Chance me for Northwestern University?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian Male from public school in Iowa
ACT: Comp: 34 (34E, 36M, 31R, 33S, 11W)
SAT: 1540/2310 (740CR, 800M, 770W)
SAT II: Math2: 790
Applying to McCormick Applied Math major ED
APs: AP Calculus BC(5), AP Chem(not reporting), AP Physics B(4), APUSH(4), AP Euro(4), AP Lit(4) (I realize these are meh); Currently taking AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Bio, Linear Algebra as PSEO, Calculus III tentative because I am taking as PSEO</p>

<p>GPA: 3.91 (recalculated with core classes)
GPA (weighted): 4.2128
Rank: N/A, top 3%
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Forensic League Special Distinction</p>

<p>ECs:
Math:Qualifier: AIME and GPML State (2x); Top Score on AMC 10 in high school; 3rd Overall Team GPML Districts (10); Tied 4th Team Round GPML State (11)
Violin/Orchestra : Qualified to the Iowa All-State Orchestra (2x Second Violin, 1x First Violin), Played 11 years; Chamber Orchestra (10-11)
Knowledge Bowl: Captain(12); Science Bowl(12); 3rd Place Team: Drake Knowledge Bowl (twice, Grade 10-11) and ISU Knowledge Bowl (Grade 11)
Published book review and recommendation in JHU's Imagine Magazine, a poem by the Iowa Poetry Association, and a college essay on TeenInk
Volunteered 240 hours, on track for Silver Cord Award
Debate: various awards in novice and varsity LD, with a speaker award in varsity policy
Tennis: 1st place in bracket doubles Johnston JV Invitational
University of Iowa Secondary Student Training Program participant, submitted a Technical Report on research on knee biomechanics
Vice President of Asian Cultures Club
And some other minor things that probably won't affect my admissions</p>

<p>There is another person my school applying ED that I know of, but she is not applying to McCormick. I assume that my counselor rec and teacher rec were also fine. My essays were fine aside from a misspelling of the name of a residential college in the Why NU. I am a lurker on the forums so I have collected a rather large collection of college research tools, and my Why NU was rather specific. I had some scheduling issues with taking Linear Algebra as PSEO, which is why I only have 3 APs. In general my school isn't very competitive; it's not ranked by USNews, even within the state. Will the rest of my application be able to overcome this?</p>

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<p>If you’re performing well in the context of your situation, i.e. you took the most rigorous courses that were offered you’ll be fine. If your school only offers certain APs, and you took the majority of them, you’ll be fine (Linear Algebra is more rigorous than a lot of APs). But, you’re well within the top 5% of your class, excellent testing, and solid ECs. I think you definitely have a good chance. </p>

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<p>Misspelling? You’re screwed</p>

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<p>afflux --</p>

<p>Your statistics are competitive for Northwestern. Aside from that, no one can really say. I would definitely recommend applying.</p>

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<p>Do you have a safety? (or are accepted elsewhere)</p>

<p>I wonder how often Iowa turns up at NWU; if it doesn’t show up often at NWU then you have a better shot than if NWU had a lot of kids from Iowa.</p>

<p>Definitely reachable (high match if NWU doesn’t have many kids from Iowa)</p>