Chance me for ED McCormick!

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Hey guys!. Can you chance me for Northwestern ED? I applied as undecided to the McCormick school of Engineering

State: MA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
School Type: Competitive private school
Hooks: none

GPA:
4.2/4.50 Weighted
3.83/4.0 Unweighted
Class Rank: ≈6/120

ACT Composite 33
English: 32
Science: 34
Math: 32
Reading: 33
Writing: 27

SAT2:
Math II: 740
Chemistry: 730

EC:
2 years summer work experience in my school’s IT department
Summer internship at a Research lab, 1 Biochemistry research paper published
Political Discussions Club Vice President and co-founder
Ultimate Frisbee Club member
Varsity Cross Country (freshman year only)
Hope for Haiti Vice President
Technology Fellow (Very similar to a Makerspace)
JV Hockey (Captain Junior and Senior year)
JV Baseball (Captain Sophomore and Junior year)
Ensemble member for school’s production of Les Miserables
Gold Metal National Latin Exam 2014
Silver Metal National Latin Exam 2013
Williams College Book Award
Some other small school wide awards

Course load:
(My coarse load is very competitive for my school. Above average number of honors and AP classes, Skipped Latin III-Honors so I could take AP-Latin))

Freshman:
English I-Honors
Latin I
Algebra II
World History-Honors
Physics
Freshman Art
Gym/Health

Sophomore:
English II-Honors
Geometry
Latin II-Honors
Modern European History-Honors
Biology-Honors
Robotics I
Architectural Design

Junior:
AP Literature
AP United States History
Pre-Calculus
Chemistry-Honors
Programming C++
Latin IV-Honors
Robotics II

Senior:
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics
AP Latin
AP Computer Science
Senior Seminar-Honors (Half-year)
Philosophy (Half-year)

Common App Essay 8/10
Supplements 9/10

Letters of Rec:
Two good ones from teachers at my school, and one from the professor who I interned for

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FWIW from a random poster :slight_smile:

Your case is a hard one, because there is nothing that strikes as being very strong, except possibly your research paper. At the same time, there is nothing that is low, except possibly 32 in Maths ACT (which is in bottom 25% for engineering admits at Northwestern). Not finishing AP calculus or any AP science by the end of 11th grade may also be viewed as a negative.

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@osuprof Thanks for the reply! My school is weird in its scheduling, as senior year is the only year that one can take AP science or math classes, and it doesn’t offer many AP classes in general. My course load of 6 AP’s is very rigorous and above average for my school. With this in mind, what do you think my chances are? :slight_smile:

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The average applicant probably has a 10% shot of getting in. An exceptional applicant, ie someone who is twice as likely to get in, would only have a 20% of getting in. You have to ask yourself, is your profile average compared to your cohorts overall? If yes, then you probably have a 1 in 10 shot of getting in.

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@pacepea huh? it’s more like 40% for ED…

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I think being from MA is a plus, but as @osuprof pointed out, you will be on the low end for math accomplishment for NU engineering. If your AP Physics is Calc based, that will help, and BTW, NU does not give AP credit for the non-calc based AP Physics.

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@nugraddad I’m currently taking AP Physics C Mechanics, so it is Calc based course

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@Jack McDonough - Congratulations on the Calc Physics C - and MORE good news - Most of “NUT”, the NU Ultimate Team is enrolled at McCormick! :slight_smile: http://nutultimate.com/tournaments-history/