Chances Please!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Hello everyone, i recently started checking out Northwestern, in fact I will be there in a week, i really love the school but the whole out of state thing worries me... a lot</p>

<p>Location: Large Public High School in SC 2300 + students</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>GPA/Rank: 4.0 UW and 5.1 W Rank 3/510
I will have taken 14 AP's by graduation.</p>

<p>SAT/SAT II's:</p>

<p>This is my weakest part of the application and I know will be the decider, just like the other kid on this forum.</p>

<p>SAT: 1320/1980 - I am going to take one more time, but I like to expect the worse</p>

<p>SAT II's: 760 - US History, 710 Biology</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars: (strongest part of my application)</p>

<p>*I am the Youth Governor of South Carolina's Youth In Government Program, i serve over 1200 students all over the state and I have made significant changes to the program that will last throughout the program.</p>

<p>*Speech and Debate, I served last year as Captain of the largest team in SC, winning 3 state championships. I won 1 state championship this past year and I have qualified to the National Forensic League Nationals 2 times in a row.</p>

<p>*Boy Scouts, I am currently working on my Eagle Project in order to attain my Eagle Badge. I am working with the Red Cross, running a community-wide drive to collect stuff for "care-packages"
As a Boy Scout I am currently serving as a Den Chief, i go to Cub-Scout meetings and lead a Den every Monday, I also served as several leadership positions in my troop.</p>

<p>*Youth Leadership Greenville, A selective leadership program that lasted 1 year, i recently graduated, it is run by the Chamber of Commerce.</p>

<p>*Vision 2020 for Science, A selective group of students were chosen to design a state of the art science facility in our community, the project will be completed in December, and we all get scholarships along with it.</p>

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<li>Beta Club and National Honors Society - Basic service and volunteer clubs, nothing important.</li>
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<p>Basically with my EC's i like to stress Leadership and Service in everything I have done in high school, all my activities represent that. And as a leader, I go beyond serving, I try to implement changes that last.</p>

<p>As you can see my EC's and GPA/Rank are good but my SAT 1320 is what I am really worried about. Does anyone have any comments, or anything that will be of benefit to me, thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>When you say "the out of state thing" do you mean you leaving your home state of SC, or something else? That wasn't very clear...</p>

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<p>srry i copied and pasted from anotehr thread a long time ago, oos doesnt apply to NU</p>

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<p>Ok thought so :)</p>

<p>You're very strong when you dont look at the SAT's, and very weak when you do. Fix the SAT's somehow and you'll be in great shape.</p>

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<p>i mean.. a 1320 SAT score is weak... but not that weak, you're still in the middle 50th percentile. your rank and the rest of your application is extremely strong, your ECs are likewise pretty unbelievable, i suspect Northwestern would be willing to overlook your test scores.</p>

<p>i strongly suspect that the parts of the student body who have SAT scores around where yours is are the types that have very strong applications outside of test scores, like yours.</p>

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<p>pretty good shot, but try to retake the SAT and increase your score to at least a 1400 M+V or take the ACT.</p>

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<p>take the ACT..............</p>