New SAT!! Medill chances?

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<p>I asked people to chance me for Medill earlier and they said I should retake the SAT. Now that I have what are my chances?
I live in the state of Washington. I go to a pretty big school that typically has a few kids go to Ivy league type schools.</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.7 in all IB classes, Four years of spanish
SAT: 2070 (superscored)
Reading: 740
Math: 620
Writing: 710</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Basketball (2 years, junior senior)
Varsity XC ( 2 years, frosh soph)
Varsity Track (all 4 years)
Between the summer of sophomore and junior year I was in a play that my school took to the world famous Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland
Was in a select choir that went to Japan freshman year and Washington DC in 8th grade
Worked twice as a camp counselor
Worked construction one summer<br>
Leadership:
3 years in the school newspaper (copy editor junior year, editor-in-chief senior year)
Volunteering to help put on local communtity races
Served as a page twice for the State Legislature</p>

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<p>Hmm, this ones a tough call. Are you being tapped for any of the sports?</p>

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<p>No I wish. As a sophomore I ran a 2:05 half mile so maybe I could walk-on but definitely not getting recruited.</p>

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<p>Oh I'll be applying ED if that helps at all with Medill?</p>

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<p>NU seems to be pretty picky about the GPA in most cases. A 3.7 UW is a little low, so it's somewhat of a reach still, even if you apply ED. If you can bring up your GPA to a 3.8 UW for RD, you might be better off applying that round instead. Have you considered the ACT as well? You might do better and increase your chances for RD even more. Good luck! =]</p>

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<p>Thanks guys.
How do Medill applications work? Do you have to be accetped into Northwestern and then Medill? Is it possible for someone who might not get into Northwestern as a regular student make it into Medill because the powers that be at Medill want them? Would ED help for Medill?</p>

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<p>Since NU's on the Common App, applying for Medill is the same as applying for any other school; there's a dropdown list from which you choose the school you are applying to. You don't apply to Northwestern as a whole.</p>

<p>I've heard Medill is pretty hard to get into, but I do have several friends at other schools who got in there ED. I was myself a RD WCAS applicant, so I didn't have the same experience, so that's just speculation on my part.</p>