I am currently a high school sophomore interested in NYU. I am unsure whether NYU is a realistic school for me to go to. As of now, I want to be a doctor of some sort, so I am thinking about majoring in chemistry or biology.
Stats:
Class Rank: 1 out of 132
GPA: 4.0 unweighted (My school does not weight grades)
ACT: 28 (This was my first time taking it and I will take it more next year)
Taking college courses
Extracurriculars:
Art club, 2015 - Present (Helped start it with my art teacher)
Upward Bound, 2014 - Present
Awards:
1st place in my category in the county art show. (126 submissions; 51 accepted to display in our local museum. 7 different categories.)
Community Service:
Tons of community service with Upward Bound.
Painting murals at my elementary school (Already have 8 hours, but it will take much longer to finish)
I would like to mention my school’s lack of everything. I live in an extremely poor, rural area where many people didn’t go to college. My school works with what they have, but it isn’t much. We only offer 2 AP classes, which I can’t take until senior year. We do offer dual-enrollment courses with a local university, but only math classes and one science. I have already taken what I can and passed with A’s. My school is not competitive by any means considering they highly acknowledge students with an ACT score of 20+. A 28 already puts me the same as this year’s valedictorian. We do not have many clubs, I know of none other than Art Club. It upsets me that I can’t have more of a challenge, but all of the schools around here are the same way. Frankly, I am bored to death with my classes and need something more.
My plans for the next two years are to keep a 4.0 GPA, raise my ACT score (I have started an ACT study group with my friends), finish the mural, volunteer at the local hospital, and take all the college and AP courses offered at my school. Hopefully this will be enough due to my circumstances.