What are my chances @ NYU :)

monkey33467
Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:15:27 +0000

hi!
i recently discovered this forum and wanted to see what you think of my chances at admission to NYU are! I want to major in journalism

Background
Ethnicity - pacific islander
State - Tampa, Florida
Fluent in English, Russian and Spanish
First generation immigrant

GPA:
4.7 weighted
3.88 unweighted

~Note~
Math always came super hard for me and I always spent the majority of my time focusing on those grades and tests, throughout highschool i took geometry honors, algebra 2 honors, Trig Honors and college freshman algebra all with B’s and a C in 3rd quarter algebra as well as a B in chemistry. Math has always been something I struggle with.

SAT/ACT
sat- 1380
act- 30

extracurriculars

Member of Best Buddies program (helping students with disabilities) for 4 years, officer of club for 2 and president for 1 year

President of cycling club for 3 years

Varsity Track 3 years
-Varsity cross country 3 years

photographer for running

Member of yoga club for 3 years, officer for one year
-Member of school newspaper for 3 years, editor for 1
-YMCA lifeguard

Other Interests

~over 100 volunteer hours working with children and special needs students

~Had my work published by several magazines

~ My art has been in galleries in florida

~ Won several state and national writing and art contests

~ Painted murals around the city

~ I run a blog

~ A part of a local youth journalists organization that covered local events

~ printed my artwork on stickers and donated proceeds to cancer research