can i get in???

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>the schools i'm applying to next year are lehigh, northeastern, rutgers, and indiana bloomington
i want to major in business, probably accounting
and maybe a minor in chinese
i'm pretty sure i'll get into the last three...
but are my chances of getting into lehigh good?</p>

<p>Location: New Jersey
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.95
GPA - Weighted: 3.95
Class Rank: top 25%
Class Size: 240</p>

<p>the naviance program at my school shows that my gpa and sat are higher than than the average for all the kids from my school who got accepted into the schools i'm applying to, but i feel like my extracurriculars aren't good enough</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 680
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 690</p>

<p>i'm taking my sat II's in world history and math iic in june, should i take chinese in november?
took my sats in march, i know they're really, really bad, definitely retaking sats in october
might retake acts, depends on what my scores are, took them in april</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Yearbook
Skills USA
Make-A-Wish
Tutoring
Leadership positions: Skills USA- Treasurer
Yearbook- Business Manager
Volunteer/Service Work: Skills USA volunteer work
help out in a local real estate office
tutoring
Honors and Awards: Honor Roll (all A's)since sophomore year
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Northeastern University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Lehigh University, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Indiana University - Bloomington, Choice #: 3, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Rutgers, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Importance of cost: Very important</p>

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<p>you have a very good shot at Lehigh, you shouldnt bother applying to Northeastern. However it seems strange that your gpa is so high (3.95) but your only in the top 25% of your class. Is your school that easy or is your class just particularyly strong?</p>

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<p>thanks a lot!
and answer to your question...
my school's a public magnet school
there's 7 different programs to choose from- biz, science, engineering, med, telecom, visual/performing arts, culinary/hotel management</p>

<p>my gpa's high cause i'm in the hotel program which means i only have to take all honors classes as opposed to ib or ap classes for kids in some other programs, and all the classes are weighted the same, so there's no extra gpa boost for ap or ib classes</p>

<p>plus, every program has diff core classes, my core classes (hospitality/ culinary) are a lot easier than those for a science kid (4 sciences every year, aps in jr or sr year) or a business kid (all IB classes)</p>

<p>also, i took a lot of electives which boosted my gpa up</p>

<p>but another question, is there any definite way i can get rejected from NYU
my parents want me to apply, but i don't want to go the NYU :(
my chances for rejection are pretty high since i'm applying to stern, but any surefire way? thanks :)</p>

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<p>visit lehigh .. if you don't you might not get in .. in everywhere else</p>

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<p>does me being chinese lower my chances of getting into lehigh?
i'm worried affirmative action might work against me...</p>

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<p>i don't think it hurts your chances at all</p>

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<p>thamks so much</p>

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<p>you're getting into rutgers. lol. honors, probably.</p>

<p>lehigh is weird, so put time into your app. I've seen people getting into cornell engineering who got rejected by lehigh.</p>