<p>Asian, Female, from MD.</p>
<p>Academics:
Unweighted GPA - 3.7
Weighted GPA - 4.5
SAT Total - 2010; Writing - 770, CR - 630, Math - 610</p>
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<li>In process of (hopefully) receiving an IB Diploma.</li>
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<p>IB Courses Taken/Taking:
- IB Theory of Knowledge
- IB European History HL
- IB World Literature HL
- IB Spanish 6 HL
- IB Math SL
- IB Biology SL
- IB Studio Art SL</p>
<p>ECs:
- Editor-in-chief of school’s Art & Literary Magazine
- Vice President of National Art Honor Society (we’re currently painting a mural in front of the school)
- Treasurer, Senator, and active member of Student Government
- Tutor for autistic students in Reading every day
- Tutor for 3rd & 4th graders in Math two times a week
- Won student scholarship to take oil painting classes at a local art studio with a teacher from MICA
- Had a part-time job for two years</p>
<p>Other:
- Skipped 7th grade
- IB Coordinator and Guidance Counselor wrote me ace recommendations.
- Essays, I think, are good.</p>
<p>Thank you so much; it’s much appreciated.</p>
<p>which school at NYU are you applying to? Your stats look very good and I would probably say you could get into most of the schools with a question mark on stern because they’re much more “test driven” perse. Anyway, best of luck!!!</p>
<p>I’d say more than 80% chance of getting in
chance me back
Also, you might want to get another rec.</p>
<p>Most likely CAS. Thank you so much!</p>
<p>By the way, I got into the NYU Liberal Art Studies program; thanks for chancing me.</p>
<p>Bump up your Math and CR scores, write a kick-ass essay, and don’t slack off in senior year and you’ll get in.</p>
<p>you sound like a good match! where are you applying?</p>
<p>chance me back?</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR 740 W 590 M (first try)
- ACT: n/a, taking in June (expected score between 33 and 34)
- SAT II: n/a Math II n/a Lit n/a US History (above 700 for each)
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 (3.8 if including 1st semester senior year)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (n/a) English Lang (n/a)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
- Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Lit, AP Calculus AB, Physics Honors, French 4 Honors (or CC Biology, Psychology, French 4, and HS US Gov, English Lit)
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (PR committee) California Scholarship Federation, French Club, Tae Kwon Do (third degree black belt)
- Job/Work Experience: two-year internship with Nordstrom, *internship with Metropolitan Transportation Commission, *featured student blogger for Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, *student blogger for vegan and sustainability outreach groups, *day camp instructor for city government
- Volunteer/Community service: over 600 hours volunteer service with Key Club and CSF, *spearheading benefit concert for Japan, co-chaired local food drive scavenger hunt for Shelterbox, student chair for charity auction at local community center, volunteer 6 hours a week at Stanford hospital, Relay for Life, Kiwanis Special Games, Kiwanis Al Julian Games, student liason to local Kiwanis club, volunteer as assistant instructor at Tae Kwon Do 12 hours a week
- Summer Activities: summer classes at Academy of Art for two years, community college course during junior year summer, *MTC internship, *summer job with city government as a day camp instructor, Medicine and Health student leaders conference at UC Berkeley
- College Courses: Abnormal Psychology, General Psychology, Psychobiology, Neurobiology, Research and Statistical Methods in Psychology, Social Pyschology
- Essays: have already written these and have received great feedback from Lit teacher
- Teacher Recommendation: getting an amazing rec from my French teacher of two years, who actually wrote the letter of rec that got me my internship at Nordstrom, an excellent rec from my Lit teacher, who is known for writing amazing recs for her most qualified students, and a fantastic rec from my Stats teacher who has written me recs for other projects
- Counselor Rec: excellent rec from my counselor, although not as good as my teacher rec
- Additional Rec: amazing rec from my Tae Kwon Do instructor of seven years, who has seen me evolve from a white belt to a black belt - he is proud of my achievements and has been eager to write my letter of rec ever since my sophomore year!
- Interview: n/a
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: will apply
- Intended Major: Psychology
- State (if domestic applicant): California
- Country (if international applicant): n/a
- School Type: Public, Blue Ribbon, Top 100 in country
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Female
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Heavy involvement in community, excellent writer (and hence, excellent essays)
- Weaknesses: Low scores, unimpressive course load, low GPA
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<p>"* Strengths: Heavy involvement in community, excellent writer (and hence, excellent essays)
- Weaknesses: Low scores, unimpressive course load, low GPA"</p>
<p>You basically said it yourself…the scores, course load, and GPA are what matter. Your extra curriculars and writing skills matter too, but not nearly as much (not matter how great you make them sound, unfortunately). </p>
<p>That being said, I do think you have a shot. Your math score is low but the others are okay, and your GPA is fine. Don’t lose hope. If I had to guess, I would say that you’ll probably be LSP’d–and LSP is great, so don’t think that’s a bad thing in any way.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>If you are referring to the OP, WarPaint, she noted in Post #6 that she was accepted into NYU LSP.</p>
<p>I just got my most recent SAT score back and I bumped it up to 2130 (up to 660 in math - hoping this will increase later)</p>
<p>Do you think this will improve my chances? My only hope now is improving my SAT and acing my SAT IIs / AP tests / ACT :)</p>