My chances at NYU or Georgetown?

Transfer Students
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<p>Do I have a shot at NYU ior Georgetown? How about Fordham or U of Pittsburgh? </p>

<p>I’m in my third semester at the City College of New York. I have a 3.9 GPA. My High School GPA was around 87/100…my SATs? Well, I got a 730 in Critical Reading, 590 in writing and an embarrassing 490 in Math. I have several 5s, 4s, and 3s in various AP courses, though I don’t even know if they’re considered during the application process…</p>

<p>Additional Data about my coursework and my extracurriculars: I’m a political science major who has done a mixture of core classes and poly sci courses…A few of my courses include upper level jewish studies and asian anthropology courses (which I’ve gotten As in), in fact I’m technically dual majoring in Jewish Studies now, though I don’t plan to pursue that if I transfer…as for ECs, I’m a member of the following organizations:</p>

<p>DJ for Campus Radio
Founding Member of Campus Atheist/Secularist Society
Founding Member of Campus Asian Culture Club
Member of the Law School Club</p>

<p>My biggest concern is my lack of SAT subject tests. I’ve never taken them. The transfer site for NYU however encourages “all transfer applicants to submit the results of two SAT II Subject Tests.” On the plus side, one of my professors who graduated from NYU and taught as an adjunct there is writing me a recommendation. (Side Note: One of my professors who graduated and teaches at Columbia as well as CCNY is writing me a recommendation for Columbia…I doubt I’ve got much of a chance, but a recommendation from a current professor can’t hurt, right?)</p>

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<p>Georgetown? …</p>

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<p>hmmm</p>

<p>i would say your pretty much a lock for fordham and u pitt</p>

<p>the fact that the prof. who wrote your recommendation taught at a certain school won’t mean anything, its the content of the rec. that matters</p>

<p>having really good sat and sat II scores would be nice, but they matter far less now than for freshman admissions </p>

<p>you’ll have a decent shot at nyu (cas right?)…georgetown and columbia are going to be quite tough…most everyone applying to those schools has a gpa and ec’s like you do, but often times the most competitive applicants will have a strong record in hs as well…they also have a hook, im not sure that you do for either of those schools…but the other schools you’ll have a shot at</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>What can I do to maximize my chances? Also, yes, I’ll be applying to the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>

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<p>You have a shot at NYU. And perhaps Georgetown. Keep in mind most transfer applicants want to do political science/ government at Georgetown.</p>