<p>What are my chances at northwestern?</p>
<p>Junior
large competitive public, around 1300 kids in graduating class
top 12%
2020 sat(740 math,640 reading, 640 writing)
I take hardest courseload available(IB program)
EC's= band(years, varsity bowling team, FBLA(10-11), Lit Crit, NHS, math club, over 200 hours of volunteer hours
and im indian</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>def need to increase the sat's since northwestern is bigger on academics than ec's</p>
<p>Chances aren't very great.</p>
<p>Who are you people? "Chances aren't very great"? Your qualifications are similar to what mine were and I now have a NU degree hanging on my wall. Take that for what it's worth.</p>
<p>Low rank & SAT coupled with a lack of outstanding ECs will make admission unlikely, but it is possible</p>
<p>Indian will help (no offense) and IB does play a factor too. But it's not a lock by any means, it will take some luck.</p>
<p>i think you look alright... 1380M+V isnt exactly a low SAT for Northwestern, i think that's around the average.. isnt it????</p>
<p>apply ED, write a great "why northwestern" essay, and you'll have a much bettere chance.</p>
<p>No help if "Indian" means the one from India. 1380 is pretty good for ED but it's a little lower than average for RD. Last year, the average (ED+RD) was 1403 and this year's will probably be a bit higher with the record # of applicants. ED is the way to go if you really like NU.</p>
<p>Don't worry about the whole SAT thing - I didn't. If Northwestern is your first choice, go ED, write killer essays, and work on your rec's.</p>
<p>Do I have a chance at all either??? I'm a junior in high school now.
Academic Stats:
4.25 weighted GPA
3.929 unweighted GPA
3 AP's and 15+ honors courses by end of senior year
-expected 4's and 5's on AP English and Spanish exams
-ACT: 27 (I'm retaking this 3 more times)
I am in the top 9 percent of my class: 51/539 (Our school has 2200 students)
Volunteering/Extracurriculars:
-A member of the National Honors Society: a society that is a service based society, 40 minimum service hours to be completed, but acceptance is based on GPA and extracurricular activities
-have been published for written works and poetry in my high schools award winning literary magazine
-Member of the International Thespian Society
-Member of the Tri-M Music Honors Society
-Member of the Drama Club
-Choirs: Concert Choir and Bare Voices (two top groups), Vice President in Concert choir, and will be section leaders in both groups next year, and hopefully student conductor for concert choir.<br>
-Drama/Musical Theater: I have done a total of 13 productions in drama/Musical Theater with roles ranging from chorus-leading roles since the 6th grade.
-I've played piano for 9 years
-I've studied classical voice privately for 7 years
-I have consistently earned perfect scores in IHSA Solo Ensemble Competition, and was a member of the IMEA All State Honors Chorus, and was a top scorer in my audition room.
Essays: I'm a good writer, and I plan on spending alot of time on them, my AP english courses will help, but I have no problem writing creatively, and have no problem writing in my own original "voice".
Recs: They will be extremely good. I am close with a few teachers who like me alot, know me well and will say really good things. They also write well from reading past recs for other students.
Hooks: I attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts for their Advanced Vocal Institute (voice/opera) over the summer. Studied with a renowned professor of voice for a month there.<br>
-also will attend Northwestern's NHSMI (a summer music institute) and hopefully will study with Kurt R. Hansen (a tenor voice faculty member there).<br>
I would really appreciate some thoughts!!!!! My intended major is a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice/Opera Performance and Vocal Music Education Double Major.
QUESTION: I've heard that if you have a really good audition at the school of music, and say that you don't have the most stellar ACT score (like a 27) and have 2 C+'s on your transcript, could the school of music still lobby for you in admissions?
Thanks, Patrick</p>
<p>Our school has a website where you can view the stats of people who have gotten into schools in previous years. My GPA, ACT, and SAT are all under the average for people accepted to Northwestern from my school. However, I just found out that I was accepted at both the School of Music for voice performance, and the College of Arts and Sciences for political science.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I know of several people who would be more qualified than me, based on statistics alone, who were rejected or waitlisted.</p>
<p>The moral of the story: you can guess as much as you want, but you'll never know until you get the big envelope. There are so many more factors than we can predict.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you all. Just remember, it's good to be proactive in your college search, but don't let it define you. There's so much more to life.</p>
<p>I think you guys have fine chances. I didn't send NU my SAT's but I did take them and got an 1890. Pretty terrible. But they did get my ACT, 30. Again, not outstanding. 4.0 UW GPA and 1/180, plus loads of ECs - four year, three sport athlete; NHS Vice President; BPA; BRC; other acronyms; work one job all year and an additional during the summer; I got a 5 on the AP MicroEcon and I think I sent that to them so maybe they saw that, and three more APs this year. My essays were alright, not terribly original or creative but I spent plenty of time on them.</p>
<p>I also applied at the very last minute... as in, I started the app within one week of the deadline.</p>
<p>I guess my moral is to take hard classes, get good grades, get involved in a lot of leadership/extracurricular/volunteer activities, get a job to show that you're responsible, carefully scrutinize your essays and get teachers that know how to write well and have something personal to say about you write your recs. I also had a doctor that I worked for one summer write me a rec... that probably looked good, too.</p>
<p>Your SAT/ACT isn't everything, everything else is.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! Encouraging words help. And I think I will now take a break from the college stuff!</p>
<p>I beat you on the last-minute application, Badger. I started writing my essay after the deadline had passed, and submitted the app three hours late.</p>
<p>I think one of the best things you can do is demonstrate that you've challenged yourself with your courseload. At least three AP classes (I'm not sure about IB) would be good for the senior year, and can probably help make up for lower standardized-testing scores.</p>
<p>Haha, that's funny, Dorian... you certainly did beat me.</p>
<p>The strange part is that I almost didn't apply, but now Northwestern is looking like my top choice.</p>
<p>One week before is not last minute. In fact, one week before trumps me by one week.</p>