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19 year old girl from London, England. Am applying to NYU to study journalism.

Name: Jennifer Christie Haughton (for those of you who would like to get personal )
Age: 19

ACT 27 (yes, yes, pitiful- tell me something I don't already cry over every night- and don't you go rubbing it in about Justin and Cameron either! I'm coming to terms with that)

(SAT II's aren't required as I can submit my A-Level grades in place of these- but I achieved 720 in writing, 670 in Literature)

GCSE (O-Levels)- Eleven grades::::

Drama A*
English Literature A*
Design Technology A*
English Language A
Science AA
Business Studies A
Information Studies A
History A
Spanish B
Mathematics B

A Levels- Three grades:::

Film Studies A
English Literature B
Theatre Studies B

Travelled the world::::

Graduated from school in 2002- spent six months working, and the next six months travelling the world with a friend:: (Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Hawaii, Los Angeles, New York City). Developed my independence and opened my mind, broadening my horizons and showing me a wide world of choice and opportunity. I see it as the ultimate step in college preparation- being away from family and friends and adapting to new surroundings.

Work Experience::: 4 Jobs to date

CMO Music Management- voluntary work experience
Blockbuster Video- Customer Service Representative
Brush and BIsque it pottery painting store- Sales Assistant
'The Hive',Notting Hill Fashion, London- Sales Assistant

Work experience scheduled at TV Hits magazine in London in Feb 2004.


Awards/certificates and extra-curriculars/interests::::

Scuba Diving- Certified PADI open water diving
Sky Diving- Certified tandem skydiver
Acting-General participation throughout school
Reading and Reviewing- Gen.Interest:Novels/Drama/Poetry
Singing/School Choir-1st Place in School Choir Competition
Self Defence- Certified Beginner-Non-weapon
Junior Enterprise Week- Award for creating business, Gym and Dance Display- Second place in dance comp.
Photography-General Interest/Hobby
Cookery-Certified in Food Health and Safety
Theatre Visits and Reviewing-Gen. Interest- frequent visits
Public Debate-Chair Person/Speaker in various debates
Film Making-Script Writor/Actor/Editor in film production
Junior Citizen-Junior Citizen Award- Health and Safety
Pupil Mentor-Student councilor
Careers Project-Rigourously investigated a chosen career.
Bungee Jumping-Certified in jumping Nevis, New Zealand
Cycling- Pass in cycling profficiency/General Hobby
Health Matters Team Research-Certificate:team research project “Artificial Human Womb”
Glacier Climbing-Certified climber of Franz Josef Glacier Anti-Drugs Campaign-Performed a song and campaign
Ice Skating-General Interest/Hobby
Year Book Committee-Assisted in taking photographs
Swimming-General Interest/Certified in Safety

So guys? What do you think?

I'm also applying to Yale (a reach, but it's worth a shot), USC, UCLA, Indiana-Bloomington, Boston University, U.of Florida, U.or Wisconsin-Madison, Georgia.

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 03:03 pm: Edit

bump

By Iluvlucy (Iluvlucy) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 04:40 pm: Edit

You should get into UW--Madison; actually you should get into most on your list. Yale as you said is an iffy, but I think you've got a shot there too. I guess the only problem is the "general interest" part. I read a lot for fun but I heard that it really doesn't count to list "general interest" things like these unless you've done something with them. But you have won awards/certification for all that stuff so you should be fine.

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 06:07 pm: Edit

Thanks Iluvlucy, I appreciate your comments!

Anyone else?

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 07:18 pm: Edit

bump

By L0serchild99 (L0serchild99) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 07:37 pm: Edit

i'm thinking you have Madison down...i applied, and got in, and my stats and everything else are lower than yours. so don't worry! lol

good luck though

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 03:51 am: Edit

bump

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 11:36 am: Edit

bump

By Anotherdad (Anotherdad) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 01:48 pm: Edit

Dear HOneymoon,

You have surpassed the CC bump limit. Cease and desist.

By Tonyv (Tonyv) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 04:27 pm: Edit

I think you have a fair shot at most of those schools. Yale is a pretty big reach and UCLA, when it comes to out-of-state admissions, it's practically as difficult as Harvard, if not more so, not to discourage your from applying. NYU is somehwere inbetween the two groups. Your extracurriculars look great, but they'd look a lot better if you had some awards to go with them. If I were you, I'd focus on a few of your EC's and really create a niche for yourself in the admissions pool. You have such a wide range of activities that your interests and talents might just be taken for granted by the reader.
Also, it's nice that you've travelled the world, but many colleges will see that as only something you were able to afford to do so I wouldn't focus my essay on how travelling prepared your for college. However, if you raised the money yourself, that might make for an interesting essay. And one more note, if you haven't already applied to UCLA, the deadline was November 30. Hope this helps. Good luck.

By Marinakitchen (Marinakitchen) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 07:16 pm: Edit

Doesn't NYU require THREE SAT II's? I only saw that you had writing and literature. I'm not sure about this one...so sorry if I'm wrong. My sister currently attends NYU (drama major, one of the best schools for that). I don't know her EXACT stats, but they're along these lines:
1310 SAT
SAT II's were about 660 I think
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.1 weighted
She was in the top 15 percent of a competitive public high school
She had so many EC's, it was insane. Tons of stuff w/ theater, wrote a play that was shown in New York after she won a national playwriting contest.

Remember, though, she had to have an audition. I think that Tisch is a little more selective than the other schools b/c of that.

Good luck! I think you have a very good chance, and I hope you get in. (say hi to my sis for me when you're there!)
-Marina

By Onlynyu (Onlynyu) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 07:22 pm: Edit

CAS doesn't require THREE SAT II's. I believe only STERN does.

By Jsberting (Jsberting) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 10:17 pm: Edit

quality not quantity

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 04:35 am: Edit

I do have three SAT II's- I had to take three for UCLA.

I had a disaster with the maths- I'm not bad at maths at all really- in fact my ACT maths score beat my reading score. But I hadn't done an exam in a year and I flipped. Got like 520 or something ridiculous like that. It isn't at all a fair representation of my math skills, so for most places I've left it out, apart from UCLA, (which will most likely affect my chances there a hell of a lot)!

I checked the undergrad website for international students, and it seems I only need the ACT, but I've got the back-up SAT II's if they want them.

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 08:47 am: Edit

anyone else?

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 05:23 pm: Edit

?

By Theatredivasmom (Theatredivasmom) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 10:27 pm: Edit

My daughter just got accpeted to NYU Tisch School of the Arts and she didn't take the SAT II or the SAT. She sent her ACT (score 31) and her transcripts. Good luck to everyone. Remember, they want a diverse class so everyone isn't going to have perfect test scores.

theatredivasmom

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 02:12 pm: Edit

up again