Am I Getting Into College??

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>College Class Year: 2014
High School: Private parochial
High School Type: 99.9% go to a college, lots of top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: not sure
GPA - Weighted: 4.01
Class Rank: school doesn’t rank… i’d say top 10-15%
Class Size: 145</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 660
SAT I Critical Reading: 690
SAT I Writing: 690
SAT II U.S. History (took once w/o studying. can’t really take again): 620
SAT II Literature (took once w/o studying. can’t really take again): 690
ACT (took once w/o studying. can’t really take again): 29
AP 2-D Design (took it 2 years in a row, 2 portfolios): 4
Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Varsity Cross-Country 9-12 (captain senior year)
Part-Time Sales Associate (Summer 30 hrs/wk and School Year 12 hrs/wk) 10-12
Campus Ministry 10-12
Lifeteen Youth Group Member 9-11
School Newspaper 9-12
Amnesty International 11-12
Yearbook Editor 11-12
(attaching resume to common app)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Service trip
Partners in Health Fundraiser coordinator
Carepacks
Benefit concert planner
Various walks
Child care center volunteer</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
Nothing national…
member of the Scholars program at my school
Academic Excellence in Athetics
Spanish Language Honor Society
various art contest awards</p>

<p>Schools</p>

<p>Reach</p>

<p>USC
–> Roski Fine Arts (applied to this because I have a better shot… I really like the Thorton Music Industry program though as well as the Cinematic Arts school)</p>

<p>NYU
–> Steinhardt (figured this was my best bet…) either Media, Culture, and Communications or Studio Art (i love Tisch but it’s a risky shot)</p>

<p>RISD
–> all depends on if they think my portfolio is strong enough</p>

<p>Reasonable</p>

<p>Boston University
–> Graphic Design/Advertising</p>

<p>Syracuse
–> Newhouse (Graphic Design), 2nd choice VPA</p>

<p>RIT
–> Advertising Photography</p>

<p>Northeastern
–> Music Industry
–> Marketing</p>

<p>Drexel
–> Westphal (Design and Merchandising)</p>

<p>Note: I feel like my portfolio is pretty strong and that’s part of the application, so I guess I’m just wondering statistically if I have a good shot at getting in at some of these schools.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance at most all of your schools. NYU is sort of a roll the dice sort of deal, you have a fighting chance, but it’s good that you have back ups. Your first three schools are reaches but with a good portfolio you have no reason to be strongly considered, and the rest of your schools are definite matches and safeties. your scores are a tad low but especially if you’re applying to more arts, music, writing related programs, the SAT and ACT are going to be far less important than your GPA and portfolio. Then again… I think you know that already :P</p>