Chances for CAS?

Colleges & Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Asian Female
SAT superscore: 650M, 800CR, 710W
SAT IIs: 780 US History, 730 French W/ Listening, 650 Lit (maybe retaking and/not sending)
Curriculum: was not eligible for Honors classes Freshman year b/c transferred from Canadian middle school, and though I was placed in "Enriched" classes there my grades didn't look stellar by American standards. But by my performance in my Freshman CP classes I was in all honors sophomore year. (not allowed to take APs till Junior/Senior year at our school). I asked my guidance counselor to explain the situation in her letter. </p>

<p>AP's: U.S History (5), English Lang and Comp (5) Psychology (5)
Currently taking: Chem, English Lang and Lit, World History, AP French (Online course) </p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>Co-Curricular Activities
Student Newspaper (Editor) 10 11 12
Key Club 9 10<br>
Choir 10
In-door Color Guard 10 11 12
Marching Band (Color Guard) 10 11 12
Math Tutor (Alg I, II & Geo) 11 12
FFCLA (Secretary) 10 11 12
Asian Culture Club (Secretary) 9 10 11 12
Leadership Activities
Guest Speaking at a Summer School in China 12
Community Activities
Volunteer at West Deptford Public Library-adopt-a-shelf 10 11 12
Volunteer at West Deptford Public Library-Calling Teens Program 10
Walk for a cure 10 11<br>
Quixote Volunteer Club- Various projects 12
Legacy Volunteer (interviewing and writing memoirs for senior citizens) 12</p>

<p>Recognition and Rewards
Principle List 9 (3x) 10(2x)<br>
Honor Roll 9(4x) 10(4x) 11(4x)<br>
World Language Honor Society 10 11 12
AP Scholar 11 </p>

<p>Work Experience
Babysitting 9 10 11 12</p>

<p>possible hooks: Asian fluent in French? (XD I used to live in Quebec) and I moved around a lot?</p>

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<p>dude if u dont get in it would be a amazing i got in with 1850 SAT 3.68 weighted GPA lol, wow never thought i’d meet someone like me, chinese and fluent in French…</p>

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<p>Wow, you’re fluent in French too? Do you live a country (or did you used to live) where French is the primary language?</p>

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<p>nope i just toke 5 years of French all honors and APs, during french 2 the teacher ****ed me off really bad by mocking me cause my french sucked. toke a whole summer off, read a billion french books watched a million french movies came back to French 3 dominated that class, her face when she read my essay was priceless… (actually the face when she listened to mine self presentation on Bordeaux was even more priceless…</p>

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<p>@Kaiserdraco: wow lol that’s really impressive! thanks for the chance~!</p>

<p>Any second opinions?</p>

<p>Also, I’m toying with the idea of talking about Eloise for my “Famous New Yorker” essay. XD except that might come off as a tad childish?</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a very good chance at acceptance.</p>

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<p>Eloise sounds great! Don’t forget Weenie!</p>

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<p>Just submitted my supplement and application… and realized there was a typo on my courses list (and it apparently went over the word limit too…). One of my courses says “Math Anaalysis (Pre-Calculus)” <em>dies</em>
Okay, maybe it’s not that big a deal, still!!</p>