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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've decided to take advantage of the Stats Profiles on here (to your left) to draft a list of my stats. Please let me know my chances at Macaulay @ Hunter or Brooklyn (and maybe CCNY), Barnard<em>, Fordham</em>, NYU<em>, and Columbia</em> (longest long shot of them all). For asterisked colleges, please give me the likelihood of getting merit aid (however unlikely). Also, feel free to suggest others. (I'm interested in a career in psychology or psychiatry, and will probably major in psychology with a possible double major in ECE or history or minor in history.)</p>

<p>Female, Caucasian
Rising junior as of 8/29/12
High School: Private</p>

<p>Academics: (remember, I'm planning on shaping up in junior)
GPA - 3.9 (no idea whether that's weighted or unweighted, I just take what my school gives me and they have a wacky system)
Class Rank: N/A
Class Size: 50-60</p>

<p>Scores:
PSAT 210, M 58, CR 72, W 80 (soph scores, will attempt to increase this year especially math)
PLAN 28 (highest in grade)
AP Euro 4 (not-great teacher, studied out of Princeton Review two weeks before the test)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (thru soph year only, no clue yet about junior year):
Significant Extracurriculars: Flute, debate team, student magazine (published multiple times), literary journal (published), poetry journal (headed, published multiple times), baking for elderly (initiated)
Leadership positions: Poetry journal (head), baking for elderly (initiated, expanding)
Volunteer/Service Work: Baking for elderly (initiated), mother's helper/babysitter, tutor
Honors and Awards: Poetry award, highest score on PLAN exam in grade</p>

<p>Plans for junior year:
AP Bio
APUSH
Lit Journal editor?
Orchestra?
Debate
Leadership seminar</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:
Location type: Urban
Area: East Coast
Importance of cost: Very important</p>

<p>Thanks a million, guys! You're tops!</p>

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<p>You are definitely in at all CUNY Schools! Especially Brooklyn college you only need a 1100 combined CR+M To get Accepted! C: GOOD LUCK YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A FUTURE AT MOST OF THE SCHOOLS YOU LISTED! Including NYU…Well If You Can Convert Your PSAT Scores To SAT Scores…You Have A Good GPA Also! </p>

<p>Sent from my LS670 using CC</p>

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<p>In all honesty, I wasn’t worrying about getting into CUNYs- I know I can (or rather I’m reasonably confident…). My question is Macaulay, which is much harder.
And I will be improving my PSAT scores anyway, meaning that I will be a NMSC Commended Scholar and probably at least Semifinalist, now that I have geometry under my belt. I’m considering trying the SAT earlyish just to see how I do, but I’ll probably forget…
Thanks so much for responding!</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump!</p>

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<p>I’m only a high school senior, but this is my take on the situation:</p>

<p>Barnard: Not sure, but I’d guess you’re in
Fordham: In
NYU: Match or very low reach
Columbia: Reach (but it is for almost everyone); your GPA is fine but you’ll need to do as well on the real tests as you have on the practice ones.</p>

<p>Keep working hard!</p>

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<p>If you want to get into macaulay honors, then you will have to get that math score up by the time you take the SAT. Macaulay does not look at your writing score, so even though your writing score is the highest right now, it won’t help you. Your reading score on the other hand is very good (wish mine was that high :P). Try to get the math score up to around 650, especially for Hunter. </p>

<p>You seem to be fine for Fordham and NYU. Columbia is possible for you, though it’s hard for anyone to get in there. Barnard is also pretty hard to get into, but if you keep up the good work, then you should have a good chance! Good luck. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks, guys!
I am definitely planning on, or rather counting on, upping my math score this round of the PSAT (last time I hadn’t even learned geometry yet, let alone Algebra II). I only hope my scores in general translate to the SAT…
And that’s what’s annoying about Macaulay, that they don’t count writing, and it’s really worrying me. Right now, if my PSAT were SAT, I’d only have a 1300 CR+M score, which isn’t exactly going to get me into Macaulay…
If it wasn’t obvious from the colleges I selected :), I’m interested mainly in NYC colleges (for convenience); if you know of any other colleges, even not in the NY area, that would fit me and my stats, please let me know!
Thanks for chancing me! Good luck with your endeavors!</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump-a-dump</p>

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<p>Columbia does not give merit aid at all, and NYU is known for not giving enough need based aid.</p>

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<p>It’s hard to tell with only freshman/sophomore year stats, but you’re definitely on the right path :smiley:
So far, here’s what I’d say about the schools you’ve listed:
Barnard: Not really sure, but I’d say match or low reach
NYU: Match (known for not giving enough financial aid)
Fordham: Safety
Columbia: Reach</p>

<p>I don’t know much about the merit financial aid or the other schools you listed, sorry about that >< You have a really awesome application though! Thanks for chancing me and good luck!!! :D</p>

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<p>You are doing very well if you wish to become a Macaulay Honors scholar. Accomplishing those scores as a sophomore is very impressive and semifinalist/finalist status is high coveted and will help your application for many schools. Definitely try to get your math score up, and get as close to (or over) the target 1400 SAT score as you can if you want to get into Macaulay. Your writing score indicates you have strong writing skills, so that’s a plus. While Macaulay may pretty much disregard the SAT writing score, they do look at your application essays quite closely and love strong writers. </p>

<p>Since you’re not quite decided on which campus you want to attend, let me give you my 2 cents. Since cost is very important to you, I’m going to tell you some things about the campuses. Housing is not included in any of the packages except for City and Hunter (unless things have changed since last year). So unless you can commute, you will have to pay for an apartment or on-campus housing during your time here which can be rather pricey. City covers 1 year of housing in their dorms (which are very nice, by the way), and Hunter covers 2 years (I think, their dorms were bought out by NYU and are being torn down sometime in the future so things aren’t completely clear. They may only give 1 year paid now but definitely inquire about this stuff if you’re serious about applying). </p>

<p>With your major choices, I think you’d be a good fit for Hunter if you can’t commute to any of the other schools (I think some may have stronger departments in some of the areas you’re interested in.) Hunter has strong liberal arts and natural science departments. Hunter also has the largest population of Macaulay students out of the 7 (soon to be 8) campuses. </p>

<p>However, City also provides a $750 stipend PER SEMESTER for textbooks (which can only be used on items in their bookstore) which definitely helps. The money rolls over even if you don’t use all of it by the next semester, so that’s a total of $6000 dollars of bookstore money over 4 years (they have other stuff too, like ccny swag, umbrellas, water bottles, chap stick, and other miscellaneous things which are so convenient to spend the money on). </p>

<p>The best thing about free dorm is that all the macaulay freshman on your campus (or close to all) will be living together. It creates a much more social and cohesive class of macaulay students compared to other classes (I hear some people complaining about how they don’t really meet other people and aren’t enjoying themselves as much as they’d like). So yeah. But if you’re an inner city kid, you’ll probably know a lot of people going to the different campuses at Macaulay and could network effectively to get to know a lot of cool people. </p>

<p>You’re a junior, so you have time to get your academic record up and craft your applications. Honestly I think you could probably get in to some of the very top schools if you work hard enough (many of the ivies give very generous financial packages). Keep working hard, challenge yourself, and keep your goals in mind. </p>

<p>If you have any questions about macaulay, feel free to message me, I’m actually a freshman at macaulay city and I know kids from most of the other campuses so I could probably be useful. Hope this post helped!</p>