chances (not sure if I asked recently)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>chances at school of communication both ED and RD please?</p>

<p>demographics:
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon: Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school. (On top of that, our graduating class is rumored to be the best class of all time, so yeah, its tough but not necessarily super private school level)
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*ACT Composite 30 (8/12 on essay) (DANG IT!!!)</p>

<p>-English 30 (Usage/Mechanics 15 Rhetorical Skills 16)
-Science 24 (ouch)
-Reading 31 (Social Studies/Science 17 Arts/Literature 15)
-Mathematics 34
(Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra 18
Int.Algebra/Coord.Geometry 16 (ouch)
Plane Geometry/Trigonometry 18)</p>

<p>*Freshman year:
Language Arts (Honors): A/A
Social Studies 9: A/A
Advanced Algebra 2: A/A
Bio/Chem/Phys 10 (Honors): A/A
SAT Math Prep: A
SAT Verbal Prep:A
Spanish 1:A/A
Team Sports:A
Health 1:A
Web Design:A
Computer Programming:A</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
AP Chem: B/A
Lit Comp 10 (Honors): A/A
Physics 2: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/B
Social Studies 10 :B/A
Spanish 2:A/A
Symphonic Band: A/A
Team Sports: A
Health 2: A</p>

<p>*Junior Year
Human Anatomy: A/A
IB Biology: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
IB Calculus: A/A
IB Psychology: A/B
Team Sports: A
IB Seminar: P
IB English: A/ A
IB TOK 1: A</p>

<p>*Senior Year Anticipated Courseload If I get my choices:
IB Physics SL
IB TOK 2
IB Biology HL 2
IB English HL 2
IB Math HL 2 (Calc 2 basically)
IB Spanish SL
AP Statistics
Biotech/Economics (not the same course...the slash indicates I'll take one or the other for 1 semester)</p>

<p>In summary: I currently have a 3.913 UW GPA, and 4.152 W GPA. UW class rank = 31/520 and W = 17/520.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
*NHS (2 years)
*OHSU Dental exploring program
*Doing research on anti-viral medications.
*Will probably volunteer at a hospital and then OHSU during the summer.
*Varsity tennis 4 years (possibly captain next season).
*Science Team 4 years.
*World Quest Trivia 4 years
*Portland Youth Philharmonic Organization (2 years)
*Mathfest Participant 4 years
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*Model UN (1 year)
*maybe DECA next year</p>

<p>Awards/Honors/Leadership:
*Possibly tennis team captain
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club (4 years) (VP 2 years)
*IB Diploma Candidate
*6th Place at World Quest out of 32 10th grade
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year</p>

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<p>You did ask a few months ago. I'm not sure if you're too lazy or ashamed to bump the thread or if you're too busy going down the list of elite schools and posting the same "chances?" thread. either way, I afford you no slack.</p>

<p>considering you got good feedback the first time you posted, I'm a little disappointed that you didn't seem to listen. It's still pretentious, unnecessary, subjective, and irrelevant that you are part of the "best class ever". No one, including NU ad coms, care. If you go to a good school, that's fine. But since you don't go to the top 5 or so prep schools where you are guarenteed ivy league (or peer) admissions, you won't get a huge bump.
Your ACTs are low, but keep working.</p>

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<p>well I definitely won't overplay the class thing. I think I remember something about that being discussed here, but besides that, can my GPA make up for my ACT a little bit? I mean, 30 is still within range (albeit on the lower side), and my GPA is decent (not great, but alright), so don't I have at least some chance?</p>

<p>Oh yeah, and will ED help my chances at all?</p>

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<p>There's nothing to overplay. You go to Beaverton High School. NU will know what they need to know about it. In the case of public high schools, where you go isn't YOUR accomplishment, it's your parents (in the sense of their ability to afford a good school district), so you can't pat yourself on the head about the quality of your high school -- you didn't buy the house that put yourself into it. And don't you think NU has figured that out yet? </p>

<p>And you KNOW that ED helps your chances pretty much anywhere, so why ask it? And you know the answer to your question ... yes, your GPA may make up for your ACT, but it's not as good as outstanding GPA and outstanding ACT which many NU applicants have in spades.</p>

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<p>You've taken a bunch of hard IB courses and gotten A's in most, if not all of them. So a little low 30 shouldn't be too big a deal. Of course, raising it wouldn't be a bad idea either.</p>