Chances for admission as journalism major?

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<p>Hey, everyone! Just wondering what my chances are for New York University. I'm a current junior in high school.</p>

<p>• Female, white, from public high school in MD</p>

<p>• 4.0 GPA unweighted, 4.6 GPA weighted; all core subjects (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies) honors or AP</p>

<p>• Will graduate with five or six APs: AP Lang and Comp, AP US History, AP Calculus A/B, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science, and maybe AP Gov/Politics (I would have to take it online)</p>

<p>• Senior year schedule: AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, French IV, doing an internship with one of my teachers, and the rest of my classes will be journalism & publication classes.</p>

<p>• Oh, boy. Lots of leadership: Editor-in-chief of yearbook, Business manager/marketing director of newspaper, News editor of newspaper, President of forensics and debate team, maybe President of Quill & Scroll Int'l Honorary Society.</p>

<p>• Other EC's: National Honor Society, Science NHS, Math NHS, Junior Executive Board, Senior Executive Board, Model UN, Open Studio, participated in the Distinguished Young Women of Frederick County scholarship program, and candidate for the Student Member of the BOE of my county (but lost)</p>

<p>• Many hours of tutoring kids who live in a public housing community, was a "big sister"/mentor to a girl who's father was in jail & mother was out of work, many hours tutoring middle school students of my own community, a few hours working with developmentally disabled kids/adults</p>

<p>• This summer, I'm starting a newspaper in a public housing community that will be staffed by underprivileged middle/high school girls that live there to try & spark some interest in writing or photography</p>

<p>• 1880 SAT (only took it once w/ no studying, taking it again in June)</p>

<p>• 29 ACT (only took it once w/ no studying, taking it again in June)</p>

<p>• SAT Subject Tests: 700 Literature, 690 Math 1</p>

<p>• Had a job at my community pool last summer, then worked in retail at a locally owned shop, then quit, and now I'll be working at the pool again starting memorial day weekend</p>

<p>• Awards: Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism 2014 1st place Best Sports Photography, 2nd place Best Feature Photography, Honorable Mention Best News Photography; Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism 2013 3rd place Best Editorial on an Issue; Honorable Mention for my Model UN position paper regarding Kyoto Protocol</p>

<p>I don't know what my rank is! I'm projecting that my recommendations will be great, and I'm a good writer so I think my essay will be great, as well. I also have obstacles that I overcame during my high school career to write about (heroin addiction/overdose of people close to me) so that might be something that shows how it hasn't been easy.Thanks everyone for taking the time to read this! Let me know what you think.</p>

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<p>Lookin’ good. Congrats on your achievements, you’ve done awesome. Everyone that I’ve known that’s gotten into NYU had similar stats minus the SAT scores. They all had around a 2100-2300. Maybe they had a few more AP’s or something, but you have more honors. Provided that you do get your SAT/ACT up, I think you’ll be in good shape. By the way, if you’re looking into J school, also look at Mizzou (you’ve got the stats for them, don’t even worry) for print media and Syracuse (only for broadcast, but if you want to be in broadcast, it’s Mecca). Good luck! </p>

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<p>Yeah right now I’m thinking I’d send my ACT score (I think I can get that up to a 30-something) rather than SAT score! Thank you so much, that was really helpful! I’ll definitely look into Mizzou; I looked into Syracuse already and all the journalism related majors they had were a little too concentrated for my liking as Im not sure if I want to study online journalism or print, although I’m leaning towards print. Anyway, thank you so much- really! You can’t imagine how much that helps! </p>

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<p>Fair warning that at NYU, journalism is a required double major, so you must choose an additional major to do as well</p>

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<p>Oh wow, I didn’t know that! I was actually planning on double majoring wherever I went anyway so that’s fantastic. Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>Looks like you have great stats! I would focus now on getting the SAT or ACT scores up and you should be good as gold! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks, I actually just got my scores back from the second SAT & ACT I took and I got a 30 on the ACT and 2020 on SAT so hopefully that ups my chances!</p>