Chances - Fall 2012

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.014 (Honors/AP courses add .018 per class per semester)</p>

<p>Grades (7-point grading scale: 93%-100% = A, 85-92 = B, etc.)</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
A A
A A
A A
A A
A- A-
A- A-</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
A A
A A
A A
A- A-
A A
B+ B+
B+ B+</p>

<p>Junior Year:
A- A
C+ B-
B- A-
B+ B+
B+ A
A- A
A- A</p>

<p>CLASS RANK: 18/153 (Top 11.7% - Competitive private high school)*</p>

<p>ACT: 31 Composite (35 English, 33 Reading, 28 Math, 28 Science, 9 Writing) Will take again</p>

<p>AP CLASSES:
AP Biology - 3
AP Literature and Composition - 4
AP Language (Next year)
AP Psychology (Next year)
AP Macroeconomics (Next Year)</p>

<p>24 Honors/AP Courses through Junior year</p>

<p>EXTRA CIRRICULARS:
-3 Years as Elected Class President
-Editor-in-Chief of award-winning school newspaper (2 years staff writer, editor senior year)
-Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Award for Informative/Investigative piece*
-Elected Peer Minister
-4 Years of Football (3 years as captain)
** * <em>- Division 4 State Champion. </em>
* * <em>- Elected member of team Unity Council senior year
-4 years of Lacrosse (3 years on varsity)
-2 years of Basketball (2 years as captain)
-2-time Bronze award winner - National Spanish Exam
-Winner - Gerald R. Ford Museum Essay Contest
-Winner - Grand Rapids Economic Club Essay Contest
-Trigonometry summer course at Grand Rapids Community College
-Skipped the Seventh Grade
-3-time Superior rating - National Piano Exam
-Repeat participant in Piano Teacher's Guild Sonatina Festival
-Volunteer - No Barriers USA Foundation
</em> * <em>- Guide for Deaf/Blind father
-Founder/CEO of SPAT Performance Footwear</em>
* * *- Developing performance football cleat, worked with * * *manufacturers/designers to eliminate wasteful athletic tape and prevent ankle injuries (Spat</a> Performance Footwear - Cleats, Shoes, Footwear)
-Member of RenegadeCEOs - Incubator for a select group of teen entrepreneurs
-Inaugural University of Cincinnati DAAP Summer Design Experience Participant
-Writer for Teen Economics Blog
-Invited to intern at Nike and take 6 credit hours at the University of Oregon in Summer 2012</p>

<p>William</a> N. Barkeley, 16, Working with Renowned Architect on Prototype for Next Generation Footwear | PRLog</p>

<p>LEGACY:
Michigan State University (mother)
University of Southern California (father and brother)
Miami University (Ohio) (brother)</p>

2

<p>Your test scores and grades are fairly low, but your extracurriculars are strong.</p>

3

<p>^</p>

<p>I’ve got to second that. You have an incredible list of ECs with a resume only marred by a rather low GPA. Certainly a downward trend never really looks appealing. A 31 on your ACT is very good though, and maybe if you can bring that up a point or two, you’ll help your cause. ECs really can go a long way in personalizing an application and making yourself noticed amidst constant streams of incredible stats and average ECs. But that GPA doesn’t look too high - and sometimes colleges may overlook that, but all in all, you have a fair shot at Northwestern. Might be a toss-up depending on how they read your application. </p>

<p>I see also that you have Chance threads for Duke, UC Berkeley, Tulane, Penn, University of Michigan, UCLA, USC, Miami University, Univsity of Miami, Vanderbilt, University of Cincinatti (DAAP - Industrial Design), Pepperdine, NYU Stern, Michigan State, and UC Santa Barbara. That is a pretty ridiculous (bordering on lengthy) list with schools that share nothing really in common. That’s a dartboard list, and if you can’t really show a real interest in Northwestern, your chances will suffer.</p>

4

<p>i had an even lower gpa and got in. though my lower grades came freshman year whereas some of yours are coming later rather than sooner. really strong ec’s. i’d say you have a good shot. keep working your senior year.</p>