official CHANCES thread for 2014

[ch0iminy]

-Medical Academy
-AP Program
-GPA: 4.50/3.83
-Class Rank: 14/447 (Top 3%)
-ACT: 28
-Major: Psychology

Work Experience:
Cashier: September 2006- present
Helped parents from 4-7 everyday without pay.

Research Assistant, Doctor's Office
June 2009-Present Time.
Worked 40 hour weeks during the summer of 2009. 10-15 hours per week

High School Studies:
Senior Courseload- 7 APs; Bio, BC Calc,Most Rigorous
Junior Courseload: 5 APS
Sophomore Courseload: 2 APS

Extracurricular:
Tutoring Club: Founder, Co Chair (2008-Present)
HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) (2006-Present)
-2009-2010 Regional Parliamentarian
-2009-2010 Secretary
-2008-2009 Treasurer

National Honor Society (2008-2010)
-2009-2010 Historian
Class Board (2006-2009)
Model United Nations (2009)
Student Council (2006-2010)
Science National Honor Society (2009-2010)
Mu Alpha Theta (2007-2010)
Junior Academy of Science (JAS) (2006-2007)

Volunteer Experiences:
Hospital (2006- Present)
-400 hours of service
Mu Alpha Theta
-Math tutoring after school (2007-Present)
National Honor Society (2008-Present)
-Tutor in math, science and reading
Preschool
-75 hours of service (2006-2007)
Boys and Girls Club
-20 Hours of service (2008)
Tutoring Program

Total hours: 751

Programs:
FL State HOSA Competition (2009)
Stanford Youth Leadership Conference for Asian Public Health
LECOM Science Medical Academy (2008)
Economics for Leaders- University of Illinois, Chicago
Leadership Conference (2009) Representative for National Honor Society
Leadership Program for Local Kids

Awards:
AP Scholars
1st Place Regional's HOSA Competition (2009)
3rd Place School Science Fair in Botany (2006)
4th Place Regional HOSA Competition (2008)
Academic Letter-(2006, 2007, 2008)
Honor Roll ( 2006-2010)
-Given to students with GPA's higher than 4.0.

[jessica990909]

o.O....wow ch0i and collegereally? you guys are like overachievers...(no offense)
match match.

[arsenalrc15]

GPA UW: 3.4
GPA Weighted: 3.82

SAT: 1430/2180
Critical Reading: 740
Math: 690
Writing: 750

SAT II:
Literature: 690
US History: 710

APs:
US History 4
English Literature 5

Varsity Soccer, Region Band, Business Editor for Newspaper, Model UN, Team Harmony, Key Club, over 1000 hours volunteering as a mentor, tutor, assistant at local hospital, junior firefighter, assistant at YMCA, and assistant at local soup kitchen

Outstanding and incredibly unique essay (I will PM to anyone who wants to read it)
Excellent teacher recommendation

Early Decision

[Shandrydan]

Hey, I applied ED to Steinhardt for Communicative Sciences and Disorders. I'm from NY, from a public school with 3000+ students.

GPA: 87.77
Rank: Top 25%
Performing and Visual Arts Diploma (Orchestra)
Advanced Designation Regents Diploma

ACT Composite Score: 28
English: 33
Reading: 31
Science: 27
Math: 22
Writing Subscore: 09

Courses:
AP Biology, AP European History, AP Living Environment, Honors English (10th & 11th grade)

Work Experience:
Tutor a 7th grade student (6 hours a week)
Data Entry Clerk - past two summers (25 hours a week)
and I was also a busser at a beach club over the summer

Extracurricular Activities:
Chapter President of Best Buddies
Member of Student Community Action
Member of Habitat for Humanity
Member of both String and PAVE Orchestras
Member of Ignite - Student Mentoring Program
Tri-M Music Honor Society

I really liked my essay and supplements, and my recommendations are great.

[Colij Ejoocation]

Nationality - Chinese American (Long Island)

GPA - 88.6uw, 92.8w
11th - 2 AP's (Lit-4, U.S.-4)
12th - 4AP's

SAT's (Super Scored)
2130
750math 710 writing 670verbal

Taking two SAT 2's in november

EC's

National Honor Society
Lincoln Douglas Debate national qualifier
Strudent Congress
DECA
Interact
Speech team
Public Forum debate

Music
trumpet
SYmphonic Band (gold medal winning band)
Select Wind Ensemble
Jazz Band
Pit Orchestra
Piano for 6 years

Good amount of community service and 2 jobs (1 quit)

[Colij Ejoocation]

1480 on the SAT's??... wanna get at least a 2000...

[Colij Ejoocation]

a 2230 SAT with a 3.2 gpa? WOW! thats crazy

[collegemisc]

Male
Asian
NJ
stern
Gpa UW 3.2 W 4.0 (upward trend from a garbage 2.9/3.5 in freshman to a 3.6/4.3 in senior)
9-11th mostly higher lvl classes
12 -3 aps
rank: top 30% UW top 15% W

sats (only took one sitting) 2170 710 CR 720 M 740 WR
sat 2s 740 MATH 1
690 US HIST

EC's
president and secretary of news/journalism club for 1 year each. (member for 3 years).
swim team 1 year
black belt tae kwon do
golf team 2 years (won 3 awards)
2 years internship at retailer
helped organize parade of 100k people in nyc
volunteered at local elders home for 200+ hours
raised and donated 1k+ on two separate occasion by going to india and giving away 100 meals a day for 30 days in a village.

