Nyu And Ucsd

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hello,</p>

<p>High school junior, very competitive high school, doesn't rank. top 25% for sure, i doubt i'm in top 10-15% though.</p>

<p>UC GPA: 3.6 W [after summer, before APPS, looking at 3.8-3.9 W, but judge me as 3.6 W]
NYU GPA: 3.4 W [again, looking at 3.7 W after summer, before APPS]</p>

<p>ACT score- diags might indicate 28-32 range</p>

<p>SAT II's - not sure what, but lets say above 650 range [just so I know what my target is]</p>

<p>EC's [i will list a few major ones]</p>

<p>-Boy Scout, Eagle
-Leadership training with the army and rotary international, white stag
-Internship with Merrill lynch this summer
-Golf, 6 years
-Boy Scout, 6 years
-Art [oil painting], 3 years
-Piano, 4 years
-NHS, 2 years
-Volunteer work with Lucille Packard childrens hospital, 200 hours
-FBLA, 2 years
-Amensty international, 2 years</p>

<p>above average ec's...is UCSD and NYU CAS a long shot? [i think they are] </p>

<p>CA resident, Indian male.</p>

<p>we aren't allowed to take AP's before 11th</p>

<p>so far</p>

<p>AP US HISTORY
AP STAT [senior year]
AP MACROECON
AP MICROECON [senior year]
H PHYSICS
H SOCIALOGY [summer 06, not calculated in GPA]
H PYSCHOLOGY [summer 06, not calculated in GPA]</p>

<p>Finance/ Economics major [no NYU Stern, 0 chance of getting in =( ] and technical minor [info. science perhaps?]</p>

<p>recommend any other good colleges as matches, safeties and somewhat realistic reaches? [note: SOMEWHAT realistic]</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>thebrown:</p>

<p>UCSD: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>What's your HS like?</p>

<p>My HS is really ghetto and the people that get admitted to UCSD have considerably lower stats than that of neighboring schools that are competitive in good communities.</p>

<p>I don't even think UCSD is a reach simply because you're instate. It looks good too me. The UCs have a very holistic approach to applications where not one thing would dominate how you're evaluated.</p>

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<p>thanks guys!</p>

<p>sneezy: My school is part of the Fremont Union High school district...Have you heard of Monte Vista? I don't go there, but it is a similar case. [basically if you have a 3.0, then you are in the lower third of the school] I go to Cupertino High, not as competitive, but still up there.</p>

<p>how would a "30" ACT score fare at UCSD or NYU?</p>

<p>i hope my GPA goes up...or else i'm dead.</p>

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<p>Hi Bharat...</p>

<p>You have 0 chances at scoring in life.</p>

<p>Haha, no I would say take SAT if you want UCSD perhaps?</p>

<p>Or get a 33 on ACT and you will increase your chances at NYU</p>

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<p>lol Niket, thanks.</p>

<p>Like I said before, in the eyes of an admin officer, no difference between ACT AND SAT, across the board.</p>

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<p>at cupertino high...a 3.0 is not lower third. at monte vista and lynbrook it is, but not cupertino</p>

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<p>JJNET:</p>

<p>they look at an applicant in their local context, not only their school, but the district as a whole. If you want to make a comment, at least support it. The point I am making is that Cupertino might not be full of burnt out
people who are WAAAAAAY over their heads, but it is a competitive school. I am not trying to offend anyone, but for some reason your post irked me.</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>you go to chs? lol me too</p>

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<p>really? are you a junior?</p>

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<p>btw, dont take AP Stat, its ****.</p>

<p>and i think 3.0 IS lower third..</p>

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<p>no, im a sernior</p>

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<p>shiz are you serious? you're taking AP stat? hmm...I'm in Algebra 2 as a junior =/ and I need to take an advaced math class sometime [along w/ math anal.] also if I do an econ/finance/accounting major it should help, right?</p>

<p>you think UCSD and NYU are major reaches? [since you go to the same school, you could make a realistic observation, these people are either too harsh or too forgiving]</p>

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<p>well right now, i thikn you'd be a match or a slight reach</p>

<p>i think you should take precalculus instead next year becuase anal math is really low level.</p>

<p>for NYU i think you're probably a reach or slight reach</p>

<p>listen to that flopsy guy, he knows everything</p>

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<p>

Who am I to argue? :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>lolz</p>

<p>yeah flopsy, whenever a UC question arises, you're the first one to answer, plus, I'd bet the predictions are fairly accurate.</p>

<p>btw, is UCSD a reach because of my lower GPA? [their averages indicate 3.8-3.9]</p>

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<p>thebrown:</p>

<p>Yes, UCSD is a Slight Reach because of your lower GPA. Everything else is on par. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>bump!........</p>

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<p>yeah your sats are at their average, average ecs, just gpa a bit low</p>