music major!!

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<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what NW tends to like for music majors: </p>

<p><em>GPA: 4.07 weighted (going to rise)
3.77 unweighted (same)
Rank: 35/317
*SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
*</em><em>retaking if ACT scores are bad</em>*
*ACT: Took it June 10th--get results in 5 days</p>

<p>9th grade:</p>

<p>English...B+
Honors Civic/Amer. Hist...B
Honors Earth Sci...A-
Algebra I (no honors offered)...A
P.E....B (yeah...i don't do athletics)
Honors Spanish 2...A
Intro Art 2d...B+
Intro Art 3d...B+
Men's Chorus...A
gpa: 3.640 (uw)/3.876(w)</p>

<p>10th grade:</p>

<p>English..A
International Studies..A
Honors Biology..A
Geometry..A-
Contract PE...A
Wellness (health)...A-
Honors Spanish 3...A
Advanced Chorus...A
gpa: 3.793 (uw)/3.998 (w)</p>

<p>11th grade:</p>

<p>Honors English...A-
American Studies..A-
Honors Chemistry...A-
A.P. Environmental Science..A-
Honors Algebra 2...B+ (hardest class i've ever taken)
Honors SPanish 4..A
Advanced Chorus..A
gpa: 3.77 (uw)/4.07 (w)</p>

<p>12th grade schedule:</p>

<p>Honors Speech and Composition (no AP english .. cancelled)
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A.P. Government and Politics
Honors Physics
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Honors trigonometry/college algebra
Honors Spanish 5
Advanced Chorus
Jazz Chorus
Microsoft OFfice (manditory)
gym (manditory)
A.P. Human Geography (online)
A.P. Music Theory (online)
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<p>Extracurriculars/interesting facts:
<em>People to people student ambassador program (summer of 2002)
<Group to help promote global peace
GLSEN
<</em><em>only high school male board member in pittsburgh</em>
<People involved teach educators about diversity and how to institute diversity-accepting programs in elementary/middle/high schools!
<em>junior mendelssohn choir
<EXTREMELY select pittsburgh choir (like ivy league choir i suppose lol)
*voice lessons
<Mostly in chorus, but for the past 2.5 years, outside of school privately.
*piano lessons
<I have taken for the past 11.5 years, since age 6, with numerous teachers (including a prof. @ CMU)
*cantoring for my rabbi
<Volunteer time; Sung for high holidays in place of rabbi for many songs (in hebrew)
*jazz choir
<Most select choir--Only 10-12 kids out of 100 make it (who auditioned)
<</em>*Performed at PNC Park in Pgh, Pittsburgh's baseball stadium.
*chamber choir
<Audition only choir--3 years.
*I am part of the Social Action Committee at my temple
<plans/puts together blood drives by red cross, meels on wheels, etc.
*Played piano for high school orchestra in 9th grade
*Classical Singer competition
<Philadelphia, prestigious competition in front of many colleges.
*National Honors Society
<1st year in Senior Year...only offered.
*Played piano/sung in numerous nursing homes for the past several years.
*Played piano @ pilgrimages @ many churches for the holidays.
*Multicultural talent show (high school)
*High School Talent Show (high school)
*Temple youth group!
*Internship with the Pittsburgh Opera/apprenticeship (12th grade)</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>I'm a voice major here and to tell the truth I really think it's a pretty balanced thing between your audition and your academics. They need people who are able to pass classes offered at NU, but who can sing!! Looks like you're doing pretty well academically and have a lot of musical experience, so get working on your audition pieces and you've probably got a great shot. If you have any questions on the program, feel free to ask!</p>

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<p>thank you for the advice kmac14!!...so, you honestly think I don't need to retake the SAT's at all? I am honestly disappointed in how i did, but, hopefully if i take the subject tests, it'll be better ^. what do you think?</p>

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<p>No matter which college or program you're interested in, NU admissions are competitive. I'd do everything possible to bring up those SAT scores if I were you. That's not saying you can't get in with those scores, but if you really want to be admitted, you'd better cover as many bases as possible, as thoroughly as possible.</p>

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<p>i agree....you should try to do whatever you can to make them want you....if you've got great grades and can sing too, it'll be hard for them to turn you down</p>

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<p>I've taken SAT's 2x, ACT 1x, ap's once, i've had toomany standardized tests...i can't handle it n e more...i want to retake SAT's, but they kill me...i panick and can never (or usually not) do well on them...and have no way of "begging" colleges to let me in haha.</p>

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<p>have you gotten the act score back yet? having both will probably help you out....and like i said, if you wow them at the audition, they're more likely to let you in if your scores aren't amazing</p>

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<p>I screwed up the aCT as well...25</p>

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<p>Well...I really don't know what all the voice major's academics are...but like I said before, retake it as much as you can to improve it...</p>

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<p>mah. rejected.</p>

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<p>your test scores are really going to hurt you, the average SAT score at the music school is lower than the rest of northwestern... but not much lower. i can confirm if you need but i believe it's about a 1370.</p>

<p>you're also out of the top 10% which is also not going to help you, you seem to be a great singer though, if you are really stellar, you still could get in.</p>

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<p>^^he already applied elsijfdl. so determined to give advice, you dont realize that this thread is from over a year ago!</p>

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