<p>HI. I am a junior in a prestigous high school in North Hollywood and was wondering if I could get in. My SAT scores are 1270 on the old one, 1970 on the new one, 700 on Math SAT II 1C and History and 2C to come. I am considering playing college golf there but would not be a major recruit. I will have taken 5 AP's by the end of high school but my GPA is a 3.04. Im sort of confused as to where i should apply so other suggestions would be helpful.</p>
<p>Forgot about ec's,
Varsity Golf (2years, 2 cif championships, 2nd team all league)
Model UN (2 team awards)
Church youth Group and Pastor Nominating Committie
Concert Orchestra (3years)
Admissions Committie
President of "up Your Assets Investment Club"
Internship at Merill Lynch
Won 2 SCPGA Golf tournaments</p>
<p>Community Service
St Joseph's Hospitial (200 hrs)
Meals on Wheels (100 hrs)
Feeding the Homeless (100 hrs)
School Humanitas award (3years)</p>
<p>Prelim List
USC
Berkley
NYU
Emory
Tufts
Babson
BC
BU
Michigan
Wisconsin
still open to suggestions though</p>
<p>Does NYU even have an athletics department???? Anyhow, golf is NOT a priority of NYU, and even if they had a golf program, the school would not mind being last place in Division III. You have virtually no chance at Cal-Berkeley, which is very GPA conscious. As for all the other schools you've listed, I'd still consider them all reaches. Your extracurriculars are not flattering, your GPA isn't all that great, and your standardized test scores are mediocre (when one considers what out-of-state privates are looking for); you'll probably end up at a school where your SAT score is above average. It's very difficult with your situation when you consider a "low" UC school with GPA averages in the 3.5 ranges (I think), which you'd be under though your SAT score would be well above average. Your best bet is to find a small private school in a relative area where you'd want to spend your next four years, such as Occidental College if you wish to stay in LA. Best of luck,</p>
<p>TTG</p>
<p>Without URM</p>
<p>Oxy's Ave SAT 1390</p>
<p>Fm Oxy HP
Admissions and Financial Aid
This year we received more than 5,000 applications for a first-year class of approximately 430 students.
Admission is highly selective; about 40% of applicants were admitted to the College.
The median SAT score for admitted students is 1340.
About three-quarters of our students receive financial aid.
Need-based aid and merit scholarship programs can make our costs comparable to public universities.
We meet all of demonstrated financial need</p>
<p>Quote:</p>
<p>I'm going to USC this fall.
Oxy
Decision: Waitlisted (Ach!)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: An "Eh" score. 1390
SAT IIs: None. Probably should have done some
GPA: 3.4 unweighted (Straight A's though in history, English, foreign language, religion, art/writing based electives- curse you math and science!)
Rank: Unranked</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: All right I think. I worked pretty hard on it.
Teacher Recs: Both very good
Counselor Rec: Very good
Hook (if any): Decent extracurriculars</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: US of A
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Major strength/weakness: Bad math and science scores all through junior year and senior year (just really suck at both). Maybe being Asian was a weakness, because most schools get a lot of those come application time. :P
Strength: good extracurriculars: editor of school newspaper, editor of school magazine, two instruments (piano/violin), swimming, volunteer work, academic team (nerdy I know), multi-cultural club, Amnesty International, German club, church pianist.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I suck at math and science. </p>
<p>Other Factors: Dunno. Oxy was difficult to get into this year. Maybe I'm not what they were looking for. I did do an interview though. Guess it wasn't enough.</p>
<p>Anyway, I hear if I'm off waitlist in a few weeks, or if I'll just get rejected.</p>
<p>anyone else</p>
<p>is this North Hollywood High?</p>
<p>yes, i concur....you have a pretty low SAT score, which is a big deal for the UCs...and the GPA really hurts. They basically multiply GPA by factor, add it to SAT to find out if you qualify academically. Cal is especially academically focused. </p>
<p>im thinking skip these, or at least pick only 1 or 2:</p>
<p>USC
Berkley
NYU
Emory
Tufts</p>
<p>it's Harvard Westlake</p>