<p>well i was wondering what my chances are getting into some schools i have on my lists. i get letters from them and stuff but i dont know if that guarantees my entree.</p>
<p>i wanna major in journalism or broadcasting, and then i wanna major in film to become either a journalist, director, dj for radio, or screen writer.</p>
<p>i made a 1710 on the SAT (is that good?) plan on retaking in Oct.
620 CR 570 M 520 W made an 8 on the essay though</p>
<p>Im black
active in my school and community
i've been in the top 10 of my class every year (Senior this year)
currently ranked 5/200something
i have a 3.9 gpa unweighted dont know the weighted one
i've taken every ap & honors class given, and the lowest grade was an 85 in AP World History, but that was jst one qarter it averaged to be an A</p>
<p>but i plan on attending these niversities so what are my chances</p>
<p>UGA(University of Georgia) its in my home state
USC(SOuthern Cal)
NYU
Columbia University
think these are the major ones i was wondering abot</p>
<p>you definitely need to increase your SAT scores if you're thinking about USC, NYU and especially Columbia. Also up the extracurriculars over summer if you can =)</p>
<p>Well, I'm gonna be a junior in August. I so far have a very crappy SAT score. I have ~1550. I am the top 5 in all of my classes. Freshmen and sophomore year, I had a 4.0 GPA, weighted it should be ~4.17. I have 5 clubs that I am in and I am an officer in one of them.</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are to get a 2000 my the 2008 March test date? What should I do?</p>
<p>Also what are my chances getting into:
University of Southern California
University of California- Berkeley
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
New York University
Farfetch: University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities sophomore year: (All I am planning to continue till graduation)
Operation Smile
Honor Society
American Cancer Society (officer next year)
Key Club
Kids to Kids</p>
<p>Community Service:
So far I have >100 hours just in sophomore year, and I am planning on doing >250 hours by the end of junior year.</p>
<p>Class took and planning on taking:</p>
<p>Freshmen- no weighted class
English I
Chinese 3 Honors
PE
SRC/ IC3 (Required class)
Geometry
Art</p>
<p>Sophomore- one weighted class
Modern World History
Chemistry Honors
Chinese 4 AP
English II Honors
PE (Mandatory)
Algebra II/ Trig Honors</p>
<p>Junior-4 weighted classes
Modern American History
Chemistry AP
Chinese 5 AP
English III Honors
Journalism I
Math Anaylsis/ Calculus I Honors (counted as AP)</p>
<p>Senior- 4 or 5 weighted classes
History AP (not sure what yet)
Physics (Honors maybe)
English IV AP
Journalism II
Calculus II AP
Statistics AP</p>
<p>My cousin went to USC but don't know if that's considered as alumni or not.</p>