Is NU known for Medical and Engineering? And Chance me ED please!

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<p>Hi guys, I have a question for NU; is it strong in Premed and Engineering direction?</p>

<p>Also, could you guys chance me for ED? It's my first choice school.</p>

<p>School: Private Prep school (LOADS OF FINANCIAL AID...)
Ethnic: Asian, foreign citizenship (been 6 years in U.S.)
Hook: very ill mom during freshmen-> sophomore year, low income (<45000), only child, immigrant, no citizenship, no asian population in my school (just me and 2 other), first generation to go to a college in U.S.
ACT: Waiting for score
SAT: 2140 (660 R, 800 M, 680 GR)
UW GPA: 3.87 (I got 3.71 in Sophomore year because of health issues with my mom and family problems.)
W GPA: School doesnt weight
rank: school doesnt rank</p>

<p>AP Classes (only 1 offered for Sophomore) :</p>

<p>AP World (Soph)- No pass (hard time..)</p>

<p>APUSH (Jr)- 4
AP Chem (Jr)- 4</p>

<p>AP Calc AB (Sr)
AP Composition (Sr)
AP Government (Sr)
AP Physics C (Sr)</p>

<p>SAT subject: Taking them soon
Math level II C
Chem
Korean</p>

<p>Leadership
-FBLA Treasurer for 2 years
-Key club 2years
-Red Cross 1year
-Invisible Children Club 1 year
-Leading volunteer group at a hospital
-Leadership camp 2 years during summer
-Choir leader 3years</p>

<p>Other Extracurricular Activities
-Club tennis
-Club soccer
-JV Soccer Freshman
- Highest rating in regional competitions for piano 8th grade ~ 11th grade.
- Placed 1st in whole State Music competition for Piano
- Advanced Choir for 4 years now for piano
- Jazz band next year for fun (piano of course)
- Been Volunteering at a hospital with music therapy (I started this program; playing music for the sick)
- Volunteered at local elderly home for bingo and provide music (piano)
-200~250 hours of volunteer just from 10th ~ 11th
- Recognized and renowned from the hospital through articles, newspapers and websites
- Got Governor's award for tutoring younger kids in Math/Writing every Friday
- Governor's award for Tutoring.
- Microsoft Math/Science competition 3rd in state</p>

<p>I probably have more stuff to add, but can't think everything on spot.</p>

<p>Thanks for your inputs in advance !</p>

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<p>NU engineering is pretty solid. For undergrads, it got a well-developed co-op program and unique first-year curriculum. As far as graduate rankings go, here are the the upper-end of their NRC “R” rankings:</p>

<p>Mat Sci 3
Applied Math 4
Mechanical 5
Industrial 6
Civil 8
Chemcial 8
Biomedical 10
Electrical 20</p>

<p>The NRC rankings are actually presented as ranges but the upper end of the range is almost equivalent to the normal rankings we are used to seeing.</p>

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<p>NU is a great school overall and is pretty strong across many disciplines - Arts, and the Sciences. The graduate school rankings in any subject area doesn’t really matter for Undergrad specialization. What really matters is what you get out of your four years of undergrad and NU offers one of the best experience among the top quality schools.</p>