Class of 2016 chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Academic:
•My GPA at the moment is a 3.02/4.0
•My ACT is a 28
•I know that I don’t have the best grades, but i plan on getting them up.
•I’m an African-American (Somalian) student, Male, and Duke is my dream school
•Top Quarter Rank
•I planned on majoring in Sports Management, but they don’t allow that/have that major at Duke, so right know I’m thinking Marketing or communications, or if they have the opportunity to design my own major, I might do that as well.</p>

<p>Junior Course load:
•Psychology AP, American History, AP Language&Comp, Precalculus, Photography, Stats&Probablity, PhyEd 11, Guitar Methods</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
•Yearbook Publication, Media Studies, Humanities (AP Lit&Comp), Senior Foods, Stats AP, PhyEd 12, Microeconomics AP, American Government AP</p>

<p>My EC:
•Student Council (VP Junior Year, and President Elect for senior year) (4 Years)
•DECA, which is like business leaders of America. And I am president of that. (4 Years)
•I am the founder and president of the African-American Leadership Council at my school
•I am the producer of the black history month show at my school.
•I am in speech, which has high prestige at my school is ranked in top ten in the USA
•Varsity Golf
•I help run a National Magazine for high school teachers nationwide.
•Been going to Muslim Religion classes every Saturday and Sunday since I was 6</p>

<p>Work Experience:
•I intern with the Minnesota Timberwolves
•I’m the basketball manager for my high school Varsity Basketball Team, and in the summer I manage an AAU team.
•Also this summer I’m working/ interning with a golf club
•I'm a golf caddy
•Mentor Somali Kids at a local Elementary School
•One of 2 students selected to work on the Roseville Park and Rec Board
•Habitat for Humanity this summer
•More volunteer work in the summers</p>

<p>Awards:
•Lettered in Speech and Student Council
•City of Falcon Heights Teen Leadership Award
•(More that I can’t think of)</p>

<p>Essays:
•Hopefully will be good, I know many people that I will have edit it, so it will be top notch when I turn it in.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
•Assistant Basketball Coach/Vice Principle at me Elementary school, in the Minnesota Hall of Fame for High School Basketball Coaching
•Counselor: He loves me, he worked in the Sports Management Field before becoming a counselor and I know his recommendation will be good.
•Teacher: Humanities/10th Grade Pre-AP English Teacher, One of the Top Teachers in the Nation, Has awards for being a top teacher In MN/USA. I work with her on a literacy publication magazine that a couple of other kids and I are working on together. (thenationalscholar.org) so her recommendation will be legit.
Addition Recommendation: Jeff Munneke; Vice President of Fan Relations and Guest Services I Intern with him, so he’ll write me a good recommendation</p>

<p>Other:
•State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
•School Type: Large Public High School 2000+
•Ethnicity: Somalian (African-American)
•Gender: Male
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM and First Generation College. Research (Kinda?)</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Leadership, Experience, Recommendations’, and Extracurricular
•Weaknesses: Most academic related things.
•I know my grades aren’t the best neither is my ACT score, but the reason for that is because I was always busy with school, and extracurricular activities. And it wasn’t like I joined every club available just to be in them, I was an active member of each one, and I have leadership roles in many of them. I don’t know if my extracurricular will balance out my academics but do you think that I have a chance at all? Also I’m great at interviews so hopefully I nail that too.</p>

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<p>nasali,</p>

<p>Are you on the right forum? Do you mean to get feedback in the Duke forum? Also, I am thinking you are on the wrong forum because NYU does not ask for or have interviews for undergrad applicants (except for auditions for the Tisch School).</p>

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<p>Sorry I just kinda coppied and pasted, I’ll go back and change some things. Haha</p>

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<p>Story of my life.</p>

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<p>If you aren’t supposed to be on the Duke forum then:</p>

<p>I think the main problem here is your GPA. NYU can live with a 28 ACT. You could get in, but you really would have to do Early Decision. The minority status also boosts you big time. I know the Robert Tisch Sports Management school is slightly easier to get into, so try and write great essays, get great recommendations, and really leverage your extracurriculars because that’s the strength of your application. MAYBE try and re-take the ACT once more to give yourself a good shot. You’ve got a full summer left to go, so maybe try and take the ACT again, focus on essays, or maybe think about taking SAT II’s. </p>

<p>As of now, I’d say you have to do the Early Decision if you have any shot of getting in. Assuming you do that, you have to put in a lot of work into your application, but you could do it.</p>

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<p>Although your an URM, you’re GPA is low. Either raise your standardized test scores or completely revamp your GPA this year.</p>