Chance me 2017

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>Hi, I’m an incoming high school senior and I would like to go NYU, as it is my #1. By the way, my stats aren’t great, but I am working to improve them. Realistically, I know my chances at admission aren’t great (to say the least), but it would be helpful if anyone could just tell me what I need to do to generally improve my chances. </p>

<p>Miscellaneous stats:
-white male
-from Arizona
-National Honors Society member
-Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research member
-President and Secretary of Young Democrats (2 years)
-Political Debate Club (1 year)
-Involved in Theatre department
-200+ hours of community service</p>

<p>Academics:
-all honors classes for sophomore, junior and senior year, with 2 in freshman year
Freshman year GPA: S1: 3.5 S2: 3.75
Sophomore: S1: 3.4 S2: 3.0
Junior: S1: 2.4 S2: 2.4
(I got a D for both semesters of Trig/Precalc Honors, but I am retaking them over the summer)</p>

<p>Senior year schedule thus:
AP Lit
AP Psych
Calc AB
AP Gov/Econ
Spanish III
Human Physiology/ Anatomy (HPA)</p>

<p>I’ve taken AP US History and AP Language/composition.
Pretty much all honors core academic classes.</p>

<p>Prospective Majors/Areas of Study:</p>

<p>Accountancy
American Political Science
Biology
Biomedical Science
Computer Science
Economics
Economics and Computer Science
Economics and Mathematics
English
History
International Relations
Neural Science
Philosophy
Politics
Accounting
Actuarial Science — What is this?
Economics
Finance
Information Systems
Management and Organizations
Marketing
Statistics
Business Economics
Philosophy, Politics and Law</p>

<p><em>**What SAT ranges should I aim for?
*</em><em>Just tell me what I should do to best improve my chances of admission from where I stand?
*</em><em>Also, what are the easiest schools to get into at NYU?
*</em>*What should I concentrate on as far as the application and general things I can do now?</p>

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<p>–> your junior year GPAs really killed ya to be honest…if you sustained the GPA range you had freshmen year up until the present, i’d say you’d be safe with something around a 1990+…but a good “SAT range” depends on the school you want to get into, eg rumor has it CAS usually doesn’t look at anything below a 2000 but i got in with a 1930 :] but i would suggest [as an overall safety net] aim for something 2100+ to make up for the low GPAs </p>

<p>–> idk how you can improve your chances since there’s basically nothing you can do in one semester that completely CHANGES your profile…i would suggest a really really strong essay [mayb relating to your experience as a Brain Tumor research member, sounds interesting !] </p>

<p>–> also at this point idk really how to connect all your areas of interest with your previous extracurriculars…it seems really unfocused and kind of all over the place</p>

<p>that’s all the advice i can give ya idk which schools are the easiest to get into [i know CAS is hard just because so many ppl apply for it & their business school too!]</p>

<p>but good luck on applications though !!</p>