Chances??

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<p>I am currently a junior at a Catholic college preparatory in Phoenix, AZ. I was interested in receiving feedback on my possibilities for acceptance at Northwestern. Here are some of my stats so far: </p>

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<li><p>TESTS/ACADEMICS -
SAT I: M=660, V=620, W=740 (retaking in April 06)
SAT II: Biology=760 (taking US History, Chemistry, and Math II in May/June)
AP: Biology=5 (taking Chem, US His, and English Language this May and taking English Literature, Physics, Calc AB, Psychology, and Comp Gov for senior year)
GPA: W=4.38, UW=3.97</p></li>
<li><p>ECs/AWARDS -</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer at Phoenix Children's Hospital - 3 hours a
week </p></li>
<li><p>Competitive Performance Dance </p></li>
<li><p>Piano Lessons - varies weekly </p></li>
<li><p>Varsity School Spiritline </p></li>
<li><p>Liturgical Music at School </p></li>
<li><p>Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society </p></li>
<li><p>Accelerated Science Program (earn Independent Study
Credit in Science, so far I have 2 credits) </p></li>
<li><p>Student Council Class Secretary for Freshman &
Sophomore year, (I hope to run again for Senior year) </p></li>
<li><p>Key Club </p></li>
<li><p>I hope to be the President of Liturgical Music, an officer
of Mu Alpha Theta, and Captain of Varsity Spiritline for
my Senior Year </p></li>
<li><p>I plan to attend leadership conventions for Medicine
and Business this summer for NYLF</p></li>
<li><p>Academic Letter - Sophomore Year (For those with a
4.1 GPA and higher) </p></li>
<li><p>NHS </p></li>
<li><p>1st Place at Diocesan Spelling Bee in Phoenix 2003 </p></li>
<li><p>'Who's Who Among High School Scholars' member </p></li>
<li><p>National Society of High School Scholars member </p></li>
<li><p>My one true passion is dance. I know it may not seem
like it from this profile, but much time outside of school
is spent in dance class, rehearsal, and performance. I
also involve myself in the pom (dance) team at school.
As you can see, dance is the major focus outside of
academics!
***CLASS RANK - top 6%</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for your input! :)</p>

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<p>heh.. my brothern had the exact same uw gpa as you and he got in</p>

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<p>Not completely secure chances, but you seem to have pretty cool EC's and stuff; if you present yourself as an interesting/neato person in your essays and they like you, I don't see why the shouldn't take you.</p>

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<p>Your SATs are a little low, so it's good that you plan to retake them, but other than that, I would say you have a decent chance...just put plenty of effort into your essays and "why Northwestern" statements...these are really the deal makers or breakers for NU. They value "interest" very highly, so visiting, calling, emailing, writing some great essays, and most of all applying ED can really be helpful.</p>