<p>I'm a white female from rural NC, applying ED to the theatre department.
I have good ECs- lots of leads in theatre, leadership roles in drama, dance, voice, marching band, winterguard and online classes through the NC School of Science and Math.
I've taken the hardest classes possible at my school, and at NCSSM Online. GPA is a 4.3 weighted, 3.7 unweighted. My class rank is undetermined, but I am top 20 out of 350ish.
My ACT is a 31 (uneven distribution, 36 in reading and 24 in math) but that should improve by November.
I've taken three APs so far, and will be taking eight next year.<br>
(also they keep emailing me, telling me to consider NW). Do I have a chance?</p>
<p>Just FYI: Colleges do not discriminate when they send out emails or even paper mail. Receiving such emails only indicates the fact that you scored somewhere above a 180 on the PSAT, have taken an AP exam, or have taken the SAT and have signed up to receive emails/slug mail from universities through College Board’s programs. Universities know nothing about you beyond your name, the fact that you scored above the (extremely low) cutoff (note that they still don’t know exactly how high your score is), and perhaps ethnicity/religion.
Mail should be used as anything but an indicator of admission chances.</p>
<p>Could you guys please chance me also. It would be a huge help! :)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8</p>
<p>ACT: Still low, 25
Senior Year Courseload: English-IV Honors, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, PreCalculus, Film Studies, Gym, and Accelerated Reading</p>
<p>Clubs
• Newsletter Club (Founder and President)
• Debate Team (Founder and Captain)
Basketball Club (Founder and President)
• Intercultural Dialogue Club (2011-2013)
• Treasurer of Film Club (2012-2013)
• Model United Nations at Yale University (Member) (2012-2013)
• Environmental/Recycle Club (2011-2013)
• Member of the ALA (American Library Association) Committee (2012-2013)
• House of Representatives of PSA Student Government (2012-2013)
• Soccer Club (2011-2013)
• Drama Club (2011-2013)
• Robotics Team (2011-2014)
• Art/Creativity Club (2012-2013)
• Chess Club (2010-2011)
• Music Club (2012-2013)
• Volleyball Club (2011-2013)</p>
<p>Athletics
• Junior Varsity Soccer (2010-2013)
• Varsity Basketball (2011-2013) (Captain)
• Junior Varsity Basketball (2010-2011)
• Varsity Tennis (2011-2012)
• Intramural Volleyball
• Intramural Basketball (9th, 10th, 11th)
• Intramural Soccer (9th, 10th, 11th)
• Manager of the Varsity Tennis Team (2012-2013)</p>
<p>Awards
• 3rd Place in the 2012 Northeast Prep Basketball Tournament Championship
• 1st Place in the 2013 Northeast Prep Basketball Tournament Championship
• 1st Place in the 2011 Doc Hurley Basketball Classic in Hartford, Connecticut
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Doc Hurley Basketball Classic in Hartford, Connecticut
• Inspire Award at the FTC (First Tech Challenge) at the 2013 Connecticut State Championship
• Finalist Award at the 2012 Connecticut Championship
• Think Award at the 2012 Connecticut Championship
• Promote Award at the 2012 Connecticut Championship
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Intramural Volleyball Tournament
• 4th Place in the 2011 Intramural Soccer Tournament
• 3rd Place in the 2011 Intramural Basketball Tournament
• 22nd Place overall out of 34 teams in the 2013 Connecticut Science State Olympiad at the University of Connecticut
• Participated in Chemistry Lab in the 2013 Connecticut Science State Olympiad
• Participated in Anatomy in the 2013 Connecticut Science State Olympiad
• Participated in Fermi Questions in the 2013 Connecticut State Science Olympiad
• Three Point Champion in 2012 Varsity Basketball Madness
• Participated in 2013 Google Science Fair
• Nominated into the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists
• Leading bench scorer of the 2012-2013 Varsity Basketball season.
• Helped my school win the Ring and Ding Challenge from the Salvation Army in 2011 and 2013
Nationwide
• Connect Award at the FTC (First Tech Challenge) at the 2012 Northern New York Championship
• Winning Alliance Award at the 2012 New York Championship
• Inspire Award at the 2012 New Hampshire Championship
• Alliance Award at the 2012 Champions Scrimmage
• Connect Award at the 2012 New York Championship
• Auctioned/Participated in the 2012 Turkish Olympiads (Singing Category) in Clifton, New Jersey</p>
<p>Work Experience
• Worked at Long Neck Diner (Family Business), Georgetown, Delaware (Summer, 2011)
o Showed dining guests to their tables
o Passed out food
o Also helped clean tables
o Worked for two and a half months
• Helped deliver bread for Deluxe Bakery (Family business) (Summer, 2012)
o Worked with my cousin
o Worked during the Summer
o Worked for three weeks
• Worked at Cedar Farms (Father’s Business), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Summer, 2011)
o Wrote down the food products that other Restaurants/Diners needed.
o Helped deliver products with my Father.
o Also went from diner to diner, asking the cooks what they needed from us.
