plz chance me! thanks!

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Asian Male ~ Public HS in New Jersey ranked #20th in state</p>

<p>GPA: **4.14/4.33 <a href="school%20don't%20rank%20but%20i%20think%20i'm%20in%2010%">/B</a> approx 500 kids
I was top 1% of class for both freshman/sophomore and b/c i jacked up my junior course loads (i was retarded) i ended up with straight B+s and 2 Bs junior year (i think this might hurt a bit)</p>

<p>SATs: June 2007. Math 750, CR 630, WR 790 = 2170 (i'm DEFINTELY gonna retake in Oct and possibly Nov. again (which is in time for ED) and bring up the CR and hopefully hit 2300+..i dunno wut happened there (got 700 on Psat tho?)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math lvl II 800, Biology M 750 (AP BIO 5) (AP EURO 4)</p>

<p>I'm pretty big on ECs...</p>

<p>1)** XC/Winter + Spring Track**: every season for all 3 years so far (Varsity)...NJ State Shore Coaches X.C. Invitational 2006 BOYS JV A **24th **place, 1600m (sophomore) PR was 4:53.1...my running career took an unfortunate turn right after xc junior year (misaligned ligament in ankle)...but this XC coming up, we hope to get into top 10 in State. (last year we were 19th). I will get a lil supplement letter from coach but i'm not good enough for recruitment for Division I schools...but how much would my times help me getting into like NYU (they don't recruit tho...)</p>

<p>2) Table Tennis :: Current NJ State Ranking for 17 year olds: 7th place / 95th in country...(the thing is that i stopped competing after 2005 cuz i had track...)</p>

<p>Stiga Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: June 25-26, 2005 Under 1550 Finalist
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1400 Champion
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1700 Finalist
2005 New Jersey State Table Tennis Championships: April 16-17, 2005 2nd place Junior Under 18 Doubles</p>

<p>3) **Piano <a href="another%20asian%20activity...">/B</a>played for about 8 years (quit that as well after i joined track....)</p>

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<p>...dunno how much exactly this will help cuz i stopped...but i'll be sending in a recording of 5 songs tho (just to show i actually DO play and is not thattt bad lol)</p>

<p>4) EURO CHALLENGE...my team competed at the NYC federal reserve bank in 2006 (sophomore) and came in THIRD ($3750...we each got $750)</p>

<p>5) **FED challenge<a href="did%20that%20junior%20year%20only%20i%20was%20on%20non%20comp.%20team%20so%20that's%20so%20much%20really...but%20will%20be%20on%20competitive%20team%20this%20year">/B</a></p>

<p>6) Got accepted into the NJ Governor's School for International Studies 2007...=)....hope this helps...</p>

<p>whole bunch of lil awards like...
*National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude
*French Honor Society
*PSAT..will get Letter of Commendation
*National Honor Society lol</p>

<p>....yea....that's all i have....i think wut hurt me most is my junior year grades...hopefully i'll bring up the CR to 750ish...i just dont know how much tt and piano is gonna help me cuz i kinda stopped after sophomore year....so i hope the tape will help....
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Teacher Recs will be VERY GOOD...**
hope my essay will be allright.....</p>

<p>1) UPenn (ED) or Columbia (maybe ED)
2) NYU CAS Honors Program
3) Duke
then in no particular order::</p>

<p>JHU
WUSTL
Georgetown
University of Rochester (Honors)
Rutgers (Honors program)
Tufts </p>

<p>PLLLLLLLLZ be honest...THANKS for the time (i realized that this is a long post...)</p>

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<p>"hope my essay will be allright....."</p>

<p>If your essay sucks real bad, you won't get into any of your top 3.</p>

<p>I think you're set for NYU, though.</p>

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<p>You're set for CAS. If you want to get into CAS Scholars, you may need to get either your GPA or SAT up.</p>

<p>UPenn and Columbia are a crapshoot as are all the schools in that category but your scores a bit on the low side for them. I'd place JHU and WUSTL here too. </p>

<p>You should be set for Duke and the rest of the schools on your list. </p>

<p>Honors programs are never guaranteed when you apply to a school so don't count on automatically being accepted into honors programs.</p>

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<p>First off: Great Stats! I'm impressed. And don't beat yourself up over the junior year schedule - it probably looks good that you took tough classes. </p>

<p>I think you are in NYU CAS.</p>

<p>As far as Columbia, Penn, and Duke: Your essay will make or break you. I would do something VERY unique...like what if you wrote an essay pretending you were the ping pong ball in the toughest match you have ever had. The ball could compliment you (the player) and could make assumptions about you based on your style or the way you hit it (assumptions that are actually true)...Like (the ball speaking)...He just hit me with a lot of power - a lot of spin - I bet he is good with this hands...Maybe he plays piano? Maybe he gives great massages?</p>

<p>I think adcoms would love it.</p>

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<p>haha wow!...thats an awesome idea! thanks everyone for all ur input!</p>

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<p>Yeah no problem.</p>

<p>If you ever want to share your essay PM it to me and I would be happy to do basic editing for you.</p>

<p>Good luck and have a good one!</p>