Do I have any chance of getting in to NYU?

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<p>I'm a white female from California. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 UW (10-11) 3.75 UW (9-11)</p>

<p>SAT: 1860 (will retake in Oct.)
CR: 640
M: 530
W: 690</p>

<p>SAT II's: (will also retake these)
Literature: 680
Spanish: 590</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<p>Yearbook:
Staff Member (10)
Business Manager (11)
Co-Editor-in-Chief (12)</p>

<p>Clubs:
Key Club (10-12)
Women's Advocates (Member-10, Co-President-12)
Interact (10-12)
CSF 10-12)
NHS (11-12)
Co-Founder of SAT Tutoring Club (12)</p>

<p>Sports:
Basketball (Novice-10)
Tennis (JV-10-11, V-12)</p>

<p>Community Service
Key Club (20 hrs.)
Spanish Tutor
SAT Tutoring
Volunteer at Library
Teaching Piano (unpaid)</p>

<p>Additional:
Piano (6 yrs.)
Yearbook Camp (summer after 9th, summer after 11th)
Participated in Suicide Prevention Walk
Created a website with news articles, etc.</p>

<p>Awards:
Smart Cookie Award (9)
A few Yearbook awards
Several stories published in popular literary magazines, won some writing contests</p>

<p>I might apply ED. Should I? This is my dream school. Will it help my chances?</p>

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<p>bump....anyone?</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure NYU looks at your freshman year too. So the 3.75 is good and it's UW</p>

<p>Activities look fine, make sure to emphasize on a couple of them rather than gloss over alot</p>

<p>The SAT's are the weak point, it's on the low end for applicants. Good luck with them~</p>

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<p>Definitely apply ED if it's your first choice school. GPA is good, activities are good, SAT/SAT II are kinda low, so raise your scores. good luck!</p>

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<p>raise that sat I math... that might greatly affect your chances if you're applying to stern</p>

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<p>thanks so much guys! yeah, i'm definitely gonna work on my SAT's. hopefully i can get it up in the 2000's (come on, I can dream!) haha.</p>

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<p>what school are you applying to? that has an effect. I got in with SAT of 1850 and way fewer extra-curriculars than you but I did have a GPA of 4.0 and I'm international and in Tisch so the audition/portfolio was a factor too.</p>

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<p>oh, and i was RD if that makes any difference.</p>

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<p>i'll be applying to CAS as an English or Journalism major.</p>

<p>yeah, tisch is totally different with the way they accept people, seeing as it's more focused on your portfolio.</p>

<p>i'm hoping i can get in! i don't really want to do GSP.</p>

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<p>I got in CAS (but was surprised...thought maybe GSP) but applied ED. I also had a low math SAT, but had a 2030 combined with a 780 in reading. That along with being a journalism major (they knew I wasn't gonna go into math or science) with strong writing-related EC's, rec's and an "A" in an NYU writing course the previous summer probably helped tip the scales for me (had similar unweighted GPA as you) </p>

<p>That said, I think you need to pick up at least a 150 more SAT points and redo or select another SAT II to replace the spanish grade...quick but in everything else and apply early....you might get lucky (I think I did!)</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice salem1!</p>

<p>i'm shooting for a similar SAT score as you, so hopefully that will increase my chances by a lot.</p>

<p>so, should i definitely declare my major then? (english/journalism) because all my bad grades (b's and a few c's) are in math and science, haha. i always get a's in english and spanish, etc.</p>

<p>i was really surprised by how low my spanish subject test was, but yeah, i'm gonna opt for something different when i retake them.</p>

<p>thanks again!</p>

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<p>I think the common app asks for projected major or field of study, they have Journalsim and creative writing in CAS, I think with Journalism they said you are REQUIRED to have a second major (I think it has to be within CAS)</p>

<p>Los SAT dos en historia estan bastante faciles (Creo que mas facil que espanol)</p>

<p>Good Luck</p>