chance me! U of Florida, Northeastern, NYU, UWash Seattle

Chance Me / Match Me!
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(reposted here bc i’m pretty sure i posted the original under the wrong category! lol sorry i’m new here)

hi everyone! long story short i’ve reconsidering which schools to apply to, and i’m pretty sure the above schools will be reaches for me. i’m just looking to get a sense of where my stats fall and what i could do to improve them. i’m currently a junior and have not yet been able to take the SAT.

demographics- white female from the Northeast, middle-upper income family, double legacy at NYU

GPA UW: 3.8
GPA W: 4.3
PSAT: 1300
6 APs including senior year: AP US History, AP Physics 1, AP English Lang&Comp, AP Psychology, AP English 12, AP Spanish

ECS:
-founder and co-president of school chapter of the HSDA(High School Democrats of America). we have connected students at our school with a statewide climate organization, spread awareness about rallies within our school and on social media, and we are working on coordinating community voter registration for next year.
-member of statewide climate organization and All In For Warren
-coached girls youth basketball teams in my town for past 2 yrs
-varsity tennis for past 3 yrs, will be a senior captain
-concert band for 3 years, chosen as section leader for next year
-academic decathlon for past 3 yrs, a senior captain
-currently work in food prep at a local restaurant
-Brown University summer program in neuroscience
-Edx child development course
-won 2nd Grant at my state science fair for an child psych-related experiment
-selected to attend the International Student Science Fair 2018
-National Honor Society
-National Spanish Honor Society
-2-time National Spanish Exam bronze medalist

i’m mainly worried that my ECs aren’t focused enough in specific areas. i intend to major in either research psychology or developmental psychology, so i’m looking into research internships this summer at the university in my town. it’s gonna be more difficult given the coronavirus situation, but fingers crossed that the campus will open back up in time!

any advice would be much appreciated! just tryna get an idea of how competitive my stats are and where my expectations should be.

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I think that your chances are good of getting into NYU as long as you get a really good test score

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thanks! yeah i’m definitely gonna try to take the SAT at least twice

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UW may be a good fit since your GPA matches the average out-of-state GPA freshman admit. You will need a strong SAT score, because the bottom 25% of OOS admits have a 1370, and it is strongly recommended that you score significantly higher, which will be a bit of a stretch given your PSAT score.

Finally, your stats are GREAT compared to some in-state admits that I know (I’m from Seattle).

Depending on your field of interest, UW would be a great fit. UW has the second most research funding of all US universities!

Sources:
https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/by-the-numbers/
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-research-universities/