Chance this junior for NYU Stern, Columbia, Cornell, etc! (also, suggestions?)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys! My name is Brian, and I'm a Junior! Feel free to suggest schools to me as well, because I feel like I need one or two more safety/match schools!</p>

<p>Intended Schools: Cornell, NYU Stern, Columbia, UPenn, Northeastern, and UofChicago
Residency: Southern Jersey
Intended Major: Major in Finance/Economics with a minor in Theater/Theater Production
Intended Career: Broadway Theater Producer (A boy can dream, right?)</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0/4.0
W GPA: 4.56/4.0 (Will be around a 4.9 by the end of this year)
Class Rank: 1/400
SAT/SAT IIs : Haven't taken yet (May/June/October/November ;])
ACT: C 33 (E:30, M:33, R: 32, S: 35, W: haven't received yet.)
APs (currently taking) : Language and Composition, Biology, and United States History
Senior Year Schedule : AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Gov and Pol, AP Physics, AP Lit.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars - These are my main ones (but there are much more):
Fencing Captain (4.5 hours + a week)
Dancing Captain in a professional company. (8.5 hours + a week)
Theater in general (well over 300 hours in theater related activities)
Chorus/Jazz Chorus (5 hours a week)
Bassoon in Band (5 hours a week)
All South Jersey Chorus
All State Chorus
etc....</p>

<p>Volunteering - These are my main ones (but there are much more):
Organized my own can drive, raised over 500 cans, plan to do it again this year!
MS Walk (thousands of dollars total)
Dancing in hospitals during Holidays/for Make a Wish Foundation
Tutoring students in math
Probably around 200 hours of service total.</p>

<p>Awards - My weak point....
Principal's list all of High School
2 time Spotlight Student
Presidential Community Service award (not the bronze/silver/gold, but a minor one.)
Honorable Mention in VFW essay contest
Core Honor Student (Academic achievement.)
John Philip Sousa Award for Musical Achievement</p>

<p>Summers -
Last summer, Cornell University Summer College (Received A's in both my courses)
This summer, (hopefully!) Governor's School, if I am accepted</p>

<p>Recommendations - the ones for Governor's School were fantastic, so I think I will use the same ones, plus one from my Dance teacher who knows me more than any teacher.
Essays - I'll most likely talk about theater and its influence on my life and why I want to continue in the industry through production.</p>

<p>Hook - Don't have one except for one thing - I'm really super passionate about theater. I love it so much, and it means the world to me. I'm hoping this will come through in my application through my essays, but who knows?</p>

<p>So, this is a general overview. What do you guys think? What are my chances, and are there some other schools I should apply to?</p>

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<p>bumparooni! :]</p>

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<p>Cornell - Low Reach
NYU Stern - Match
Columbia - Reach
UPenn - Reach
Northeastern - Dare I say safety?
UofChicago - Match</p>

<p>Your stats are great and I’m pretty sure you’ll get above 2100 on the SAT.
Ivies are always unpredictable.
Maybe you’ll like…

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Georgetown University
  • Emory University</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Wow! You are insanely well rounded, yet your personality is still able to shine through in this chance! I can tell you are really passionate about theatre! Schools love that! </p>

<p>NYU - Low Match
NYU STERN - Low Reach
Cornell - LOW Reach
Columbia - Medium/High Reach (it is for everyone)
UPenn - Reach (why do you want to apply? You seem too quirky for UPenn!)
UChicago - LOW Reach
Northeastern - SAFETY w/ Honors + Merit Aid.</p>

<p>SUGGESTIONS!
U Michigan - Safety
I think you should definitely check out U Michigan. It has one of the best business programs in the country, along with killer econ/polisci. And you’d definitely get in.</p>

<p>WashU STL - High Match. Great theatre and choral music. Great school.</p>

<p>Tufts - High Match. Outstanding Acapella group, great theatre, great academics.</p>

<p>Good luck to you! (There are tons of other schools I could see you at. These are just a few!) Chance back?! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1095126-so-i-just-got-36-take-c-spanish-4-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1095126-so-i-just-got-36-take-c-spanish-4-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks so much guys! You made me feel really great, and ill definitely look into the schools you guys suggested! :)</p>

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<p>Oh, and I chose UPenn because of wharton. Its such a good school!</p>

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<p>HINT. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO WHARTON.
Wharton is impossible to get into direct admission. My brother made that mistake!
Apply nursing and switch major hahaha.</p>

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<p>Bahhhhh bump! :)</p>

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<p>Ahhh a fellow bassoon player! :)</p>

<p>Cornell - High Match
NYU Stern - Match
Columbia - Reach
UPenn - Reach
Northeastern - Safety
UofChicago - Low Reach</p>

<p>Have you thought about Stanford, Wash U or Vanderbilt?</p>

<p>Good luck!!</p>

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<p>Yay, bassoonists ftw! Thanks for the chance! :]</p>

<p>I actually have been looking into Vanderbilt, but I’m not sure about Washington and Stanford because I think my mother would kill me if I went that far away.</p>

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<p>UPenn is smart enough to know that many students try to exploit their system by applying into Nursing and then switching to Wharton. However, it’s not that easy. You’ll have much higher chances being accepted into UPenn Wharton directly than for the college to approve of your request to change majors into Wharton.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry, I wouldn’t have anyway. I’d be too worried that I would not be able to switch, and be stuck being a nurse the rest of my life.</p>