Are my chances that BAD?

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<p>I am South Asian(Indian). I live in Houston, Texas. I wasn't getting a lot of responses in the "What are my chances Forum"?</p>

<p>G.P.A.- 3.8/4.0 (Unweighted) 93.8/100 (weighted)
Class Rank- Anywhere from TOP 15 PERCENT To TOP 19 PERCENT (I don't know for sure)------I KNOW THIS IS BAD...HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR Do YOU GUYS THINK IT IS? Look at my grades below and tell me if they are good enough.....My counselor did say in her rec, that at surrounding schools I would have been top 10 percent.....Do you guys think schools will see my rank, and my gpa, with my sat score and assume my school is compeitive, or will it hurt me a lot?</p>

<p>SAT SCORE (SUPER SCORE)
Math- 720
Reading-750
Writing-700</p>

<p>Reading and Math-1470/1600
Total-2170/2400</p>

<p>2008 - Busido Karate-Black Belt
2008 -AP Scholar with Honor
2007 – Hosa Concepts of Health Care Area Competition- 2nd Place
2007- High School Science Fair -2nd Place Environmental Sciences
2006- County Science Fair- 1st Place Overall Ninth Grade Division
2006- County Science Fair –2nd Place Environmental Sciences
2006- High School Science Fair – 4th Place Ninth Grade Division</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
(2005 – 2009) – Karate Got my black belt
(2005 – 2009) – Youth Group----Mentored people to live more ethical lives....
(2006 – 2009) – Pre-Medical Club in School
(2007 – 2009) - National Technical Honor Society
(2008 - 2009) – National Honor Society </p>

<p>Community Service
2006- Memorial Hospital – 50 Hours
2008 and 2007- 203 Hours at Neurologist Office
2008- 83 Hours at Internal Medicine Office
2005-2009 - Youth Club Volunteer (5 Hours a week)
Total- 340+ Hours</p>

<p>Freshman Year
1. Honors Algebra 2 - 95/98
2. Honors English - 90/94
3. Honors Biology - 92/94
4. PE - 93/92
5. Spanish 2 - 91/91
6. Art 1 - 92/91
7. Freshman Survial - 98</p>

<p>***Started going downhill, second semester of sophmore year, just got a little lazy..</p>

<p>Sophmore Year
1. Honors English- 88/88
2. Honors Pre-Cal - 92/84
3. Honors Chemistry - 90/86
4. A.P. World History - 94/91
5. PE - 88/88
6. Spanish 3- 88/83
7. Medical Learning - 92/96</p>

<p>**** Started going uphill second semester of junior year a little, senior year I kicked it up a knotch....</p>

<p>Junior Year
1. A.P. English -87/83
2. A.P. Calculus AB - 83/88
3. Honors Physics - 89/90
4. A.P. American History - 94/95
5. Clinical Rotation -100/100
6. Clinical Rotation - 100/100</p>

<p>Senior Year
1. A.P. English - 91
2. Computer Science -87
3. A.P. Statistics -93
4. A.P. Calculus BC- 87
5. A.P. Biology -94
6. A.P. Macroeconomics - 92</p>

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<p>Majoring in economics at wcas.....</p>

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<p>Are you applying to Rice? If so, would you choose Northwestern over Rice? By the way, your chances look okay. You have better SAT scores, but my rank tend to be higher. All in all, I say you got a decent shot.</p>

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<p>a B+ in PE gosh no chance</p>

<p>hehe just kidding
you never know thats why i dont like chance threads but id say its definately good enough to where they look at the subjective stuff</p>

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<p>Your chances are as good as anyone's, but fishing will get you nowhere.</p>

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<p>lol just because he's from Houston doesn't mean he's applying to Rice...</p>

<p>Plus, Northwestern's weather is wayyy better than Houston's. ;)</p>

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<p>unfortutaly, I was rejected from Rice E.D.....I dont know if its becuas I live in Houston or something....but I wasn't even deferred.... Northwestern has a better social enviroment than rice...and its academics are way better....my parents made me e.d to rice because they like the idea of me being 45 minutes away from home lol....</p>

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<p>Rice does tend to be harsher on Texas residents, they prefer people out of state.</p>

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<p>your chances look pretty okay, all the kids that I know who go to Northwestern have taken loads of APs and are AP scholars like you! However, your SATs could be a little stronger especially in the midst of this year's strong pool of applicants. good luck! =]</p>

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<p>rice prefers people out of state, really?</p>

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<p>^^^ I guess....I looked on the rice e.d. thread, and I saw some kids get in with 1300/1600s because they lived in places where rice doesn't have a lot of applicants.....</p>

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<p>whoa you have a very competitive school
i mean do they rank by UW or weighted GPAs?</p>

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<p>rank is weighted, my weighted rank is 93/100(they only do it on a 100 point scale for weighted), our valedictorian has a 2390 sat score, and a 101/100 weighted gpa</p>