Upward Trend? (NYU, Drexel, chances of getting in)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My grades have been slowly going down as a result of laziness and just being a bad student overall. In my freshman year, I achieved an unweighed GPA of 3.8 or 95%, but my sophomore grades were terrible. Currently, I'm in my last week of sophomore year and I'm studying for finals.
My grades for sophomore year are:</p>

<p>1st semester- [av. 88.995% WEIGHED or 3.5]</p>

<p>Academic Ecology - 90.21%
Web Design - 95.62%
English - 85.25%
AP US History - 86.28% UNWEIGHED; 91.28% WEIGHED
Algebra II - 82.63%</p>

<p>2nd semester- [av. 81.196% WEIGHED or 3.1]</p>

<p>Chemistry I - 68.32%
French II - 74.25%
Geometry - 76.3%
AP US History - 84.7% UNWEIGHED; 89.7% WEIGHED
Immigration Studies (3rd quarter) - 98.24
Wellness (4th quarter) - 96.58%</p>

<p>I'm ranked in the top half of my class.</p>

<p>Of course, with final exams coming up, the grades in my 2nd semester classes may vary by a few percent.</p>

<p>I also took the AP US History nat. exam earlier this month and I'm looking forward to getting my score this summer and I'm taking the SAT subject test on US history this week.</p>

<p>My colleges of choice are NYU, Drexel U, or Boston U. I usually prefer larger private universities on the east coast.</p>

<p>My ec's include violin (orchestra for 2 years so far), other performances w/ Suzuki Violin, President of a club for 1 year, member for 2 years, and volunteering as a candy striper at local hospitals over the summer. I'm biracial as well which is known to help out when it comes to getting into college... hahaha </p>

<p>If I start to buckle down and maintain a stable A for junior and senior years like I did in my freshman year, join more club activities, study in advance for the SATs and recieve great scores, as well as great essays and amazing letters of rec., will I have a good shot at being accepted to my colleges of choice? Would an ivy league school be possible too?</p>

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<p>NYU: Aim for 2100+/31+
Drexel: Aim for 1800+/26+
BU: Aim for 2000+/29+</p>

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<p>what about an Ivy League?? any suggestions? is a school like Upenn a possibility?</p>

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<p>I forgot to add that I joined the school tennis club this year as well**</p>

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<p>UPenn: Reach (aim for 2150+/32+ to make it reachable)</p>

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<p>Break 2000 and I think you could say Drexel is a safety. I don’t think Penn is happening, but you sure can apply. BU might be a match with a nice SAT score. Really, 2100+ is not super difficult to do, I’d imagine if you care about it, you’re in at BU. NYU might be a high match with a 2150 and those grades, I don’t know very much about NYU.</p>

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<p>^add USC and UCLA to that list!</p>

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<p>It’s hard to chance a hypothetical, in my opinion. You still have two more years of high school, and ACT’s and SAT’s to take. Hypothetical’s can be hard to answer, but I think if you do well in Junior and Senior year, and score well, you can probably get in to Drexel and BU. NYU might be harder.</p>