Hey guys! I’m about to wrap up my junior year and wanted to post here to see what my current chances look like for getting into some of my top schools. As a heads up, I really only care about my chances for NYU – I wouldn’t mind if I didn’t get into any of the other schools listed below, but they’re still on my list. Thanks for taking a look!
Honestly, this year was my worst year yet. And that’s bad for junior year. I underestimated how much my professional life would infringe on my school life, which impacted my grades (see bottom for all grades up until now). That’s why I’m posting here – will my EC’s and ACT score outweigh my meh grades this year?
Top schools:
NYU (high preference), Boston University, Brown/RISD Dual Degree (it’s a long shot!), The New School, Babson, UPenn (another long shot!)
Currently in the 2nd semester of Junior year in a school on the U.S. west coast.
Future career:
Business/Marketing/Film/Design (culminates to Advertising)
Current GPA (w/o this semester’s grades):
3.79 UW / 3.86 W
Total AP courses:
Junior year - AP Statistics (C/C), AP Psychology (A/B, maybe A), AP Physics 1 (B/C, maybe B )
Senior year - AP Lang, AP Enviro. Science, AP Macro/Micro Economics, AP US/Comp Government
Current class rank/size:
137 UW / 134 W (out of 398)
ACT (just took it again yesterday):
32 composite (33 English, 26 Math, 35 Reading, 32 Science)
Awards/Accomplishments:
- Clothing collaboration with a large game company (1 billion+ play hrs/month) for 2 items in 2 major U.S. retailers
- Winner of splash screen design contest for the game design application of the same company as above
- 1st place winner of video production contest at my school
- Various awards in DECA on the state level
Extracurriculars:
- Design magazine internship; Just over a year (lead designer on a whole issue, launch party had 150+ people)
- Director of Video Production at the same company as above
- 6-week photography internship at a prominent local alternative newspaper
- Marketing designer (mostly posters) for a local acting studio
- Marketing designer/videographer for a local choir
- Personal photography and design business, relatively successful
- Multiple short term/contractual video projects, including one for a partnership between a large energy company and my school district
- DECA club co-president for the past 2 years
- School student store staff member (finance/marketing department)
- Various volunteering for design events around the area
Grades:
Freshman:
Adv. Algebra (basic algebra taken in middle school) - B/B
Biology - A/A
College & Career Exploration (semester) - A
Health 1 (semester) - A
Concert Band - A/A
English 1/2 - A/A
Modern World History - A/A
Physical Education - A/A
Spanish 3/4 (1/2 taken in middle school) - A/B
Sophomore:
Chemistry - A/A
English 3/4 - A/A
Health 2 (semester) - A
Special Marketing Class (semester; managed student store) - A
Intro to Marketing - A/A
PreCalculus w/ Geometry - B/B
Symphonic Band - A/A
US History - A/A (would’ve done APUSH but they removed it for just this year 
)
Video Production - A/A (program terminated after this year)
Junior (current year):
Advanced Marketing - A/A
AP Physics - B/C or B
AP Psychology - A/B or A
AP Statistics - C/C
English 5/6 - B/A or B
Special Marketing Class - A/A
Symphonic Band - A/A
Internship Credit - Pass
Senior (forecasted):
Advanced Photography (applied to skip beginning class)
Yearbook (applied to skip beginning class)
Special Marketing Class
Symphonic Band
AP Lang
AP Environmental Science
AP Micro/Macro Economics
AP Gov. & Politics: US/Comparative
