Chance Me for UNC Chapel Hill and NYU -- CC student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,
Before you chance me i guess it would be smart to lay out my stats.
I'm a community college student in MD with 3.78 GPA looking to transfer for my upcoming junior year. My coursework has included various honors courses and i have the honors student notation on my transcript.</p>

<p>My extracurriculars:
Freelance photographer: I have shot events at the Supreme Court as well as for local musicians and event organizers. I also do fashion shoots as well as nightlife on occasions. Finally in addition to this I have also shot weddings and other such events. For a look at my work I might as well post my website. [Inertia</a> Photography and Videography<a href="I%20need%20a%20better%20name%20I%20know!">/url</a></p>

<p>I also am videographer and I have shot videos for my community college highlighting the coursework that the students had to do ([url=<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7jXDTyhF0Q%5DMontgomery"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7jXDTyhF0Q]Montgomery&lt;/a> College Archaeology Dig - YouTube](<a href="http://bigcam7.wix.com/inertia%5DInertia"&gt;http://bigcam7.wix.com/inertia)). On the side I also shoot music videos for musicians as well.</p>

<p>I am an intern at SBCA, which is closely tied to Dish Networks and works with them to provide benefits for their workers.</p>

<p>Photographer for local sport blog that covers events sports teams in the area.</p>

<p>Lastly, I am the head photographer for a student run journal that showcases art from student at the college.</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are for UNC-Ch and NYU. Be honest!</p>

<p>So far I have gotten into:</p>

<p>UConn
Syracuse U - Newhouse! (so expensive though) :(
and St. John U (Safety)</p>

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<p>* think you’re a match for both. IMO, NYU seems to be more friendly towards artistic people and being in NYC will help assuming photography is your intended major. However, both the cost of living (Born and raised New Yorker, so I know) and the tuition is insane and they are not exactly known for giving a lot of financial aid. Also, NYU has some of the most erratic and unpredictable admissions I have seen on this forum. They have turned down students with high GPA’s and accepted students in the 3.2 range* As for Chapel Hill, a public ivy with very moderate tuition is definitely a plus in this economy and their admissions are more cohesive and follow a trend. However, CH is known for grade deflation which can lead to more time dedicated to school and you won’t have as many internship opportunity’s as you would in NYC. I think you have a trade off on your hands, go with the school that will cost a lot and provide more opportunity(NYU) OR go with the school that will cost significantly less in both tuition and cost of living where you can get more than likely a better education but have less internship opportunity’s. If I were you, I would go with CH. You don’t want to graduate in this economy with fifty grand in debt, the financial burden can be overwhelming to most people(A lot of my friends are in this situation and in reflection they all say if they could do it over they would have took a less prestigious school to graduate with less debt.) Hope this helps and good luck!<br>
P.S. What’s your SAT and what’s your intended major, it matters a lot.</p>

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<p>My SAT was only a 1760 unfortunately and my intended major is journalism/photojournalism. From what Ive been told, schools rarely look at your SATs if youre trying to transfer your junior year though</p>

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<p>UNC: Match</p>

<p>Can’t say for NYU though. Are you sure UMD wasn’t an option?</p>

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<p>woops! forgot to mention that I am automatically admitted into umd after doing two years at my community</p>