Chances at Northwestern RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Northwestern College of Arts and Sciences, regular decision</p>

<p>noncompetitive public high school mix of Asian and White</p>

<p>GPA-3.8W 3.7UW 9-12, huge upward trend (3.2->3.8->4.1(/4.333)->4.25 (projecting probably)
Class Rank: 12%</p>

<p>ACT:35
SAT:2340
SAT II: 800Math 800US taking Literature</p>

<p>ECs:
JSA (founded at end of 11th, so I guess 12th only) President
Speech & Debate 10-12
Medical Academy 10-12
Key Club 11-12
NHS 10-12
Possibly Mu Alpha Theta Founder 12th (still deciding on that)</p>

<p>AIME
Nationals Qualifier
Stanford Debate Camp
JSA Georgetown Advanced Session AP Government
Volunteer Campaigning for Democratic party in my city 200 Hours (11th Summer and through 12th year)
Internship at attorney general's office (12th year)</p>

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Class Rank: 12%

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<p>ouch. this hurts you. i would suggest applying ED if you want any chance getting admitted when you are outside of the top 10% of your class and not a performance major/recruited athlete. Either that or try to break the top 10% in the next semester.</p>

<p>It seems like an arbitrary cutoff but it is how they structure their class profile data when reporting it so it becomes important.</p>

<p>your test scores are amazing though. really.</p>

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<p>I was towards the bottom half of the second decile (top 20%) and I'm heading to NU. I think you're fine.</p>

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<p>"noncompetitive public high school mix of Asian and White"</p>

<p>arbiter, i remember you saying you went to a top 50 ranked high school. a little better than this kid's school, huh?</p>

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<p>2340, AIME.. chances at NU RD are still pretty good I'd say!</p>

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arbiter, i remember you saying you went to a top 50 ranked high school. a little better than this kid's school, huh?

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Oops, I DO forget about that sometimes. My bad. </p>

<p>But still... two percentage points won't ruin his chances.</p>