<p>Please tell me if you think I have a chance at NU Early Decision. Thank you so much for your time! :)</p>
<p>GPA: 93.8 (my school doesn't weight grades or use the 4.0 scale. I think this is about 3.8?)
SAT: Writing: 700 Reading: 670 Math: 590
APs/ Honors: APUSH (11)
AP World (10)
Honors English (9, 10, 11, 12)
Honors Government (12)
SUPA Forensics Honors (12)</p>
<p>(My school doesn't offer many APs besides science)
ECs:</p>
<p>Chamber Choir (President 12, VP 11)
School drama group (9, 10, 11, 12) -> all the plays and musicals
Language Club (11, 12)
Tutoring student in French (12)
Work part time at a toy store (11, 12)
NHS</p>
<p>Other:
White
Female
Intended major - journalism
Do not need financial aid</p>
<p>Good luck lulamae! I think you have a shot. You are certainly in the range with your stats. It will depend greatly on your essays and overall application. I think ED percentage is about 30% usually. Try not to worry too much! Keep us posted! </p>
<p>Anything is possible, but unfortunately I think the odds are against you. Your SATs are low for NU and your ECs are okay but not overwhelming, especially for a journalism major (i assume from that thatnyou’re applying to Medill).
Good luck. I hope you get in.</p>
<p>I didn’t have a chance to retake it again because I had to make it in by the November 1st deadline otherwise I would’ve. I think my SATs are about average for the schools that I would apply to regular decision. I made a post in the what are my chances with my other schools if you want to look at those!
I got 4’s on both exams. Is that a big factor? I didn’t realize. :</p>
<p>I think 4s on APs don’t make it especially if your school offers AP classes. Also, fyi Northwestern accepts Nov test scores, which means the scores’ deadline is not by Nov 1st, but by the end of Nov.</p>
<p>Honestly if you were applying for WCAS, you might still have a chance despite the low SAT. But not for Medill, which is known to be accepting students within scores ranges like Ivies.</p>
<p>You can go look at CC’s accepted students from Medill.</p>
<p>Oh I didn’t know that. But either way, I don’t think my scores would’ve changed very much in such a short amount of time.
When I visited, I was told at the information session that it doesn’t make a difference which school you put on your application because people switch majors so often that you’re not applying to Medill, Weinburg, etc. but you’re applying to Northwestern as a whole. But I guess that’s not true? </p>
<p>That is only true to a certain extent for Double Degrees, for example I’m applying to School of Communication and Bienen School of Music. If I’m not accepted to Communications, and accepted only to Music, I’m still accepted to NU. I can transfer or add an additional school in my second year there, and THAT is very easy.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it is widely known that Medill is the hardest school to get in academically to Northwestern. A lot of people would opt to enter NU by other schools then try transferring to Medill. Still, it is immensely hard to do so because it only accept less than 50 new ppl each year.</p>
<p>Oh. I thought it was the grad school that mattered but with regular applying it doesn’t matter to which school you apply unless the school requires a certain subject test. When I visited Medill the teacher I spoke with said no one at Medill actually sees the incoming applications or anything and during the info session I thought they said people switch majors a lot and it doesn’t matter if you go with what you applied with.
I guess I won’t get in then :(</p>
<p>It’s actually Grad school that doesn’t matter…but anyhow, Medill is still considered sort of a separate entity in admission because of its difficulty. Also, adcoms don’t usually accept students with no prior experience in journalism because keep in mind Medill is the BEST journalism school/undergraduate education in the country.</p>
<p>True, “no one at Medill actually sees the incoming applications”. There is a general admission office that looks at all applications (except Bienen because that depends on audition), so technically Medill doesn’t see the applications.</p>
<p>If I were you I would’ve applied to School of Communication instead. And seeing your theatre experiences, major in Theatre within the School of Communication, and then transfer</p>
<p>Well I wouldn’t want to lie. I mean, I don’t want to go to NU if I can’t study what I want to study. That seems kind of dishonest and sneaky to claim I want to do something else. If it’s as easy to switch majors as I was led to believe, I don’t see why it would make a huge difference. If not, then I wont be able to study journalism anyway so I shouldn’t be going. </p>
<p>Switching majors is very very easy at NU, even between schools. Medill is just an exemption.</p>
<p>Plus it’s not exactly lying, Medill has certified programs that allow other schools students to participate in. I’m just suggesting Theatre in the school of communication because it is still related to journalism and communication, instead of normal theatre performance.</p>
<p>Good luck! Maybe you’ll get lucky and get in!</p>
<p>Well, whatever the case I applied to the school I want to go to. I wouldn’t change a thing.
Haha I mean, if I get in I hope it would be because I deserve to and not because of luck. Good luck to you too though, I guess… :)</p>
<p>@lulamae Hey hey, no one knows what goes on inside of admissions offices. There’s a chance everyone will get in, and a chance they won’t.</p>
<p>Also, if you are really interested in journalism, then applying for Medill was the right move for you as opposed to applying to somewhere like SoC. Medill accepts more applicants than the theatre major does, actually (though keep in mind that more people probably apply to Medill annually). Theatre is usually capped at ~100 while Medill has a class of over 100 each year, so trying to trick the system by applying for an equally competitive major isn’t in anyone’s best interest and could take a spot away from someone whose heart is set on studying theatre at NU.</p>
<p>Do what you are most passionate about and hope for the best! There’s no reason to count yourself out now or get discouraged. I’m rooting for you and I wish you well come mid-December. :)</p>
<p>@lulumae Hey! I’m also applying early decision and we have similar extra curriculars and GPA’s. My friend is currently a student at Northwestern and he got in on a 1920 SAT score, and yours is higher than that! It’s easy to get caught up in the stats but remember that they’re reviewing you as a whole and your reccs and essays will help you a lot! This whole process is obviously very nerve wracking so I just wanted to say good luck and I hope to see you next year when we both (hopefully) get in </p>
