What are my chances at NYU, UCLA, UC Irvine, San Jose State, Fullerton State, Northridge, ASU!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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California

GPA UW: 3.8 (bad start freshamn year)
GPA W: 4.4
SAT I: I 1530 I know its pretty bad 470 reading 490 writing w/ 8 essay 570 math
ACT: 23 improvemnt from SAT 18 Reading 21 Science 28 Math 23 writing
SAT II:
Class rank: 10% last time I checked 55/530
AP: APWHW (2) I kept coughing during the test coulnd’t concentrate still got an A+ in the class (11th) APUSH, AP LANG, AP BIO, (12th) AP EURO, AP LIT, AP FRENCH, AP MACRO/MICRO, AP GOV, AP CALC AB, (AP Envio maybe)
Senior Course Load: AP Lit, French, Econ Macro/Micro, GOV, CAL AB, Euro History, Avid 12
ECs (years participated):
Varsity Cheer 4 years (co cap) (head fundraising committee) super time consuming (20+ hrs a week) on avg got the coaches award out of 60 cheerleaders, camp awards etc…
All Star Cheer (4 years) quit summer during 11th grade
JV Basketball 1 year
JV Track 1 year
HOSA Club (Treasurer) 3 years
(Hosted several blood drives)
Red Cross Club 3 years
Pathways Club 4 years w/ UCSB
Mesa Club 2 years w/ UCSB
Leos Club 3 years
Avid/Posse (Treasurer) 4 years
Academic Mentor 2 years
Link Crew Leader 2 years
NHS,CSF 3 years
HOBY Leadership Ambassador
GLC Nominee
Volunteering at Hospital (over 100 hrs)
WASC Team Volunteer
Took Med Terminolgy as Duall Enrollment (11) got an A
Over 500 + community service hrs
SUMMERS:
CIT at Parks and Rec (9)
Took Health at local hs (9)
CIT at Girls Inc. (10-11)
Took Bio at college (11) got an A
will take Psych at college (12)
med center Job (12) (paid internship)
Cheer Camp (10,11,12)
Prospective major: Nursing
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~80,000 (lower middle class) cost of living is like expensive where I live)
State/Location: A super nice city in California
Hooks: 1st Gen, URM, child of Mexican Immigrants
I plan to apply as a nursing major as it is my dream and goal in life to become a nurse and help others! I also have gotten only A’s in classes that I took at my local commuity college which ranked #1 in the nation!

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Hmm…your test scores are pretty low for someone in the top 10% of their class and with a 3.8 UW GPA. What is the reason for that?

Northridge - safety
Fullerton - match
San Jose State - match
Irvine - match (but tougher than Fullerton and SJSU)
Arizona State - low reach
UCLA - reach, and I believe you will be denied
NYU - out of reach. No shot with those low test scores.

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NYU and ASU would likely be too expensive without big merit scholarships – check their net price calculators (and those at all other schools’ web sites) to get an idea of need-based financial aid.

ASU overall is not hard to get into, but frosh admission to the nursing program requires a 24 ACT or 1100 SAT CR+M, according to https://nursingandhealth.asu.edu/bsn . So you would need to retry the ACT or SAT. But then there is also the money issue; you probably need to aim for a big enough merit scholarship, not just admission to the school or major.

SJSU posts past admission thresholds by major at http://info.sjsu.edu/static/admission/impaction.html . The eligibility index referred to for frosh applicants is given at https://secure.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/eligibility_index.asp using high school GPA calculated by https://secure.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp .

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ASU/CSUN are Matches
SJSU is a High Match for Nursing but the EI changes each year which seems to be getting higher.

UCI and UCLA are high reaches. GPA is good but test scores need a major boost with Nursing being very competitive.

I would add a few non-impacted Cal States to your list since Nursing is so competitive. Retake SAT or ACT but concentrate on only 1. Good Luck.

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@stepay I actually wonder why they are low as well. I took the psat and scored 170~ however my actual SAT was much lower. Anyways thanks for the input!

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@stepay I actually did get into UCLA, UCI, and Fullerton. I was denied at NYU and didn’t apply to the rest.