another chances thread ;)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>2250 on SAT
planning to take Bio, Math Ic, Lit. SAT II's in Oct.
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>4.0ish GPA, probably a bit higher but not sure about unweighted
most rigorous courseload
top 7 or 8% in a class with about 1300 people</p>

<p>APs - 5 in W Hist, 4's on AP Geog, Bio, English</p>

<p>Current Sched
English 4 AP
Calculus AB AP
Physics B AP
Econ AP
Govt AP
Academic Decathlon</p>

<p>I will get pretty good recs I think</p>

<p>ECs ----> they worry me
200+ hrs hospital volunteering
Academic Decathlon team snr year- invit. only
Debated from 9th-11th grade - did Lincoln-Douglas, extemp, Student Congress debating
FBLA - 4th in Texas for Int'l Business comp
member of HOSA
participated in Student Congress<br>
played soccer a ton but never on school team</p>

<p>I can write essays pretty well, so I'm not too worried about that</p>

<p>Can someone gauge my chances of getting in please. Thanks in advance</p>

<p>I want to do the premed program but major in journalism because I enjoy writing. That would be possible right?</p>

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<p>anybody please?</p>

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<p>u should get in</p>

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<p>it's possible to major in journalism and go into med school. of course NU has one of the greatest j-schools AND medical schools, so you lucked out there. you'll just have to take strong science classes and not substitute poly sci as a science, which some journalism majors do.</p>

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<p>Will they start from scratch in the journalism program, or will I be expected to have a background in it from HS because it's something that I just recently considered majoring in and seems like something I'd be interested in (much moreso than science/math courses). Damn I hope I get in...</p>

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<p>yea, they start from scratch. many of the people in Medill don't have much, if any, journalism experience so you won't be expected to be this amazing reporter coming into the school. it helps, but it's definitely not necessary.</p>