Chance for Northwestern Early Decision

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Current Junior thinking about Northwestern Early decision for major in economics, and minor in music.

Race: Asian Male
Attend Small private school in Arkansas, no rank
GPA- 3.8 Unweighted, 4.4 Weighted
SAT- 1590 Superscore
SAT II- US History 800, Biology 800, Math 1 750, Mandarin 800

ECs: Concert Pianist, won several state and regional level competitions and one national competition.
Invited to perform with Professional Symphony Orchestra. Will submit a portfolio.
Teach kids how to play the piano for free once a week
Started a small business producing and selling hip hop beats
Lead pianist for musical pit 4 years
Daily hymn leader for church and school
Volunteer pianist for local cancer center
Medical internship at hospital junior year summer
Varsity tennis 4 years state championship team

Hopefully Great Rec Letters and Great Essays

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To be honest, you look more like a music major than a economics major because most of your extracurriculars (or at least all of the significant ones) show unusual talent in that area. Keep in mind that it may look a bit weird if your actions say music but you say economics.

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You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write good essays and you could easily get accepted to Northwestern

4

I agree that you are a strong applicant. Only downsides/unknowns are: your unweighted GPA isn’t greatest, you havent’t listed how rigorous coursework you have taken, and (lack of) leadership role within school. It may be good for you to get leadership role in a club or team in your school between now and when you send ED application.

Arkansas may be an under-represented school at NU, so that can be to your advantage.

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If you apply to the school of music, you should be admitted. This will enable you to double major in the college of arts & sciences for economics.

If you apply ED to arts & sciences, your chances are probably better than 50/50 due to your state of residence. Essays are important for Northwestern University. Of course, the audition is important for the school of music.

Once admitted, changing majors & schools is possible.

Evanston is great & Chicago is amazing.

When visiting Evanston, try to visit the law school & med school on the Chicago campus of Northwestern. Incredible !!!