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Ok, so here we go, what are my chances and be harsh!

My dream is to be an exec in the fashion/beauty industry, like LVMH or Estee Lauder. If I go to NYU I'll probably be in Stern maybe Gallatin. I'm an overachieving, perfectionistic Chinese girl, a junior in IL.

My stats:
SAT: 1580 (800 V 780 M)
SAT 2: 770 math2
740 writing
710 chem
690 us history
AP: 4 us history
this yr: chem, psych, micro, macro
GPA: 4.35
Rank: 27/629 (top 5%)
Perfect Attendance
EC: Orchesis (dance group) VP, NHS, FHS, math team (1st place 8 person team at state freshman year), pr coordinator for french club, COLTS leadership training, multicultural club, chinese folk dance and chinese school, volunteer as summer camp counselor, chair of annual chinese new year party of chicago (teen section) Presidential Classroom alum (Summer 2003)

Awards: Secretary of State Jesse White Outsanding Asian Pacific American Young Achievement Award

Schedule
F (since i was a transfer,I only got 2 honors classes, also that's why my class rank is not as high)
english honors B (my only one!)
geometry honors A
french 2 A
bio A
intro to biz A
theatre A
global studies A

S
AP US History A
Chem honors A
Alg 2 with trig A
french 3 honors A
marketing A
health A
speech A
english A

J
AP Psych A
AP Chem A
AP French 4 A
Interrelated Arts (nationally known english program that interrelates literature and art movements) A
AP Pre-Calc A
AP Micro/Macro (online w/ Northwestern)

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AP Calc
AP Bio
AP French 5
Fashion (taking it P/F so won't affect GPA)
AP Logic and Rhetoric (English)
AP Religious Quest (English)
AP Human Geography (?, should I change to AP Stats?)

The lack of business related classes and activities concerns me, but I did the best with what my school offers. If you could give me any feedback on what else I can do, that'd be great. So... how do my chances look?

By Iloveny13 (Iloveny13) on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 04:11 pm: Edit

hey congrats on having such great stats! in my opinion, i would say you are in at both schools in nyu, but if you are really planning on becoming an exec in the fashion world, I would suggest Stern over Gallatin/ maybe even UPenn's Wharton School of Business. Gallatin is a great school and your grades certainly exceed their qualifications, but you have to remember its "indivualized study", so unless you have an interest in other things besides business (for example: psychology, journalism, languages, art) I would say that Stern would be better for you

By Suprmodl29 (Suprmodl29) on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 04:33 pm: Edit

Thanks! I'm glad to hear it. I do intend on applying to Wharton ED. But, NYU appeals to me A LOT. The reason I thought maybe Gallatin was because I'm not business as in Wall St business, and in one of the pamphlets, there was a profile of a guy who was doing entertainment biz with Tisch and Stern so I thought that was kind of like me except fashion not movies. But I am leaning more towards Stern anyways. I really appreciate your advice and encouragement!

By Ace707 (Ace707) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 06:58 pm: Edit

your in-NO QUESTION! congrats-all that hard work must finaly be paying off!

By Suprmodl29 (Suprmodl29) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 07:40 pm: Edit

great! thanks for your encouragement!

By Suprmodl29 (Suprmodl29) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 07:40 pm: Edit

great! thanks for your encouragement!

By Suprmodl29 (Suprmodl29) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 07:40 pm: Edit

oops sorry didn't mean to do that

By Suprmodl29 (Suprmodl29) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 07:41 pm: Edit

oh and i got a 35 on ACT (35/35/35/34)