Chance Me for Fun? :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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Helllooo, I sent in my application a few weeks ago and I’m very very anxiously waiting to hear back, what do you guys think of my chances to get in? (Any advice for how to deal with the long, stressful wait?)

Bio:
-Dual Citizen: Romanian Citizenship (First Language)
-Class: Upper-Middle
-Race: White

School:
-Type: Very large public (1000 per grade)
-Graduates: Send ~100 students to Ivy’s and Top 20 Schools
-AP’s Offered: Just about all of them, but only Juniors and Seniors can take them (General Max AP’s taken is 6)

Academic Profile:
-Unweighted GPA: 3.5-3.6 (My school does not inflate at all!)
-Weighted GPA: 4.7-4.8
-AP’s: 7 AP’s, Scored only 4s and 5s so far
-ACT: 36
-SAT: 1540 (790 math, 750 english)
-Rank: Top quartile (We only know what quartile we are in, nothing more specific)
***Took most rigorous course possible (top 3% of Rigor)

EC (In terms of importance/commitment):
-Team Captain of Volleyball team for 3 years
-Head of German Wheel Club (It’s a Circus Act–perform in several parades and shows across the country)
-All Saints Choir
-Metropolitan Community Project (Service Club)
-Project Mexico (Service Program)
-Teen Soyo (Church Group)

Other Notables:
-Took college courses on genetics online on Coursera
-Enrolled at Duke University sophomore summer for a genetics class
-TAing Theatre this year at my school

Work:
-Interned in a Lab at NU, cancer research (Unpaid)

Honors:
-Honor Roll
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-Something with the 36 ACT score

Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
Intended Minor: Computer Science/Psychology

Interview: Already had it, it went wonderfully! The guy said I was the strongest candidate that he had ever spoken to, and that he would write the strongest possible recommendation for me! The interview was supposed to last 45 minutes, but we talked for over an hour and a half.

Essays: I’d like to think that they were amazing, but honestly, I can’t really judge my own essays too well.

Recommendations: Two pretty solid ones from my US History teacher (we have a great relationship and still talk a bunch outside of class) and my Physics Teacher ( I imagine that there will be a fairly solid rec coming from her, but not as good as the USH though).

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Did you look at Naviance for your high school? Without knowing your high school, the gpa seems low. But perhaps its ok coming from yours?

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@stemmmm

I’ve checked Naviance and I’ll admit that my GPA is a bit below average, but then my scores are above average. Looking at the chart, the people that are 0.2 point above me GPA wise were all accepted, and those with GPA’s 0.2 points below me were rejected. There isn’t anyone closer to where my GPA and Scores line up.

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Wouldn’t it be great to be a fly on the wall when they discuss your application? :slight_smile: I bet it will be an interesting conversation as they try to sort out the stregnths and weaknesses in your application. Best of luck.

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I got in!!!