Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>GPA: 3.8 </p>

<p>SAT II Hebrew: 800
SAT II Literature: 750
SAT II History: 760</p>

<p>SAT I: 1860 </p>

<p>My SAT I scores are rather low, but i am taking the test again. I am not a very good test taker.</p>

<p>I speak Hebrew, Russian, English and Spanish.
I moved from Israel 4 years ago. </p>

<p>I go to a private Jewish High School, that doesn't offer any ap or honors classes.
I transferred to my current school when I was in the 10th grade ( I will be a senior next year) , but freshman year I was enrolled in three honors classes. </p>

<p>My plans for the summer are as follows:
Interning for the Anti Defamation League
Working as a tutor for three kids and as a therapist for an autistic child, and working at Starbucks.
Taking Arabic classes at a local college. </p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: I am the founder of a project called Faith to Faith. Adolescents of different faiths are matched up with a family of a different faith who has a special needs child. Before the adolescent starts working with the child, the family of the adolescent and the family of the special needs get together and I will facilitate a dialogue on community service and acceptance through the lens of the two religions represented. Once the adolescents have started seeing their families once a week, there will be several mandatory programs during the year, this includes but not limited to speaker forums, film talks, and social justice film talks. I believe that the different religious communities in Seattle are highly segregated, and it is important for me to bring different religious communities together and strengthen their ties to one another, so that young teens will no longer be afraid to talk about their religious beliefs. </p>

<p>Cello Lessons: 2003-present
Cascade Youth Symphony: 2005-present
Violin: 1995-2002
Chamber music: 1998-2002, 2005- present.
Proclub varsity tennis team: 2001-2006
Interfaith Youth Core Conference: Spring 2006
Israel Advocacy Conference: Winter 2006
Rally for Darfur in Washington D. C: Spring 2006</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE AND JOBS: I enjoy serving my community through volunteering and spearheading different community project. My goal is to provide adults and students with the knowledge about current humanitarian issues that affect people which will lead the students and adults to volunteer and give back to their community. I accomplish this by promoting awareness about humanitarian issues that tie to people, such as Modern-Day Slavery, Global Warming, and the genocide that’s taking place in Darfur. I also enjoy, volunteering for a Teen Street Outreach Program which provide support to homeless teens. I enjoy volunteering for the Friendship Circle, and I am currently volunteer for two families who have severely disabled children. I recently spearheaded a project, “Eat for Darfur” and raised money to support Doctors without Boarders. I am organizing a concert to benefit Darfur, and I am part of the University of Washington Coalition for Darfur and The Washington State coalition for Darfur. I believe that the only way to end the atrocities in the world is by educating my fellow students and adults and encouraging them to volunteer and give back to their community. </p>

<p>Tutoring and preparing kids for their Bar Mitzvahs: 2003-present
Lifelong Aids Alliance Volunteer: 2003- present
Friendship Circle Volunteer: 2005-present
Hopelink Child development Center- 2004-2006
Babysitter and Nanny: 1999-present
Internship for the Anti Defamation League: Summer of 2006
Dining Out for Life Volunteer: Spring 2005 and 2006
Anti Defamation League volunteer and trained speaker: 2006 school year
J-Vibe teen advisory board: 2005- present
Volunteer for the Aids Walk: September 2005, September 2006.
Washington State Coalition for Darfur: 2005-present
University of Washington Coalition for Darfur: 2005-present
Organized a school program on Darfur: fall 2006
Organized two food drives at school: fall 2006
Organized a Holiday party for the Jewish Family Service: Winter 2006.
Organized the assembly for Israel’s Independence Day: Spring 2006
Sold shirts to benefit Darfur: 2006 school year
In charge of the Eat for Israel project which helped raise money for victims of terrorism: 2006 school year
Organized an after school teen tutoring program especially designed for inner city school students.
Formed a partnership with a local foodbank to send students to volunteer once a month.
Organized 10 monthly community service projects for school </p>

