Chance a transfer to Steinhardt????

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<p>Please chance me for Steinhardt MCC at NYU. I applied to CAS last year, and was denied,
but I omitted a lot of my EC's, recognize that I confused the essay for a personal
statement (I am a fantastic writer, otherwise), and also had average recommendations,
because I never became besties with any of my teachers.</p>

<p>High School
GPA: 2.97
Top 50% class rank</p>

<p>College:
3.14 cumulative
3.38 transferable***</p>

<p>Fall 2010</p>

<p>Eng. 100- A
Math 50- A*
Sociology 100 -A</p>

<p>Spring 2011</p>

<p>Eng. 202- B
Math 60- D*
Speech 100- A</p>

<p>Fall 2011</p>

<p>French 102- A
Hist 101- B
Math 60- B*</p>

<p>Spring 2012</p>

<p>Hist 102- B
Math 110- C
Radio and Television 100- B
Radio and television 110- B</p>

<p>Fall 2012 expected classes</p>

<p>Women's Studies
French 201
Anthropology
Radio and Television Internship (maybe)</p>

<p>Spring 2013</p>

<p>Sociology 115
Art 160
Biology 100 + Lab</p>

<p>ECs:
Six Semesters- Drama Club Secretary
Six Semesters- Improv Club Secretary, put together two fundraisers
Six Semesters- Varsity Improv Team (performing in over 50 shows)
Taught Improv skills to children at Grace Mellman Library, and Ysabel Barnett Elementary School
Trained in the core program at The Groundlings School in Improv Comedy August 2010- present
Trained in Sketch Comedy at The Upright Citizens Brigade October- December 2011
Trained in Writing For Late Night Television at The Second City January- March 2012
Work as Sales Associate with highest member sign ups at World Market September 2011- Present, average >20 hours per week
Teach Improv to Advanced Drama Classes at Chaparral High School April 2012- Present
2 New York Film Academy Workshops in 2009 and 2010
Stand up comedienne</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
2nd place Long Beach Theater Festival- Improv 2008
3rd Place Long Beach Theater Festival- Improv 2010
Groundlings Scholarship- 2010
Deans List-2010
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
Le Grand Concours- Certificat de Reussite</p>

<p>Asking recommendation letter from professor in Radio and Television 110 class, where I took a lot of leadership
roles, wrote and produced a lot of assignments that he thoroughly enjoyed and he is an NYU Graduate School alum. </p>

<p>**When I sat down with my counselor, she said that every university I apply to will "throw out" the non transferable
grades, i.e. anything under 100. This brings up my GPA a little.
*Omitted classes</p>

<p>Also I am taking the SAT, may or may not submit it when I apply again in the spring but I do feel like it hurt
me by not having scores.</p>

<p>Other maybe relevant or irrelevant facts:
Female, 20
Southern California
Caucasian
Did NYU student tour in March, and will probably do it again next time I'm in NY.</p>

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<p>To be honest, it was probably your GPA that got you rejected and not everything else. Unfortunately, they’ll still look at your HS GPA but it’s good that you’re doing better in college. What college are you at now? Because that will affect your chances. Your ECs are good.</p>

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<p>I’m at a community college right now. But it is supposedly one of the top 100 community colleges in the country?
Any advice to improve my chances, other than getting A’s in the remainder of my classes?</p>

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<p>Learn as much as possible about NYU and Steinhardt specifically (visit if possible) and incorporate it into your essays. Avoid cliche responses such as “NYC is full of opportunity” and stuff like that. Many people forget that each school has its own admissions counselors so they like reading specifics about their own school.</p>