MISC
recommendations will be great
1 from teacher about work ethic perseverance etc.
1 from club adviser about leadership
1 from counselor about good character

essay will be proof read by 3 teachers and will be about the time i went to india and donated food in the village (if they give an open ended question or ask about experience which a lot of colleges do).

regular decision no financial aid requested.

[jessica990909]

hmm...that's 1480/1600. A great mark already ^^

[mondayskies]

Background:
Location: Singapore
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
School Type: Independent, only top 3% of the country accepted, highest Ivy League acceptance rate in the world
Applying to: Stern ED (marketing)

Stats:
School grades/rank: probably average, though i take more than the average units of study
Predicted grades for GCSE 'A' Levels: Most probably all distinctions, or 4As 1B
SAT: 1510/2300 (800 math 710 reading 790 writing)
SAT IIs: 690 Math Level 2, 680 Literature (retaking in Nov)

Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Work Experience:
1. President of my EC (performing group)
2. Creative Arts Director for House committee (school spirit activity)
3. Creative arts director of environment club
4. 2-week summer program in Cambridge University, UK
5. Head of Publicity in school drama productions
6. electronic organ lessons (Grade 6, ABRSM Theory Grade 5)
7. Member of Rifle/pistol club
8. Graphic designing intern at local firm
9. I run my own online retail business

Honors/Awards:
- Dean's List (top 5%) for History
- Lots of random awards for service to school

Other info:
- 1st gen college goer
- school math grades are very unimpressive due to the high academic rigor of my school ):

[carterwr]

How big are my chances to enter NYU (Stern) ?

I am an international student from eastern europe and these are my stats:

I got 1930 on SAT1 (M:670 R:610 W:650) first attempt. I'm trying again in 7 days.
I'm taking SAT2 in American History, World History and MAth 2 in december.
I also got 108 on TOEFL.
I have a 4.6 out of 5 gpa. I am a delegate in the national student council, skiing coach, work in the ministry of health, chief editor of school newspaper, I was the editor of the school newspaper.
I organize an annual humanitarian concert for a center that specializes in helping children
with down syndrome.
member of the National student council
president of the county student council.
volunteer at an NGO focused on promoting democracy
led a national initiative for opening Youth friendly clinics that succeeded and am working with the ministry of health on a program for these clinics.
hold lectures in a peer2peer HIV/AIDS education program and was a case study presenter for UNESCO.
have an internship at the WHO collaborating center for HIV surveillance.
JOBS
marketing assistant in a national media company,
workshop manager at a mediterranean culture institute (italy)
statistics analyst for a national medical Journal
journalist and internet tv producer for a daily newspaper portal.
fluently speak english, italian and slovene.
skiing coach in the croatian ski association.
have a recommendation from the ministry of education.

My essay work is solid. Also, my recommendations are all excellent (from school teachers).

[maryyxmoomoo]

Okay so I applied to NYU Tisch Film & Television early decision. Do you think I'll get in?

GPA: 3.65 from a private academy. very difficult school, our regular level classes are like an honors or an AP in comparison to nearby public schools. 100% of students go onto college. colleges will know about this in the school profile sent with the app.
My school does not rank.

SAT: 660V, 640M, 750W = 2050

Outstanding teacher recommendations, one from the Math Dept. Chair and one from the Art Dept. Chair, who also attended NYU Tisch.

I thought I did a great job with the personal statements, especially the poem. Pretty good essay, I wrote about how I've been making films since I was 10 and how its something that comes naturally to me.

ECs - (non school affiliated) Classical piano 10 years, Flute 8 years, Dance 11 years, Trio 3 years, Jazz piano currently. (school affiliated) President of my school's Photography Club, Soprano II Section leader in the 16-person Honors Choir this year, Orchestra 3 years, Key Club all 4 years, Art Club.

Honors & APs: Completed: Honors Alg I, Honors Geometry, Honors Western Civilization, Honors AlgII/Pre-Calc. Currently: Honors Physics, AP Calculus, AP Psychology.

I've taken every art class offered in my school except for 1 that didn't fit in my schedule this year.

I've done 2 summer film programs with the School of Cinema and Performing Arts. In 08 I did the regular film program and in 09 I did the advanced film program, earning 3 AP credits administered from LIU.

I am really proud of my portfolio, especially the film I submitted. I feel they will be really impressed with the film. The dramatic writing was somewhat new for me, but I got some help with it and i think it turned out pretty good. I had to make the font size tiny on my artistic resume to fit everything, all the music and art I've been involved with, my photography has been shown in some art shows, my summer film programs, etc.

What do you think???

Oh, and ps, my mom is an alum of NYU

[Colij Ejoocation]

no.. it was 1480/2400.. lol