nirvana

My stats aren't bad, but they're not great either.

Anyway, I'm a white female from California. Here are my stats:

Intended Major: Either English or Journalism.

GPA: 3.5 UW (10-11) 3.75 UW (9-11)

SAT: 1860 (will retake in Oct.)
CR: 640
M: 530
W: 690

SAT II's: (will also retake these)
Literature: 680
Spanish: 590

EXTRACURRICULARS:

Yearbook:
Staff Member (10)
Business Manager (11)
Co-Editor-in-Chief (12)

Clubs:
Key Club (10-12)
Women's Advocates (Member-10, Co-President-12)
Interact (10-12)
CSF 10-12)
NHS (11-12)
Co-Founder of SAT Tutoring Club (12)

Sports:
Basketball (Novice-10)
Tennis (JV-10-11, V-12)

Community Service
Key Club (20 hrs.)
Spanish Tutor
SAT Tutoring
Volunteer at Library
Teaching Piano (unpaid)

Additional:
Piano (6 yrs.)
Yearbook Camp (summer after 9th, summer after 11th)
Participated in Suicide Prevention Walk
Created a website with news articles, etc.

Awards:
Smart Cookie Award (9)
A few Yearbook awards
Several stories published in popular literary magazines, won some writing contests

Schools:
NYU (ED, possibly? For CAS) (Dream school)
USC (my great uncle, his kids, and their kids all went here. plus he still donates to them big time every year. does that help? haha)
All UC'S
CSU San Marcos
CSU Long Beach
CSU Northridge
Other CSU's, possibly?

nicole5178

I'd say for NYU, your scores all need to improve. For clarification, your published stories in a popular lit magazine: are we talking The New Yorker or The Atlantic popular, or more of a local publication?