<p>Hi, I was wondering if I have any shot of getting accepted to Northwestern, either early decision or regular decision. I will be a senior this coming fall. I live in New Jersey, and I believe i am within the top ~3% of my class of about 530 students (potentially in the top 10).
GPA:
my school does not use the 4.0 scale. instead we take our class averages and add 6 for an honors class and 10 for an AP class, then average them all together. my gpa for freshman+sophomore year is 101.95 (it has not been updated to include junior year yet, but it will be higher). I have gotten all A's for the year so far with 3 AP classes (chem, stats, US history I)
SAT:
combined score of 2220 (800 math, 770 writing, 650 reading) *will my reading hurt me?
ACT:
took once, 32 composite
SAT II:
800 on math II, 800 on chem, considering taking one of the bio ones
AP:
4 on chem (sadface), and 5 on statistics. will take bio and calc this school year
EC:
*interact club 9-12
*boys tennis 9-12 (jv 9th grade, will be captain this year)
*USTA team tennis for 3 years
*tennis lessons for over 5 years
*french honors society 10-12
*ESCAPE club (environmental club) 11-12
*english department award 10 (given to the students with the 2 highest averages in honors english)
*volunteering at an assisted living place for the elderly (started recently, going 1-2 times a week for a couple hours at a time)
*summer program at northwestern for medicine and leadership for 10 days (the program gave a letter of recommendation, and noted 73 hours of educational events. met with real doctors to experience the field of medicine).</p>
<p>Hopefully I didn't forget anything. I know I'm not too great, but I can hope for the best, right? If you don't think I have a shot here, what other college(s) do you think might be a better match? Thanks.</p>