o Worked for three weeks.</p>
<p>Miscellaneous
• Took part in the Nationwide challenge for Accelerated Reader Quiz-taking
• Fluent in Turkish
Volunteer Work
• Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army (2010-2012)
o Freshman Year: 3 Hours
o Sophomore Year: 6 Hours
o Junior Year: 6 Hours
• Helped the 2012 Putnam Halloween Festival
• Distributed out Noah’s Pudding in front of Wal-Mart to the public
• Passed out invitations for a Thanksgiving Dinner held at our school
• Passed out invitations for a 9/11 even held at our school
• Helped organize the school’s library
o Put books in the right places
o Put the books that we didn’t need into different plies
• Set up the Book Fair
o Helped put up the shelves for the books
o Cleaned up every day after it was finished
• Judged at the 2012 FLL (First LEGO League) at Central Connecticut State University
• Helped collect money for the Helping Hands Relief Foundation 2011 (Japan Support)
• Took part in Robotics Outreach programs.
o Went to visit the Lisbon and Putnam Wheelabrator. They are our main sponsors for the Robotics Team.
o Visited different Elementary schools to show little children how the robot works during the 2012-2013 academic year.
• Job Shadowing for the Chief of Police in the Town of Putnam, Connecticut
• Volunteer at the American Red Cross, South Jersey Region.
• Helped clean the Putnam Rotary Park in Putnam, Connecticut
• Tutored students who needed help in their English Class. (11th &12th)
• Donated money to The ALS Association</p>
<p>At my school, honors are out of 5.0 and AP are out of 6.0. I know general emails aren’t good indicators, but they emailed me about my specific score (31). I sent them some ACT scores b/c my school encouraged it.</p>
<p>@sergiok, you have great ECs, but that ACT really needs to come up if you’re going to be a competitive candidate. Maybe look at some test score optional schools, b/c the rest of your app is stellar.</p>
<p>Could it be a match if my GPA rose to a 3.8, and ACT to a 33?
Also could it help if apply ED? I’m considering that, but can’t decide for sure until I go visit early this fall.</p>
<p>Northwestern’s acceptance rate is 13.9%. I would say that it is on the high side of a low reach.</p>
<p>It’s 13.9%.
[The</a> Daily Northwestern : Northwestern acceptance rate drops to all-time low of 13.9 percent](<a href=“http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/03/23/top-stories/2017-nu-admits-record-low-13-9-percent-of-freshman-for-class-of-2017/]The”>Northwestern acceptance rate drops to all-time low of 13.9 percent)
Collegeboard’s stats are either outdated or a combination ED and RD.</p>
<p>Disregarding the acceptance rate, your GPA and ACT make you a reach. Try to bring you your GPA and ACT score to at least 3.85+ and 33+. Particularly, you need to bring up your Math score. Less than 25% admitted students have 30 or lower in any section.</p>
<p>But will ED help my chances? I’ve heard it does at some schools, but not at others.</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Northwestern : Northwestern acceptance rate drops to all-time low of 13.9 percent](<a href=“http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/03/23/top-stories/2017-nu-admits-record-low-13-9-percent-of-freshman-for-class-of-2017/]The”>Northwestern acceptance rate drops to all-time low of 13.9 percent) according to this 32% get in ED</p>
<p>ED would help those at or above average of admission stat. When you get GPA and scores below average, you would likely got deferred or rejected. Most of the students apply ED have great credentials. It is not that everyone apply early would get a higher chance.</p>
<p>I thought it could give you a boost though, because they are sure you’re going to matriculate.</p>
<p>^ For top schools, they worry less you are not going. That’s why the Stanford waiting list is mostly a joke. Northwestern has a 44.5 yield rate this year, while Harvard has 82% yield. So they worry less to miss qualified candidates from ED. Indeed, the rejection rate from SCEA at Stanford is very high. Most don’t even got deferred. They know what kind of candidates they are looking for in the ED/EA and they don’t really need to lower the standard. If you do have at least the quality of average admitted students, then ED would definitely help your chance.</p>
<p>Note that the higher the yield, the lower the acceptance rate the following year. At the end, they want to achieve certain number of students. The yield at Northwestern is at all time high, that explains the all time low acceptance rate. UMich is going through this too. There is a higher than expected yield this year and it is running out of dorm space again. It is expected the acceptance rate to drop further next year.</p>
<p>but a 31 and a 3.7 with great essays and ECs is average, right? A 31 is middle 50 I think.</p>
<p>It seems you don’t quite understand what mid 50 means. It is the range for the 25th to 75th percentile. The mid 50 ACT for Northwestern is 31-34. That means 31 is at 25%. Average uw GPA is around 3.9 for all top schools. Even UMich has an average GPA of 3.83. The stat for Northwestern is likely to increase as the acceptance rate has decreased. Anyway, 31 and 3.7 is below average and is at around 25% for Northwestern. Note that the mid 50 for ACT math score is 29-34, so the Math score at 24 may even lower your chance. You should try to raise your score for a better chance.</p>