chances?

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<p>RD unfortunately, college of engineering most likely</p>

<p>attend public hs</p>

<p>white male, MD resident</p>

<p>sat: cr-600 m-660 w-650
act: 28 (eng-26 math-29 reading-30 science 28)
satII: history: 590 math1: 660
math2: 650-710 physics 670-740 *still waiting - estimates</p>

<p>gpa: u-3.7 w-4.1 (upward trend)
rank: top 8% (class size of 490)</p>

<p>extracurriculars:</p>

<p>National Honor Society(3 years)
It's Academic(3 years)
Model UN (1 year)
Math Team (2 years)
Varsity Hockey (4 years)
Varsity Swimming (1 year - new sport in county)
Street Hockey Club (co-founder, 2 years)
County Computer Science Programming Competition (3 times)
Habitat For Humanity (1 Fall)
State's Attorney's Office volunteer (1 Summer)
Filmsters Academy (4 summers)
Piano(12 years, guild participant-3 years)</p>

<p>work experience:</p>

<p>Ledo's Pizza(1 summer)
Self Employed (contracted with trx - 1 summer)</p>

<p>midyear:</p>

<p>6 AP courses this year, weighted gpa: 4.83</p>

<p>i know sat/act is hurting me, but i am wondering what people on here think my chances are.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>ec should give you a fighting chance
make those essays oustanding.</p>

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<p>thanks.</p>

<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>Man, you're really gonna need to get those scores up. It may not be too late to retake, depending on their last acceptable date for standardized tests. Otherwise, you'll need some really strong recs and essays.</p>

<p>The rest of your record is strong, though, so good luck!</p>

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<p>Your board scores are low for Northwestern - any chances of retaking them?</p>

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<p>if i get deferred at cornell i plan on doing standby sats january...hoping that isn't too late for NU, but i don't find out until mid december.</p>