Freshman Year: All Honors and AP World (4)
Sophomore Year: All Honors and AP Government (5)
Junior Year: All Honors and AP Calculus AB, AP Language and Composition, AP US History
Senior Year: AP Psychology, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Literature & Composition, AP Macro & Micro Economics, Advanced Studies in French
Sports: 3 years Varsity Swimming, 2 years Varsity Cross Country, 3 years Tennis, 2 on Varsity
Volunteer Work:
2+ years volunteering at a local hospital on the General Surgery floor, hoping to be in the ER this summer
2 years volunteering with NICASA Teen Court
Other local volunteer work: FMSC
Will certainly have a much stronger chance ED over RD. Is he applying for a pre-med oriented major? Not having finished a science AP may be a negative. Strong subject test scores might make up for that.
See if he can add a leadership role in any of his ECs.
Definitely apply ED if it is his first choice. The school is trying to become more geographically diverse, so if you are from the Deep South or international, that will help.
Thank you, he couldn’t fit AP Biology or Chemistry in his Junior year schedule. His school gives priority to Seniors. He took Honors Physics this year. He plans on majoring in Biology and/or Chemistry.
Yes, suzy100, it is his top choice. We ran the NetPrice Calculator. Did you find it to be accurate, or close to accurate? Thank you.
A bit worried about not taking AP Physics this year. He knew he would have to take it again for his major, so elected to go with 3 AP classes and Honors for the remainder.
He really wanted to take both AP Chem and AP Bio his Senior year, but both classes are 1.5 periods and use the lunch study for the .5, so you can only take one or the other.
We ran it and it looked out of reach so my D did not apply. If you are not divorced or don’t own a small business, I think the NPCs are generally accurate but I can’t speak to NU’s specifically.
Northwestern is very unpredictable with results. I have seen many people with a 34/35 ACT, high GPA, well-written essays and overall an amazing applicant get rejected while students like subpar stats get in. Your son definitely does have a better chance at ED instead and Northwestern has been giving out very generous financial aid to their ED students this year.
kimfuge88, I am not sure I understand your question. Are you asking if anyone from my son’s high school has ever been accepted to Northwestern? Thanks.
Northwestern in my mind is comparable to Penn. Both pre-professional with a decent amount of Greek. Both with schools that really excel within the university. Similar size (though students at Penn felt more packed in). Penn is urban while NU is suburban, but their admit rates and test scores are both about the same.
12% of the applicants are accepted. Assuming a.) he is not a legacy and does not play any of his sports well enough to be recruited by a coach. b.) he is not an URM or first generation to attend college. I would give him a 34% chance.