Chance me at WUSTL and Northwestern?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Thanks in advance to those replying! The schools I’m applying to are WUSTL, Northwestern (reach), Case Western, University of Illinois (match), Calvin, and Augustana (safety). I’d appreciate any feedback or tips! I’m planning on pursuing graduate studies in speech pathology.

Intended Major: Communication Sciences/Speech Pathology
-at WUSTL, Psychology with a minor in Speech and Hearing Science

SAT: 1530 (730 CR, 800 M)
SAT II: Not required at any of the schools, but would subject tests strengthen my application?
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 5.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/700

AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (4), Calc BC (4)
College Classes: Anthropology class at nearby liberal arts college

Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Honors Spanish 4, APUSH, AP Stats, AP English Lit, aide in special needs PE class

Awards
-high honor roll all semesters
-selected to sing in Illinois Music Educators Association honor choir
-music excellence scholarship for community choir
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-possibly National Merit Scholar

Extracurriculars
-community theatre organization (8 years)
-community choir (9 years, served as a student leader since sophomore year)
-Circle of Friends (special needs peer group, sophomore - senior year)
-Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society, junior and senior year)
-Science National Honor Society (junior and senior)
-NHS (senior)

Should I include international tours with my choir on my application under extracurriculars? Would a speech pathology summer program I attended also be in this category?

Job at a restaurant since the middle of my junior year

Community Service
-volunteered at youth theatre camps (150+ hours)
-math tutoring during lunch period
-Volunteer at respite and transitional care center for children with complex medical needs
-regularly volunteer at church events

I haven’t written my essays yet, but I’ve stared brainstorming. I think my teacher recs will be very positive.

School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income: upper middle class

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Hi! I am an incoming freshman at NU and I was wondering if you are applying to the school of communication or the school of arts and sciences. I don’t know much about admissions for the school of communication but I would like to note that you definitely don’t have to apply to the school of communications to pursue speech pathology. For example, my Weinberg major (linguistics) is actually very common for people going into that field.

I also got into WashU, so let me know if you have questions about my experience with either of those two schools!

Also, I don’t see anything holding you back from getting in from what you wrote (except for the things you can’t change like race, gender, and socioeconomic status), so you at least have a shot :slight_smile:

I also applied to Case Western, and I think you will prolly get in.

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Yeah, I don’t know if you would consider NW to be such a reach. Can I ask around what area you live? I hear that they are more lenient from those in the Chicago suburbs and from Chicago. At least, that’s what my College counselor told me. Washu should be easier to get into than NW.

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@soontobecolleger Thanks for your reply! I will probably be applying to the school of communication. Do you know if one school is more selective than the other?

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@ConcernedRabbit I’m from the Chicago suburbs.

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@bookworm346 I really don’t know sorry. What I do know is that it’s pretty common for students to switch schools (especially into Weinberg from a different school).

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Yeah, then you are probs not a reach, closer to a match. My college counselor said I was a high match, and your GPA beats mine (although my score are a tad higher). I’d say given how similar our profiles are, I would state that you would be a high match like me.

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Can I ask please what speech pathology summer program you were a part of please? I am looking for one and having a hard time finding one. Thank you!

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For casewestern it can be tricky, try to get an optional interview, that can often help a lot