Can you please chance me for stern?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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Hi! When I say nyu is my #1 choice school, you have no idea how deep that passion runs and I intend to show that in my essays. I also have some outstanding letters of rec. My college councillor says that i shouldnt even bother applying to stern because i love nyu so much and if I dont get into stern, I dont get into nyu(she suggests cas and even then its a stretch). I know stern is competitive and my act is still a little low, but I still think I’m a competitive canidate?? Also, I am a white female.

Junior APs: 1 official(microecon) and 2 unofficial(lang and psychology)
Senior APS: 5(calc ab, art, english, spanish, and comp. Government)
Total APs: 6 official 9 unnofficial
Total honors: 6

Unweighted GPA at a well-known and elite highschool: 3.6 and a 3.9 weighted
ACT(2 tests): 30 without writing and 26 with writing 11/12

ECs/Awards:
*I photograph for my school’s marketing department *scholastic national medalist for film(in Carnegie hall)
*I own and manage my own charity business that takes photos and donates half of the money to the local animal shelter. I’ve raised well over $1,000.
*receipient for creativity and citizenship scholarship(top 3 artists on the National level)
*Moving Business Leaders Forward class at Loyola Chicago (valedictorian of said class)
*head of yearbook design
*president of AP psychology club
*president of competitive photography club
*3 year varsity field hockey player
*I’m enrolled in the NYU Tisch Summer Highschool Program(I would’ve done stern if I developed my love for marketing and advertising sooner)
*I did a 2 week photography intensive at the SAIC university
*I have one 2 regional gold titles and 2 honerable mentions in scholastic art and writing competitions along with being exhibited in my local museum 3 times.
*I’ve won a Marlboro beautiful minds challenge honerable mention, which pays for me to go to the awards ceremony on the east coast for a week and mentor other aspiring artists.
*My photography is the “face” for the SAIC ECP tuition program
*I’ve helped change my school community through a talk acceptance club that raises tolerance in an otherwise conservative school.
*Academic honerable mention
*Recipient of a business scholarship my freshman year
*university of Rochester social justice award

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Should aim for a 32 or more. 26 would be low for any NYU school, let alone Stern.If ACT’s are a problem, maybe take the SAT once. It’s a lot less time consuming now, thanks to the new format which comes out in January.

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Well, I have a 30. I took the ACT twice

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But you’re saying 30 without writing. They need writing too.

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Ill Retake it with writing too, though. My councillor says that they don’t care about the writing score, they just need it so they know you can write. If i submit the 30 and the 26, they’ll only look closely at the 30