College Admission Possibilities

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<p>Hi I am going to be a senior next year, and I am a little freaked out about college plans and possibilities. I really love NY and would like to know my chances of getting into Columbia or NYU. (I also like Stanford and Harvard, but I know I definitely need improvements in test scores for those.) I am pretty confident in my abilities to impress someone in an interview but are the rest of my credentials good enough. Any feedback would be amazing.</p>

<p>Highschool: Catholic private (very few AP classes and nothing beyond that but overall a pretty decent school)</p>

<p>Classes: taking every honors and AP class possible with the exception of Bio. II (honors)
Total Honors Classes: 13
Total AP classes: 3
GPA (unweighted): 4.0 (weighted)9th and 10th: 4.43 11th: 4.71 12th: not sure but should be above 4.71
Academic Awards: 2nd place Physical Science district rally
1st French I district rally and 3rd state rally
1st French II district rally and 3rd state rally
Tulane Book Award
All A's Honor role every year
(should be going to rally next year and most likely will be one of a handfull of valedictorians)</p>

<p>School EC's (totals counting next year: Art Club 5yrs
Foreign Language Club 3 yrs
Cheerleading Squad 4 yrs
Tennis Team 5 yrs
National Honors Society 4 yrs
Student Council 2 yrs
Key Club 3 yrs
Choir 1yr</p>

<p>School EC accomplishments: Art show 3+ 1st place in Art Club and other 2nd and 3rd's
Senior Class VP
Doubles Runners Up (2010, 2011) both regionals and state
Team State and Regionals Champions (2008-2011) 4 yrs</p>

<p>Out of School EC's: 8yrs of tennis
16 yrs of Dance, 9 or 10 competition dance</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: over 100 hours during highschool</p>

<p>ACT: June 2010 composite- 29 December 2010 -30 June 2011 -32 writing 8
English-31 -36 -34
Math-29 -30 -35
Reading-27 -30 -32
Science-27 -24 -28</p>

<p>SAT subject test (not very good): French 550, Math LV II 670
----------- going to retake</p>

<p>I would appreciate anyone who took time to read this :) THANK YOU! Please respond...</p>

<p>And I can be pretty convincing in an essay so assume that both an interview and essay for admissions would be a good one when considering my chances.</p>

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<p>You’re probably good enough for New York University, though it’s probably still a low reach. Columbia is a reach for everyone, including you. Your grades (so therefore your rank as well) and course rigor are amazing, and your ECs are good, so I’d say you have a slightly better chance than most of the other applicants.</p>