Chances for Northeastern and UVA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m currently a junior and I’d like to apply EA to both.

SAT I (breakdown): 1420 SAT score (700 Math and 720 Reading). This was my first try, I’ll definitely take it again.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.18
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t post rank.

APs:
World History
Macro/Micro
US History
Lang

Senior Classes
AP Environmental
AP Lit
AP Psych
AP Comparative Gov
Orchestra
either AB Calc or AP stat

Also, I have taken 4 years of Spanish.

Major Awards: No really major awards. I competed regionally at an FBLA competition in economics.

Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis):
Literary Club (Co-founder and Vice President) - 1 year
Advanced Orchestra (section leader) - 3 years
Spanish Honor Society - 2 years
Future Medical Leaders - 2 years
Model Judiciary - 1 year
Amnesty International - 1 year
Thespian Honor Society - 1 year
Social Studies Honor Society - 1 year
Future Business Leaders of America - 1 year
Symphony Orchestra- - 1 year

Job/Work Experience: I will be getting a job this summer.
Volunteer/Community service:
Counselor in Training at a summer camp- 210 hours
Mentoring at an elementary school
Spanish tutoring

Intended Major: Business Admin/ Economics
State: VA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

I’m not sure if I should take subject tests. If anyone has any advice about that and what subjects to do them in for my major I’d really appreciate it.

2

Not really an expert on UVA, but Northeastern accepts plenty of kids from my school with stats worse than yours. In fact, if you got your SAT score above 1480 or so, I think you could even call Northeastern a low reach/safety.

3

^I’d be a little careful with calling Northeastern a low reach/safety. Last year their acceptance rate dropped tremendously, and with the process getting more and more competitive you have to be careful. Besides, the situation could be different at different schools. What if Northeastern is taking more kids your region vs. another one?

4

You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are good. Write great essays and you could get accepted to either school

5

NEU acceptance rates dropped like a rock this year. Here’s a couple of statistical points which may or may not help you out:

D: 2016 ED, 3.6 UW, 4.2 W, 34 ACT, 9 AP classes, Neuroscience major - accepted (and enrolled) - didn’t take SAT
S: 2018 RD, 3.75 UW, 4.3 W, 35 ACT, 1540 SAT, 10 AP classes, 800 Math II, 780 Chem, Computer Science major - waitlisted