USC, Northwestern, NYU

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey, I’m sorta curious what you think my chances are for these schools. I’m a junior.</p>

<p>I’d like to go to the USC School for Cinematic Arts, NYU Tisch for directing, or Northwestern for journalism.</p>

<p>SAT: (only a practice test, no essay grade) 1880
PSAT: 192
GPA: 3.75 (weighted)</p>

<p>APs: AP Music Theory, AP American History, AP English
Self studying: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP French, and AP German (just for fun :slight_smile: )</p>

<p>I’m sure I’ll write a good essay, my writing is pretty good I’ve been told and I write a lot. </p>

<p>Recommendations will be really great too.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>TERM:
-Founder and President of T.E.R.M: The Educational Reform Movement
-I’ve appeared on The TODAY Show and Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN discussing educational reform
-I made the website [url=<a href=“http://www.termonline.org%5DT.E.R.M:”>http://www.termonline.org]T.E.R.M:</a> The Educational Reform Movement<a href=“videos%20from%20the%20TODAY%20show%20and%20Anderson%20Cooper%20under%20the%20media%20section%20if%20you’re%20interested”>/url</a></p>

<p>Music:
-I score movies
-I play with a band (knaves13.com)
-I compose classical music, which has won awards
-I compose pop music and have my own studio
-I teach the middle school guitar club
-Member of Tri-M for one year
-play guitar
-taught myself violin, bass, drums, and piano. I’m first chair second violin in the orchestra after one year (I guess this is more of a hook than an EC)</p>

<p>Writing:
-Frequently write screenplays
-Write short stories
-Will likely soon be published in a few newspapers</p>

<p>Languages:
-Taught myself two years of French over the summer and entered French III Honors (again, I guess this is a hook)
-Currently teaching myself Norwegian, German, and French</p>

<p>Film:
-Make movies (entering some in film festivals and contests soon)
-score the movies
-write the screenplays for the movies</p>

<p>Science:
-won honorable mention for the DuPont Challenge in 8th grade
-teaching myself AP Calc and Physics</p>

<p>So yeah, let me know what you think. I’m curious if my ECs will make up for my otherwise not so great transcript.</p>

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<p>where are you located? In state?</p>

<p>Your chances look good, just get a better SAT score</p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1064194-university-southern-california-question.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1064194-university-southern-california-question.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m actually from NY.</p>

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<p>A better SAT should help with admission to NW. But you look good for USC. Good luck!! Chance me?? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1057649-wheel-chance-what-goes-around-comes-around.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1057649-wheel-chance-what-goes-around-comes-around.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>USC and NYU are matches. If you maintain a good GPA and score 2000+ on SAT you’ll have a fair chance at NW.</p>

<p>I think TERM is a great idea and congrats on getting on national television. The website is also quite impressive, although you might want to check for some typos, I was reading through your information section and noticed that you spelled education “educationa”.</p>