Can i get into the following.

<p>Hi, im a sophmore, but i was just wondering what i need to do in order to get into colleges such as NYU, USC, Skidmore, and Reed.
Overall i have an 87 average, (3.3) unweighed, and 3.8 weighed. </p>

<p>I am a white, jewish/russian male. I am first gen. american</p>

<p>I go to a competitive prep school on Long Island</p>

<p>I am in mostly honors next year, and am on the AP track in all classes but math. (They only offer a few AP’s in my school, and offer very few options compared to others.)</p>

<p>EC’s include
Cello- have been playing since i was ten, and score outstanding scores at NYSSMA every year(NYSSMA is a musical evaluation that musicians take in new york)
I am in an orchestra outside of school, co-principal, and I have played twice at Lincoln center)
I am doing all-state NYSSMA(the highest level) this year</p>

<p>Guitar/Bass guitar- I am in my school Jazz band. I am also in a rock band outside of school. I do gigs at my school regularly, and have played with professionals.</p>

<p>Sailing- I play on my schools sailing team and race every thursday with an adult crew (man, i should be the feature of a vampire weekend song)</p>

<p>Sports- I play squash (No 1. seed at my school)
X country- was number three, then i had an injury and fell to number 6</p>

<p>As of now my grades are going up, and i am taking the SAT II in biology this June. </p>

<p>Please let me know how im doing, and what i need to do to get into a top school…
Thanks :)</p>

<p>btw im a legend at NYU if that makes any difference whatsoever lol</p>

<p>Unless you can hit 4.0 GPA in both junior and senior 1st semester…NYU will be hard.</p>

<p>Of course, I’m assuming you will apply to either Tisch or Stern.</p>

<p>yeah thats what im going for. apparently many of these schools inflate grades? I know USC does…
also i forgot to mention i have well over 100 hours of community service</p>

<p>I worked in the ICU of the hospital</p>

<p>also i am tri-lingual (english, russian, spanish)</p>