chance me please...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Hey I would like to know what you all think my admission chances at are. My test scores are low for I know and it absolutely kills me that I cannot get them up, but here is the rest. I am Indian also</p>

<p>Academics</p>

<p>GPA- 3.7 (unweighted), 3.9 (weighted)
Has taken 5 honors courses and AP Lit, AP Bio, AP US His, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Euro
Took Advanced Physics and Pre-calc at Oxford University in England where I was accepted into a summer program there.</p>

<p>Scores: ACT- 25 composite
Subject Tests- Us History- 580, Math 1- 580</p>

<p>Essays
-Very strong essays. I feel that this is a strong point of my application, especially for supplements and recommendations.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<ul>
<li>Resident Advisor- I go to a boarding school and was chosen as 1 of 8 from a pool of 50 boarding seniors to be a resident advisor in the freshman dorm of my school. One of the school highest honors.</li>
<li>Editor in Chief of School Newspaper</li>
<li>Founder and President of schools 1st Cultural Diversity Club</li>
<li>Habitat for Humanity Head of Fundraising. Must be elected by students and faculty</li>
<li>Amnesty International secretary
-Chosen by headmaster of school to organize the annual Susan B. Koman Cancer Walk
-Drama- held supporting and lead roles in plays. Cast as an extra in a movie and short film.- Sings in 5 different choral groups. 3 of these require auditions and are very selective. Recorded a CD.
-Plays piano and has been for 11 years</li>
<li>Junior Varsity Tennis</li>
</ul>

<p>Honors</p>

<p>National Honors Society
Faculty Recognition List- teachers must nominate you for this.
Honor Roll
Selected as East Tennessee Science Fair winner for Physical Science category</p>

<p>Summer
- Went to India and volunteered for 4 weeks, working in remote villages, teaching children how to read. I worked with an organization called Pratham Inc. and raised money for this group.
- Selected to attend Tennessee Governors School for International Studies- 80 students out of the state of Tennessee are chosen
-Selected to attend Oxford Advanced Studies Program in Oxford University</p>

<p>What do you all think? I know my test scores are a little low but I am hoping that my extracurriculars will help. I have taken a good amount of AP's and Honors, but have taken a few regular classes also because I changed schools as a sophomore and it kind of messed up my schedule. </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Did you try the SAT1? You could potentially score much higher on that test if you have decent to good test-taking skills.</p>

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<p>AP test scores?
If very impressive, that might help, but frankly your board scores are so low compared to the NU mean that I would say you have only a slim chance of admission.</p>

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<p>Yup- that ACT is at least a standard deviation from the norm for the school.</p>

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<p>ACT is a big worry, but you already know that.
As for your ECs, some are impressive, but be careful. Make sure it doesn't seem like your padding your application...</p>

<p>and it's national honor society, there's no s after honors. :)</p>

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<p>are you Indian as in from India, or Native American Indian? Because if you are Native American you may have a much better chance</p>

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<p>When I went to the campus, I talked to an admission counselor who said that they were understanding about test scores because they realize that your performance on one Saturday may not be the end-all be-all of your academic existence. I think if you write really strong essays, and it seems like you will, and have good recs it will really help. You may want to consider re-taking or taking the SAT and sending that in after your app (I don't know how the timing works with that... you'd probably have to rush.)</p>

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<p>What are your AP scores? Are you 5s, 4s or 3 and lower. Your Math scores are low....ACT is low.... GPA is so, so....Hmm....</p>