Chances please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>*caucasian, twin girl, first generation american ( my family is Polish)
*my high school is number 565ish of the best 1000 high schools in USA
*my GPA is 3.76
* my rank= 16/291
* my SAT is 1270 (m-630, v-640) and for the new wrting section I got a 630 which makes it 1900/2400
* by the time i'll graduate i'll have taken 7 AP courses( us history, european history, english lit, english comp, french, world history)
*all of my other courses were honors except for math in 10th and 11th grade</p>

<p>MY E.C.:</p>

<p>Activity Grade Hrs. per week Positions held/ Honors earned
Girl Scouts 9, 10, 11, 12 2-3 Silver Award, Coordinator for many events
JV Basketball 9 22-25 Scholar-Athlete
Orchestra 9, 10, 11, 12 5 1st violin
National Honor Society 11, 12 1<br>
National Art Honor Society 11, 12 1-2
Tri-M Music Honor Society 10, 11, 12 1 </p>

<p>Community Service Grade Hrs. Positions held
Breast Cancer Walk at Jone’s Beach 9, 10,11 4<br>
Yellow Ribbons in support of Troops 9 3 Coordinator
Walk USA Collection Drive 9 3<br>
Sandwiches for Soup Kitchens (Made around 200 PB & J sandwiches) 9 4<br>
Girl Scout International Event 9, 10, 11, (12) 5 Coordinator
International Beach Cleanup Day 9, 10, 11, 12 4<br>
Waldbaums’s Book Drive 9 2<br>
Thanksgiving Day Basket 9, 10, 11 3<br>
Mad Hatter’s Fall Fair (making hats for young girls and then letting them decorate their hats how ever they wanted to) 10 12 Coordinator
Christmas Box for Needy Kids 9, 10, 11, (12) 1<br>
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon 12 4 worked in mailroom
Relay for Life 11, (12) 12<br>
Superthon (raised $10,000 for Cerebral Palsy research) 11, (12) 7 Coordinator
Birthday bags for needy children 12 9 Coordinator</p>

<p>(~lots of leadership positions~--hoping that'll help me out)</p>

<p>AWARDS:</p>

<p>Award Grade
Scholar Athlete (for Basketball) 9
Poem published (Creative Communications Young Poet Contest) 10
Short Story Published 10
Win a Diamond for Mom (won a jewel, not grand prize winner) 10
Girl Scout Silver Award* 9-10
Who’s Who Among American High School Students 11
Working on Girl Scout Gold Award** 11-12
Principal’s High Honor Roll 9, 10, 11, 12
Nominated for Presidential Classroom 10, 11, 12
Nominated for Young Leaders Conference 10</p>

<p>**** i love nyu, i have always wanted to go there-it's my dream school! <--i've included that in the personal statements...i'm applying RD to CAS & i want to major in History</p>

<p>THANKS for anyone who can help!!!!!!!!! it's appreciated a lot!</p>

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<p>i forgot to mention but on my satII us history=680 and bio=710</p>

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<p>can someone reply, please?</p>

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<p>I say if you don't get into CAS you will get GSP, and thats just as good, so I think you will be at NYU next year!! PS I luv Harry Potter</p>

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<p>ahaha thanks...i can't for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which comes out November 18th! :)</p>

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<p>anyone else? it really helps to hear your imputs (unless if they're mean---of course lol)</p>

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<p>if its ure dream school then why aren't u applying eary decision?
otherwise, u might want to u pull ure SAT scores up a little and make sure ure essays and recs are good.. u do have a good chance, but as NJ1grlcrus said, if not CAS then hopefully GSP..</p>

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<p>thanks much! i know.... my SATs are kinda low for NYU....i just ccant do well on them!!!!</p>

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<p>it went up to a 1300!! :) and 1960 overall (m-630, v-670, w-660)</p>

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<p>bump.... </p>

<p>and my ap grades (world history-3 :(, us history-4, english composition-4)</p>

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<p>good job on the us history and english comp, you are getting there, Good Luck!!!</p>

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<p>thanks a lot!! :)</p>