ED Chance as a student from Tokyo?

hityy2
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:04:51 +0000

I just finished my junior year at an international school in Tokyo and NYU is my first choice. I want an honest opinion from you guys about my shot at ED for college of A&S.

GPA: 3.48 (weighted) 3.43 (unweighted)
(I know this is really low, but my grades have been improving in an upward trend. freshman: 3.27, sophomore: 3.5, junior: 3.73. I had a really rough Freshman year)

AP Classes can only be taken starting junior year at my school so I took US History, English Language and Composition, and Macroeconomics. I also self-studied for Microecnomics and Japanese.
Senior year I’ll be taking: Environmental Science, Statistics, and French.

ACT Composite Score: 34
(English: 32, Math: 34, Reading: 33, Science: 35, Combined English/Writing: 29)

Extracurriculars:
-varsity swim team all 3 years so far and captain this year
-club called abot kamay all 3 years where i went to Thailand for a community service trip to build canteens.
-community service with an organization called Hands on Tokyo
-worked for the past 2 summers as a camp counselor at a summer camp hosted by my school
-actively participated in various Earthquake relief events.

Also (I’m not sure if this really helps) but money isn’t an issue for my family so I’d be paying full tuition.

So lay it on me guys, do I have a shot?