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<p>Well this is my list…
Im a current Junior in a Atlanta public school.
African American
GPA: Should be a 3.4 by the end of the first semester.
SAT: 1808 I beleive
EC’s: DECA,FBLA (Officer next year),French Club, Chess Club, Part time job (20 hours a week), Volunteered at a hospital, Indoor soccer team (Outside of school…probably does not matter)
My GPA for junior year will be a 3.9 (Grades got better after freshman year!)
Essays should be excellent aswell as Rec’s.</p>

<p>Reach:
Emory
NYU</p>

<p>Match:
Ga Tech
Oxford at Emory
BU CGS
UC Davis</p>

<p>Well this is what I researched so far…What schools should I change around for the reach and matches…</p>

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<p>Eh anyone?</p>

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<p>I tend to agree with your breakdown of reaches and matches. Think about retaking your SAT…NYU is known to be fairly number conscious, and a higher SAT score never hurts admission anywhere!!</p>

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<p>Are you first generation college? That would help a lot.</p>

<p>Otherwise your numbers are somewhat low, but being African American, and from Atlanta Public Schools should help you. The ‘rising trend’ is a positive.</p>

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<p>Yes actually I am…parents never went to college (losers! =P)</p>

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<p>Work on your GPA and scores as much as you can, and I think you will be successful in your college search then.</p>

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<p>Im really interested in NYU…How high of a reach is that?</p>

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<p>I am not sure, will you need financial aid? NYU’s financial aid usually sucks…</p>

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<p>Maybe…It really depends, But statwise, How is it?</p>

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<p>If you get straight As for the rest of high school and get either a 29 or above on ACT or 2100 or above on SAT you might be pretty close to a sure bet…</p>

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<p>Im sure I can get the Straight A’s till the rest of the year, I am also going to be doing Dual Enrollment next year! But yea…the 2100 on the SAT is little bit of a stretch…It would not hurt to try…I still have 2 more trys…one in may and the other in November.</p>

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<p>Make sure you try the ACT as well. Some people just do better on it.</p>

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<p>I certainly did better on the ACT.</p>

<p>But that may have been because I forgot my ID for the SAT so I was stressing, and the ACT was at my HS, so it was comfortable. Plus, when I was waiting I was talking to a person retaking the SAT because they were disappointed with a 2300. Kind of intimidating.</p>

<p>SAT - 1370 (2000) - 1st try
ACT - 34 - same(should get MME results next month, and this score could go up)</p>

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<p>Im really not sure what type of science is on the ACT…I gotta study that I guess.</p>

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<p>ummm…u can’t get an 1808 on the SAT. And btw, how do u not know wat u got? When did u get the results, a month or 2 ago?</p>

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<p>Last month…I have the envelope laying around some where.</p>

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<p>Wait am I mistaken about first generation? If my brother went to college, would I still be considered first generation?</p>

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<p>Because hes currently still in college</p>

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<p>nope he is first generation… not you…sorry</p>

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<p>I think he is still first generation. His parents did not go to college. He and his brother would both be first generation.</p>