<p>I did absolutely horrendous freshman year, because I am an immigrant who moved to America and into a bad, poor neighborhood school system initially, so I was not prepared for the student transition to the one of the top public school systems in America.
My Freshman GPA was a 2.5. I was placed in the lower classes, but through hard work and determination I improved my GPA in grades 10-11. My GPA in grades 10-11 is 3.8UW(4.4W). Cumulative GPA is 3.5UW and 4.0 W. I am taking 4 APs and 6 Honors, in senior year I am taking 2 more APs which I have already learned over the summer.
I was not athletic whatsoever because partly I am Indian(minority), and never focused on sports, but joined track and Field and have been running it for 5 years trying to improve, now I'm in varsity. Not many Indians do track.
I have played guitar since I was 8.
I am a national merit PSAT semi finalist.
SAT score: 2240 (I'm taking it again and I took an official practice test that predicted at lowest 2300)
I have 30 hours of community service.
I am Robotics captain (lol typical brownie).
I'm fluent in 4 languages: Hindi, English, Spanish, and Japanese.
I live in NJ.
My major is undecided.
I know all of these universities are reaches but I'd like feedback.
So... What're my chances</p>
<p>My sisters are attending PennState and NYU if that counts as legacy</p>
<p>You have a really good upward trend and you could either write a great essay about immigrating or have your counselor explain your grades from freshman year (or both). I’d say you have a very good chance at Penn State, good/decent chance at NYU, and UCLA and Berkley are reaches. Try to get your SAT score up and write a killer essay and I think you have a decent chance. </p>
<p>Your 2230 is comparable to many students who are applying to the various universities. Additionally, you need to consider whether you have the money for the UC’s or NYU. There is very limited financial aid in California, and OOS generally don’t qualify for California state funding. NYU is notorious for not giving any aid either.</p>
<p>Also, an (Asian) Indian student who is not Native American is not considered an underrepresented minority. </p>