Chance me please for NYU Stern, NU, BU, Columbia, Fordham, and a couple others.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Location: New York
Race: African American & Native American
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Private (Catholic)
High School Type: Sends a few grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.0
Rank: Top 10%
SAT: 1840 (Math 590, CR 600, Writing 650) - NOT SENDING.
SAT Subject Test: (I am retaking all of these, and NOT sending them if they aren't good.)
Math Level II - 640 (retaking)
Chemistry - 640 (retaking)
Bio E - 620 (took as a frosh)
ACT: 30 (Eng: 34, Math: 32, Reading: 24 (will this hurt me a lot?), Science: 31) Retaking in Dec.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule
College Calculus
Theology 12
College Physics
Political Science H
Economics H
AP English
Health
Presentations
E-Commerce (Leadership: Team Captain)</p>

<p>Sports
Indoor Track and Field, 9-12
Outdoor Track and Field, 9-12</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars
Young Actors Guild (Apprentice Trainee), 9-12 (since 7th Grade)
(including several productions and an a cappella group)
School Newspaper (Editor-in-chief), 11-12
Future Business Leaders of America (Team Captain), 9-12
Key Club, 10-12
Science and Technology Entry Program, 11 (not sure if I'm doing for 12th)
Student Council (Homeroom Representative), 11-12
NYS Math League, 11-12</p>

<p>Work Experience
Hannaford Bros. Co.
Intern (30 weeks), 2008-2009
Cashier/Service Clerk, 2009-present</p>

<p>Summer Programs
PREFACE Program - a residential engineering program, 2008
- one of 42 chosen from over 200 applicants nationwide
Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP), 2009
Young Actors Guild Center Stage Program, 2009</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience: A total of about 50hrs. I know, pretty mediocre. =/
Tour guide for school open houses, 9-12
Tutored classmate in Spanish (approved by guidance dept.), 9
Cleaned up at local state park, 9
Volunteer work at local boys and girls club, 10
Made campaign calls for local Barrack Obama campaign HQ, 11
Collected money for AIDS Council, 11
Server at school's annual Spring Fling dinner for the elderly, 11
Cleaned up at local elementary school after a bad winter storm, 11</p>

<p>Please chance me for:
NYU Stern
Northeastern
Boston University
Fordham University
Columbia Univeristy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Binghamton
Syracuse University</p>

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<p>bump! 10char</p>

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<p>NYU Stern- reach
BU- match
Fordam- safety
Columbia- reach</p>

<p>Nice ECs, although low test scores</p>

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<p>Super-URM? Nice.</p>

<p>Low scores, but good GPA. Reasonable shot at Columbia+Stern. In at the other two.</p>

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<p>I noticed that a lot of people don’t know much about ACT’s. The person above me just stated that your scores are low. I think otherwise, except for NYU and Columbia maybe, your ACT is very nice for all those schools. </p>

<p>You stated that u need financial aid, I will highly suggest that you re-evaluate most of the schools on your list. You might get good merit aid but there are lots of schools that will give better need based aid than NYU, RPI, Boston, NEU, and maybe the others.</p>

<p>This is why I think you will get into all those schools (I’m not sure about Columbia, but I still think u are competitive): You are Native American. African American is nice but NA tops it all… there are simply not enough Native Americans to go around all the top schools and you are a very competitive student.</p>

<p>Since u have Stern on your list I will assume that you are into business, here is my suggestion for you to add (many may not have business undergrad)… maybe you can replace some of those school with these for better aid:</p>

<p>CMU
Cornell
Northwestern
… in short just look at the “best values” section of the USNEWS rankings. I found out that the aid I got from schools generally correlated with that list.</p>

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<p>You’re Black and Native American. That helps. Alot.</p>

<p>Your rank is in line, along with your gpa. that assumes your course curriculum has been rigorous, though. If it is, then you’re set grade-wise. ACT is alright, but bumping it up to a 32 or 33 would be fantastic and make you very good candidate for NYU and pull Columbia within a more manageable reach. Everywhere else you’re in.</p>

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<p>@Zobasity
THANKS! Yeah, FA is a major factor, which is why I’m going crazy with outside scholarships. My income is <$40,000 w/ a single parent, so I would think at least some place would cough it up for me. lol. Also, there are more a few more colleges on my list that I’m pretty sure I’ll get into, which is why I didn’t ask to be chanced for them.</p>

<p>Ok. Thanks guys.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump! 10char</p>

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<p>You’re African American and Native American?
I’d say youre in EVERYWHERE (try for tougher Ivies, maybe – if you can bring your ACT up). Your scores are the only thing that’s lacking here.</p>

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<p>Lol. I’m only like 12.5% Cherokee. I didn’t really think it would make that much of a difference.</p>

<p>Also, do you think my lack of significant community service will be a problem?</p>