Chance!(Mediocre ACT, Great ECs, Cultured)

<p>Senior HISPANIC female from Northern New Jersey (public school)
APPLIED TO: USC, NYU, NORTHEASTERN, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, UMIAMI, TULANE, FORDHAM, TCNJ, UPITT, BENTLEY, AMERICAN UNIV.</p>

<p>LOOKING TO GO INTO GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS</p>

<p>SAT:1750 (did not send in these scores)
ACT 27 composite
GPA (UW)- 3.9
GPA (W)- 4.1</p>

<p>World traveler
Wrote essay on living in Italy during the summer with family (strong essay)
Good recommendations </p>

<p>Work part-time at a local restaurant, life guard, tutor, and babysit</p>

<p>Editor in Chief of Yearbook, have been the Co-Editor, and an editor as well
President of Spanish Club
Vice President of High School Student Organization, have been the secretary as well
Been involved in numerous clubs
Member of local Youth Group
Do community service for HSA (association that raises money for district's public schools)</p>

<p>HS English Courses in their respective order:
English 9 Honors (A), English 10 Honors (A-), AP Language (B), AP Literature (A-)</p>

<p>HS Foreign Language Courses (Spanish):
Spanish 2 Honors (A+), Spanish 3 Honors (B), Spanish 4 Honors (B+), AP Spanish (B+)</p>

<p>HS Science Courses:
Biology (B+), Chemistry (A), Physics Honors (C+), Environmental Science (A-)</p>

<p>HS History Courses (have taken extra as electives)
World History (B+), AP European History (B+), US History Honors (A-), AP US History (B), Human Rights/Global Issues (A-), AP World (A-)</p>

<p>HS Math Courses
Geometry Honors (B+), Algebra 2 Honors (C+), Trig/PreCalc (B), Prob/Stat (A-)</p>

<p>Other Electives
Intro to Art (A), Sculpture (A), E-Commerce (A)</p>

<p>I'd really appreciate any comments relating to the probability of me getting into my schools. My top choices are BU, USC, Tulane, and NYU.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

<p>…how is your GPA 3.9 but you have mostly B’s and C’s?</p>

<p>I think your ACT is low for NYU/USC. I think the 25th percentile is about 28-29. If your GPA really is 3.9, then NYU/USC is a low reach. Thank you for pointing out that you are HISPANIC so subtly. I’m sorry, but ethnicity does not redeem academics. Certainly, if you had a 30+ ACT and all A’s then it’d give you an edge but not so at the moment. Affirmative Action does not entail an alleviated admissions chance, rather it is a vehicle through which schools expand “diversity.” So, yeah…low reach.</p>

<p>Everything else, I am confident that you will get in. Northeastern is a high match.</p>

<p>Judging by the courses you have, your UW looks more like a 3.5 than a 3.9. These chances assume that it’s a 3.5 unweighted. Sorry to hurt your feelings.</p>

<p>BU: High match
NYU: Reach
Tulane: Reach
NEU: High match
USC: Reach
U Miami: Match
Fordham: Match
TCNJ: Match
UPitt: Low match
Bentley: Low match
American: Match</p>

<p>My school has yet to calculate our overall GPA including our senior year first semester grades. I’m just going off of my current GPA. Also forgot to include that I’m the captain of the track team and I’ve played soccer all four years of high school.</p>

<p>Thanks for your responses.</p>

<p>Also forgot to mention AP Scholar Award</p>