Chance an anxious, very ill playwright for NYU and Yale?

<p>As a quick preface, I am very ill junior-going-on-senior with a rather critical illness that has impaired me quite a bit--both physically and cognitively. It's been rough to get through school--but I'm trying pretty hard to make it through next year. </p>

<p>I'd really like to get into NYU Tisch School of the Arts for dramatic writing or Yale's theater studies program.</p>

<p>So, here we go with stats and ECs:
(I'm new to this website, so tell me if I'm doing anything terribly wrong)</p>

<p>SAT:
Math - 660 (I know, I know--math is my weakness)
CR: 750
Writing: 760
GPA: Somewhere along the lines of 3.85ish unweighted, and they (meaning the guidance department at school) never told me my weighted grade--probably somewhere along 4.3-4.5? I haven't a clue.
APs: AP Language and Composition, AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art (All for junior year)
IB: N/A
Awards: These are kind of telling as to who I am...ahh well. Let's just say I've won a lot of playwriting competitions, including making the finals (top 4%) in a national competition, as well as awards for that play's technical set and costume design in a statewide theater festival. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Volunteering:</p>

<p>-Junior year independent study – I wrote the first student-written play (Flash Notes) to ever be put on at my high school, also assistant directed, designed the costumes and the set, and composed the music
- It is likely that this play will also soon be performed off-Broadway in New York City, which is really exciting
- I've written a lot of plays, including a full-score musical (so music composition as well)
- Art school program
- Tutoring blind children--I read Braille
- I'm trying to get a book published soon--it's coming along
- Volunteer theater set design for the local middle schools</p>

<p>So what do you say? I'm quite nervous for the college application process next year. </p>

<p>Really, REALLY nervous.</p>

<p>If you want Tisch, then you will have to really work hard on your portfolio. Your raw grades and EC’s are fine, but NYU takes the portfolio more into account than grades.</p>

<p>That’s actually a good thing. I have a portfolio going that I feel a lot better about as opposed to the grade/SAT situation.</p>

<p>i say you have a muuuuch better shot at NYU than at Yale- your GPA and SAT scores are only about average, not outstanding, but i would work on your portfolio and/or essays- i’m sure you have lots of unique situational stuff to coney through those</p>