CHANCE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN-Chance me please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here we go, chance this rising senior!</p>

<p>Desired Major: Music Business/Entertainment Industry Studies</p>

<p>School Info: Very small rural school in greater Minnesota. Graduating class is 85. Kids haven't heard of college rankings and only know "name brand" schools that have star sports teams.School doesn't offer AP's, but does offer classes for college credit.Most go to local and tech schools and stay in rural MN. Most of my opportunities had to be self-made and based on personal drive as well as convincing related staff/admins to let me have said opportunities.</p>

<p>Rigor of classes: Most rigorous</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3</p>

<p>Rank: top 25%</p>

<p>Recs: Solid, of course. One is coming from a retired teacher with 30 yrs experience, if that counts.</p>

<p>ACT: 23, plan to retake</p>

<p>College Credits Earned so Far:
-PSE Rhetoric: The Essay (3 credits)
-CLEP Exams:
*Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
*College Composition (With Essay)
-Music/Humanities credits for essay about European Experience (Ambassadors of Music)</p>

<p>Classes for this year:
-SEMESTER 1-
Dakota Language
Concert Band
College Prep Chemistry
Web Page Design (college, 2 credits)
Accounting I
PSE Speech (college, 3 credits)</p>

<p>-SEMESTER 2-
Economics
Concert Band
College Prep Chemistry
Business 2000 (college, 2 credits)
Accounting II (college, 3 credits)
PSE Critical Writing (college, 3 credits)
PSE Psychology (College, 3 credits)</p>

<p>*Might drop this for PSE College Computers or Web Page Design (both college classes)</p>

<p>Essays: Strong writer, lots of voice comes through, typically go for a funny angle. If I get free reign on my essays, I'm thinking of a "make my own opportunities" angle.</p>

<p>Interview: Hopefully I can make the one in Belmont, I'm pretty sure they require it.</p>

<p>EC's:
Band (pep band,concert band, and marching are all inclusive) 5-12
-Currently holding officer position
*working on choreographing field show and choosing pep music
-Participant in Ambassadors of Music tour 2008
*16-day trip to Western Europe, July 6th-21st
*Band and choir play concerts in five countries, trip visits seven total
*Program works with over 10 other states and has great rapport in the US and Europe
*Submitted essay about experience for college credit</p>

<p>Student Council 6-12
-Holding President position, was Vice President last year
*President runs meetings and represents council to school board</p>

<p>Class Vice President
-Voted by class
*Represent class in formal occasions, will give speech at graduation
*I made my way into several committees that were formerly staff/admins only, the only student to go out of my way to ask what the admins and staff are considering.
*Represent voice of student body where it didn't have one before</p>

<p>HIM Street Team Leader- Minnesota
-Founder of Minnesota chapter
*Correspondence with label
*Handing out flyers to promote tour, album, etc.
*Creating contacts with band, label, record stores, street team members, venue staff,etc.</p>

<p>Talent/Ability: Speaking, Representing student body and self at administration meetings and committees. Played drums for 8 years, 5 years of piano.</p>

<p>Character: Bubbly, Highly Ambitious, Thinks Outside the Box</p>

<p>Alumni: Uncle went to U of M</p>

<p>Residence: USA, naturalized from Romania in grade 4</p>

<p>State: Minnesota</p>

<p>Religion: Very open-minded Lutheran</p>

<p>Minority: Not exactly sure, I don't know my biological family</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: Lutheran Church Youth since grade 7
-High School representative for Youth Director committee
-I've played drums at almost every service since 10th grade
-Gaining experience with sound board technology
-HIM Street Team Leader
Work Experience:
-Assistant at hair salon
-Cashier
-Journalist for town newspaper (any area, but prefer Arts)
-Trying to get job/internship at local radio station</p>

<p>1st Generation: Of biological family? Yes. Parents went to 2-year programs.</p>

<p>That's a lot about me! I know the Music Industry major is a tricky one and required much research to find programs that will give students everything they need to get a leg up into the business. It's not an easy place to break into!</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>Belmont University
Drexel University
McNally-Smith College of Music
NYU-Steinhardt
Ferris State U
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Southern California</p>

<p>Thanks so much! Let me know if you have any questions!</p>

<p>I am willing to give out any more info anyone needs to chance me.</p>

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<p>BUMP! Come on People, I'm not a bad kid!</p>

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<p>Bumping!!!~~~</p>

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<p>There is no university of colorado at denver... There is colorado boulder and University of Denver. Your ACT scores limit you, and your GPA does as well, especially since there are no AP classes on your schedule. </p>

<p>That said, IN MY OPINION
NYU- no chance
USC- no chance
Denver- reach</p>

<p>Those are the only schools I have heard of that I feel I can say anything about</p>

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<p>^ My school does not offer AP classes, therefore the hardest classes offered are classes for dual credit at accredited colleges.</p>

