Chances at Northeastern University?

Hi! I am currently going into my senior year of high school and NEU is my DREAM school. I want to apply ED to their accelerated physical therapy program. How are my chances? Thanks so much!!

Grades (full year averages):

Freshman year

  • English: 88
  • Algebra 2: 92
  • Biology: 91
  • World Studies: 92
  • Chinese 2: 93
  • Orchestra: 99
  • Seminar 9: 87
    GPA: 3.7

Sophomore Year: difficult year for me…

  • English: 92
  • Honors Pre-calc: 86, wgt. 89
  • Honors Chem: 84, wgt. 87
  • Honors US History: 89, wgt. 92
  • Chinese 3: 94
  • Orchestra: 99
  • Seminar 10: 92
    GPA: 3.6, 3.8 wgt.

Junior Year:

  • English: 90
  • AP Calc AB: 88, wgt. 91
  • AP Biology: 88, wgt. 91
  • Physics: 95
  • Chinese 4: 96
  • Orchestra 100
    GPA: 3.7, 4.1 wgt.

Extracurriculars:

  • Varsity Cross Country (Freshman Year)
  • Varsity Fall Crew/Rowing (Sophomore, Junior, Senior year)
  • Winter Crew Training (Sophomore, Junior, Senior year)
  • Varsity(novice freshman year)Spring Crew (All 4 years)
  • I play violin in the school orchestra and in an independent youth orchestra
  • I also play piano and clarinet
  • Chamber music club
  • Volunteered in a Nursing department (summer 2013)
  • I volunteered in an Occupational Therapy department for two summers (2014, 2015)
  • I am volunteering in a Physical Therapy department for this summer (2016)

Extra Info:

  • Gender: Female
  • Ethnicity: Mixed (half caucasian, half chinese)
  • I go to a small reputable private school
  • Semester 1 & 2 Honor Roll (Freshman year, Sophomore year)
  • Semester 1 & 2 High Honor Roll (Junior Year)
  • SAT Scores (still trying to get them up): 1900 old SAT, 1250 new SAT
    AP Classes: Calc AB, Calc BC, Psychology, Biology

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Please be honest!

No chance with that current SAT. Raise it to around 1500 or try the ACT if SAT isn’t working out for you.

Agreed. SAT is very low and GPA is not super competitive. Try to emphasize EC’s in your essays (experience in therapy) and you may have a better chance

Agreed in general with the others, but you don’t need 1500 - more like 1400 would be plenty fine for a fair chance.

Trying the ACT is a great idea.

UPDATE: I got my new SAT scores back and I got a 1330. (700 Reading and Writing, 630 Math). I am taking the SAT one more time in October so I am aiming for a 700 in math to get my superscore to a 1400.

lol i got in

Congrats! I’m a PT major, let me know if you have any questions about the program!

Congrats! Did you end up taking the SAT again or did you send in your 1330?

@mwang2017 - what final gpa and sat did submit?

92.83 GPA, 1350 sat