NYU, USC, Northwestern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Korean American at a very well-known and competitive public high school in Northern California. First-generation, first in family to go to college.</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Korean: 790
English: 720
Math 2: 700</p>

<p>ACT:</p>

<p>Eng 36, Essay 10, Math 31, Reading 36, Science 28, Composite 33</p>

<p>GPA: about 3.6 weighted, depends on college's way of calculating</p>

<p>10th:
English Hon (B, B)
AdvAlgebra aka Algebra II (C, B)
JROTC 3, 4 (A, A)
German 3,4 (B, B)
Vocal Music Beginning aka Choir (A, A)
Health Ed (1st semester - B)
College/Career Planning and Driver Ed (2nd semester - A)</p>

<p>11th:
English AP (B, B)
AP Music Theory (B, A)
Honors US History (B, A)
Physics Hon (B, B)
PreCalc (B, C)
Vocal Music Intermediate (A, A)
Korean 3, 4 (A, B)</p>

<p>taking now:
AP Gov
AP English
Korean Adv
Physiology
AP Calc AB
Vocal Adv</p>

<p>next semester:
AP Gov
AP English
Econ
Physiology
AP Calc AB
Vocal Adv</p>

<p>summer after freshman year, assisstant to anthropology prof at ucsf
summer after sophomore year, took classes at academy of art university
two years working for non-profit poetry organization
spending this summer recording some albums</p>

<p>four years leading praise for church</p>

<p>clubs, etc.: musicians club (co-president one year, member three years)
after school music composition class for a year (had pieces performed by professional musicians)
TA (12th grade)</p>

<p>schools:</p>

<p>NYU
USC
Northwestern</p>

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<p>Probably in at USC, altough I can give more detailed advice if you tell me your SAT I scores, and your unweighted GPA. Not sure about NYU/NorthWestern until I see the GPA/SAT</p>

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<p>i'm not putting SAT I scores on any apps because my ACT scores are much better. Unweighted GPA is about 3.3, but I thought all colleges looked at weighted GPAs?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>if you send SAT IIs, it automatically sends all SATs ever taken</p>

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<p>You're wrong koushi. Most colleges recalculate GPA to their own, unweighted scale, and then take into consideration the difficulty of the classes you took.</p>

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<p>i know the score is sent but i don't think it's relevant if i don't put it on my app. fyi, it's 1900.</p>

<p>please try to tell me what my chances are, whatever the admissions criteria may be. </p>

<p>thank you</p>

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<p>Northwestern-Reach
USC-Match</p>

<p>Don'tknow that much about NYU.</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>NU: reach
NYU: slight reach to reach (depending if you are applying to Stern)
USC: slight reach</p>

<p>Your unweighted GPA is frankly on the low side (that's the problem of attending competitive public school). Your SAT II are okay but not stellar since adcom may not be impressed with the score of Korean test given your background. If you apply to NU, make sure you write well for their uncommon essays. According to NU's common data sheet, NU adcom put essays in the "very important" category--same as class rank and test scores.</p>

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<p>u've got good chances man!</p>

<p>and dont worry about the korean sat, i've asked the adcoms at many schools (mit, UC's) and they said they honestly have no preference on which sat2s you've taken!</p>