<p>I'm a sophomore this year, and I want to go to NYU (The College of Arts and Sciences.)
I'm a Korean female student studying in the US with an international student visa, and I'll be applying OOS.</p>
<p>My current unweighted GPA is a 3.9, and I'm certain that I'll be able to keep it at at least a 3.7~3.8 for the next 2.5 years.
I've taken multiple SAT practice tests and I've gotten about 700 for reading, 750 for writing and 650 for math. (2100 total)
I'm planning on taking about 4 honors classes (out of 8) and 5 AP classes (out of 10) until graduation.</p>
<p>For extracurriculars, I'm in multiple clubs and I've been in all of the school musicals so far and I plan on being in every one of them until senior year. I'm also on the school bowling team and will be on it for the rest of high school.</p>
<p>I'm getting most of my volunteer hours done at the Green Cross Korea, translating campaign articles and posters for the UN and Save The Children. I'm also part of a group that makes eco-friendly backpacks to send to children in need in Africa for volunteer hours.</p>
<p>As for the tuition, financial issues really aren't a problem for my family so I'm not too worried about that.</p>
<p>Assuming I stick to this plan until graduation (and I will), would i have a good chance of getting into NYU or would it be a far reach? And if so, what areas should I work on?</p>
<p>If FA isn’t an issue, then keep going and you’re in, as long as you don’t forget to have fun (International/Korean kids sometimes forget and are stumped when asked in an interview, as if fun were an afterthought or something that’s been banned from their life for a long time).
However, remember that focusing on only one school is a bad bet - at the very least, if you like urban schools, explore similar schools (USC, BU, UMn-Twin Cities…) or if you want NYC, look into Macaulay, Fordham, etc.</p>
<p>@obinna2222 @MYOS1634 Thank you so much! And USC is on my list as well, along with several others. NYU isn’t the first one on my list, but I felt like it would be easier to get into than UCLA or something.</p>
<p>Remember that it easy to assume that you can get 2100, but testing conditions are different. At home I often only get in the upper 2200s to lower 2300s, but on the real test I only got a 2200. I think you are in if you get a 2100</p>
<p>I think you’re going to have a great shot, but since it’s only your sophomore year you really should not worry about college and just worry about maintaining your grades and building up a strong list of extra-curriculars.
I wish you the best!! </p>
<p>If you keep it this way (like you said) or make it better, you are definitely a shoe in for getting in. It is just hard to decide based off of what you say you will do. You should try making future chance threads when you are a little older and actually have scores down, just to make it easier for us to decide. Anyways, a 2100 will most likely get you in and a 3.9 will get you in for sure…but scholarships are a different story.</p>
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(International/Korean kids sometimes forget and are stumped when asked in an interview, as if fun were an afterthought or something that’s been banned from their life for a long time).
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