ED class 2020 chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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Stats
UW GPA- 3.6 due to a poor freshman year but tremendous trend upward
W GPA- 4.374
ACT- 31 composite and 12 on the writing
Honor roll all years

School-
Chicago. Ranked #7 most competitive in IL class of 1000 and no rank given

Activities:
Band-2 years
Orchestra- 3 years and signed up for next year
Model United Nations- 2 years and president
Boys and Girls service club
Various intermural sports throughout the years

Extras:
Done something academic with all of my summers throughout high school
-took chemistry over the summer before 10th grade
-took shakespeare studies at the University of Oxford in England the summer before 11th grade
-Lifeguard summer going into 11th and 12th grades
-Intern at University of Illinois of Chicago Diabetes Research Lab summer going into 12th grade. this lead to a publication so I am published and also I got a college rec from a world renown transplant surgeon

-Taken the most rigorous courses after freshman year including 6 sciences (Physics Chem Bio AP Chem AP Bio and AP Physics C) normally a student takes four, very rarely a student takes five and I am the only kid in my class of 1000 taking 6.
-Also aside from those AP sciences I will or have taken- AP Psych and AP Calc AB as well as 5 years of language.
-I have also each year taken a class before school to fit more majors than normal into my schedule.

-Recomendations- One from my Intro bio teacher who also taught my AP bio class amazing rec. One is from American History teacher which will be good but not great and one more.

Leadership
-Phyllis Leadership program- program that aims to connect kids from the affulent north shore with kids from the south and west sides of chicago.
-SILC- Student Instruction Leadership Core- basically a TA, for biology
-Senior Helper- Senior that advise freshman through their trannsition and year through high school. I am practically their homeroom teacher.

Internded path: Pre-Med

What are my chances!?!?!

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Elite colleges and Med School don’t go very well together. Your best shot at med school is going to the cheapest, non elite school you get into.

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Your UW GPA is a little low for ED, though your WGPA seems ok. A upward trend can be a very positive thing in this situation. What’s your GPA Sophomore-Jr year? I feel like for ED the general UW GPA minimum acceptance is around a 3.8. If you had a particular problem freshman year, you might be able to explain it in the additional comments section which would help admissions understand you low grades freshman year versus how you doing now. Your other stats aren’t that bad. Your ACTs a little below average for NU but fine for ED. 5 APs is good though I hope you’ve taken a few more non-AP honors and are planning more APs next year.

I’d say right now your odds are a slight reach, but if you can write good essays and maybe improve your ACT a point or two just to get in the top percentile for ED applicants you have a shot. Good luck!

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With out freshman year it would be UW GPA of 3.71… And all courses i have taken have been honors or high honors(same rigor as AP but without the test)

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DON’T LISTEN TO CHANCE POST REPLIES, WE KNOW LITTLE ABOUT HOW YOUR ADMISSIONS DECISION WILL TRULY BE DECIDED. Seemingly better candidates than you have been rejected; seemingly worse ones have been accepted.

You seem to have your things in order though, so apply and see what happens and most importantly, relax and don’t spend senior year worrying about it like I did :frowning:

Good luck!