chance me! (NYU, UCs...etc)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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not my first chance thread but some things have changed since that one!

I really would like to end up at NYU, but my in-state schools I’m shooting for are UCSB, UCB, UCLA, and UCI.

stats:
UC GPA: 3.92 UW
UW GPA: 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.31

  • California resident / female / white+hispanic / grew up in a mixed race family

SAT: 1300
Subscores: Reading and Writing: 720, Math: 580 (im not the best at math ok lol), Essay: 7-7-8

  • declaring as an Art History major
  • APs: AP European History, APUSH, AP Biology, AP English Language and Comp,, and AP U.S. Gov/Macroecon and AP English Literature
  • (I also take a college-level Art History class at my local cc)
  • ECs:
  • ballet for 12 years, performed in shows regularly as a child and throughout adolescence
  • anchor for my school's broadcast, I run a segment called School Culture in which I interview students on campus, write my own script/questions, and create an overall concept to relate to students and their lives.
  • leadership in Art Club (member for 2 years and president for 2)
  • I volunteer as a Counselor-in-Training at summer camp and work with young girls in organizing activities, keeping the harmony, etc etc, this is like a 2 1/2 week long affair

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field

  • Principal’s Honor Roll for all years in high school
  • top 9% in my district
  • National German Exam Gold Medalist (fresh/soph year) / Silver Medalist (junior year)

is it a lost cause?

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also AP exam scores:
AP Euro: 4
APUSH: 4
AP Bio: 3
AP Lang: 5
the others are tba…

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UCB/UCLA are Reach schools especially with your 1300 SAT.

Confused on your posted UC GPA. What is your capped weighted and fully weighted UC GPA? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

UCI/UCSB are possible if your UC capped weighted GPA is 4.0 or higher.

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@Gumbymom turns out i didnt do the calculator right the first time. UW: 3.92 W: 4.24 Weighted and Capped: 4.13

i forgot to enter my honors/weighted courses
also to add onto ECs: Yearbook, Design Editor

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If you are admitted to the UC’s why is your dream school NYU?

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@TomSrOfBoston i really like what NYU offers and the opportunities being in NYC could open for me. i’m from the SF Bay Area, and i’d like to be somewhere different during my college years to get a taste of a new environment. hence why most of my UCs are in SoCal

it was quite a recent decision to apply there, as my uncle convinced me to look beyond CA for school

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I assume money is not an issue.

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If your capped weighted UC GPA is 4.13, then UCI/UCSB are possible target schools. What about safety schools? You need to identify at least 2 safety schools that are affordable and you have a high chance for an acceptance and I do no see any out of the schools listed.