Please help!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, i really dont have a clue about college and i was hoping someone could help. I think these schools should work for me but i really dont know. Id like English or Communications and so i think i narrowed it down to these five, does anyone have any other suggestions?</p>

<p>SAT: M-670, V-790, W-680 (low i know)
SATII:US History 770 ,will take Literature in October
AP Tests: US History-5, Latin AP-5
Ranked about top 5% in school
GPA-4.53 weighted (3.96 unweighted) ( i got two B's freshman year, yikes!)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule- AP Euro, AP latin, AP English, AP Calc, AP Stat, physics H</p>

<p>ECs
Nat. Art Honor society secretary
Spent 6 weeks in Oregon building houses for poor people
National honor society
Volunteer at charity thrift store
story published in school literary magazine
only junior chosen to participate in Curriculum Council
president of writers club
design and advertising classes at FIT
Newspaper writer
Latin Club member
Governors School Finalist
Work for Vetinarian after school</p>

<p>Want to apply to : NYU, Barnard, Syracuse (Newhouse school), Cornell, Wesleyan</p>

<p>Do i have a chance? Thanks for looking</p>

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<p>I'm sure you'll add some safeties to that list, right? Emerson is one school you can look into as a safety.</p>

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<p>NYU/Syracuse/Barnard: Match
Cornell: Possible Match, not sure.</p>

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<p>what kind of safeties should i add, do you think</p>

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<p>i was thinking of FIT because i'm also kind of interested in fashion, but i dont know</p>

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<p>Northwestern is great in communications. That might be a good addition to your list.</p>

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<p>Yes i looked at northwestern, but I'm not really sure i could get in, its very competitive</p>

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<p>If you marketed yourself effectively in your essays. You have some noble EC's and pretty good test scores.</p>

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<p>You look like a solid student to me with a well-rounded resume. NYU is competitive and might be a reach, but I think Syracuse and Wesleyan are good reaches.</p>

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<p>well i think i can come up with some pretty good essays, but i dont know, i dont have anything really stellar in my application</p>

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<p>id really like to go to nyu, though, what about applying early decision?</p>

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<p>Write a really sentimental essay relating volunteering building houses and being in a charity thrift store. That way you showcase two very important ECs at once</p>

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<p>so i should really play up my volunteering?</p>

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<p>Totally, colleges want to see you contributing to something that is bigger than yourself. Of course, you can't just say "I built houses so I care". You need to show, by meeting the poor people or whatever, that you directly impacted someone's life. That is an invaluble EC.</p>

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<p>Ok, so you think that i have a chance at all these schools? I mean i definetly love ny so i really think barnard and nyu are my top choices</p>

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<p>I know little about Barnard for obvious reasons (Y chromosome) but I do think you are competitive for nyu. Just make sure you're ok with going to school with little or no campus (you essentially except nyc as your campus).</p>

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<p>thanks, i dont really have a problem with no campus, though thats kinda why i like barnard</p>