(First) CHANCE ME...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to this website as I've been reading other threads on this website, but finally pushed myself to create an account.</p>

<p>I just completed my first semester of junior year, but I'm completely stressed out about SAT's and college applications! I don't know if this is too early, but I will post my stats and hopefully some of you will manage to calm me down a little bit.</p>

<p>ED: Northwestern Medill School of Journalism</p>

<p>RD: Syracuse, NYU, USC, UC Berkeley, UChicago</p>

<p>GPA:
-UW: 3.498
-W: 3.623
(Hopefully by the end of my junior year, I will have an UW GPA of 3.7492 and a W GPA of 3.949.)
-Will have taken 4 AP's by the end of junior year.
-Will take 6 AP's senior year for a total of 10 in high school.</p>

<p>Don't know my SAT/ACT scores and I don't want to "count my chickens before they hatch" either.</p>

<p>Under-represented Minority (Latino/Gay)
First Generation low income student</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (just a gist of what i've done thus far w/o getting into specifics):
-Staff writer, Entertainment Editor-school newspaper
-Editor in chief- school's literary magazine, online literary magazine, and academic journal
-VP of Latino student Union
-Internal Affairs Liaison of Human Rights Watch Club
-3 years in school's 7 AM Orchestra
-4 years in Youth orchestra los angeles - concert master for one season; going to a london music symposium w/9 other kids in march 2013.
-Contributing writer to Santa Monica Mirror (sept. 2012-present)
-Sociological Research Assistant for a USC professor (oct. 2012-present)</p>

<p>Awards/Achievements:
-Placed fourth in the state for PTSA reflections program (9th gr.).
-Top Dolphin Award for Showing Dedication to Community, school award (10th gr.).
-Certificate of Achievement Award for Being a Dolphin, school award (11th gr.).
-2012-13 Brentwood Youth Citizen Award Recipient (11th gr.); Certificates from Los Angeles Mayor, Los Angeles City Council, 42nd Assembly District.</p>

<p>Sorry for the overwhelming information. Thank you for your time and consideration!</p>

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<p>Syracuse is really your only match. The others are all reaches, and while you stand a chance of getting in, your GPA is pretty low and may be detrimental.</p>

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<p>thank you poulsonl. Do you think my SAT scores will help me if I get above a 2000?</p>

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<p>If you work really hard to get your UW GPA up and get a 2000+ on your SAT, I’d say you’d have a better shot ;)! You’re ECs are pretty good too, so that’ll help. The only concerning thing is the GPA, but I think you can bring that up! Good Luck :)</p>

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<p>Thank you for your encouragement, FinalWorld. I am expecting a higher GPA for the spring semester and high SAT scores as I’ve been studying/practicing so much.</p>