RD Chances: CAS or Stern?

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<p>Austin, Texas Resident
White Female
Major: International Relations at CAS or Management at Stern</p>

<p>GPA: 3.65 W, 4.83 W (Will go up)
Rank: 48/626 (Very competitive class! But will go up after semester)
SAT Reasoning: 2130 (660M/760CR/710W) (two sittings)
SAT II: 590 Spanish, 640 Math I
ACT: 29 (26 Math, 32 Reading, 24 Science, 35 English)
AP: World History 4, U.S. History 4, Statistics 4, English Language 4, Art History 4, Spanish Language 2
Taking this year: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP U.S. Government, AP Comparative Government, AP Psychology, AP European History</p>

<p>[Clubs]</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society (10,11,12) (Secretary)
National Honor Society (NHS) (10,11,12)
Spanish Honor Society (11,12)
Latin Club (9,10,11) (Secretary)
Latin Honor Society (9,10,11)
McNeil Thespian Society (11,12)
International Thespian Society (11,12)
Asian Student Association (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>[Community Service]</p>

<p>–I’m in a PALS program where I mentor two elementary school students for three hours a week. It’s pretty important to me.
–Tutor in Math
–Tour Guide for New Students
–Wrapped/Delivered Gifts for Texas Baptist Children’s Home
–Theater Room Clean-Up </p>

<p>[Awards]</p>

<p>4.0 Award (9,10,11)
Who’s Who Among American High School Students
National Honor Roll
National Society of High School Scholars
AP Scholar with Distinction
Summa Cum Laude National Latin Exam (10)
Maxima Cum Laude National Latin Exam (9,11)
Placed at every Area/State Latin Competition for the last three years, qualified for Nationals</p>

<p>[Outside School]</p>

<p>Greek School (12)
Youth Group/Religious Education (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>[Recommendations]</p>

<p>Saw one teacher’s rec, it was really good
Great counselor rec</p>

<p>[Also Applied At]</p>

<p>Yale
Columbia (Rejected)
University of Texas at Austin (Accepted)
Texas A&M University (Accepted)</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at CAS, and about a 40% shot at stern (those math sat I and II scores are a little low)</p>

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<p>thanks!
would it be advisable to retake math I for my sat II’s?</p>

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<p>I would try to retake the SAT II’s if there is time and get above a 700. The math II might actually be easier if you got the 640 from making stupid mistakes rather than understanding the material (the curve for math II is 43/50 for a 800, while for math I is 49-50/50 for a 800). I would suggest taking a few practice tests of each and see which one is easier. I say this because Stern values your math skills a lot (probably more than any other subject)</p>

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<p>the 640 was because i ran out of time on the test, haha. the math wasn’t really that hard, the test was just long. i may retake it. is math II a lot harder?</p>

<p>i may just stick with CAS, which was my main focus. but thanks for the advice!</p>