Chances at NW

<p>Hello..i know that these threads are really annoying..which makes me extremely hypocritical for posting this..so, if you ignore this i understand but if you reply it will be much appreciated...</p>

<p>White Female..</p>

<p>I'm a senior at a large public high school in Texas and I'm ranked 1/716 (not very impressive b/c everyone with 100+ GPA is ranked 1st)</p>

<p>SAT I: 790 M, 650 V (1440), 640 W (2080)..I'm definitely a math person ha</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 720, 710, 650</p>

<p>100 GPA W..around 95 UW</p>

<p>AP Classes from Last 2 Years:
Sr. Year:
-Calculus BC AP
-Physics II AP
-Computer Science A AP
-Statistics AP
-Government AP
-Economics AP
-English IV GT/AP/Dual-Credit</p>

<p>Jr. Year:
-Calculus AB AP
-U.S. History AP/Dual-Credit
-English III GT/AP
-Physics I Pre-AP
-French III Pre-AP</p>

<p>ECs:
-Science Fair(4 years)
-National Honor Society Secretary
-senior, junior, and sophomore class treasurer
-Varsity Cheerleader(it's a competitive team, not just FB games and stuff..been on the squad for 4 years now)
-newspaper opinions editor
-Track team-pole-vault(9th)
-honor line at 2006 graduation
-french honor society
-student leadership conferences
-health occupational students (HOSA)
-some specific volunteer work as well</p>

<p>Past 2 Summers:
2006:
-Southwest Research Institute Young Engineers and Scietists (YES) Program (Non-Paid Internship for aprox. 10-16 high school students)
-NASA High School Aerospace Scholar
-Mentorship with a PhD in Physics analyzing data from Spacecraft on Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs) (Have been continuing for last 6 months and plan to gather for science fair project in spring)</p>

<p>2005:
-Educational trip to France with students and teachers
-Mentorship conducting heterotrophic plate count tests at SAWS LAboratory (continued for science fair project)</p>

<p>Awards:
-aprox. $92,000 in scholarships to local universities
-Alfred G. West and Daughter Debbie Award for Excellence in Geological Research
-Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Winner
-UT Health Science Center Women’s Faculty Award
-South Texas Chapter Health Physics Society Excellence Award
-Nomination for Discovery Channel’s Young Scientist Challenge
-Achievement Award from American Meteorological Society
-Savings Bond from Air & Waste Management Association, Alamo Chapter
-Award from American Water Works Association
-Intel Excellence in Environmental, Health & Safety Award
-Outstanding Environmental Science Project Award From San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
-Mount Holyoke College Book Award</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: both excellent
Counselor Rec: Also should be excellent</p>

<p>Misc.: I have always aspiried to be an astronaut and I am planning to major in aerospace/mechanical engineering or astrophysics.</p>

<p>Thanks for any input!</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance to be admitted based on most of the stats I've seen. You have lots of AP courses and a focus (math) but are well rounded in other EC like French, cheer. If I go to NU I will be in engineering too, GooD Luck!</p>

<p>Thanks for the positive feedback! Good luck to you too!</p>