Chances for Northeastern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. I'm a Portuguese student and I wanted to know if you could chance me for Northeastern University.</p>

<p>My grades are (I am at one of the most competitive schools in Portugal):
9th grade 4/5
10th grade (1st year of portuguese high school) - 15.7/20
11th grade (I took it as an exchange student in the US) - 3.393 GPA (unweighted). I ranked top 20%, but the school didn't weight the GPA, so a lot of kids with easy classes ranked above me. I took 2 AP, 1 Honors, 2 College level, and 2 regular classes.</p>

<p>I scored 34 on the ACT (8 on the writing).</p>

<p>I'm fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.</p>

<p>As for EC's:</p>

<p>Young Reporters for the Environment
Participation in 2 editions of the National Science Fair
Environment and Math Olympiads
TEDx Event Organizer
Secretary-General of the Student Government Fiscal Council + Campaign President for the elections
Theater (US)
Engineering Club (US)
Speech Team (US)
Science Olympiad (US)
At least 1 hour of volunteering/week (not much, but joining a news volunteering club at my school this year)
Taking care of my little brother some afternoons every week (don't know if that counts)
Biology extracurricular 3 month long research project (3 of these)
Student coordinator of the environmental awareness program at my school
Extra english lessons every week
Internship at the Molecular Medicine Institute
(and there are probably some other things....)</p>

<p>Sports: I don't really like sports, but I do 3 hours of gym/team sports every week, and another 3 hours of swimming every week.</p>

<p>No work experience (which is the norm for Portuguese students).</p>

<p>Thanks for reading everything and thank you so much for you help!!!!</p>

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<p>I wonder how do a Portuguese 15.7/20 stacks up against US grades…</p>

<p>NEU: Match</p>

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<p>Well, 15.7 is not that great, but I make the top 20% of one of the most competitive schools, in a class of 62 people.</p>

<p>Also, most portuguese classes are very hard compared to the US. I took both AP Chem and AP Bio while in the US, and this year I’m taking Bio and Chem classes that are even harder. I don’t know how colleges will consider it though, so I’m aiming low and considering it a 3.2, which would make the overall 3.3.
Hopefully I’ll get in :)</p>

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<p>What other schools similar to Northeastern would also be a match? Any recommendations?</p>

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<p>Match. Good luck! Please get me back.</p>

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<p>your extracurriculars/leadership places are very impressive and i know NEU always looks to admit international students, so you have a good chance for sure :slight_smile: good luck. i applied Early action so i hope to hear back soon</p>