<p>3.4 GPA (i know its atrocious >.<), 2150 SAT (CR:800,M:690,W:660), 8 AP's and honors if not</p>
<p>EC's (pretty bad i know >.<)
100 hours volunteering at Hospital
400 hours+ working at a University as an IT assistant (setting up and maintaining servers, trouble shooting etc.)
2 years of theater
3 years latin club</p>
<p>Reach:
Carnegie Mellon
Northwestern
University of Chicago
NYU</p>
<p>Match:
RPI
Boston University
University of Rochester
UIUC
Case Western Reserve</p>
<p>Safety (can someone suggest one more?):
Rutgers</p>
<p>I know my reaches are pretty high, but i'd really love to get in. I'm very good at writing essays and i think i'll get some really good recommendations.</p>
<p>You should really take NYU off your reach list. Its more of match, if not a safety. 5 students with average GPAS and SAT scores of around 1700-1900 in my schools graduating class were accepted into NYU. However, if you're trying to get into NYU stern, thats a entirely different story. Don't stress, your SAT score is decent and your ECs show commitment. You'll be fine.</p>
<p>Other safeties you might be interested in are University of Pittsburgh and Providence College. They seem to be similar to the schools you're looking at.</p>
<p>I would agree that NYU is closer to a match.</p>