Chance me? Please? (:

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>I'm interested in engineering (:</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: Around 4.40
Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Top 4% (Maybe 3%), class of about 350 [my school doesn't rank]
Public California HS</p>

<p>ACT score: 33</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chemistry 730
US History 700
Math II 690 ):</p>

<p>AP Courses:
World History 4
Chemistry 4
US History 4
English Language 4
Physics C (taking)
Biology (taking)
English Literature (taking)
Calculus BC (taking)
US Government (taking)
Macroeconomics (taking)</p>

<p>Animal Rights Club (4 years)
Philosophy Club secretary
Human Relations Council (Leadership council)
Science Olympiad (9th grade)
Chosen to represent my school in the American Chemical Society 1st year exam (10th grade)
School tennis team (3 years, now I'm injured so I couldn't play on the team)
USTA tennis tournaments
Piano (10 years, but I only play for enjoyment now...)
Volunteer at a local science center (2 years)
Volunteer for a cat rescue organization (6 years)
[Around 282 community hours as of now]</p>

<p>I did a research program over the summer with Chemical engineering and Biomedical engineering professors and graduate students.</p>

<p>Strong-ish essays? (:</p>

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<p>pretty good shot, your SAT II's are your only drawback.</p>

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<p>good chances. your SAT IIs are about the same as mine, and i'm not too worried. but maybe i should be.</p>

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<p>in response to nooob: 2 of them are above 700, and the 690 in math II isn't bad.. it's right on the border
and they're not required (unless you're applying for HPME).. so they can't hurt you (unless you do really poorly on them.. and you didn't do poorly on them)</p>

<p>to Manzagal3: i'd say your chances are pretty good</p>

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<p>Thank you!
I know that my SAT 2 Math score is relatively low (especially for engineering) but I'm hoping that my other test scores and my classes will make up for that. I had issues with that SAT Math because it's strange that math is my strongest subject at school but I couldn't break 700. Oh well! It's just a little test (:</p>