<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): business
[ *] SAT (one sitting):770 math/660 critical reading/790 writing
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] unweighted GPA:3.61
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): APs: us history (3), biology (4), government (3), calculus ab (3), english language (5), world history (3), chem, european history, english lit, physics, stat (i am taking these classes this year, haven't taken the eoc yet.)
[ *] Rank:61/670
[ *] Other stats: nm semifinalist, expecting to be finalist
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 3-year basketball letterman, member of student congress, beta club member, national honor society member, spanish club member. i have a ton of community service hours, but i did them to get confirmed (i'm catholic) so i don't really know where to put them.
[ *] Essays:good
[ *] Teacher Recs:good
[ *] Counselor Rec:sketchy, my counselor's not the greatest.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: conway
[ *] State or Country: arkansas
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: my main problem is my gpa. i'm hoping to get it closer to a 3.7 after this semester.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>thanks in advance!
and if this is way out of my league, if you could recommend more realistic (but still nice) colleges, that would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I think you have a great chance to get in. I'm going to be applying here as well, and looking at your stats, I can say that they are very similar. I see that your AP scores and GPA are a little low, but I think you can make up for it with good essays and good recommendations.</p>
<p>they don't require any subject tests.. they recommend 2 though... if you're thinking about pre-med (or their honors program in medical education [HPME]), then math II and chem are required.. i'd go ahead and take them - they could help out.. i had to take them b/c of HPME, but they can be very helpful if they are high scores</p>
<p>in terms of AP scores, a college will not see your AP scores until may (well after you've received your acceptance/rejection letters and a little after you've already decided where you want to go), and they don't play a role in your admissions (you can put them on your application if you want, but they shouldn't affect your admissions.. if you don't do well enough on them, you'll just be taking those courses as a freshman)</p>
<p>The stats look good, but as for your intended major/college or whatever, NU doesn't offer an undergrad business degree. I believe they have a certificate program or something like that, but there is no undergrad business degree.</p>
<p>You have a good chance but apply like immediately as in NOW, tonight if possible</p>
<p>and they don't have an undergrad business, but you can take Economics and then apply to Kellogg, Northwestern's economics is considered among the best in the nation behind UChicago and Harvard etc. etc. so if you can do well in Undergrad econ there you should be able to get into Kellogg</p>
<p>the certificate programs have no impact on admissions, nor is there any place on the application to really talk about a desire to do them. I think there are 2 or 3 and are joint programs between the colleges (theres one between Medill and WCAS, a communications oriented one, etc.)</p>
<p>These courses are pretty intense and they are the same MBA-courses taken by Kellogg students (you would take the courses only with your undergrad peers but the profs cover the same materials they present to the Kellogg students). Also the core has just 4 courses, the prereqs consist of 7-8 courses.</p>