My stats are EXTREMELY LOW...chance me? I'm very nervous! :(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, so i go to a pretty competitive catholic school in NYC. I know CUNYs don't look at extracurriculars(sadly, because mine are pretty good), so can you basically tell me if I have a shot at them with my stats?</p>

<p>GPA: 78.2 or 2.3
SAT: 1610 (M 510, CR 490, W 610)</p>

<p>AP/IB/Honors Courses:
Freshman Year: Full Honors
Sophomore Year: Global History 10H, Chemistry 10H
Junior Year: IB English HL, IB History HL, IB Psychology HL, Physics 11H</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
IB/AP English HL
IB/AP Psychology HL
AP European History/AP US History Combo Course
AP Spanish Language
English 12: Advanced Journalism 12H
Precalculus 12H
Photography
Religion 12
Concert Band 12
Select Band 12</p>

<p>I have no free/lunch periods. I am literally the only senior at my school that is doing this(out of a class of 250+) As for the first trimester, all of my grades were 85+, except for IB English(I did not complete my Internal Assessment in time for the end of the marking period, so I was docked 30 point off my grade)</p>

<p>I wrote a personal statement describing my reason for poor grades, which is because of the medical problems that I have(Hypersomnia, Hyperventilation, Paresthesia, and Panic Attacks). They are primarily happening due to the fact that I am very overweight and unhealthy. These disorders have caused me to be absent for many days of school.
Freshman Year:23 days
Sophomore Year: 42 days
Junior Year: 68 days</p>

<p>I am applying to(in order of choice based on CUNY app):
Hunter College(I REALLY want to go here)
Branch College
Brooklyn College
City College
College of Staten Island</p>

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<p>I’m applying to CUNYs, as well, so we’re in the same boat.</p>

<p>How are your Regents scores?</p>

<p>For GPA, since CUNYs are getting competitive now, I would suggest bringing them up to the mid 80s.</p>

<p>Your SATs CR + M (which is what CUNY looks at) is 1000, but that can go either way.</p>

<p>I recommend that you read this link for added information:</p>

<p>CUNY requires an admission test if you don’t meet the requirements.</p>

<p>[Admissions</a> Requirements - Testing - CUNY](<a href=“http://www.cuny.edu/academics/testing/cuny-assessment-tests/admissions-requirements.html]Admissions”>http://www.cuny.edu/academics/testing/cuny-assessment-tests/admissions-requirements.html)</p>

<p>Based on your CR and Math, you reach the requirements, but for added safety, just double check on your regents scores that I asked about above.</p>

<p>Good Luck, and I hope your health gets better in the future. =)</p>

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<p>eh…youll get into one of them…CUNYs may be competitive now, but i doubt they’re hard to get into</p>

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<p>Thanks for the chance guys!</p>

<p>And yeah, my regents scores are all pretty good:
Bio- 81
Chem- 75
Physics- 42(came in an hour late to the exam and they did not offer the regent in the summer)
English-81(retaking in January)
World History-93
US History-87
Spanish-83(retaking in January)
Math A-89
Math B-68(retaking in january but trig/alg2 exam instead)</p>

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<p>CUNYS have become competitive now but I still think you stand a chance. Not too sure about Baruch, however.</p>

<p>Anyway, I like the idea of your personal statement. However, make sure you don’t make it sound like you are trying to get pity/sympathy from the school. </p>

<p>Ex: I have such and such so you should accept me because of this.</p>

<p>They don’t like that!</p>

<p>Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>thanks man. And yeah, i know that already lol. I’m actually using a completely different topic for my application essay to the rest of the colleges that I am applying to, including my medical problems in the additional information section. </p>

<p>The CUNYs are the only colleges that will only receive the personal statement about my medical problem. I’m sure they won’t care about the creativity that I put into my other topic.</p>

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<p>CUNYs have become a little bit more competitive, but I think that they may look at how many AP courses you took and consider the workload you took on. Also I don’t a personal statement about being absent because of you have problems because of something you can prevent, your weight, is going to help your application.</p>

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<p>Maybe I should change my personal statement and not mention their causes being the fact that I’m overweight? I need to hand in some kind of personal statement to explain my excessive absences and bad grades lol. </p>

<p>What really scares me about the CUNYs is the acceptance rate. They all have 20-30% acceptance rates, which is pretty surprising.</p>