Maybe you guys will be a bit more helpful with chancing me? Please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
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<p>I am a rising senior at one of the best and most rigorous public schools in the nation (J. R. Masterman in Philadelphia). I want to major in psychology and do behavioral and psychological research as a career.</p>

<p>So far my unweighted GPA is a 3.6, but my school weights it to a 3.94 because of my rigorous courses.</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Honors Bio A
Honors English A
Honors Geometry B
Honors Spanish 2 A
Honors World History A</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Honors African American History A
Honors English A
Honors Chem B
Honors Algebra 2 B
Honors Spanish 3 A</p>

<p>Junior year:
AP United States History A
Honors Physics B
Honors PreCalculus C
Honors English A
Honors Spanish 4 A</p>

<p>In senior year I will be taking AP English Lit, AP Gov, AP Spanish, Honors Drama and Honors Calculus.</p>

<p>My extra curriculars are:
○ Boys Cross Country Manager (Fall 2010, 2011)
○ Running Club (Winter 2008-09)
○ Girls Junior Varsity Soccer (Spring 2009, 2010, 2011)
○ buildOn- Service Leader (2009-Present) (This is a community service organization that I am very active in)
○ Stage Crew for the school’s production of “Seussical” (Winter 2009-10)
○ Actor in the school’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” (Winter 2010-11)
○ Spanish National Honor Society - President (2010-Present)
○ Blood Drive Committee (2010-Present)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
○ Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Each summer I took a three week long college level course while living on Franklin and Marshall’s college campus in Lancaster, PA:
2007- Logic: Principles of Reasoning
2008- Philosophy of the Mind
2009- Cognitive Psychology
2010- Etymologies</p>

<p>○ Accelerated College Experience (ACE) Program at Community College of Philadelphia
A four and a half week psychology course (2011).</p>

<p>○ Working for David Marshall & Co. (Summer of 2010)
Archived old documents and gave general assistance to my bosses.</p>

<p>Awards:
○ Johns Hopkins Talent Search; Scored higher than the average college-bound senior on the ACT as a seventh grader (2007).
○ Honorable Mention on the National Spanish Exam (2010).</p>

<p>Other:
○Student Affiliate Member of the APA
○26 on first ACT composite (still waiting for results of the second one), 1880 total on first SAT, but I am taking them again in October after a two week prep course in the late summer.
○My essay is about how I found a love for psych and experimentation in a psych class when I wanted to test a theory by tricking the teacher by experimentation. Totally goes with the theme of experiential learning (by accident).
○I plan to apply early.</p>

<p>Sorry this is long. What are my chances of getting into Northeastern University?</p>

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<p>edit//
ACTs are in, got a 28 this time.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/pdfs/alumni/AAP_AdmissionsPP-2.pdf[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/pdfs/alumni/AAP_AdmissionsPP-2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This was for 2010, it went up for 2011 and will go up for you in 2012</p>