Chances for Northwestern please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey! Can you guys please chance me for Northwestern School of Education & Social Policy hoping to major in Social Policy? (maybe ED) Im currently a junior</p>

<p>ACT:32 (35 math, 33 reading, 34 english, 26 science)
Weighted GPA: 4.46
rank: top 3.5%</p>

<p>taking all accelerated classes. school doesn't offer APs until junior year (..and it only offers AP english and AP US Hist for juniors)</p>

<p>AP Clases (will be taking this year or next year; no APs offered sophomore year):
english lang (taking this year)
ushist (taking this year)
lit (taking it next yr)
euro(taking it next yr)
stats(taking it next yr)
calc(taking it next yr)
bio(taking it next yr)
chinese(taking it next yr)</p>

<p>SAT subject: taking it soon
Math level II
USHistory</p>

<p>Leadership
- President and found of Red Cross club (3 years)
- Red Cross Youth Advisory Board (consists of red cross high schools leaders from 15ish high schools) (1 year)
- Cradles to Crayons teen leadership council member (led volunteer groups in a non-profit)(4 years)
- Vice President of the Debate Team; will be president next year (1 year)
- Treasurer of the Student Council (2 years)
- Concertmaster in city-wide orchestra</p>

<p>Other Extracurricular Activities
- 2nd place school science fair, 3rd place regionals
- regional orchestra, all state recommendation for violin, choir, school plays, pit orchestra, volunteer clubs, etc</p>

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<p>I’d say it’s a reach, but definitely possible. Especially if you get that ACT up</p>

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<p>ED there, and you have a solid shot. Academics may be leaning weaker but ECs are strong and NU has a strong bias towards EDers.</p>

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<p>thanks so much! should i retake the ACT? I’m satisfied with the english/math/reading but i got a 26 on science. how bad does that look? (does the rest balance it out?)</p>

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<p>bumppp 10char</p>

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<p>anyone there???</p>

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<p>It would only help if you could boost your score up so I would say it’s worth a shot. Getting a 33 or 34 would solidify your chances but I don’t think it’s completely necessary if you have other things to occupy time you would be studying.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Definitely retake that ACT! The science section can be easily improved once you learn what they are looking for, and is mostly reading and understanding experiments/charts. Solid candidate for ED.</p>

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<p>i think higher act = guaranteed, but even if you dont raise it , still possible?</p>

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<p>I would retake the ACT. I’m not sure how much thought they put into the Science score (if it were me I wouldn’t think twice about it), but it would certainly help to bump up your ACT score. Your GPA and ECs look good. With your current ACT score, I’d say that it’s a low reach for you. If you could bump up your ACT score to a 33 or 34, I’d say that you should get in. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I think you have pretty good chances. Consider upping act, just for that extra safety precaution. If you don’t do well, you don’t have to show it.
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<p>thanks guys! do you think ill have a chance if i do RD? I’m afraid i won’t get enough financial aid…</p>

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<p>I believe even if you go for ED and the financial aid package doesn’t work out, you may decline your acceptance in the event that you get one. However, I would contact admissions to confirm that. But even then RD chances look fair, but not as good as if you went for ED.</p>

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<p>thanks so much dblazer! anyone else? bump</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>anyoneee pleaseee ?</p>

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<p>4.46 on a 4.0 or 5.0 scale?
I actually have a friend (we live very, very close to NW though), who was accepted this year with a 29 on his ACT, a 4.1 gpa (on a 4.0 scale), and over 100 volunteer hours. He was told it was too far of a reach to apply to by our guidance counselors, but he did anyways and ended up getting in! I suggest you apply regardless of what you’re told. Based on the people i know who applied, I would say you hair a fair shot. It is a reach, but a rather low one in my opinion.</p>

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<p>ps, if you could return the favor I would greatly appreciate it! </p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot, especially If you apply ED. It wouldn’t hurt though to try and raise the ACT composite to a 33. :slight_smile: awesome job!</p>