<p>I'm a high school junior from Illinois. I graduate in 2011. I'm planning on applying early decision to tisch next year.</p>
<p>Academics
Public School
4.6 GPA weighted
Rank 25/611 Top 4% i think
Sophmore Year:
AP European History (5 on ap test)
accelerated English 2- A
acc. Geometry- B
acc Chemestry (A first semester, B second semester)
Digital Imaging- Pass
Acc. Italian 2- A</p>
<p>Junior Year: (first semester isn't finished yet)
AP US history
AP English Language
Acc. Math Analysis
Acc. Physics
Art 2
Acc. Italian 3
Acc. French 1</p>
<p>Predicted Senior Schedule:
AP Economics
AP English Lit
AP BC Calculus
Art 3
AP Physics (maybe.)
Acc. Italian 4
Maybe acc. French 2?</p>
<p>Practice ACT score: 29
I will probably do much better once I take a class
I expect to get a 31+</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: (does this matter a lot for NYU?)
Speech team
Newspaper</p>
<p>Outside of school activities:
weekend film classes at SAIC (hopefully assistantship this spring)</p>
<p>Ok. I just got a laptop and a film editing program for christmas, so I can begin working on my portfolio.<br>
Because I believe I have pretty decent academics, does that affect how much they will look at my portfolio?
And what is important for the portfolio film? I know that cool effects probably aren't what they're looking for.
Are they looking for it to be well written or beautifully shot? Or both?
What about the other portfolio types that you can submit? Do they like a film portfolio better than say a series of drawings, or a creative writing piece?
And I'm not taking a TV/radio class which my school offers because I heard that it's ******** and total blowoff class. Will this hurt me?
So, what are my chances?!
Thanks : )</p>