Chance Me! NYU, UCLA, USC, Berkley, Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a junior and go to a school abroad that follows the English system.</p>

<p>[GCSEs are external exams students take at the end of their sophomore year. AS are external exams taken at the end of junior year. GPA not applicable.]</p>

<p>I am interested in doing liberal arts or potentially attending film school at the following universities:
- NYU
- UCLA
- USC
- Berkley
- Columbia</p>

<p>SAT: Not taken yet, but received 1800 in practice exam without any prior revision.
SAT II: Not taken. </p>

<p>Freshman Grades (A* highest possible grade, F lowest):
1st half: 2As, 7Bs, 2Cs
2nd half: 3As, 6Bs</p>

<p>Sophomore Grades (A* highest possible grade, F lowest):
1st half:1A<em>, 4As, 4Bs
2nd half (GCSE grades): 7A</em>s, 4As, also an A for AS (taken early).</p>

<p>[I have yet to receive my junior year report card]</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
- School Christmas Bazaar Committee (only a select group of students) - 2 years
- On artistic subcommittee of Christmas Bazaar Committee - 2 years
- Committee Member of school's prom - 1 year
- Charity head for one of my school's charities - 1 year
- Model United Nations: Head of Press Corps - 1 year
- Debate Team - 2 years
- Yearbook Committee (only available to juniors) - 1 year
- Squash Team - 1 year
- School Newspaper - 1 year
- Competitive Swimming - 2 years
- International Social Services volunteer work (help ethnic minorities with homework) - 1 year
- Society for Deaf volunteer work (help hearing impaired children learn English) - 1 year</p>

<p>Awards:
- Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award
- Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award
- An Award of Merit for creating a promotional video for my school's redevelopment plans.
- Bronze Service Hours Award</p>

<p>Experience:
- I created a promotional video for my country's annual Jazz Festival.
- I documented my school's fashion show backstage and made a video thereof.</p>

<p>I understand it may be difficult to judge from the information given above as I am still a junior, but I will be grateful for any opinions and advice on how to improve!</p>

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<p>It’s difficult to say without a definite GPA and SAT scores. I’d say keep your grades up. Take as many AP courses as possible. All those schools are pretty competitive but I think you’ll have a good shot. Really focus on your SAT scores- all those schools are really demanding when it comes to the SATs. Your ECs are great. Good luck!</p>

<p>If you have a moment, chance me back? It’s just one school so it shouldn’t take too long. Thanks so much!
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<p>You have a lot of Bs which will possibly automatically eliminate you for all of those</p>

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<p>your ECs are really good. but those schools are practically impossible with 1800 in SATs</p>

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<p>Spend time studying for the SAT. It’s fairly easy to raise your score past 2100+ (and honestly, even higher) if you put the effort in and really want it. It may be a bad measure of intelligence and (in my opinion) an utterly idiotic way of judging applicants, but colleges do put a lot of weight on the SAT, so that’s just something that has to be done.</p>

<p>You have a fairly high number of B’s but your grades do show improvement; if you can move your grades to A/A*'s this semester, and then do well your first semester senior year, colleges will take that into consideration.</p>

<p>Your EC’s seem pretty solid; make sure your essays fully reflect how qualified you are (not necessarily directly).</p>