chances of admission into Northwestern??? (or dartmouth or yale)

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I am a current high school junior and am very interested in Northwestern. It’d be great if you guys could let me know my chances of getting in.

TEST SCORES:
ACT - 33 Composite (retook, waiting for results but not very confident it’ll be above a 33)
AP World History - 5
*Currently taking APUSH, AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Calc AB and am aiming for a 5 on all of them.
SAT Subject Math II - 730 (retaking in May)
SAT Subject World History - 720
*Planning to take the Chemistry and US History subject test as well.

GPA:
4.0 (to date)

INTERNSHIPS:

  • environmental science internship sophomore year
  • public health internship summer of sophomore year
  • Applying for several highly regarded ones for summer.

EXTRACURRICULARS:

  • junior class VP
  • peer mediator (founding member)
  • days for girls club (founding member)
  • SOAR (Students Organized Against Racism) (founding member)
  • Peer tutor
  • leader of new crew new student program
  • HOSA (future health professionals club)
  • National Honor Society
  • Piano (10 years)
  • Singing (12 years)

SENIOR YEAR’S COURSES:

  • leadership
  • AP US Govt
  • Spanish 4
  • Advanced Calc (equivalent to Calc BC)
  • AP Bio
  • AP Physics C - Mechanics
  • English 12

Based on this info, it’d be great if you guys could let me know my chances. Thanks!!

2

You are a competitive applicant. Your stats are great and your ECs are good. Try narrowing down your EC list and getting more leadership positions. You want to have a defined interest or passion in your application. Write good essays and apply ED to Northwestern if it is your first choice school

3

Thanks for the advice. Does my ACT score (33) lower my chances in any way? Or does my other activities and scores “buffer” that?

4

All of them are reaches. The SAT subject scores are average. ECs are OK but typical of any student without major hooks.

33 ACT is also slightly low for NW/Ivies as well. Maybe try an SAT?