<p>Also, I mean University of Denver lol</p>

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<p>I understand that, but that also means that if your hardest classes are easier than the hardest classes at my school (we have 20 AP options and the IB diploma program) that you should be getting A's in those classes and have a GPA closer to 4.0. In many cases, the AP and IB classes at my school are more difficult than intro courses at any school, so a B is more acceptable. I don't know anything about Web Page Design, but this class should be difficult for it to count for a lot. I think that when schools say that they want you to take the most rigorous schedule available to you, that they are implying that if the most rigorous classes are easier than ones at bigger high schools that you should be getting a 4.0</p>

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<p>^ Our school only allows college-level classes in junior and senior years, and I'm taking and have taken all that are available.</p>

<p>Also, I did have a somewhat bad freshman year that contributes to the GPA.</p>

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<p>-> Supertme, There is a CU Denver, FYI. There is CU boulder as well as CU denver. (I know, since I live in Colorado, and my school sends dozens over to each every year).</p>

<p>On the other hand, MissRomania...</p>

<h1>1. Did you get the "Can you believe in me" from that little speech given by the African American fifth grader (or something)? XD (I really liked it, so I was wondering if you liked it too XD)</h1>

<h1>2. Belmont University: don't know</h1>

<p>Drexel University: match
McNally-Smith College of Music: don't know
NYU-Steinhardt: high match
Ferris State U: don't know
University of Colorado at Denver: safety
University of Southern California: match</p>

<p>Hope I helped =D</p>

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<p>Thanks so much guys!!!</p>

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<p>Bumping!!!!</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>BUMPING, because I could use more opinions!</p>

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<p>I've never heard of the other colleges so here goes:</p>

<p>NYU-Steinhardt - Slight reach, since your school does not offer AP courses, this college will look at the rigor of your courses with what you took. So not taking an AP courses shouldn't affect you much.
University of Southern California - reach. Much harder to get into than NYU. tuition is a buttload of money. my sister goes here
average unweighted GPA is 3.8 for this school.
hope that helped.</p>

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<p>supertme, yes there IS a CU-Denver (same system as Boulder)</p>

<p>That being said:</p>

<p>Belmont University -- very weak
Drexel University -- unlikely
McNally-Smith College of Music -- don't know the school but unlikely to succeed in the biz
NYU-Steinhardt -- not a chance
Ferris State U -- don't know
University of Colorado at Denver -- unlikely
University of Southern California -- not a chance</p>

<p>Having graduated with my degree in Commercial Music (and Psychology) and having taking many courses with students in your area of interest (I did the production/engineering route; started as performance), I do not see anything in your profile listed above that would give me any indication of preparedness to apply to a program in music business. I'm sorry, but you seem completely and utterly unprepared. A strong applicant to ANY program in music biz would already be working in the biz and a strong applicant to the moderately to extremely competitive programs (which USC, NYU and Belmont would all be a part of) would likely be managing a few bands and doing some touring and have had enough success to really not "need" the program in the first place. You're NOT applying to perform an academically-oriented career so forget the academics! If a School of Music or School of Music Business REALLY wants you (because you're a proven success in the biz), they can parade you in (right past Admissions) AND with a full-ride scholarship to boot EVEN with a 2.0 GPA and barely "passing" ACT/SAT scores -- trust me, I've seen it happen! As our UG Registrar says "the School of Music will sign ANYTHING." Basically, you need to get some realworld experience so that you can walk and show them you're more than another dreamer!</p>

<p>Edit:
I did just notice this buried in your profile:

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HIM Street Team Leader- Minnesota
-Founder of Minnesota chapter
*Correspondence with label
*Handing out flyers to promote tour, album, etc.
*Creating contacts with band, label, record stores, street team members, venue staff,etc.

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If I were your adcom, I would want to see A LOT more of that! That's the meat they're looking for! The rest is, to be honest, basically just fluff to please the UG Admissions dept., but the school usually makes the final decision when applying to specialty programs like this. Generally, you get admitted by the school and the university separately, so you have to pass both their criteria (although, as I said, if the school REALLY likes you, they usually have the political weight to push a prospective student past the admissions committee to get them into their program). For that reason, I'd suggest catering to the school/program itself -- especially since the things that the program is looking for are generally also quite advantageous to your career as well!</p>

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<p>I am probably the last person to talk about this, but your GPA seems weak for NYU and USC and the ACT score isn't helping. Anyways, here is my take.</p>

<p>Belmont University- if you bump up that ACT to a 25+ match
Drexel University- if you bump up that ACT to a 25+ match
McNally-Smith College of Music- Don't know
NYU-Steinhardt- Reach
Ferris State U- Never heard of it
University of Denver- don't really know
University of Southern California- High Reach, I really like USC too but i have no shot... here is a basic look at their stats: 3.7 avg HS GPA and 30 avg ACT</p>

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