<p>I did one of these beore but I ddidn't have SAT scores at hand. I'm planning on applying to CAS ED</p>
<p>GPA - 3.3/3.4 UW -- It's sub-par due to my horrendous sophomore
year(2.9uw). However, I'm hoping that my significantly better performance in my junior year(3.8uw) will help balance that out with an upward grade trend.
SAT's - 2160(1430 M/V)
SAT II's - Bio 620(will this hurt me?) Math IC 710 </p>
<p>EC's
-I'm quite involved with music. I've been playing guitar for over 6 years now. I take lessons and I also teach kids around my neighborhood. I'm also being trained in classical Indian music(Carnatic)and I spend a lot of my free time composing/arranging my own songs.
-lessons in Capoeira(an Afro-Brazilian style of dance/martial-art)
-Job at Commerce Bank
-Part-time job at CVS/Pharmacy(25 hrs/week)
-Volunteer at the hospital(~120hrs)</p>
<p>Clubs/activities @ school-
Track and Field
Inter-scholastic Frisbee(co-founder of team)
International club
Robotics</p>
<p>I love NYC and it would be a dream come true if I got in. So...be harsh guys. I need honest opinions. Do you think my so-so gpa will be a deciding factor or do I still have a decent chance?</p>
<p>Other things to note.
-relatively competetive courseload. I'll have about 4 hns and 5 AP courses by the end of my senior year.
-very competetive public school
-Asian/Indian-bilingual. Indian citizen
-recommendations will be excellent(my teacher loves me) as will my essay.
-I was forced to drop my hns courses going into my junior year because my school is extremely uptight about prerequisites. So obviously my horrible 10th grade performance didn't help with that. I was more than willing to take the advanced courses and I requested it multiple times but I still didn't get my desired schedule. Here's something that will give you the scope of the situation..my math grade was a 79.3 and the prerequisite a 79.5. But they still didn't let me move on in the hns program.
-I really have no excuse for my horrible 10th grade performance other than a really apathetic mindset towards school(and I was working a job quite a lot). But I hope colleges will note a significant change in my attitude.</p>
<p>I think you have a great chance. If your really concerned about your 10th grade year (which I don't think you should be...I also had a bad sophomore and early junior year, my grades changed drastically my senior year, which didn't help with being accepted, but has allowed me to be in good standing at the start of this academic year) then explain it in an essay. I think your very drastic increase in GPA will show them how serious you became after one bad year of school.</p>
<p>Overall, you seem like a great candidate to me.</p>
<p>In all honesty, with your GPA as low as it is, your chances are slim. Sorry man, im just being honest. I had a 3.7 GPA, 1280 SAT (old SAT out of 1600), played guitar 7 years, etc... jobs, clubs,. ...</p>
<p>I was rejected even with a glowing letter of rec. Now, I applied to Stern, but I dont think CAS is going to be THAT much different - a 3.4 is pretty low. I had to transfer into NYU. </p>
<p>Good luck man.</p>
<p>Lindsey - Thanks. Hopefully they take not of that upward grade trend</p>
<p>outono noite - Thanks. Yeah, my gpa is one thing that bothers me a lot. Oh man I wish time travel was a plausible solution.</p>
<p>I think you are in....you're SATs are great...couple hundred above the average, SAT IIs aren't that important, even tho yours are good...you have great employment...your GPA is nothing to worry about... your junior year compensates...good volunteer....99%</p>
<p>I dont get it - im so confused. The thread above this is telling the kid he has no chance with a 3.9 GPA and this thread has this guy thinking hes got a great chance with a 3.3/3.4, am I missing something here?</p>
<p>personally, i didnt post in the other thread, and SATs are an enormous factor....an average of 570 on each section (other thread) won't cut it at NYU....a 3.4 GPA with great SATs, will probably get u into NYU, especially with an upward surge in GPA....this person has better extracurriculars too....but i am answering your question on behalf of what i believe, and what i think everyone else sees in the difference between the two.</p>