<p>White male from Ohio
-Noncompetitive public high school that never sent a kid to Northwestern
-Did an overnight visit (demonstrated interest??)</p>
<p>Stats:
-4.0 UW
-35 ACT
-Rank: 1 of 102
-NMSF</p>
<p>ECs:
-Varsity Tennis (1st Team all-conference)
-Mock Trial (4 year outstanding attorney, captain)
-Quiz Team (Captain)
-NHS (President)
-Class Treasurer
-Church Youth Group
-Hospital Volunteer
-3rd Place in Ohio American Legion Oratorical contest
-Boys State
-Part time job making pizza</p>
<p>-Recs. should be amazing
-common app essays are good and well-written... but not exceptionally unique
-Why NU is pretty good</p>
<p>Are you kidding me? 35ACT?!</p>
<p>~80% chance at least. Apply to some Ivy Leagues, and maybe UC also.</p>
<p>I'm not really the biggest fan of the ivy league ... Obviously, I'd go to HYP if admitted, but I'd rather go to Northwestern rather than Cornell of Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Also ... I was worried about my lack of SAT IIs</p>
<p>You've got a great shot.
My could preferred NU to Cornell and Dartmouth too (and Penn, Duke, Wash U, etc).
Good luck!</p>
<p>I can identify with you there, Ohioguy. Why spend the time applying to all those ivy league schools if you'd rather go to a less selective school. You obviously have a great chance of getting into NU, and even though you'd likely be competitive for some ivy league schools, it makes no sense if you're not interested.</p>
<p>Also, I don't think you have to be worried about missing SATIIs. I think your ACT score shows that you're not just getting good grades in an easy school.</p>
<p>your noncompetitive school might hurt you a little but your ACT offsets that its just because the student body is weak. you have a great shot, id say 90% if ur applying ED, 75% regular. hope to see you there! (chance me back if you have time)</p>
<p>you have a good chance, your stats are great</p>