Yet another chances thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>Hey everyone. This is my first chances thread so if you could help me out I'd be very grateful.</p>

<p>GPA: I don't how how NYU calculates GPA... Using my report card my weighted GPA is a 3.601, but my unweighted GPA is a 3.178 (decent explanation for that)</p>

<p>ACT: 34 composite (36 eng, 35 sci, 35 reading, 29 math :-( )</p>

<p>EC's: Marching Band (4 years and served last two years as drum major), Show Choir (2 years) , Vocal Music Department Officers Board (1 year; manager of top choir), Jazz Band (3 years), founding member of a brass quintet (2 years), school musical (2 years), school paper (1 year)</p>

<p>Applying to CAS-------- looking to do Metropolitan Studies</p>

<p>AP's: US History, US gov and politics, Calculus AB, English Lit & Comp </p>

<p>Senior year: AP Calc, AP English, Economics, Sociology, Health, Personal Fitness, Wind Ensemble, Choralation (choir)
--------- because of my dedication to the music department and phys ed graduation requirements, I couldn't take as many academics as I would have liked.</p>

<p>GREATTTTTTTTTTTTT rec's and i think my essay/personal statments are pretty solid.</p>

<p>Only child, single parent household, disabled mother (as in like, not working)</p>

<p>White Male</p>

<p>Detroit area</p>

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<p>What are your SAT scores?</p>

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<p>SAT isn't required and I didnt take it</p>

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<p>You have a 3.1 unweighted GPA, and you've never taken the SAT? Unless you are in the 9th or 10th grade, which seems unlikely, I'd put this in the far, far reach category, and come up with a list of safer schools. What else are you looking at?</p>

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<p>he got a 34 on the act though!! i wouldnt take the sat either if i got that..u dont need to take both</p>

<p>btw 34 = 1510-1550 (old sats)</p>

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<p>I'm not trying to discredit his high ACT score, not at all, but who do you think NYU is more likely to accept, an applicant with a high GPA, SAT scores, as well as ACT scores, or someone with a GPA far below the school standard, amazing ACT, but no SATs whatsoever? And he's not applying to Tisch, so he doesn't have additional criteria to give him an advantage. </p>

<p>I want this poster to apply to NYU, it wouldn't hurt, and he might just get accepted. But it doesn't hurt to give someone a heads up, because these top colleges are getting more selective by the year, and a high test score is no longer the powerhouse it once was. Why not increase his chances by at least taking the SAT test, and getting a little extra edge?</p>

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<p>some parts of the country just do the ACT, I don't see the problem. YOu can take either the SAT or ACT, you don't need both.</p>

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<p>and by the way, I just checked with my midwest friends, and THAT ACT score is awesome</p>

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<p>"btw 34 = 1510-1550 (old sats)"</p>

<p>You can't make comparisons like that...they're very different tests...</p>

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<p>Actually you can compare them...and the College Board does. Those numbers were formulated by ACT and the College Board...a simple search will show you those numbers. And any college will accept either the SAT or the ACT and look at them exactly the same.</p>

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<p>haha....I guess I have some very misinformed friends....thanks for correcting me....</p>

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<p>i highly agree with jaquen.
for a place like nyu, i think it would at least help them look past your gpa, supposing you presented them high sat's along with high act's. i know that my rough freshman year will take a toll on my cumulative, but it's still gonna take more than a decent explanation.
sat's aside, it's still a bit of a reach, but you could get into the gsp..</p>