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Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Hi everyone, just hoping for some opinions. Thanks. I'm a rising senior, white girl from suburbia NY</p>

<p>Reaches: Duke, UVa, Georgetown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Wash U St. Louis, Williams
Match: BC, Colgate, Hamilton, William and Mary
Safeties: Bucknell, Union, U of Rochester, U of Richmond</p>

<p>ACT- 34 (sending)
SAT- 670 M, 790 W, 740 CR (2200)
SAT IIs- 730 Writing (only counts at Gtown), 660 World, 700 Math IC, 600 American (I know they suck, but for some of the schools I dont have to send them. Also I'm going to take at least one more in Oct.)
PSAT- 214</p>

<p>APs
World History- 4
US History- 4
English Lang- 4</p>

<p>next year: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Latin, AP English Lit
(all my other courses are mostly honors)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0+ (top 100 public high school in the country)</p>

<p>ECS:
Mostly tennis, I play USTA tournaments and have a eastern section ranking. I am and have been first singles on the varsity team since 10th grade. 9th grade I was 3rd singles. I am going to be captain of my team next year. I played in the World Team Tennis National Tournament last summer (one of 6 to represent the eastern team).
Band: I play percussion (unique for a girl?). Band treasurer 11, 12. I am in Tri M (musical honors society) and treasurer 12.
I have been in Model UN 9, 10, 11, 12 and am President next year.
I am in NHS.
I am in Spanish Club 9, 10, 11, 12.
I am in Interact Club (Community service) 11, 12.</p>

<p>Comm Service
Girl Scout Gold Award- to be completed fall of next year. Raised 1000+ books for homeless children.
Teach children tennis at Boys and Girls Club
Volunteer for Church (midnight run included)</p>

<p>Awards
Kodak Leadership Award ($2400 scholarship/year at U of Rochester)
High Honor Roll all years
Tennis awards- MVP, all league etc.</p>

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<p>my personal opinion as my parents say, avoid the midwest if you can, u don't want to get stuck there most likely if you are coming from the east or west coast. Therefore, if you are looking for east coast grad schools or jobs there, stay on the east coast.</p>

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<p>i'm 97% sure that that last post is the most retarded thing I've ever read. please disregard it. the midwest kicks ass, and Chicago is basically going to offer all of the same things as any coastal city. Also, grad schools care about your gpa and lsats/mcats/etc. a whole lot more than they care about the location of your school. Anyway, Northwestern is just as good or better than any of your other reaches/matches at getting kids into top grad schools.</p>

<p>I had very similar stats (ACT 35, 760/740/710), and I applied to a lot of the same schools: Northwestern, W&M, Georgetown, and Duke. Here is my advice: do your research and apply early somewhere. Or, at the very least, don't send your app in on the last possible day. That's what I did, and I got rejected by Duke and waitlisted by Georgetown. I got into Northwestern (where I applied on a reasonable date) and William and Mary, which was just a last minute thing. I think you should study and retake the SAT II's, because I think thats what was dragging me down, even though the only place I submitted them was Georgetown. I was also waitlisted at Brown, which is probably pretty similar to Dartmouth. However, I have to say that my essays were probably nothing special, and I was only number 8 in my class and easily would have been number one had I put any effort into classes I didn't care about. Things worked out pefectly for me in the end, but it took some luck. So, basically, what I'm trying to tell you is this: don't be like me. don't **** up.</p>