Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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Apply ED
Asian(Chinese) female
accepted into an arts and humanities boarding school my junior year for music, one of the best high schools in the state
GPA- 3.7/ 4.0 (I will admit this to be my weak point in my application)

Class rank is not reported

ACT- 32, will take again in October, shooting for a 33
SAT 2- US History 750, will take Chinese in November (obviously very confident about that test)

APs- World History as a freshman
Music theory sophmore year ( I was accepted into an arts program that worked with my old high school to allow me to take music classes in the afternoon)
Junior year -us history, language (both 5’s)
Senior year will be literature and stats
The rest are advanced classes and a lot of music courses (piano literature, piano ensemble, music history, piano masterclass)

French is foreign language: took for three years

EC/Honors: (involved heavily in music) featured performer on NPR’s a From the Top radio show, 3rd prize in Texas State International Piano Festival (offered scholarship to NEC, thanks to that), youngest participant along with full scholarship to the Southeastern Piano Festival, winner of multiple concerto competitions and featured soloist with many orchestras. Recorded for public music radio programs.
Also published 15 Chinese essays and poems in The World Journal,
former state champion in Swimming (Breaststroke)
Junior Mentor at a college Chinese language summer program

A lot of volunteer hours (joined volunteer club at school)
National Honor Society
International Relations Club
Feminist club

Great recs from teachers

(Hopefully) excellent essay: English teacher and dad (professor of Asian studies) absolutely loved it

My intended plan is a double degree in music and possibly psychology.

Thank you in advance for responding! Northwestern is my top school and I would appreciate any advice/thoughts.

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You sound like you’re statistically pretty solid, apart from the GPA. I’d say your chances are good for ED, although if you’re thinking about Bienen a LOT of your admissions decision rests on your audition. I’m Weinberg but I considered applying to Bienen, and the audition process is pretty competitive. You sound like you’ve got some solid piano credentials though, so hopefully you’ll do fine. Northwestern is an amazing school and I wish you the best of luck!

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@WondrousWildcat Thanks for the reply! If Bienen relies so heavily on the audition, would it be smarter to apply RD since that gives so much extra time to prepare for auditions?