<p>I originally posted this in the college admissions general board </p>
<p>NYU is my dream school and I want to apply ED I as a rising senior in a competitive public school in NJ. </p>
<p>ACT: 30 composite but I'm retaking in September for a score of 32-33. (I think I'll be able to raise my score to 32 at the least)</p>
<p>31 if superscore is allowed. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.42 (I think this is UW)</p>
<p>Took all honors classes for all of sophomore and junior year. (School doesn't really offer APs in sophomore and junior years)</p>
<p>Taking 5 APs this year. 2 of those classes have no AP exam but receive school AP credit because of the rigor of the course (Senior Seminar English/History). The other three are Stat AP, French 5 AP, and Euro AP. </p>
<p>Played on my academic quiz bowl team since sophomore year and ranked in the top twenty five at almost every tournament which lead to me being on a ballot for top players in New Jersey. Also played history bowl since sophomore year. Gone to nationals twice and won 21st place/157 teams at my second history bowl nationals (junior year). </p>
<p>I've done Asian Fest India at my school since soph year and I'm now the country leader of India and will be in charge of the India contingent at this year's performance. </p>
<p>I've worked at my local library for the last year or so and I've accumulated 100 hours so far, hope to get another 60-70 by mid year. I'm the technical assistant to the president of the NJ League of Women Voters of Ridgewood and have somewhere around 30+ hours from that. I also have volunteer hours as VP of my school's Autism Awareness club. </p>
<p>I entered my poetry in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards junior year and won a gold medal and honorable mention for my two poetry collections. I also won an overall silver medal at the NJCTE poetry contest and was a finalist in the River of Words writing contest sponsored by Saint Marys/Library of Congress. I plan to enter/hopefully win more writing contests as a rising senior. </p>
<p>I took Carnatic Singing for a few years and I also took track freshman year although I wasn't serious about it. </p>
<p>Also, what are my chances of getting into:</p>
<p>Fordham
Bard
UC Berkeley
Colgate
Eugene Lang
UMD College Park
Rutgers
Swarthmore </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
