What are my chances for NYU Tisch

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I’m a junior in high school, and my school uses standards based grading, so instead of letter grades we have 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s. I haven’t decided between applying for Cinema Studies or Film and Television yet. I haven’t taken the SAT yet. Only 1 person from my school has ever gone to NYU.

GPA - 3.5
Class rank- top 10%
2.5 APs this year (dropped one after first semester) and plan to take 3+ next year

Extracurriculars:
Small business owner
Yale summer program
Youth radio show
Cultivating Community Internship (growing food for underprivileged/food justice)
3 jobs all together
2 years of NYU precollege, Tisch classes in Film and Television both years
+a few clubs

Thanks :slight_smile: anything is appreciated

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also hoping I can raise my gpa a point or two but my school’s grading system makes it difficult

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Hey @ellenmerritt48g - not sure about Cinema studies but my understanding is that admission to Tisch is only 50% academic at most - the other 50% is your portfolio or audition, if you’re a performer. So keep working on those grades but put serious effort into the artistic part of your application. I honestly don’t think that the extracurriculars or summer programs matter much compared your portfolio.