Can I get into Northwestern ED?

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<p>I'm a junior right now and was just curious to see where I would stand in an potential early decision admissions pool for the Class of 2019. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out the weaknesses in my application while I still have time to fix them. Thanks!</p>

<p>White Male
Income Bracket ~200k</p>

<p>Academics
GPA: 3.86 UW
SAT: 2170 (710 M, 710 CR, 750 W)
ACT: 33 (will be taking both this and the SAT again)
APs: AP Euro (3, may not report), AP Lang & Comp, AP US History, AP Macroeconomics
Senior Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Spanish, AP Microeconomics, Calculus, AP Physics
Class Rank: 45 of 410</p>

<p>ECs
Editor of School Newspaper
Varsity Lacrosse
Varsity Golf
Junior Reporter for The Buffalo News (published author of over 20 articles in TBN)
Wind Ensemble for 3 years
Pit Orchestra for 3 years
Jazz Band for 3 years
Varsity Alpine Ski Team for 5 years (7th and 8th grade as well)
FBLA
Virtual Enterprise (club about running a virtual business)
National Honor Society
Mock Trial
Founded the Alpine Ski Racing Team at our high school
Author of two 60,000 word novels (NaNoWriMo '12 and '13)</p>

<p>Service
Member of the Clarence Youth Bureau (service group for youth in the community)
Instructor at local ski resort for mentally and physically handicapped children (200 hours)
Went on a two-week service project to Belize for my church
Each Thanksgiving went to churches and helped serve food to homeless and hungry </p>

<p>Thank you for your help!</p>

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<p>Looking at your numbers – I would encourage you to apply. ED if you’re positive that NU is your first choice.</p>

<p>Grades look fine; SAT/ACT looks fine (as is); Activities/Service look fine (were your novels published?).</p>

<p>The only potential flaw I see is that your class rank may be a bit low.</p>

<p>Overall, you have a competitive application. Not a sure thing (but then, almost no one is), but as I said, certainly worth applying.</p>