<p>Hello I am currently a sophomore in high school looking to be as prepared for the future as I possibly can. I have a love for music and all areas of science, more specifically physics/astrophysics, although I do enjoy biology and chemistry. I want to start looking into preparing for the double major program in music composition/physics. Is there any advice or guidelines anyone can give me in how to go about this? My GPA is a 3.42 at the moment and my PSAT score was a 152. I am currently considering taking the ACT by the end of this year and would like to know if this is a smart decision. I will be in the international baccalaureate program next year and will be taking Calculus with apps, IB Physics and AP Music Theory.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how this relates to Northeastern?</p>
<p>If you want to know if people think you will get into Northeastern, my answer is no.
I applied EA this year and was deferred. Slightly lower GPA than you but my PSAT was a 191. </p>
<p>NEU’s standards have been rapidly increasing every year. So in two years I think your statistics will be way to low.</p>
<p>She still has a chance. I had a 3.0 GPA freshman year and a only a 3.513 GPA sophomore year, but by the end of my Junior year, I should have around a 3.5 3 year total. Northeastern will like an upward trend. Also, her SAT score can improve. My PSAT was 186 and 179 for sophomore and Junior year, but my SAT practice tests are usually between 2100 and 2200 now. Sophomore year of high school is way too early to judge if you are going to get into a school or not.</p>
<p>Well @Oregongirl14 it depends greatly on if that GPA is weighted or unweighted. If it’s weighted, I would agree with you, it’s too low. If it’s not, Northeastern weights Honors courses .5 so that would lift her GPA way up if she’s taking all honors courses. And also, @Oregongirl14 just because you were deferred doesn’t mean you’re going to be denied(:</p>
<p>@Oregongirl14 Well I doubt my score on the SAT would be any lower because I only had an hour on my PSAT so I had to manage my time well and miss a few problems. Also in reading and comprehension I scored in the top 1 percent I’m in Precalcus at the moment and put a lot of my effort in studying there. But bringing my GPA up to a lets say 3.8 wouldn’t be that hard. We are currently in the 3 quarter and my work ethic has improved greatly I have all A’s and 2 B’s at the moment and am confident I can keep that stable. I appreciate the honest thank you :)</p>
<p>@neh1996 I think Northeastern also looks for challenging classes. Due to the fact that I will be in the IB diploma program next year all of my classes will be advanced courses. I am also going to be more involved in extracurricular a activities. I will be joining the debate team, the marine biology club and helping with the production of my schools play again. (I am the director of lights this year)</p>
<p>@CoreliaE The PSAT and SAT are remarkably similar. Most kids at my school (arguably the top 2 or 3 in my state) found that they either were right around their PSAt score or like me and were some points below it. Oh my GPA is a 3.27, so I know about having a low GPA. The only reason I probably got deferred is because I have 3 APs and had an A in all 3. </p>
<p>I thought PSAT was harder. I only got 204 on PSAT but 2320 on SAT</p>
<p>See I was the opposite. I scored in the 98th percentile on PSAT but only a 1920 on the SAT. I guess it’s just different for everyone. I recommend to all of the juniors I know to take the ACT though. Doesn’t try to trick you like the SAT does, especially in the math section. The only downside is that it’s a little more of a time crunch.</p>
<p>If a Northeastern weighs honors classes with .5 , how much do they give for AP classes ? </p>
<p>Honors is .25 and AP is .5</p>
<p>@Oregon, I believe it is .5 and 1. It is for my school, and I remember noting in my head that Northeastern used the same scale as my school.</p>
<p>Confirmation: “We use a weighted GPA giving additional weight to honors (one half grade)
and AP and IB classes (one full grade).”</p>
<p>You’re right my bad. I must have marked it in my notes incorrectly</p>
<p>As long as you have high test scores you’re fine. It feels like they accepted people based on their test scores this year. The acceptances at my school were the highest test scores. Coincidence? Highly doubt it</p>