Last Minute Jitters, Chances with low GPA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I think I have everything but GPA. It currently stands as my one real worry, and I want to know if perhaps I am overreacting to it. Much thanks for your help, these last weeks are going to end up very stressful for me.</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140: 740 M, 730 W, 670 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 US History, 730 Math IIC, 680 Biology E
[<em>] GPA: 3.5 (Very low Freshman Year [3.0], Upward Spiral Sophomore & Junior Year. Junior Year ended at a 4.0. Senior Year then hit the avg at 3.5)
[</em>] School: Heavily Competitive Private School. We're Top in the World in a couple AP Scores in school's our size, etc
[<em>] Rank: No Ranking
[</em>] Other stats: AP US History: 5, Taking Senior Year AP Calc AB, AP Psychology, AP Govt
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, not Awesome, but Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Assume Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Assume Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): Heavy Performing Arts Involvement. My main EC. I am part of the school's Conservatory, with the Conservatory Certificate in mind. I've been in every show possible during High School, Directed my own Play (leadership), sing in the school's only Audition-Only Co-Ed Show Choir, and found and lead the schools first student society for the Performing Arts. In it we work to help teach other younger students the basics of theatre, run fundraisers for various causes, increased the number of student-led works, and help the Conservatory in any way possible as a whole.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern, but that puts me under Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Major Strength: Heavy Theatre involvement, Competitive Private School
[</em>] Major Weakness: GPA, it doesn't fit Stern Standards
[/ul]Other Factors:
[ul][li] I also helped form my own Game Development team over the summer, made up of individuals from around the world. Together we created a 2D Online Role Playing Game in which at its peak would have 30 players on at any time of the day, including 3 AM Pacific Time. Had to shut down once Summer ended, but we plan to start on a new Project this coming summer. I was responsible for hiring members onto the team, programming for the game and forming the world of the game, and helping with user-admin relations.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Could you Tell me my chances for
Schools:[ul]
[<em>] Boston College: Carroll School of Management
[</em>] New York University: Stern School of Business
[<em>] University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School of Business
[</em>] Lehigh University: School of Business & Economics
[<em>] Boston University: School of Management
[</em>] Santa Clara University: Leavey School of Business
[li] Seattle University: Albers School of Business[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Much Thanks in Advance!</p>

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<p>If you received a B in the course of your high school career, you are an AUTOREJECT EVERYWHERE</p>

<p>A grade of B = DEATH</p>

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<p>ignore that dude, he just posted the same thing on my thread. i think your GPA will be OK. Stern is tougher, yes, but your SAT's are good and should make up for it. Question though.. with Performing arts as your main HS activity.. why Stern? why not Tisch?</p>

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<p>Theres one very interesting choice within Stern actually, involving bringing together business and the media, the EMT Program. It caught my attention immediately.</p>

<p>Also, the experience with running my own Game Development team and managing the costs, the workers, etc, certainly put my interest within business management. </p>

<p>Finally, the Conservatory helped me realize that its next to impossible to live on the salaries from working in anything related to the performing arts.</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

<p>Some help guys, please! Much Appreciated.</p>

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<p>I don't think you're in too much trouble, minus Stern possibly, and Wharton definitely. Then again, Wharton's hard for EVERYONE.</p>

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<p>3.5 isn't too bad since you're taking all honors and APs. You should get in at all of these except for Stern, which will be a bit of a reach, and Wharton which will be a gigantic reach.</p>

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<p>Boston College: Carroll School of Management - Toss up
New York University: Stern School of Business - Probably not
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School of Business - Very Unlikely.
Lehigh University: School of Business & Economics - Probably
Boston University: School of Management - Probably
Santa Clara University: Leavey School of Business - Probably
Seattle University: Albers School of Business - Probably</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

<p>More opinions, please, primarily on Stern and Carroll.</p>

<p>Perhaps somehow defined with Safety, Match, Match/Stretch, Stretch, or Large Reach ?</p>

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<p>i second amprton - he is good at the prediction thing</p>

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<p>I think you are fine, especially considering your top notch high school. I'm waiting for my NYU letter but I've been accepted into harder places (and although my GPA was higher, my SAT was lower) so i think you have a decent chance at NYU.</p>

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<p>I third amptron</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

<p>Any last opinions? Much Thanks so far!</p>