Chances for NYU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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GPA: 3.62 (on an upward trend)
ACT: 28 (Retaking Next weekend)
Class Rank: 26/66 ( I know it’s awful, but my school doesn’t weight courses)
School type: small rural
Senior Year Courseload
3 online college classes
Weightlifting before school
A.P. Calc
Concert Choir
Spanish 4
AP English Literature
Physics
Life Skills

Extracurriculars:
4 years of choir ( 2 years varsity)
3 years of participation in musicals
3 years color guard (co-captain)
Spanish immersion trip (stayed with host family)
4 years FTC robotics ( captain)
Three years of math and science club (would be four, but our sponsor left) (secretary)
Three years of science Olympiad (same story as above) (3rd place at state)
4 years mock trial (varsity)
1 year cross country (jv)
2 years national honor society
2 years knowledge bowl
3 years individual speech (state qualifier)& ( jv)
I’ll be graduating with a diploma with distinction which shows I have taken a rigorous courseload

I’ve already been accepted to the university of Iowa and to Coe college, but NYU is a bit more selective and I’m not sure of my chances.

I’m a white female from Iowa. I’m planning on my common app essay being about either growing up liberal in the middle of a county that is two thirds republican or about leaving my small town and staying with a host family in Zaragoza.

Thanks everyone!!

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Since your grade is a 3.62 UW you have the GPA requirement for NYU.
Your ACT is below the average for NYU.
Your extracurricular activities show leadership, but they without any impressive achievements I have no idea what they will think about them.
Honestly what I think is getting you into NYU is what your major will be, and how well you express yourself in your writing. Without a good essay I would say your chances of NYU is like 10%, but if you manage to really hit it home with your essay you are looking probably at the normal 30% acceptance rate.

I’m not trying to be rude here, just honest, and trust me I want to go to NYU too and I can see that you probably have a better chance at it then I do.