My Chances of getting into Northwestern in Evanston IL?

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Hi I just was just wondering if someone could tell me how likely I am to get into Northwestern? It would really help me out a lot since I have been really stressed out about it lately. Thanks guys!

High School Type: Public
Location: Illinois
Race/Gender: White Female
Prospective Major: Computer Science

Unweighted GPA: 3.5 (About to be 3.6 after the mid year reports)
Weighted GPA: 4.74 (Should be about 4.94 after mid year reports)
Class Rank: Top 10% (should be in top 5% after mid year reports)
Class Size: 1111

SAT: n/a
ACT: 27 Composite (English 29, Reading 27, Math 26, Science 25)
Courses: Nearly all Honors or AP for all four years
AP’s: AP Environmental Science (Sophomore) = 3, AP US History (Sophomore) = 3, AP Psychology (Junior) = 5, AP Microeconomics (Junior) = 4, AP Human Geography (Junior) = 4, AP English Language (Junior) = 3, AP Chemistry (Junior){Double period and both periods count as AP classes} = 2,
Senior Courses: AP Physics 1, R Guitar 1 (mandatory music credit), AP English Literature, H Anatomy, AP Macroeconomics, H PreCalculus, H Computer Programming

Extracurriculars:
*I have been taking taekwondo for more than ten years and have been instructing for about six of those years. I am now a third degree black belt. I train for about 10-15 hours every week.
*I helped establish and have participated in my schools film club for 2 years
*I did science fair for two years

Work Experience:
*I have had a job for two years (since 16) at GameStop and work about 20-30 hours every week

Awards:
*AP Scholar award
*AP Scholar with Honor award
*Countless Trophies from years of taekwondo tournaments
*Honoral awards for every year of school
*Certificates of achievement in taekwondo as both a student and a teacher

Volunteer Work:
*Volunteered at my old middle school for a bit.
*Was a judge at several taekwondo tournaments.

Hooks:
*I am extremely compelled to take vigorous courses as one can see from my junior year of six AP classes.
*Brother goes to University of Chicago and is pre-med
*Lost my house to a fire my freshman year and wrote about it for my common app

*Interview = In the process of getting one.
*Letters of recommendation = Both coming from teachers who I was very close to last year so 7-10/10
*Essay = I’d say at least a 7 or 8/10
*Did both FAFSA and CSS.

Thanks guys!

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Reach. Stats are on the low side + competitive major. Your brother going to Chicago isn’t really a hook. And many applicants to Northwestern have taken six AP classes in their junior year. Losing your home and your taekwondo experience are interesting aspects that will help you.

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I would say your two weaknesses are your test scores and extracurricular activities. However you can change that by getting more involved with something of high quality not quantity and by practicing for the SAT preferably. Please chance me here
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1735861-wake-forest-and-davidson-plus-more.html#latest

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High-reach. 27 ACT would put you in the bottom 10% of the incoming class, and those that are accepted with sub-30 ACT have some sort of HUGE hook and most likely a close to 4.0 GPA. Regular decision is 10x harder at NU as well.

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Hi!
I thought I may be able to help.
I was accepted to Northwestern (Evanston) this past December to the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. I applied ED, which probably obviously factored into my decision, but regardless here are my stats that got me accepted:
-Caucasian female
-I only submitted my ACT: 32 composite (-English:33; Math:27; Reading: 34; Science:32)
-Weighted GPA: 4.29
-Class rank: 9
-Involved in Key Club(VP), National Honor Society(Parliamentarian), Varsity volleyball (3 years), Environmental Club, Book Club(President), and Cultural Awareness and Race Equality Club(President)
-I had around 700 volunteer hours but I dont think NU knew that because they didn’t ask? Maybe the school records showed it, I’m not sure
-My essay was about how my little brother with Down syndrome has opened my eyes to happiness. I really think they saw that it was genuine so maybe that helped. I’m sure yours is genuine too.
-5 AP classes this year and took honors and AP classes whenever possible all throughout high school (maybe 10-11 in all)
-Glowing letters of Recommendation (one made me cry it was so sweet haha)
-My counselor wrote a letter about me on the Common App (Counselors are asked if they know the student applying and if they’d like to write something about them)
-Had one job for about 10 months
-Playing guitar for 8 years
-Awards: Junior Wall of Fame Award, Most Volunteer Hours for Key Club, Scholar Athlete Award (3 years)

Honestly, your GPA is stunning but your ACT is very low. I’m sure you still have a shot because everything else is stellar! Unfortunately, (and I wish it wasn’t this way) but I believe colleges weigh heavily on the ACT and SAT. But don’t worry too too much. For example, I know people who have gotten into Cornell and UChicago but not NU. Or have gotten into NU but not a school with a higher acceptance rate. Colleges work in weird ways and a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE thing for NU is who you are as a person.
That sounds all cheesy and whatever but I promise it’s true. If you were genuine in your essay and supplements and are someone of great character, you have a good shot regardless of your ACT score.
Good luck! Hope to see you on campus next year:)