would you like to tell me my chances friends?

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<p>Personally I've always liked them, I feel like I'm really bonding with someone you know? I'm kidding.
Still I don't understand the violence of some people's reactions to them (i.e. how DARE you even THINK of wasting my time with a full 40 second reading and thoughtful answer that will relieve an enormous amount of anxiety for you etc etc) especially when they react like that on the What Are My Chances forum. </p>

<p>but I'm rambling.
So:
I want to study international relations,
these are my statistics:
I have a low GPA- 3.34 unweighted (health issues)</p>

<p>I got my SAT results back yesterday:</p>

<p>1540-2340 (800 CR, 740 Math, 800 writing, though I know they do not count this)
also 800 Math II C, 770 US History. Will take French and Chemistry in January.</p>

<p>I skipped a year in Math and French. Normally juniors at our high school only take one AP if they do at all, I took three:</p>

<p>exam results:</p>

<p>BC Calc 5 with 5 AB subscore
AP French 5
AP US History 5</p>

<p>National merit semifinalist, AP scholar. </p>

<p>This year's schedule</p>

<p>AP European History
AP Statistics
Discrete Mathematics at Boston University (college credit)
Seminar on Middle East that I helped organize- 4 highly motivated students, my headmaster (who will write me a letter of recommendation) and the head of the history department. At the end of the year we will publish our papers, I think I may submit my paper on Palestinian Economics to Cornell as a supplemental material.
European Literature Honors (No AP at the high school)
Second Semester I will begin study of Turkish at Harvard Extension School
(I wish to learn Hebrew, Arabic and Turkish)</p>

<p>I have gotten all As this quarter at high school. I think same will be next quarter.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:ballroom dance at competitive level is my most important activity. Also guitar lessons, ceramic classes with a local artist, and volunteer tutoring of mathematics for 7th graders.
fluent in Russian, quite good in French.
and so,
thank you!</p>

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<p>Make sure you submit a letter or something explaining your health issues and low GPA. Everything else looks pretty good (especially your test scores) so I think you have a great shot. Is international relations Stern? I don't really know the schools that well...</p>

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<p>well
first off
ur obviously very smart</p>

<p>as long as u have a good upward trend
and explain ur problems
u might stand a very good shot</p>

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<p>International Relations is an Honors major in the Politics Department (CAS). It is very competitive - requiring a GPA of 3.65 or better and completion of some core courses. You apply during your sophomore year. Only 25-30 per year are accepted.</p>

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<p>I understand, and I am not intimidated. I would not consider my high school record an accurate measure of my ability, rather a reflection of health problems that I have had as well as of my distaste for the pedantic and anti-intellectual. That is why I am going to college, because I love to learn.</p>

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<p>my distaste for the pedantic and anti-intellectual.</p>

<p>Don't come to nyu please. 1) you described a majority of the school 2) you'll be hated by just about everyone if you have that attitude.</p>

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<p>LOL, mattistotle. You've got a point.</p>

<p>orangetree, if you're the kind of person who's not afraid to question the social, economic, and political assumptions people make, then NYU certainly is for you. However, if you're also the kind of person who is, for whatever reasons, unable to communicate with people whose beliefs are unlike yours, then you're bound to have some trouble here. I think it's great that you have such zeal to indulge in the unpedantic and the intellectual, but please remember that not everyone will be like you or interested in what you think. At NYU, respect for others is paramount, even if they don't respect you.</p>

<p>I certainly encourage you to apply because you seem like a strong applicant. Good luck. :)</p>