<p>Hi im applying to the following schools, in order of preference:</p>
<p>NYU
USouthern California
UMichigan
UVirginia
Villanova
Georgetown
Carnegie Mellon
Boston College
Boston University
University of UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>However, my college counselor and some other people ive talked to said that I shouldnt waste the 65 dollars to apply because i'll get rejected right away</p>
<p>I dont care about the money (my parents said they'll pay for a few apps anyway)</p>
<p>so I wanted to know what you guys thought
be as blatantly honest as possible</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I go to Stuyvesant High School in New York City, for those of you who dont know I think it is the best public school in NYC and top 20 nationally</p>
<p>Perhaps due to its workload in combination with some familial troubles lasting throughout my soph and junior years, my grades have tanked</p>
<p>However, I dont think I am less knowledgable than any other classmate concerning the courses I didnt do as well in</p>
<p>Without boring you too much, basically my
Gpa is a 80
but the transcript that gets sent out to colleges by my school do not include failed classes(and i made up all my failed classes)</p>
<p>So I think I have a 83 gpa to work with
and I also heard that colleges weight junior/senior years more heavily, and my avgs in those 2 years (currently in senior year) are 85 and 88 respectively</p>
<p>i know, still not amazing</p>
<p>Also, coming from a school with 3300 students to serve, AP classes' ddemand always outnumbers supply, so the only AP class I have been able to get into is World History</p>
<p>However, Most of the classes taught at Stuyvesant high school are scaled to SAT II level content so
its not like ive been flying by easy courses</p>
<p>My SAT scores are as follows:
-Oct '09- CR- 690, Math-750, Writing-750
I took them again in december and
with hopeful speculation
It will probably be something like
-CR- 720, Math-780, Writing-750(unless my essay bumps to an 11 or 12)</p>
<p>SAT Subject tests also all came in 2009:
-Chemistry in Jun 09- 760
-Math II in Nov 09- 780
-if I must send a 3rd, it would be U.S. History Nov 09 - 680
(im still really mad at both myself and the barrons review book for being such trash about the history)
but the past is the past</p>
<p>my extracirriculars:
-Quizbowl Soph year
-Key Club Soph and Junior Year</p>
<p>the preponderance of what i put under activities on college applications is as follows:</p>
<p>-SYEP 2007(summer Job)
-SYEP 2009(summer job)
-NYC Department of parks and recreation 2008 (volunteer)
-Michael Bloomberg Mayoral campaign, fall 2009 (both paid and as a volunteer)
-Toys R Us employee (spring 2009)
-Public Health Solutions Queens fall 2009 (volunteer)
I have also tutored fitfully throughout my Hs career, although I have been unsuccessful in contacting my former "employers"(should I still put this?)</p>
<p>I have 3 recommendations from 2 teachers and a counselor who love me</p>
<p>and my english teachers (Columbia and NYU graduates) have both said that my essays are amongst the most profound and eloquent that they've ever read (although I question the full veracity of that statement, for they can say that for a bunch of essays)</p>
<p>I honestly do not believe that a person's future should be dictated by a component(GPA) that will drag the rest of the application down</p>
<p>rather, it should be looked at as an entire entity, inseperable.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading, and tell me what you think! </p>
<p>am i aiming for a tier too high?</p>