Beautiful Campus. I love the school!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>I recently went to visit NU and fell in love with the campus, programs and food. hahah. It is at the second spot on my reach schools (underneath Cornell, yeah I know, long shot) and I would cut off my leg to get in. So do I even have a chance? I would apply to the School of Comunications as a communication studies major. I'd be applying RD and I live in Illinois. My families income is around 80k but its just me my mom and my brother and hes also in colege. </p>

<p>SATComposite: 1940
Math: 570
Reading: 670
Writing: 700
(im retaking it, shooting for a 2250)</p>

<p>ACTComposite: 28 (just gonna stick w/ this I think, I hate the ACT)</p>

<p>Volleyball Award
Top 20% School Award
AP Scholar with Distinction
Humanitarian Awards
Junior Class Vice-President
Senior Class President
New Beginnings Leader 2 yrs
Philosophy Club 2yrs
Key Club 1yr
Student Ambassadors 2yrs
O Ambassadors 3 yrs
National Honor Society 2 yrs
CIVITAS (Social Studies Honor Society) 2yrs
Mu Alpha Theta 2yrs
200+ volunteer hours</p>

<p>I have also done a lot of work with UNICEF, Free the Children, Me to We, and Greena America. I organized a volunteer event and oversaw 4 volunteers and over 75 participants. I've attended volunteer leader events and meeteings as well. Additionally, I've been invited to Leadership conferences, People to People Ambassadors, and Writing programs, but was unable to addent due to finances. :( haha but anyway yeah thats it</p>

<p>GPA 3.80
Weighted GPA 4.20
Rank: 70 out of 510 (Top 15%) Trying to be in top 10% though</p>

<p>Schedule for senior year:
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP English: Literature & Composotion
PE Leaders Gym
Class Piano
AP U.S. Government
AP Spanish
Public Speaking and Communications</p>

<p>Previous AP Classes and Scores:
Us history-3
Psychology-4
English:Lang and Comp- 4
Microeconomics- 4
Macroeconomics- 4</p>

<p>Is there any possibility I can get in and stay on that beautiful piece of land haha. Any advice would be great</p>

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<p>I think you have a fair shot. The test scores seem a tad below NU norms, but you said your retaking them and the standards may be different for communications.</p>

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<p>The scores are more than a tad low (and remember, the Writing score won’t shore up the M + CR, which are what really count). I’d say the odds are against you. Nothing’s impossible, but I’d have a Plan B.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks. So if I could get my score up in the 700 range, would that improve my chances by a lot? All of the uncertainty about my chances seems to stem from that.</p>

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<p>If M+R is not 1400+, it is not going to happen.</p>

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<p>Thats not so bad. Only 140 pts between 2 sections. I can handle that.</p>

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<p>Agreed. You need a 2100+ (1400+) score or there’s no way.</p>