Do I even have a chance?

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<p>Hi I'm a senior at public high school. I applied to ED and really worried about it :P</p>

<p>International Applicant. (Came to America beginning of junior yr)
ED, Math major (not engineering)
GPA: 3.723/ 4.0
Race: Asian (Korean)
Class Rank: top 20% (our school is really competitive.)
class size: 450
ACT :27 (do they super score ACT? if they do, it's 29..) yea really bad
No sat IIs
Really strong Essays
didn't apply for Financial Aids :)</p>

<p>E/C :
State Math Competition placed 67th out of 20000. ($1500 prize)
AMC (forgot what I got.. )
KMC (Korea Mathematics Competition) Coach (I was really lucky to do this)
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2008 gold
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2009 gold
ARML (team math competition)-national size (Team captain) won 6th place in U.S
Chemistry Olympiad 2009 (silver)
Research (2010 summer, with Chemistry professor)
Research (2009 winter, with Math Professor)
Varsity Soccer (3years, vice captain for 2yrs) , city champion 2009
Exchange student in Japan (2008 summer)
Korean American club-President (senior yr, junior yr-vice P)
NHS
Safe Sex Educator (80hrs)
Teaching Assistant in summer school (50hrs)
korean school (100hrs)
Hip Hop Festival (Beatboxing) 9th place :P
ETC (Small things....)</p>

<p>I came to American 2009 summer. really low ACT score, great essay, decent E/Cs..... do u guys think I even have a chance of getting in?? </p>

<p>and good luck for all u ED applicants :)</p>

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<p>Financial aid doesn’t affect your admission decision at Northwestern as it’s a need-blind institution.</p>

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<p>No ACT is never super scored. </p>

<p>I’m not one to say that tests are all that matter, but a 27 ACT would almost always get you denied even if you were a US citizen. International students have even higher competition so I’d say it’s a very high stretch.</p>

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<p>Is that GPA weighted or unweighted? Your test scores definitely don’t look so great, especially since you didn’t take any SATIIs. Still, your EC’s and the fact that you’re ED might save you. It’s a low chance, but I don’t think it’s a definite no, either.</p>

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<p>thank you for ur post :slight_smile:
it’s UW gpa and I’ve only been here for 1yr and 4months… 27 is really bad but it was a lot of work for a foreigner student. Well, I hope I can get in…
But nobody knows what’s gonna happen. :)</p>