<p>I'm applying to NYU College of Nursing ED, as NYU is my dream school. I recognize their general failure to provide sufficient financial aid for students, but this is not an issue for me. Wondering if anyone has any insight into how hard it is to get into the College of Nursing as a freshman (as opposed to transfer student, which is all I can seem to find on the web) and what my chances are? I didn't figure out nursing was what I wanted to pursue until mid-junior year, so science/math courses taken were kind of a joke and I focused on languages for my SAT II's. </p>
<p>High School: Public, very competitive (top 10% cut off is over 4.4 GPA)
California resident
Biracial (Japanese/White)
GPA (weighted): 4.00
GPA (unweighted):3.73
SAT: CR 680, M 600, W 730 (Total=2010)
SAT II: Literature 680, Spanish 610</p>
<p>Sophomore:
English Honors
Algebra 2/Trig
Chemistry (easiest type available--3 selections at my school)
World Civ
Spanish 3</p>
<p>Junior:
Lit Honors
AP Statistics
Physics
Race & Social Justice in U.S. History
Psychology
Spanish 4 Honors</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Government/AP Microeconomics
AP Human Geography
International Relations
Anatomy and Physiology
Biotechnology (Regional Occupational Progam)
AP Comp Lit</p>
<p>EC's
-Volunteer at UCD Medical Center (100+ hrs)
-Reading tutor at low-income elementary school (still working there; over 100 hrs also)
-Speaker at "Diversity Trainings", which are pro-tolerance workshops for junior high school students, since 2006
-Work part-time at restaurant</p>
<p>Other/Leadership
-Planning committee member for the Japanese American Citizen's League pilgrimage to Manzanar; created website and helped recruit record number of students
-Conducted research on racial distribution of juvenile arrest rates in hometown; was mentioned in newspaper; have spoken at University of California, Davis about findings
-Volunteered abroad in rural Jamaica for 2 weeks teaching computer skills to youth </p>
<p>I also have traveled to Japan over 13 times and gone to school there twice--mentioned this in my essay. </p>
<p>I'd love to hear what you think my chances are! And if anyone has any back up nursing schools I could apply to last minute (preferably in a large, diverse city), that would be great. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>