Chance me for Northwestern please?

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<p>I'm currently a high school junior, and I'd love to attend Northwestern for my undergrad education. Here are my stats:
-4.4 weighted GPA, 3.8 unweighted (from a very competitive high school)
- I'll have 9 AP classes (Euro, US, World, Lang and Comp, Lit and Comp, Bio, Chem, Spanish Lit, AB Calc), 9 honors classes (including advanced honors chem/phys, a 2-year program for top science students), and 3 accelerated classes by senior year (no regular classes)
-33 on the ACT (34 on English and Reading, 33 on Science, 30 on Math, 10 on Writing); hopefully I'll get a 34 when I take it again in April
-Haven't taken the SAT and I probably won't, but I plan on taking Math II and Chemistry or Physics for my SAT Subject tests</p>

<p>ECs:
-I've been swimming competitively since I was a little kid, and I've been on my high school swim team all 3 years. I'm JV, but hey, still counts, right?
-Model UN for 2 years
-Interact club (a service club) for 1 year
-A peer tutor in my school's learning center for 1 year
-Project earth (environment club) for 1 year
-National Honors Society
-Cum Laude Society
-National Spanish Honors Society
-Went to China last year as a student ambassador (People to People)
-Going to Spain this summer for a pre-AP Spanish prep course-type thing</p>

<p>Other:
-I also plan to volunteer at Lutheran General this summer. I tried to volunteer in the past, but I was too young, and they said I'd only be able to have a desk job
-I probably won't be getting any financial aid :( Oh well, I guess I have no right to complain, I've grown up in a very well-off family, and I'm extremely grateful for that
-I want to go into pre-med; unfortunately, I have zero chance at HPME, so I guess I'll just have to stick with the normal pre-med track</p>

<p>So, what do you think my chances are? Feel free to be honest. Also, if anyone has any recommendations for other schools that I might look at that are similar to Northwestern, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!</p>

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<p>I hope I’ve posted this in the right place, I’ve never used CC before. Sorry if I did this wrong.</p>

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<p>I think that if you continue to work hard, write good essays, and really show Northwestern that you love them, you have a good shot at getting in. Try to find something really interesting about you that would make NU believe you’d be an asset to them.
Admissions is a very strange, complicated process, so there’s no guarantees. As a fellow lover of NU, I hope you get the opportunity to attend the school.</p>

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<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>Normally, I would say decent chance but seeing the results thread for this year, the admissions landscape has definitely changed. A few years ago, there was more rhyme and reason with the decisions but that no longer seems to be the case. Admissions at Northwestern seem a lot more random and quite frankly, there is no assurance anymore that if you have high stats, you will most likely get in. Even ED is unpredictable but definitely more predictable than RD.</p>