Basic:
*White male from Texas
*Computer Science Major
*GPA: 3.7/4.2 (UW/W)
*Rank: 8/440
*ACT: 31 (E 33 M 30 R 28 S 32) - Retaking September and October
EC’S:
*Cross Country - Varsity 4 years - State Championship
*Track - Varsity 2 years
*Texas Boys State
*Black belt in Tae Kwondo
*JROTC - 1 year
*Academic Decathlon - 2 years
*Distinguished Achievement Program
*Texas Scholar Program
*Volunteered in the Houston flood relief for a month ~300 hours
Awards:
*National Honor Society
*AP Scholar
Work:
*Worked at golf course - 8 weeks and 30 hours a week
Recommendations:
*Got counselor and 1 teacher, still working on last (Stressed)
Essays:
*Won Patriots Penn Essay competition ($250 prize) so should be decent - not sure what to write about yet
I am in a gap year right now, volunteered and worked so far. Probably going to try to improve ACT. Once I finish apps I am going to backpack Europe (not using in application, doing it for experience). Responses appreciated
Your test scores and GPA seem a little low but not too low to keep you out of NU. I’d give you a 40-50% chance ED which for NU honestly is pretty high.
Please do not pay attention anything saying you have a 50/50 shot at getting in because you don’t. No one does and it isnt personal. You need your math to be stronger for engineering though.
It depends on how competitive the school is. For some colleges, a 30 is more than enough. At others, think CMU and Cornell, it wouldn’t be competitive.
What is the track record with Northwestern from your HS? If a 3.7 is 8th in the class, is it a fair guess there are not a large amount of kids going to “top” out of state schools?
@ClarinetDad16 You are 100% correct. @CaliCash Okay so basically if i can get up to a 33 I will be competitive for Cornell and Northwestern and such. Gotcha