Chances for Northeastern EA (Update)

<p>These are my updated stats because I had a few mistakes on the previous post</p>

<p>SAT: M-720 CR-670 W-620
GPA - 3.70 Weighted
3.45 Unweighted
School:
- As and Bs except 1 C+ sophmore year
- Honors and AP Classes for whole high school career
- High Honor Roll
Sports:
- Varsity Basketball for 2 years
- Varsity Tennis for 3 years
Volunteering:
- 100+ Volunteering Hours
- Medical Center
- Religious Temple
- Kumon
- etc
Extracurriculars:
- Local Representative of New Jersey for National Organization
- Founder of Various Clubs
- Member of Various Clubs
- Gifted and Talented Program at nearby college
- Drums
- etc</p>

<p>I did not apply for financial aid if that makes a difference. </p>

<p>This is just a brief overview. Do you guys think I have a good chance?</p>

<p>Northeastern is a need-blind school for domestic students. Applying for/not applying for aid makes zero difference.</p>

<p>Oh alright. Do you think I am a good candidate for the school?</p>

<p>I think you’re a good candidate - you’re CR + Math sat score is very impressive. The only noticeable blemish is the GPA - the unweighted is pretty good but the weighted seems a bit low? I put a question mark because I don’t know how many AP classes your school offers, but generally a weighted GPA is significantly higher than an unweighted GPA - but only if you took and did well in numerous AP/Honors classes.</p>

<p>Did you get your C+ or most of your B’s in AP classes?</p>

<p>Ironically I always got A’s in my AP classes but I always got my B’s in level 2 math and science classes, so my weighted GPA is pretty high.</p>

<p>But overall I think you have a solid chance - i see no reason for you to be deferred or denied, but like we all know college admissions is a total crap shoot</p>

<p>Yea I got mostly Bs in honors and AP…is that going to hurt my chances by alot? I mean doesn’t it look good to take all rigorous classes?</p>

<p>Of course course rigor looks good, but its still important to do well in those classes. </p>

<p>While counselors and other undergrads will say a B in an honors class looks better than an A in a level 2 class, it’s not necessarily true.</p>

<p>Obviously the biggest goal is to get your GPA as high as possible - but most people find a way to get a high GPA while taking numerous honors</p>

<p>A 3.4 GPA is a good GPA - all Im saying is you shouldnt believe that a lower GPA with a lot of honors is a optimal trade off - you should be taking honors and AP classes that give you a good chance of getting A…but don’t worry about it; it is what it is.</p>

<p>I’m not saying that it’s ok to be just getting B’s. I know I could have tried harder and strived for the A, but I am going to be doing that in college. Do you think most of the people applying to Northeastern will have a higher GPA than me?</p>

<p>Chance please</p>

<p>what do you think my chances are if i applied as a Physical Therapy major and my gpa is 3.9 weighted and 3.8 unweighted and sat scores are an 1800. I am also an EMT and captain of varsity soccer and softball.There are no class ranks at my school</p>

<p>Your SATs are sort of low but your other stats make up for it, like captain of varsity soccer and softball.</p>

<p>Great SAT, the average from the current freshman class is 1890-2140. The average SAT, however, is 3.7-4.2. I also have never heard, not read, of Northeastern being need-blind. I’m currently a Sophomore and one thing I can tell you is that the applicant pool has skyrocketed. But you look like a competitive candidate.</p>

<p>well the 3.7-4.2 is obviously weighted and my weighted GPA is a 3.7</p>

<p>HEY, just wondering did you get in?! thanks!!</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are getting accepted to Northeastern? I am going to apply to their Pharm. D program in the fall and I have a 3.91 weighted GPA and a 3.73 unweighted. My SAT reasoning score is a 1260: CR 370, M 460, WR 430. I also took the SAT II subject test in Mathematics Level 2 and earned a score of 530. I will be taking the SAT II subject test in Chemistry and ACT in October. I have participated in a lot of clubs and organizations at school, for example National Honors Society, Honor Court, College club, Bright club, Friendship club, Homework zone, Asian Student union, etc. I also do community service, I would say I have an estimated of 200+ hours volunteering at school (I tutor), in the hospital, at a daycare in the summer, church youth group.</p>

<p>You SAT’s will admission very unlikely if you are an American applicant. Are you an international student? If so NU does not require your SAT.</p>

<p>Edit: Your SAT’s will make admission…</p>

<p>I shouldn’t post after a long hard day at work!</p>

<p>Tom, maybe you should look over those scores again…they are quite low.</p>

<p>You (ndl1290) should read Tom’s actual post. The above was fixing a word mistake. He already said admission was unlikely.</p>