<p>I'm mainly interested in getting into NYU's College of Arts and Sciences, but I'll add a few other schools I'm interested in as well.</p>
<p>Note:
I've been dual-enrolled at the local community college for about a year now. I assume these will be considered as AP classes, since they are college credits,
so for time's sake I will call them AP classes; I will also write my grade next to each one.
I'm taking a year off from school (for personal and academic reasons) and will essentially be 19 my freshmen year (not counting my current college credits). Basically, I'm graduating this month, but not applying to
college until this November; therefore, with my birthday being in May, I will be 19 when I go to an actual university. I'm not sure if this will be an important factor of
my acceptance, but I thought that I should add it anyway. It shouldn't be too harmful to my acceptance, though, as I'm sure there are several 19 year olds who apply.
Should I mention my reasoning for taking a year off? My reasoning is as follows:
I essentially slacked off most of my high school career, and didn't get my act together until about a year and a half ago. I've completed my entire high school curriculum
exceptionally. The reason for the few bad grades I got while dual-enrolled is because I was getting used to the classroom setting. Prior to this, I had a long period of time
in which time limits were not strictly forced. Now I'm used to it. Aside from that, my extracurricular activities are lacking. While I do have some, being the homeschooler that I am,
I don't get quite the opportunities as regular students. On top of that, I'd also like to travel a bit by myself. That's my reasoning. It may not be great, but I felt that it would help me in the
long-run, and I'm locked in now.</p>
<p>ACT: 34(35 Math, 36 English, 33 Reading, 31 Science) and an 11 on the writing portion of the ACT.
SAT II: 790 in Math I and 800 in Chemistry
Rank: Not sure, I was homeschooled from my sophomore year - present.</p>
<p>I can retake the ACT, SAT II's, and possibly take the regular SAT if need be.</p>
<p>AP classes:
Psychology - B
Chemistry - A
Macroeconomics - B+
World Civilzations/History I - B
World Civilizations/History II - A
English I - C+
English II - A</p>
<p>This puts my college GPA at a 3.4. The first half of my year dual-enrolled I was lazy and didn't do very well. As a result, I've had to retake a couple classes,
Chemistry and English II. I plan on retaking English I in the Fall. This should bring my GPA up to a maximum 3.63.</p>
<p>As far as regular high school classes go, my GPA is a 3.92. Average both out, and my average GPA is a 3.66 with the potential to jump up to a
3.77.</p>
<p>A few exceptional classes I've taken are Calculus I and II (I took Calculus I during last summer, but dropped it due to an excessive amount of
credit hours), Microbiology, Human Physiology, Russian, and Latin.</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities:
- Civil Air Patrol: I was in for about a year, and then quit. I had school plus I had recently gotten a job. I figured I would rather have money since
I no longer wanted to be in the military.
- Ice Hockey: Two years or so.
- Vounteered for the current governor's (of my state) political campaign
- Work: I had a job at a retail store for a little over a year, quit because I hated my boss and wanted to focus on school, and now I'm planning on getting
another one.
- Travel: This is my most prominent extracurricular, something that seperates me from most. I've traveled quite a bit. I've been to most of the U.S.
(including Alaska and Hawaii multiple times), 2/3rds of Canada, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Russia, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands,
Germany, Denmark, Estonia, and am planning on visiting the UK and Belgium soon.</p>
<p>A few extracurricular activities which I'm planning on partaking in and should be considered:
- I'm getting an internship at a law firm this Fall.
- Volunteer work at a hospital (estamating upwards somewhere around 300 hours or so).
Any other suggestions for EC's would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I have some nice letters of recommendation as well.</p>
<p>A list of schools I'd like to know my chances at:
NYU (like I've said before)
Columbia
Vanderbilt
Cornell
UPitt
UPenn
Princeton
UCLA
University of Texas</p>
<p>Any advice is welcomed and appreciated. Anyone who chances me will be chanced in return. Also, and I'm not sure if the faculty at NYU will care,
but I was born in New York (although I currently do not live there).
Thanks!</p>
<p>EDIT: I also forgot to mention that I will be doing some tutoring (Math and ACT prep).</p>
Best of luck to you through your application and decision processes!</p>