Can I Get Into These California/New York Schools?

Applying to College
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<p>USC, Cal State Long Beach and Pepperdine</p>

<p>NYU and Pace University </p>

<p>I am a junior in New England. I have a 3.8-3.9 (UW) and 4.40 (W). I take all honors classes and am currently taking one AP class. </p>

<p>I have great ECs. I am a part of five, clubs. I am president in one of them and I started one club.</p>

<p>I was a lead volunteer at a hospital and have 224 hours of service. I am also a part of the student government. </p>

<p>I got a 149(0) on my PSATs, but I was sick that day and I studied for about 30 minutes. I am not making any excuses. </p>

<p>Will that ruin my chances for those schools?</p>

<p>I will STUDY HARD for the SATs and I have enrolled in Kaplan!</p>

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<p>The SAT as you know is critical. No use worrying about this now, since without he SAT scores nobody can say anything about your chances. A 1490 would make it difficult to get into any top 100 university.</p>

<p>Oh, the only thing a low PSAT score will do is keep you from getting LOTS of junk mail from colleges who buy email lists from collegeboard.com. When you apply to colleges they do not see or ask for your PSAT scores.</p>