My chances for Northwestern ED? Any advice is greatly appreciated :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! I am an incoming high school senior (will graduate 2011). I am cuban & puerto rican. After having visited NU, I am almost sure that I will apply ED. I plan to go into engineering. I am not looking for an ego-boast here, I just want to know if it seems like I'm wasting my time with NU. Any type of recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much guys :) </p>

<p>Oh, and I'm a girl :D</p>

<p>-GRADES</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Algebra HH- C
Bio H- B
Filmmaking H- B
Global Studies H- B
Spanish H- B
World Lit HH- B</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Alg 2 HH- A
Chem R- A
English 10 HH- B
Geom HH- A
Spanish HH- B
US History AP- A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
English 11 HH- B
Finance R- A
Physics H- A
PreCalc H- A
Spanish AP- A
US History AP- B</p>

<p>Senior Year: (No grades yet, haven't started =] )
World History AP-<br>
Physics AP-
English 12 AP-<br>
Calc H-
Engineering HH-
Robotics R-</p>

<p>-Current GPA: 4.1 out of 5.0</p>

<p>-SAT: 2050</p>

<p>Reading- 690
Writing- 710
Math- 650 </p>

<p>Literature Subject Test- 700
* I will take the Math 1 test and Physics test
* I plan to retake the SAT reasoning test once more</p>

<p>Leadership/ Extra Curriculars:</p>

<p>-President of Spanish Club
-President of DECA (Business & Marketing Club)
-President of Ray Festa Melanoma Foundation (We educate students and the community about melanoma and the importance of sun-safefty. We hold a free skin cancer screening at our school, as well as smaller events)
-Treasurer of Student Coalition (student gov)
-Treasurer of Robotics Team
-Captain of JV Lacrosse Team</p>

<p>-Member of Key Club
-Member of MU Alpha Theta (Math honor society)
-Member of Spanish Honor Society
-Member of National Honor Society
-Played Field Hockey for 4 years (goalie)
-Played Lacrosse for 3 years (so far!)</p>

<p>I know my grades aren't that great, but they are on an upwards climb. I am fairly confident that my senior year grades will be similar to my junior year. Also, i am wondering if my chances are at all affected considering that I am a hispanic female going into engineering? I also really liked Brown and Lehigh. Anyway, thank you for any advice/response!</p>

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<p>You could try the ACT, since a lot of people that go to Northwestern use it, plus, for some reason, it’s apparently easier.</p>

<p>Oh, and if your subject tests are not great, don’t worry, I have several friends that got in without them.</p>

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<p>thanks rocky. the bit about the subject tests is particularly reassuring- i’m stressing out about the physics test!</p>

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<p>U should definitely try the ACT. Yeah your loaded with leadership which is great :slight_smile: But does Northwestern consider freshman year?</p>

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<p>Hmm i’m not sure about that, I think I’ll email them with that question. Hopefully they don’t, but I guess it shows some improvement</p>

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<p>Though, your literature subject is pretty good, as it is a very hard test, so I guess you could just send them what’s good. They recommend 3, but I doubt they would say “3 or nothing”.</p>

<p>Welcome.</p>

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<p>It looks to me like you screwed up your freshman year… Same here. The upwards trend will look good. And the As in Math classes after the C in Algebra 1 will probably make up for it.</p>

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<p>yeah freshman year really killed me. its one of the few things I regret about school :(</p>