Chances for CMU/NYU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
School: Top Public School in Southern California</p>

<p>Applying for Mellon College of Science (Biological Sciences [Neuroscience Emphasis]) and NYU College of Arts/Sciences (Neural Science)</p>

<p>Sat I: 2190 (R : 740, W : 690, M : 760)
ACT w/writing : 34 Composite (with 35 for math and 36 Science since I think those two are the most important for me). </p>

<p>Sat II:
Biology : 800
Chemistry : 770
Math IIC : 760
US History : 750</p>

<p>Honors/AP Classes:
H English (9th)
H History (10th)
H English (10th)
AP Biology (10th) - AP Score of 5
AP Calculus AB (11th) - AP Score of 5
AP U.S History (11th) - AP Score of 5
AP Chemistry (11th) - AP Score of 4
AP English Lang & Comp (11th) - AP Score of 4</p>

<p>Class for senior
AP English Literature (12th)
AP Comparative Government (12th)
AP Physics B (12th)
AP Statistics (12th)
String Orchestra 2
Teacher's Aide</p>

<p>GPA: </p>

<p>3.40 UW :(</p>

<p>3.64 W</p>

<p>Honors:
Principal's Recognition
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Semifinalist +</p>

<p>ECs:
- Science Olympiad Building Team Member
- Pre-Med Club Member
- Key Club Member
- Interact Club Member
- School Orchestra Member
- Research Intern at Local University [Neurobiology lab]</p>

<p>Leadership:
-Section Leader of the Violas in String Orchestra 2 for 3 years straight</p>

<p>Volunteer:
- ESL Tutor Locally (3 hours/week for 2 years)
- Tutors Autistic Children locally</p>

<p>Summers:
-Past summer at Local University (Clocked 240+ hours) </p>

<p>Hook:
Nice recommendation from university advisor. Not sure if my essays count (but told by teachers that they were great).
-Familiar with a research environment because of the internship.
-NYU, Has legacy from father. But he went for Law School, so I'm not sure that counts for a whole lot. </p>

<p>Not sure if I have a solid chance at either school. Really worried that my GPA is going to kill me.</p>

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<p>SAT I scores are on the lower end, but they shouldn’t hurt you. SAT II scores are good, and I know you fulfilled MCS testing requirements. ECs overall aren’t outstanding but nevertheless very solid. To be blunt, however, your GPA really drags your application down, and you lack awards. Hopefully your other stuff (recs and essays) are strong enough. You have a fair chance at MCS, but due to GPA and awards, I’d put it at around a low reach (possibly a high match if you get excellent recs and essays). NYU, on the other hand, I am not familiar with, so I won’t waste your time or mine by throwing in a random guess.</p>

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<p>@Chewydog His SAT score are top 75% for both schools, the GPA is the problem,</p>