Chances at NYU? Help!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys, wanted your opinion on this. Applying to the Liberal Arts college at NYU. Do I stand any chance of admission? Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Out of state.
Not a minority.
GPA 3.2/4.0 UW(I fell in with a bad crowd sophomore year), Class Rank not calculated (I'd estimate I'm in the top half at the very least)
1450 on old SATs (800 Verbal, 650 Math)
2240 on new SATs (800 Essay, 800 Verbal, 640 Math -just can't seem to get that math score up haha)</p>

<p>800 US History SAT II
740 World History SAT II
710 English Literature SAT II</p>

<p>31 Cumulative on ACT
Have always taken very rigorous courses</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP US History: 91 both semesters - 5 on exam
AP English Language/Comp - 90/91 - 4 on exam
AP Bio - 89/90 - 4 on exam
On-level Alg./Trig - 83/85
Individual & The Law Honors Elective - 98</p>

<p>Senior Year:</p>

<p>AP Gov't - 97
AP English Lit/Comp - 89(will be a 90 by end of semester)
AP Psychology - 93
AP Microeconomics - not taken yet
AP Spanish V - 91
On-level Calc AB - 81
Gifted Comparative Religion - 97
Gifted Philosophy - not taken yet</p>

<p>Excellent teacher recs from 11th grade AP classes (US History and English Language teachers, they've known me for a long time)</p>

<p>The best essays I've ever written. Really.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>EYCS Episcopal Youth Community Service (President since 10th grade, we average 40 service hours a month)</p>

<p>Debate Team - Numerous speaker awards, finalist in several regional tournaments</p>

<p>Politically Active Citizens - Executive Board Member, assisted in bringing about a community-wide voter registration drive. Was a poll worker in the 2004 Presidential Elections.</p>

<p>Boys' State '05 - Federalist Candidate for Governor, lost by only 7 votes</p>

<p>National Youth Leadership Forum on Law</p>

<p>Community Cleanup Crew - 10-15 Service hours yearly</p>

<p>Singlehandedly began an ACLU Campaign to bring about a change in my county's voting laws that was ultimately successful.</p>

<p>St. Lawrence Rowing Team - Novice '04, Varsity '05, stroke seat on "A" boat</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Work summers as a lifeguard, manager for a pool with 15 employees, worked at least 40 hours a week
Poll Worker in 2004 Elections</p>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>Hey! From what I can tell, you've got a pretty good shot! You kicked my butt when it comes to writing and history...the only thing to do is pray that your performance in the humanities will impress the the admissions board and compensate for the math section of the SAT. Personally, I'm hoping they'll do that for writing because my SAT was math-780, verbal-740, and writing-680 (grr...).</p>

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<p>very similar to how I am doing so far in Junior year so i look forward to seeing if you get in! I just took a practice test and got a 800 verbal (miss 1 the whole section :)) and my math is on level junior year as well, so many //s its not even funny lol</p>

<p>BTW I see you outscored your World History with your US History did you study for either? I look at some World History questions like 50 from a past exam and was blown away by how easy it was, did you think US History was easier?</p>

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<p>US History is my favorite subject - I knew a lot about it before I took the AP course, and I took the SAT II the month before the AP test. So it worked out pretty well. I didn't study for this outside of the studying I was doing to maintain my average in the class.</p>

<p>And the World History test is pretty easy... or at least it was when I took it last year. I hadn't taken the class since sophomore year, and I didn't study for it - so you should be fine.</p>

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<p>bump-------------</p>

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<p>You're definitely in. Scholarship money too probably.</p>