Chances for ED?

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<p>I did a very similar post on the "what are my chances?" forum but I figured I'd do this specifically for Northwestern. sorry this is so long!</p>

<p>Basic Info:
State: Illinois
Sex: Female
School: Public, Sends a couple grads a year to top schools
Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>I'm definitely applying ED & I'll probably be applying for Financial Aid. Will I be considered equally for financial aid if I'm applying ED?</p>

<p>Major: Probably Psychology (Pre-med)</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA--Weighted~4.43
-Unweighted~3.9
Class Rank-10/322
<em>I got a B+ in Biology Freshman year and a B in AP Euro first semester sophomore year</em></p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Psychology
AP English Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Biology
AP French
Government Honors/Consumer Ed</p>

<p>ACTs/SATs/APs:
ACT- 33 Composite (36 English, 31 Math, 34 Reading, 29 Science, writing scores are unavailable right now.)
PSAT- 200
SAT Subject Tests: US History-740
Literature-660
*I might take Math II in October.
AP Euro Exam: 4
*Waiting on AP US & English Language scores. </p>

<p>Extracarriculars in High School:
Piano: 9-12th (3+ recitals a year)
Swim Team (outside of school): 9-10th
Indian Classical Dance: 9-11th
Key Club: 11-12th (Chaired many events)
Academic Team: 10th (Captained many meets)
Freshman mentoring: 11-12th
Peer Mediation: 11-12th
National Honor Society: 12th (It's only for Seniors at our school)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Jobs:
Volunteer Hours from Key Club & NHS (90+ hours)
Plan on Volunteering at a local Hospital during my Senior Year (40+ hours)
Part time job tutoring kids: 10-12th, 6 hours a week. </p>

<p>Other Accomplishments:
Center for Talent Development-Summer program where you take classes at Northwestern University for 3 weeks (I've done this for about 7 years every summer)-Summer 06-Latin I, 07-Psychology, 08-Human Bio</p>

<p>Saturday Enrichment Program-Taking classes on Saturdays at Northwestern. I've done this for about 6 years. Freshman year I took LATIN II Honors.</p>

<p>NJCL-Latin convention over the summer. I was the only one from my school to attend since my school does not have Latin & I took it over the summer and on Saturdays at Northwestern. --Summer 07</p>

<p>NYLC-Leadership Convention in Washington DC --Summer 08</p>

<p>Northwestern College Prep Summer Program--Summer 09. Getting college credit for taking a college class at Northwestern for 3 weeks. </p>

<p>*I plan on continuing studying Latin on my own during senior year. I unfortunately have had little time my sophomore and junior year to do this.</p>

<p>Any chances would help! I think my biggest weakness is not having any major leadership positions in high school extracarriculars.</p>

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<p>Your transcript, class rank and ACT are all very competitive. I think you hit the nail on the head with your closing observation; that’s your principal weakness. (Also, your Eng Lit SAT Subject Test.)<br>
But your strengths, combined with an ED application, will make you a reasonably strong candidate. FInally, your AP scores on US History and English could be important, and your first term senior year grades - if your school has quarter grades (the only way to get grades in for ED) - will give you a better idea of just how competitive you’ll be. A couple of 5s (by the way, AP scores are available by phone today) and straight As this fall would be a big boost.</p>

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<p>Oh & I got a 10 on the ACT essay</p>

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<p>I also got a 4 on my AP English and a 5 on my AP US History.</p>

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<p>You certainly a unique case.</p>

<p>Your GPA/SAT are just above NU’s median, but not by an overwhelming amount. So on the big stuff, you have a really good chance, but not an auto-admit.</p>

<p>Also the lack of ECs is a problem. You can try to develop the “self-study Latin” thing, but I’m unsure how that will take you.</p>

<p>On the flip side, there is little doubt that you want to attend NU. Applying ED is the ultimate sign of desire, but you have a lot of experience w the university. While applying ED gives everyone a slight edge, I would have to think the admissions office would be pleased to know that someone so familiar with the university through summer programs remains committed to NU. </p>

<p>Using my uber-crude measurements, I’d say the lack of ECs sort of cancels out your multiple experiences w NU. Leaving your numbers, I’d say you have a good chance, but admissions is a crapshoot.</p>