<p>I have always had mostly A's, until this year. At the end of last year (my sophmore year) I moved from my private school from the north, to a southern public school. The day we bought our house my Grandmother died. In my public school teacher's just care about their money and not about their students welfare. At my old school if you were between 2 grades the teachers would help you bring it up, in my public school they simply don't care. So I went from very happy teenage girl with mostly A's in all advanced classes. I was even taking 2 math classes which were both gifted. However, when I moved they told me I couldn't be in any gifted classes. In some of my new classes their were kids with special needs and learning disabilities (which could be distracting) and so the class would go very slow. I spent my junior year reading books. My grades plummeted, going from mostly A's, to 1 A 1 C (my first ever!) and other b's. My second semester looks like i could have 3 A's 1 B and 2 C's. I am a very gifted student, I just stopped caring. I gained 25 pounds and became very deppressed, often crying myself to sleep. WITH NO REASON! I am better now, back to my old self (just got better a week ago), but this year was wasted and I still would like to know if it is possible that I make it to NYU. Before this year I had a 3.8 then I moved here 3.7, last semester 3.5 and with my new report card 3.39 (total GPA), I was finaly alloud to sign up for AP's and got into both that I wanted. I am going to get all A's next year. I finally figured out how to not be so depressed. But is their a way I can make it to NYU? By the way, I have millions of extra curriculars for example, pals(hangout with kids with special needs), key club, NHS, speech and debate, drama, thespian society, track and field, cross country, world culture club, the musical, ex libris, FCA/FCS, my church group, junior civitan club, student government, executive board, cheerleading (competition and basketball cheering), peer mentoring, peer tutoring, worked with kids with Autism (before I moved), choir, spirit club and I think that is pretty much it. I am extremely charming and I am motivated. I havent taken the SAT or ACT yet, but I feel that I can do very well on them. Please give me your input!
p.s. Early Admission?</p>
<p>Really all you have to do is explain your situation to NYU. Applying EA will increase your chances slightly, so go for that. If possible, have a teacher from your old school write a rec explaining how great of a student you are. Also, get your counselor to explain this.</p>
<p>You can actually use the depression to your advantage as a GREAT essay topic. Just make sure you make it sound like it made you a better person instead of trying to get sympathy from the adcoms. </p>
<p>Actually, having “a million” ECs can hurt…find 3-4 MAX that you’re committed to and hold a leadership position. Colleges would much rather see this than being a member of every club at your school.</p>
<p>SATs and ACTs are really important, so giving you an accurate chance will be almost impossible without those. Try and get a 2000+ and 30+ at the LEAST in order to stand a fighting chance due to your GPA. Although it’s lower than the majority of NYU applicants, the fact that you can explain it due to something other than laziness will help a little bit. Knock the SATs and ACTs out of the park and you’ll be alright.</p>
<p>Also, NYU is terrible about financial aid. If your parents are willing to front that kind of money, then go for it. If not, then find somewhere else like Emory or Vanderbilt to reach for, unless you’re alright with taking out a student loan, which I DON’T recommend.</p>
<p>After I moved here they want people who have always attended the school to run for leadership positions, I was supposed to be class president, NHS president, and more. However, my new school is very large and there is very little chance of actually making it. Thank you!</p>
<p>So start a new club! That shows initiative and your overcoming of obstacles, which colleges love to see. I’ve actually done that myself.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to, then explain the situation along with your GPA to NYU. It’s not going to help you at all, and it still may hurt you, but a LOT less than if you let it lie.</p>
<p>Okay thank you! Will do</p>
<p>I agree with golfer111. First of all, cut down some of your ECs. It’s good to be involved, but colleges don’t want a laundry list of activities.</p>
<p>In terms of your poor academic performance, an explanation can only improve your chances, but be very, very cautious in doing so. Colleges do not want to hear sob stories/excuses for blemishes in your profile in personal statements. I endured a death in the immediate family during high school, which marginally affected my grades, and top colleges were still surprisingly unforgiving. I didn’t write about it in my essay, either. If you’re going to write about the death and switching schools, do so in a constructive manner shows how you’ve grown from the experiences.</p>
<p>I don’t know how forgiving NYU will be to your situation, anyways. Aside from the death in your family, which I sympathize with you for, I don’t see much justification for the slip in your grades. Moving to a new school is difficult, but if switching from an intimate private school to a moderately large and impersonal public school adversely affected your grades to such an extent, what will the admissions committee think of your academic potential in graduating from public high school to NYU, which is the largest private (and very impersonal) university in the country?</p>
<p>I’m not trying to sound mean here, but I just want you to understand that admissions committees at top schools like NYU will not be very sympathetic to your situation. Furthermore, considering the massive volume of applications NYU receives each year, if the grades and SAT scores aren’t there, the odds may be against you.</p>
<p>All that said, if you work your butt off in the upcoming year and prove yourself in the classroom and on the SATs, NYU admissions will see that you definitely deserve to be there 
Best of luck</p>
<p>thank you NYYANKEES, have a great day! :)</p>
<p>i have a question about sob stories. are they good or bad?? i’m planning to write on my mother’s illness and how it effected me and my dreams… its mostly about me though. i dont want to write a sob story but just show how her event affected me…</p>