Chances at Northwestern (ED)

Colleges & Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>I posted this in the main chances forum, but I figure I could get some more accurate responses here.</p>

<p>Background
Name: Joe Shmoe
College Grad Year: 2012
Gender: M
Race: White
High School Type: Sends very few grads to top schools</p>

<p>GPA Stuff
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.52
Grades: All As, other than one semester B in 9th, one semester B+ in 11th
Rank: Top 4% (23/640)</p>

<p>Honors/AP Courseload
9th: Honors English, Honors Science
10th: Honors English
11th: Honors American Lit, AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP US History
12th: AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP German 7/8, AP Statistics</p>

<p>SAT/AP Scores
SAT I: 730CR, 690M = 1420 (NW does not include writing)
SAT II: 750 Bio, 770 Math IIC 730 History
AP: Biology: 4, Calculus AB: 3, US History: 5</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars
*Debate Team (10,11,12) Captain, National Qualifier, Two-Time State Qualifier. Fankhauser Department Scholar, NFL Academic All-American
*Varsity Track (9,10,11,12) Lettered 3 out of 4 years
*Apprenticeship for SEM Lab, Inc. - Training as Mechanical Engineer
*National Honor Society (11,12)
*FLES Foreign Language at the Elementary Schools (11,12) Over 50 hours of volunteer work in this... teaching German to kids.
*Panther Pals (10,11,12) Pair up with an elementary student and be a mentor
*German Club (10,11,12) Running for officer position
*Self-Studying 3rd year German over the summer
*300+ Hours of Community Service</p>

<p>Possible Hook?
*I administer a website for the debate team, <a href="http://www.shsdebate.net%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.shsdebate.net&lt;/a> . I created the website, and I pay for the server costs and I maintain it. I'm not sure if this is a hook or not, but I thought I'd throw that out there.</p>

<p>Chances at Northwestern (ED)</p>

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<p>That's definitely not a hook.</p>

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<p>What arbiter said above.</p>

<p>And it bugs me when people call Northwestern "NW."</p>

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<p>You have worked hard, and it shows. Take the time to write strong essays-and secure OUTSTANDING recs-ie-this applicant is in my 1 or 2 outstanding students that I have taught in the last 10 years yada yada. BTW-you may want to refer to Northwestern as NU in the future....Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Hahaha thanks. I actually do call it NU, I'm not sure why i typed it like that in my post. Oh well.</p>