Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to chance me for the schools I’m applying to. They are:
NYU (ED I)
Northeastern (EA)
Drexel (EA)
Hofstra University (EA)
BU and my chances for their honors college (RD)
Syracuse (RD)
Northwestern (RD)
Dartmouth (RD)
GWU (RD)
Stats:
ACT: 30 Composite, 35 English, 26 Math, 30 Reading, 27 Science
GPA: 3.971/4 Weighted - I know this is strange but this is what my guidance counselor gave me
Rank: 11% (38/344 I think)
Strong uphill trend: freshmen year GPA 3.2, sophomore GPA 3.9, junior GPA 4.5
Extracurriculars and work:
Student Gov treasurer and founder of a mentoring program - 10
Model UN member and was then nominated by our advisers to be head delegate and president - 11, 12
Treasurer and member of my schools event planning club - 11, 12
Interact club (service club) member and attended a local conference for it - 11, 12
Camp counselor - Summer 2016 and was asked to return for 2017
Runway modeling experience - 2016 and expected 2017
Modeled for opening credit sequence of a show that will potentially air on Amazon prime - 2016
Frisbee club member
Essays:
My why NYU essay was incredible - I’m a good writer and I think it’s the best thing I’ve written in a long time
Personal statement is really good too - I discussed overcoming being really sick my freshmen year and how I’ve learned to cope with my illness and the progress I’ve made. I also discussed what I learned from it and how I’ve grown and how it’s taught me perserverance and stuff. Also info like my transcript is not an accurate reflection of my ability. (It’s not sounding good here but I’m very confident in it)
I’ve had my guidance counselor and peers read over and giveb uggestions for all my essays so far and they all love them
Recs:
Guidance rec should be amazing because we’re really close
Teacher rec 1 should be good he’s known for writing great recs
Teacher rec 2 should be good but honestly have no idea on it
Extenuating circumstances:
Being sick and how that’s affected my high school grades, my junior year is the only year that really represents me
Additional info:
I should’ve been in NHS 11th grade but something happened because of my freshmen year that made me not allowed to apply. I’m almost guaranteed a spot this year though.
Courseload:
College prep courses fresh and soon YEAR
Junior year: AP Gov, AP LANG, APES, honors pre calc, honors c++ and Java, french 3
Senior year: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Stats, honors physics, and french 4
I’m looking for what you think are safeties, matches, and reaches just to see if I’m on the right track. Also, if you guys could give insight on whether or not my freshmen grades and illness will affect my chances or if it’ll be okay because I explain it in my essay.
NYU is my top choice school (I’m applying to cas) and any insight on if I’m a good candidate would be appreciated.
And I think that’s pretty much it! Let me know if you need any more information and thank you!