<p>• ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS: The biggest honor I have enjoyed is being elected as Student Council representative and head of the Community Service at my school. My vision for next year is to implement a new outlook on community service. As president of the Community Service Committee, and Student Council representative, I believe that I could make community service as part of the student’s daily life and get our school involved in community service projects, such as taking part in the monthly food bank program, and participating in the peer tutoring program which I will be forming. Also, I will student, students with an opportunity to conduct community service projects during school. This includes but is not limited to, food drives, book drives, blanket making, and sandwich making, which will all be donated to the Jewish Family Service and Peace on the Streets. </p>

<p>Bellevue High School honor roll: 2001
President and Student council representatives for Community service: 2006
Friendship Circle volunteers of the month: spring 2006
President of Friendship Circle: 2006-present</p>

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<p>How many times did you post this ?</p>

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<p>27 times.</p>

<p>i do hope you aren't planning on applying to 27 colleges.</p>

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<p>I planning on applying to 19 colleges.</p>

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<p>^ I think it's unethical! part of the reason why the college admission is getting sooooooooooooooooo much competitive each year. you obviously can't attend all 19 colleges even if you were accepted to everywhere, so why not try 8 (3 reach, 3 match, 2 safety), and spare other kids some chance to actually get into the schools of their choice?</p>

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<p>I am afraid that i won't get into any school, and that is why i need 10 safety schools.</p>

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<p>Anti Defamation League...
do they do anything good?</p>

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<p>"ADL fights hatred, extremism and terrorism. Our goal: to make the world a safer place. Over the past few years, we have expanded our expertise and capabilities to confront a more dangerous world.</p>

<p>Our three priorities are to:
Gather, analyze and disseminate intelligence on extremism and hate activity
Enhance law enforcement’s ability to combat serious threats
Provide assistance, support and resources on security to the Jewish community
ADL is meeting the CHALLENGE: we have a nationwide fact-finding infrastructure. We take ACTION: bringing law enforcement agencies together, implementing strategies to promote security awareness, systemically monitoring hate sites on the Internet, providing training on extremist ideologies and building bridges between Jewish institutions and law enforcement. In ways large and small, measurable and not, ADL gets RESULTS. We are making this nation a safer place."</p>

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<p>safety school means school that you know you will get in. you definitely won't need 10 of them.
I still believe applying to 19 schools is unreasonable, and perhaps highly unethical, since you're practically taking 10+ spots at the expense of other candidates who really would go there.
Don't get me wrong: I am not trying to offend you. I just hope you aren't planning on applying to more than 10 colleges, because it seems a bit extreme to me.</p>

<p>remember: "ADL fights extremism."</p>

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<p>i'm planning to about 14 schools but most are reaches. i only have about 3 safeties. If they're truly safeties, you don't need 10 do you?</p>

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<p>to apply to* (for the above post)</p>

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<p>Well, i'm applying ed to a school, so hopefully i will get into that school. If not, i will probably end up applying to 10-12 schools.</p>

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<p>holy crap, i'm only applying to four schools. one reach, two match, and one safety. what the hell is your problem applying to nineteen? you shouldn't apply to a school unless you know for a fact that you would indeed attend it and be happy there. plus by applying to nineteen you're taking eighteen spaces away from kids who really would want to go to whatever schools you're applying to. pick like three, four, maybe five that you really love and then apply to those.</p>

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<p>Alright, i think you all made your point, I will probably end up applying to 10-12 schools. I've done my research, the schools i will be applying to have the best programs for me.</p>

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<p>Heh, applying for 10-12 schools is a bit of an overkill. Choosing 6 colleges, as in like, two dream, "wow this school kicks ass" schools, three "you could probably make it in but not too sure" schools, and one safety school should be just fine lest you want to be bombarded by not only your senior courses, but also college essays.</p>

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<p>agreed. if you get into NYU and I don't (and you don't attend)... there will be serious consequences.</p>

<p>just kidding. but, definitely narrow it down from 10-12 to 6-8. that's reasonable. i think you have good chances. pretty cool organization you started, by the way.</p>

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<p>ten to twelve is still too many. choose five or six. also i see you've been posting "what are my chances?!?!" threads since your sophomore year. it's good to work hard and get an early start but, just some friendly advice, slow down and enjoy yourself a little bit. you'll only have one senior year and you'll regret it later if you don't have a little fun. don't be so serious.</p>

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<p>yeah thats way too many. i applied to TWO.</p>