Chance me please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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I am applying regular decision to the college of arts and sciences.

GPA= 3.73
ACT composite= 30
ACT science= 31
ACT math= 28
ACT reading= 31
ACT english= 29

Legacy= Sister currently attends the college of engineering here

AP classes=
Taken: AP us government- 96% in class and score of 3 on AP exam
Currently taking: AP statistics, AP psychology

Dual credit college courses=
Taken: 1 Art class, 2 English classes
Going to take next semester: 1 English class, 1 Humanities class, and 1 History class

Extracurriculars=
Varsity cheerleading: On football, wrestling and competition squads (All 4 years)
High school’s fashion magazine club- Model and stylist (2 years- club just started last year)
SODA (students opposed to drugs and alcohol): Youth mentor and volunteer (All 4 years)
TRY (teens reaching youth): Youth mentor and volunteer (All 4 years)
Lean on me: Group that presents to elementaries and middle schools on healthy lifestyles (All 4 years)
Student advisory committee: Member (2 years)
Student ambassadors: Member and volunteer (All 4 years)
National honor society: Member and volunteer (1 year)
High school’s news broadcast show: News anchor (1 year)
Prom committee: Member of t-shirt and focal point committees (1 year- can only be on as junior)
Cords program: School volunteer (160+ hours)
Volunteer with art teacher: Helps teacher organize and create art projects (Over 20 hours)

Leadership roles=
High school’s fashion magazine club: Head of public relations for club
TRY (teens reaching youth): Treasurer of club

Current jobs= Hostess at chain restaurant (Since April 2015), Showcase worker at local cupcake bakery (Since May 2016)

Diversity= Divorced parents, eating disorder, live in single-parent home with just mother, low-income

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About 1.3% to 3.1%
Your gpa is low and so is your act score.
Legacy is good, but not greatly important
You only have 2 aps
Ecs are good
Divorced parents/eating disorder won’t help or hurt unless you can write about how you overcame such challenges in your essays.
Applying regular decision is super hard to get in as it shows that NU is not your number one choice
What’s left are the essays which are pretty important.

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@TheWildCat Actually I will have taken 3 APs plus 6 dual credit college courses. Do you think it would be a waste of money to even apply?

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I think you are only a legacy if a parent attended

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Wait do colleges seriously look at an eating disorder for diversity?

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I would not reveal any psychiatric disorders in my application. Colleges treat these things as a liability and force students to take leaves of absence, be treated as inpatients, or even withdraw from school.

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@IN4655 @pacepea I just meant that was something that sets me apart from other people. I talked about it in my personal essay about a failure I’ve had so that is why I included it in my post.

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