Chances at AU

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<p>Female living in the Washington, D.C. area (VA resident)
Hispanic and Italian descent (both of my parents are foreigners)
Fluent in Spanish</p>

<p>Competitive Catholic private high school
GPA: 3.41
SAT I: v: 630 w: 670 m: 530 (i know it’s crap)
SAT II: Math I: 540 Biology M: 530 Spanish: 750 (embarassing)
APs: US History: 3 Spanish Lang: 3 (again, embarassing)
I’m thinking about taking the ACT since I’ve taken the SAT too many times to bring up my math score.</p>

<p>Intended major: Graphic Design/Communications Design
(I’m working on my portfolio)</p>

<p>Senior year courses:
English 4 Honors
AP Spanish Literature
AP US/Comp Government
Physics
Catholic Thought
Topics in Mathematics
Art II</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Debate/Student Congress: 11 12
Computer Club: 10 11 12
Track & Field: 9 (I’m not athletic whatsoever)
Anime Club (president and founder): 11 12
Piano: pre highschool 9 10 11
Guitar: 9 10 11
Drama stage crew: 9 10
Spanish school (saturday spanish classes for bilingual students): since 1st grade 9 10 11 12</p>

<p>Summer stuff:
Summer camp counselor apprentice: 2002 2003
Corcoran College of Art + Design Portfolio Development: (2 week course) 2005</p>

<p>Jobs:
Restaurant hostess: summer of 2004
Spa receptionist: summer of 2005 - present</p>

<p>Awards:
English II Academic Award (maintained an “A” average soph year)</p>

<p>Please give me some feedback!
Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>unless you're an ex-con... then your in. </p>

<p>my stats were lower, and i got in... u shouldn't have a problem... :)</p>

<p>yet again admissions get tougher and tougher each year... so u never really know...</p>

<p>any other question...... comments....... feel free to PM me or post... i'll be happy to answer any questions... :)</p>

<p>~alyssa</p>

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<p>yeah you'll get in easy. you have nothing to worry about :)</p>

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<p>Thanks! AU is my second choice school so hearing that from you relaxes me a bit. I'll defineltey PM if I have any questions. :]</p>

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<p>Yeah AU is also my second choice. It's such a great school :)</p>

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<p>is it a good idea to say that it is your second choice and posting your stats up for anyone to see?</p>

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<p>even with a really poor math SAT score (530)?</p>