NYU ED Chances

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I don’t really like chances threads, but everybody is doing them so…</p>

<p>School Type: Private
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Race/Gender: white male
Major: Undecided
Unweighted GPA: 3.77
SAT I: 1330 (660V 670M)
SAT II:
US History- 680
Math IC-640
Writing-560(ouch, my essay is better than that)
AP’s:
US History- 4
English Language- 4</p>

<p>Fairly rigorous schedule- 3 AP’s, 1 Honors</p>

<p>Shortend List of EC’s(for your convenience)

  1. Student Government 11 Grade Treasurer
  2. 12th Grade Student Council- Fundraising Committee
  3. Varsity Swimming 3 Years(lettered)
  4. Varisty Cross Country 3 Years(lettered)</p>

<p>Jobs

  1. USDA Lab Technician(summers between 10-11 and 11-12) </p>

<p>Thanks for reading through and making a decision, feel free to post your stats here too-- if you applied to NYU.</p>

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<p>Id say a 25% chance your in. SAT’s below average</p>

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<p>id say a little high than 25%, probably 50/50 since you are from Hawaii, location could play a role… you should retake writing because that will hurt you for sure. for nyu make sure your essays are extremely strong since those could make/break your decision. good luck!</p>

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<p>Yes, geography does give you a push.</p>

<p>What do you think you may want to major in?</p>

<p>Also, you might want to consider LACs. Many of my friends from Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Big Island) went to LACs rather than larger universities. Other university suggestions include, but are not limited to:</p>

<p>UWisconsin-Madison
URochester
Vanderbilt
Case Western
Tulane
UWashington-Seattle
Wake Forest
Carnagie Mellon
Johns Hopkins
Boston College</p>

<p>Hope this helps. Good luck your applications. :)</p>

<p>PS–Just curious if you go to St. Anthony’s or Baldwin (Wailuku) by chance?</p>

<p>PPS–Also, if you apply to a Division III school, sports might help you get in. Just sign up on the college website (using the special interests or sports form) and/or ask your coach to contact the schools you are interested in.</p>

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<p>No, I know kids that go to St. Anthony’s and Baldwin, but I go to Seabury Hall which is smaller than those two. Thanks for the guesses, I am trying not to be too optimistic so I won’t get dissapointed. What are LAC’s? My other schools are
University of Wisconsin- Madision
Boston University
George Washington University
I think I have a better shot at all of these schools.</p>

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<p>my mom went to UW-Madison for grad school and absolutely loved it.</p>

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<p>I heard Seabury Hall is a good school, most colleges should be at least familiar with it.</p>

<p>As for your other schools, I like UWisconsin-Madison over BU and GWU. Lots of Hawaii kids go to Madison. I would also like to suggest a few: URochester, Case Western, Vanderbilt, Miami U (OH). </p>

<p>LAcs are small liberal arts colleges–generally with a student body less than 3000 students. You usually get more personal attention, smaller classes, etc…
Some that you might want to consider since you are looking for schools on the mainland:</p>

<p>Vassar…Match (looking for more guys)
Whitman…Match
Trinity C…Match/Safety (likes Hawaii kids)
DePauw U…Match/Safety (get merit $$$ for any score above 1250 SAT)
Occidental…Match (almost Match/Safety, though they get alot of HI apps)
Grinnell…Match (likes Hawaii kids, and not many apps–almost Match/Safety)
Bates…Match (does not require SAT scores, searching for more diversity)
College of the Holy Cross…Match/Safety
Hamilton…Match (looking for more out-of-staters, free app if you use Common App)
Colby…Match (looking for more diversity)
Rhodes…Safety (wants to attract more non-Southerners)
University of the South…Safety (wants more people from outside the South)
Furman U…Match/Safety
Union C (NY)…Match/Safety
Lewis & Clark C…Safety
Lawrence U…Safety
St. Olaf…Safety
Denison U…Safety
Skidmore…Safety
Bard…Match/Safety
Kenyon…Match
Oberlin…Match
Macalester…Match
Earlham…Safety
Trinity U…Safety
Hendrix…Safety
Bowdoin…Reach (does not require SAT scores)
Washington & Lee…Reach/Match</p>

<p>Check them out if you have time. Just remember to have Reach/Match/Safety schools on your list. I’d say to drop BU and GWU, keep NYU (Reach/Match) and UWisconsin-Madison (Match/Safety), and add one or two other universities, and a few LACs.</p>

<p>Just my humble opinion. Good luck. :)</p>

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<p>Wow blaineko, thats quite the encompassing list. I think you may have done more research for me than I did. I am going to keep BU and GWU on my list because I am not really a Hawaiian-at-heart. I have lived here for a few years but thats all, I am pretty much a typical white kid that came from the East Coast. How have you heard of my school, its soooo small?</p>

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<p>Mauiboy:</p>

<p>I actually grew up in Hawaii (though I am not a typical Hawaii person either–rock fever always gets me when I’m there), and had some friends from Maui that I met at the Hawaii State Student Council Meetings. Some of my friends at the other privates (ie. St. Anthony’s, Baldwin, Kamehameha, Hawaii Prep, St. Louis, Iolani, Mid-Pac, etc…) know or knew people that attended Seabury Hall. </p>

<p>Again, with respect to BU and GWU, just know that you can aim a bit higher. That’s why I suggested Vandy, URochester, and like UW-Madison. It’s cool, either way. Anyhow, fewer parents in Hawaii know about Mainland schools (went through this my junior/senior years), so I had to do more research. </p>

<p>They seemed to know only some of the Ivies (ie. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell), football power houses (ie. UArizona, UC-San Diego, UOregon, UWashington, UMichigan), and few, if any private colleges and universities that are Division III schools. Since I ultimately took a few years off between high school and college (I’m applying now), I’ve had way too much time to figure out what schools I was interested in or not. </p>

<p>In fact, I started by reading the Fiske’s gudie from cover-to-cover, have poured over probably 10-15 books about college admissions, several other that focus on the process of applying (ie. The Gatekeepers)., and gone to many college fairs and prospective student receptions, and spoken with 100’s of adcoms. Crazy, I know.</p>

<p>The sad part is that most kids in Hawaii publi high schools are counseled to go to UH or West Coast schools. Being on an island is great, but people get complacent–due in part by being isolated by water in all directions–2500 miles from the closest Continent. Some of my friends, who could have gone elsewhere, just ended up settling. And, they now regret not looking at other places.</p>

<p>Anyhow, that is why I recommended a few of the other colleges and universities. I’m just glad you’re looking beyond Hawaii or the West Coast for schools. Anyhow, just my two cents.</p>

<p>Aloha. :)</p>