<p>hey guys i see a lot of you are applying to crazy schools and just wondering if you guys have a moment to chance mee :)</p>
<p>so here we go</p>
<p>Asian female
i am korean native, came to us about 4 years ago (learned english from then)</p>
<p>our school is very competitive, once ranked 50s in nation
comparably a lot of kids go to ivy and all the good UCs.</p>
<p>GPA 3.5 / UC GPA : 3.8</p>
<p>SAT [M: 720, CR: 520 W:680] total 1920<br>
** will take it in October again trying for 2100.</p>
<p>SAT 2 - Korean with listening - 800
- Math 2C - 760</p>
<p>ACT - the composite was 26 but without the english section, it wouldve<br>
been 32. ekk everything was well over 85 percent but that english
part was like down to 60</p>
<p>TOEFL [ibt - 108/120] cbt = 270</p>
<p>AP : AP Art History (5), AP European History (3)</p>
<p>Class selection</p>
<p>9th: H. Geometry
English 1
Global Perspective
Coordinated Science 1
Chinese 1
track and fields</p>
<p>10th: Algebra 2
English 2
US History
Chinese 2
Coordniated Science 2
Track and Field</p>
<p>11th: Honors Pre-calculus
AP European History
AP Art History
Honors Chemistry
English 3
Leadership (Associated Student Body)</p>
<p>12 th: English 4
AP Calculus AB
AP Art Studio
AP Political Science
AP Economics
Leadership (Associated Student Body)
Track and Field</p>
<p>= 3 honors classes and 6 ap classes</p>
<p>our school has this weird system where they designate the freshmen and sophomore to take certain science, history, and english class so the aps were very much limited till we got into 11th grade.</p>
<p>for EC</p>
<p>• ART – PORTFOLIO IS READY. (App. 12 years)
• Associated Student Body – ELD Representative (11th) and Intercultural Commissioner (12th)
• University’s International Society - Founder and President (3 years)_
• IMPACT Program – Team Leader and Mentor
• Make a difference – Treasurer and Vice President (2 years)
• Speak Japanese and Chinese
• Peer tutoring and counseling
• Track and Field – 100 M, 200M, Long Jump, Triple Jump (4 years)
• Translator – worked as a translator between faculties and Korean parents/students
• Student Ambassador – 9th and 10th grade before entering ASB
• Pink Ribbon club 2 years
• R.A.K (club) - VP
• student rep. of ELD in parents organization
• art instructor at the art studio
• hotel internship + got a real job
• Red Cross donation - Red Ribbon Week organization</p>
<p>work</p>
<p>• HOTEL – Internship and Work at The Four Seasons Hotel $8.50/ 40 hours a week for summer and the rest just no pay (2 years)
• ART STUDIO – (시급 $7.50 / 8 hours a week) about for three months over the summer
• worked in the non profit organization with the club kids </p>
<p>awards
-PTSA art contest winner</p>
<p>Colleges I’m considering (Match/reach/safety?)
- NYU (CAS) - art history major (THIS IS MY ONE AND ONLY WISH)
- BU, BC
- wellesley, barnard, smith
- UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCSC (and prolly LA for their insanity over selecting some very dumb kids in our school.)
- Cornell (over the reach school, i know. but since ive been setting my whole entire summer goals for this school, id rather get a rejection letter and let it go)
- babson, and searching more for my super reach and safty school</p>
<p>THINGS TO PUT INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION BEFORE BEING HONEST :)</p>
<p>so i moved here to cali when i finished my middle school in korea, strictly was educated in korean way without attending such international school starting from kindergarten. my first year was very rough and did not have a good gpa. </p>
<p>then as a sophomore, i did pretty good in regular classes getting mostly As (showing improvement, actually, WAS showing) then i got into all the APs and Honors in junior which totally screwed me over like no other.</p>
<p>my ultimate goal is to actually go to STERN. how crazy is it to even put an application there concerning my gpa and sat. soooo, for cas, i am trying to use a back door by going there get heck of a good gpa and transfer like a miracle. thats my dream.</p>
<p>QUESTIONS</p>
<li><p>do you think it is a right choice for me to apply ED to NYU’s CAS? im extremely worried about this since it has become competitive even in ED pool over the year.</p></li>
<li><p>my friend apparently wrote as a supplementary document explaining how she wants to participate in study abroad, AKA GSP. well, for me i really want to go to NYC, the original campus. but writing such essay explaining that id rather be glad to go to GSP than to be rejected would this help me to get in? (honestly, i heard GSP is getting somethings like “generally stupid plan” stuff from the students in the orig campus)</p></li>
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<p>and in case that the admission officers decide to put me in an orig campus (insanittyyy if i get in!) and see my GSP wish list, would they rather put me in GSP?</p>
<li><p>How do I appeal in my application that i started to learn english from 4 years ago and i really did not grow up like most of the kids speaking english who are applying? (just how to differentiate on the application besides essay, because ‘oh i came to america’ is not that great of a topic. since i also bet that they have read ton of this kind)</p></li>
<li><p>my most important outside of school EC has been hotel. since i was in 9th grade, ive been shooting for any hotel management major so i interned and got a job there and everything. so, the fact that i didnt do anything academic over the summer, would it hurt my app? (so not a study person but a people person, cant help it =/ oh and this is also why im doing something totally insane, like applying cornell hotel ad. ahah )</p></li>
<li><p>I got 2 C’s in my application from H. Pre calculus class, which definitely kills the transcript. but i am very very close with my math teacher, since he had me for three years and im getting a rec from him. would this mediate the admission officer;s eyes since im getting an excellent rec from the teacher i had a killer grade? (i am born with a bad math gene. he knows that i tried so hard so i wouldnt really worry about the rec since i showed him i tried my best and still got two Cs)</p></li>
<li><p>GALLATIN SCHOOL! if i can be a course architect, then i would so go to gallatin and take art history plus some business schools possible. but i really dont have any idea of applying here and how to appeal amazingly to them. </p></li>
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<p>could you tell me how hard is it to get into Gallatin and what does it take to to get there? sorry the question is kinda vague</p>
<p>ALRIGHT thats it so far, thank you guys whoever made it to all the way down here. i would greatly appreciate you guys’ time and effort to read such bad english and ill try to repay you in anyway possible if i get a very honest and realistic feed back :)</p>
<p>thank you!</p>