Chances please??? Northwestern, Purdue, etc.

Hello! As many other high school seniors are finding out, college application season has opened in full force. I was wondering if anyone could give me any insights on my application, and how my chances are for getting into the schools on my list. I know these threads don’t hold much weight in the grand scheme of things, but it’s interesting to see!

My reach schools are Northwestern, Notre Dame, and UMich Ann Arbor. The other schools I’m looking at are Purdue, Miami Ohio, and Loyola Chicago.

GPA: 4.4 W, UW is around 3.8 but my school doesn’t provide UW

ACT: highest out of 4 times- C34 E35 M35 R33 S31 W29- superscored 35

AP classes: AP US History (5), AP Language and Composition (4), AP Statistics (4), AP European History (3)

Senior Year coarse load: AP Calc BC, AP Psychology, AP Microeconomics, French 4 Honors, AP Literature, AP Physics C, required religious courses (most rigorous course load possible)

Class Rank: school doesn’t officially provide, but I was told by my counselor that I’m top 3% out of about 300-350

School Type: Private Catholic

ECs: Math Team (9-12, captain of JV sophomore year, captain of Varsity senior year)
Academic Bowl (10-12, starter Junior year for the Varsity team)
Theatre (9-12, I’ve been in 7 plays in high school so far, as a lead in two, Vice President senior year)
School newspaper (10-12)
Student Ambassador (11-12)
Book Club (9-12, co president senior year)
Comic Book/Anime Club (10-12, president senior year)
Golf (12, JV)

Volunteer Service: Habitat for Humanity (11-12, Secretary Senior year)
Eucharistic Minister
Sacristan (helping out with Mass, and anything religious that happens at school- they are personally chosen)
Local Library Volunteer
Volunteer for two local charities
Tutor for 3 years in multiple subjects
(overall between 50-150 volunteer hours, not sure about the exact number)

Awards: AP Scholar with Honors, National Honor Society, National French Honor Society, International Thespian Society, National Merit Commended (maybe Semi-finalist not sure yet haha), Bronze Medal in National French Contest, Villanova Book Award- 3 1st place Math Team Regional Awards, 1 Math Team State award, various invitational Math Team awards- 2 conference Academic Bowl Awards, 3 Tournament Academic Bowl awards, and 1 Regional Academic Bowl award- 3 individual academic awards for my school

Work Experience: N/A

Intended Major: Mathematics!

Gender/Race: Female, not POC

Income Bracket: Enough for little financial aid :frowning:

Hooks: I’m a girl who wants to go into the STEM field? That’s about it

Other: I’ve played guitar for 7 years now, I’m currently in the middle of writing a novel that is over 45,000 words long, and I’ve made videos for my school that have been posted online with over 3500 views.

I really appreciate every response! Thank you in advance! :slight_smile:

Bump! I realize I forgot to put essays/recommendation letters. Both should be good, as I have been told that I am a competent writer. Also, the Regional Academic Bowl award was for 1st place, as was one of the conference ones and one of the tournament ones… I forgot to clarify this in the original post. Thank you again!

I think the reason you aren’t getting many responses is because you’re pretty set – just write good essays and hope for the best!

You have the necessary academics to get into all those schools. Like @jessssssie02 said, focus on your essays. Also make sure to describe all your EC in the most beneficial way on the Common App. I don’t think any of those schools Northwestern, ND or UMich super score.

@ap012199 @dnstudent26 Thank you for the responses! I will certainly take into account the advice- if none of the schools superscore, does that mean I should just send my best ACT score (the 34)?

Yeah