Chances

<p>Applying Early Decision at Northwestern</p>

<p>White female, bilingual</p>

<p>Rank: 1 out of 463
GPA: 4.82 (on 5.00 scale)
ACT: math - 34, science - 32, english - 31, reading - 28, composite - 31, writing - 9
ACT: math - 36, science - 27 (damn), english - 34, reading - 28, composite - 31, writing - 10
SAT: subject math II - 780
subject US History - 680
subject chemistry: will take in the fall... expecting in the 700's
AP: European History AP - 4
Calculus AB AP - 4
U.S. Hist. AP - 4
Eng. Lang. AP - 3 =(</p>

<p>Activities/some awards:
Math Team (9,10,11,12) and went to state 2 years
Historical society (10, 11, 12) (vice-president)
NHS (11, 12)
Spanish club (11, 12)
Gifted Lyceum (we do a lot of volunteer work) (9, 10, 11, 12)
Volleyball (9, 10)
Piano (8 years)
Tutor other high school kids in the mornings (10, 11, 12)
Teacher Assistant in chemistry (11, 12)
Junior and Senior leader (learn leadership skills to be a teacher assistant in PE senior year)
Volunteer Work (11, 12 at the hospital)
Summer school at Northwestern (10, 11)
Mu Alpha Theta (11, 12)
Yearbook (12)
Department awards in science, social science, and foreign language all years
Student of the month (all years, various subjects)</p>

<p>Work:
hostess at restaurant (summer 2007)
private tutor (summer/fall 2007)
babysitting (11, 12)</p>

<p>Classes and grades for semesters:
Junior year:
Calculus AB AP - B/A
Spanish IV Honors - A/A
English III AP Lang. - B/A
U.S. History AP - A/A
Physics Honors - A/A
Senior year:
Economics AP
Spanish V AP
English IV AP Lit.
Calculus BC AP
Chemistry AP</p>

<p>I am taking the ACT again in Sept. and will not be taking the SAT's (the reading portion kills me). I have good writing skills for the essays and great teacher recommendations. Do you think I have a chance? THANKS!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>You obviously have worked very hard. You have a chance-work on yur essays-especially the one about Why NU--Good Luck!</p>

<p>bump</p>

<p>thanks for comments</p>