Sunday, March 16, 2014

College chances for NYU: Tisch (or NYU in general)?

Hi! I am a white girl residing in North Carolina.

Here is my class history:

Freshman Year
English 1 Honors-A
Math 2 Honors (In place of Geometry; I took the Algebra 1-like class in middle school)-A
Biology Honors-A
World History Honors-A
Gym-A
Spanish 1-A
Spanish 2-A
Introduction to Communications and Mass Media-A

Sophomore Year
English 2 Honors-A
Math 3 (in place of Algebra 2) Honors-A
Chemistry Honors-A
American History 1 Honors-A
Spanish 3 Honors-A
Newspaper 1-A
Creative Writing 1-A
Theatre 1-A

Junior Year
AP English 3-A
Pre-Calculus Honors-A
AP Environmental Science-A
AP US History (in place of American History 2 Honors)-A
Newspaper 2 Honors-A
Creative Writing 2 Honors-A
Peer Discovery 1 (class where I act as teacher assistant for my former 8th grade teacher)-A
Technical Theatre 1-A

Senior Year
AP English 4-A
AP Calculus AB-A
Civics and Economics Honors-A
AP Psychology-A
AP Government-A
Newspaper 3 Honors-A
Newspaper 4 Honors-A
Peer Discovery 2 (TA)-A

Extracurriculars:
Editor of school newspaper
Screenwriter for many short films through my school's film club (vice president of film club)
Vice President of Creative Writing Club
National Honor Society
Committee Chair in Spanish Club

Less avidly:
Book Club
Sisters Mentoring Club

I've volunteered at my local library and a Halloween attraction park. I have a part time job at an ice cream shoppe (though I'm thinking of quitting to work at Barnes and Noble since I'm 18). Also, would Tisch be much more impressed if I have a novel published?

I've had a controversial novel published but I did so anonymously (since it had a memoir aspect to it and the details could have gotten certain people in my life in trouble)…Think Go Ask Alice but with an illegal relationship. Anyways, thoughts?

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