<p>I'd love to go to NW but i'm not sure if my stats are high enough. I'm applying as for linguistics:</p>
<p>-Iranian living in CA
-SAT I: 1380
-SAT 2: 720/720/670
-GPA: 3.2/3.6W
-I speak 4 languages and have taken 5 years of language in HS.
-5 AP's/5 Honors w/ 4,5 on all AP tests and the rest are all advanced courses.
-210 Hours of CS including President and Founder of Amnesty International Club at my high school.
-Lots of EC's including Football, Track, XC, AYSO Coaching, Classical Guitar, and tutoring at an Farsi/English Institute.</p>
<p>My uncle is also one of the Vice Presidents at NW so i have some connections.</p>
<p>You have a shot. The fact that your uncle is a Vice President, probably doesn't hurt. I think a lot of applicants will have a higher SAT score and gpa, but that's not everything. I'm positive on this, but I think Northwestern places a lot of emphasis on the essays that you write. So I have a feeling that your essays will play a big role in whether you get in.</p>
<p>I got rejected Early Decision at Northwestern with the following stats:</p>
<p>760 Verbal
750 Math
GPA: top 10% ~on lower side (My GPA kills me in the end)
1 year of research in biomedical lab at University of Central Florida
Secretary of NHS
Secretary of Interact
Secretary of Science olympiad thing last year
MAO, Academic team - the usual
Tetsujin Human Exoskeleton project - 4th place out of 6 teams nationwide
AP scores:
AP Chem - 5
AP Calc BC - 3/4
AP Englisth Lang - 5
AP World Hist - 4</p>
<p>I took the hardest possible courseload offered (with exception of Physics B my junior year)
Current courseload:
AP Physics C
AP French Lang
AP English Lit
IB Chemistry III (HL)
IB Contemporary History
IB Math HL / AP Calc BC (will take AP exam again)
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>
<p>So.....with your stats...I'd say good luck to you, but since you have awesome connections there...I'd say you are in.</p>