Chance a nice boy for Northwestern RD.

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<p>Hello!</p>

<p>Asian Male
Midwest
Competetive Public
GPA: W: 3.74 UW: 3.6</p>

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<p>SAT: 750 CR 720 M 630 W (1470/2100)
ACT: 31 (33/31/31/30) (6 essay. ha) may retake later, projecting 33-34</p>

<p>SAT II:
710 Biology
700 Literature</p>

<p>APs:
5 Literature
4 Composition
3 Biology (long story, power went out in middle, riot ensued in hallway.)
- Physics B
- Calc AB
- Macro
- Chinese</p>

<p>Essays: good to very good
Recs: Very good to outstanding</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Swimming, year round, 2 hours a day 6 days a week
Varsity Swimming, section qualifier 3 years in the 100 breast stroke
2 years in the 50 free</p>

<p>Piano 6 years, nothing outstanding
Violin 6 years, nothing outstanding
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Research:</p>

<p>I guess this is where I spent most of my time and energy.
Massive hours in the lab, doing mostly cell culture and a lot of mouse surgeries, competetive repopulation, data analysis etc.
co-authored paper on creatine phosphate concentration in the ischemic heart, published in spring 2008
Summer science program, comparable to RSI, SSP. began a new extremely significant project on proposed regeneration of cardiac tissue, created a model (patent pending), possible co-author.
Certified by ACLU in a few different mouse surgeries.</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Helped underpriveliged kids with homework, 100 hours
Hospital, 200+ hours
Random YMCA, local community, 100 + hours</p>

<p>Presidential award, silver
AP Scholar
Some research scholarships</p>

<p>Senior Year Grades:</p>

<p>This might be a little bad....
AP Calc AB: B
AP Physics: either a B- or C+
Philosophy: A</p>

<p>Do I stand a chance RD?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Yes, you stand a chance; in fact, you have a pretty reasonable shot, probably 30-40%</p>

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<p>thanks! i'm a little scared about my first term grades though, technically, it's semester grades, because my school runs on a block schedule.</p>

<p>Philosophy: A
AP Physics: B-
AP Calc: B- or C+, (on th edge)</p>

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<p>Well, they won't help, but it is what it is.
Good luck</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance. RD is a lot harder to get in than ED, but you're definitely not a "no way in hell" kind of candidate. I think your research would set you apart, but then I don't really know.</p>

<p>...And I thought you were only taking 3 classes first semester, and I was like "OMGASDFGHJKL!", but the whole block schedule makes a lot more sense.</p>

<p>(AP Physics is hard for me, too, btw.)</p>

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<p>You should definetely improve those SAT subjects and senior class grades. Remember, your senior class grades are number one.</p>

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<p>ugh. are they really that important? i know this coming quarter will be impossible because we start Physics E & M, so im basically expecting a C. I basically spend all my homework time on physics, and none on calc, which probably isn't the best way to study.</p>

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<p>Well, junior year grades are most important then its senior year. But yeah, you definitely want to stay away from C's and keep an upward grade trend.</p>

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<p>hrm. maybe i should have applied ED to be safer.</p>

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<p>THe deadline was 11/1</p>

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<p>He knows, that's why he said "maybe i should have"</p>

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<p>yesss... updated official quarter (semester) grades:</p>

<p>Philosophy: A
AP Calc: B-
AP Physics: B-</p>

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<p>your sat and act scores are outstanding.
i know a girl who matches you academically where in she had bad grades or not excellent grades in class but did really well on standardized tests. Her E.C.'s were slightly below yours and I highly doubt she did hardcore research. However she did get into Carnegie Mellon, so I'd say your chances are pretty good if you write your application to the best it can be.</p>

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<p>haha i wouldn't call my test scores outstanding, thanks, though. I heard northwestern and uchicago don't consider the writing section of the SAT is this true?</p>

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<p>Well NU at least. Not sure about Chicago.</p>