<p>Well to sum everything up, last school year I had a lot of things going on, and they lead me to not focus as much as I usually do in school. For pretty much all my life I've been an all A's and one or two B's student. Last year I ended the year with a 2.38 GPA (2.58 wieghted, I'm in all AP/honors). This year ive really stepped it up and I have all A's and on B. I want to major in either acting or film and cinematography/video production. And I would love to attend one of these schools; PACE, Layola Marymount University, Marymount Manhattan University, and my dream schools being USC/UCLA/NYU/Pepperdine. I have had some real experience in acting and I was wondering if that would help me out? Also when it comes to majors like this is talent more important than grades? So I was wondering, do I still have a chance of getting into any of these schools? Especially my dream schools? What can i do to increase my chances? (I live in California)</p>
<p>And as a side note, I was wondering I heard that Pepperdine likes religous kids? Is that true because I attend a Christian school and I do a lot of community service so does that help my chances?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time.</p>