I’ve seen others posing their scores and GPA on here for people to assess their chances of admission so I thought I would try it out! I applied for Northeastern’s College of Science with a major in biology.
GPA (not including senior year marks): 4.289
Senior Year first trimester average: 93% (B in honors physics)
Rank: 9th out of 270
SAT scores: 1200 (Reading/Writing: 640, Math: 560)
Outside of School:
9th through 11th grade I danced competitively five days a week so that was really all I had for extracurriculars and in 11th grade I volunteered on Saturday mornings as a dance assistant for a toddler dance class
Essay:
I feel as though I had a strong personal essay, I chose the prompt talking about what your application would be incomplete without, and I talked about my childhood friend who passed away when she was ten and how losing her at such a young age has fueled me to be a pediatrician ever since then.
A big issue that I am worried about is where I go to high school though. I am from a technical school where I specialize in Environmental Technology. My guidance councilor was weary of me applying because she feels as though they do not take my schools students seriously, even though most of the kids end up going to college to further their career choice. Naviance shows that in the past 10 years, 35 students have applied and only two have gotten accepted, so that worries me a lot.
Your odds are minuscule to nil. Since so few from your school have been admitted, you’d need to be ’ best in 10 years of school history’ to have a shot. You should be #1 by far with 1450+ test scores. Your achievements are very good but they’re not what Northeastern is looking for. They want super high test scores, lots of AP or dual enrollment classes, etc. (But mostly test scores.)
However not all is lost : if you’re really interested in co ops, apply by December 1st to u Cincinnati, they’re pioneers in the field of co-ops.
Hiram has medical humanities, Juniata is very strong in helping strong but not stellar students get into med school.
You can also apply to Muhlenberg, Goucher, St Lawrence, Illinois Wesleyan, Drake, and Gustavus Adolphus. If you’re a girl, Agnes Scott , Sweet Briar, and Chatham.
Don’t forget to indicate you could dance for the school.
In Massachusetts apply to UMass Lowell Honors in addition to Umass Amherst. Look into UMaine (Orono, Farmington) which wouldn’t cost more than Umass for a Massachusetts resident.
Run the NPC on these.
My son is a jr in high school His gpa unweighted is a 93 so far and 95 weighted. His high school does not go crazy with weighting. I am not sure if NEU takes the weighted or un weighted. He will have 5 AP’S under his belt hopefully by graduation and approx 10 honors courses. He took the act twice and scored 32 twice. His superscore is 33. I am not sure if they superscore the act or not. Anyway, I was just wondering about his chances. My son wants accounting.
His ec’s are decent. A few clubs, community service. working during the summer etc, but nothing crazy. I have found that alot of top schools like the EC’S but at the end of the day, secretly they are going for high test scores.
My son did very well, but I know there are students out there that are getting 34/35 so, that said, just curious what you thought his chances were
NEU recalculates GPA with its own weighting - +.5 for Honors, +1 for AP/IB/College Courses, and contextualizes it with courses offered at the school. They also superscore. Both of those will help your son.
@PengsPhils Thanks for the info. I know some universities only superscore the sat and the the act so that is nice to know. I am dating myself, but 35 yrs ago, (I know it is a long time ago) my friend went to NEU and believe me, he had a sold 85 avg and sat scores around 1100 and got in. It is funny how much things change over time.
NEU was always known for their co-op program, however they were not a top tier elite institution like today.
yes, we can do it, but to be honest, if he really wants accounting, it really makes sense to go to a good suny school. such as Binghamton. In the end, why pay 60k or so when you can pay 25k and have all the big 4 accounting firms recruit from a Binghamton or Albany.
Well, you could argue that 1° he doesn’t know accounting yet - could do poorly or dislike it, 2° co-ops, 3° location 4° quality of experience (ie., library has enough spaces for all, no 2-hour long wait to see professor…)
And he could get a scholarship.
In the end, you’ll have to decide whether it’s affordable (meaning, without parent loans) and whether it’s a good value.