LOW GPA, Good ECS- Chance Me please ED2 Stern

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Hey guys I will keep this post as short as possible. My grades have been steadily rising through high school and I had a really good last tri of junior year, but did terrible in Algebra 2(got B, C and B-); how does this affect my chances? I honestly did not know how college admissions worked until 2nd tri of junior year (I thought we applied at the end of senior year), should I explain this in my essay?</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA</p>

<p>ACT:30</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 slight upward trend, will have a 3.8+ gpa last tri of senior year. Does this help? Last tri of Junior year I got a 3.56 because of that B-(had 4 A-'s and 1 A)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): IDK but probably lower than top 25%</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 5 or 6 Aps. Did not take tests</p>

<p>Course Load: 3 Aps 1 Honors(senior), I always had at least 3/6 honors or AP classes and I think the max is 4. I didn't have more because of scheduling issues with French
Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Did not do anything with my school but I did stuff on my own. </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: I started a business selling WOW and game gold in 9th grade and ran it until 10th grade. I made $300 but that helped fuel my passion for business. I have had a job since 11th grade working as a freelancer doing Reputation Management and have made 1k+ for myself. Recently started my own Reputation Management company am on track to generate $30k a year</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 0</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Went to Togo for 2 months</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good. Wrote about business failure and how I learned from it.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers liked me. 1 from Honors LIT and 1 AP Econ </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Do I need one? If so, probably generic</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): MN</p>

<p>Country (if international applicant): USA</p>

<p>School Type: Public, Average</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Black born in Togo</p>

<p>Gender: M</p>

<p>Income Bracket: Probably less than $40k for family of 6</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I am really passionate about business and money but I didn't always make school my top priority.</p>

2

<p>NYU Stern ED2: Out of Reach.</p>

<p>I would consider looking into a lot of other business schools. An upward trend is the best thing you can have right now for colleges in general, but you really really need to get some volunteer hours and ECs. That will hurt you. A lot. ECs are to many colleges a lot more important than test scores, especially colleges like NYU that go by holistic admissions.</p>

<p>Best of luck wherever you go.</p>

<p>[Chance</a> back?](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1560268-emory-gw-chance-will-chance-back.html]Chance”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1560268-emory-gw-chance-will-chance-back.html)</p>

3

<p>bump10char. Please guys</p>

4

<p>Low chance with great essay/recs</p>

5

<p>Your EC’s aren’t that impressive, although they are probably better than many Stern applicants. The fact that you took the initiative to start businesses shows a lot. Those grades and scores will definitely hurt you.</p>

<p>NYU Stern: Reach/Low Reach</p>