school doesn't have AP/IB/Honors, or specialized clubs i.e., Spanish Club/Journalism Club/etc...how do I convey that?</p>

<p>Oh, and for NYU, I'm applying to Gallatin.</p>

<p>What other schools would you suggest?</p>

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<p>Brown is a super reach (unfortunately),</p>

<p>NW and NYU are also reaches</p>

<p>i'm not sure how a 30 ACT will hold up against the other competitive applicants that apply to Brown, NYU, and Northwestern. Also, your SAT II's should be much better (for Brown atleast). Good luck though.</p>

<p>BU and the others are definitely possible.</p>

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<p>Since when are NU and NYU in the same category?</p>

<p>SAT Ranges
NU: 1320-1500
NYU: 1310-1410</p>

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<p>Yeah I was kind of thinking NYU was more of a high match, and BU was a low match :S
That's also what Princeton Review and Cappex told me, while they place Northwestern at a high match. But I wanted your guys' opinions as well! NYU's average act is 28/29-31, while Northwestern is 29-33...oy.</p>

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<p>So if I'm applying to Gallatin (as opposed to Tisch or Stern...), will that help me?</p>