Alright I’ll give it to you straight, it’s a reach. I don’t need to be told that. What can I do to give myself the best opportunity of admission. Northeastern is my dream school. I loved everything about it. Here are my stats:
-GPA: 3.93/3.87(my school didn’t offer APs until junior year so after this year I’ll update what my new weighted GPA is.)
-SAT 1300(taken once, reading was 680, math was 620. Taking again on May 5th and I’ve gone hard on math. Hopefully can superscore up to 1350+ish.)
-Varsity XC(Captain), Varsity Swimming, Varsity T&F
-President of School DECA Chapter
-Model UN
-Own and operate a lawn care business(15ish lawns, 20 hours a week.)
-Working on Pilot’s license
-Youth Group Core Team(Leadership position in church)
-100+ volunteer hours
-Dad died 10 years ago
-Certified Open Watee Diver.
-When I apply will have 3 honors and 4 APs on the books
-Studied guitar since I was 9
My test scores are weak, but is this salvageable? I’m the busiest person I know, and I’m doing everything in my power to set myself up for admission into Northeastern for business or economics.
Thanks!
Forgot to mention, my GPA
Freshman year: 3.6
Sophomore year: 3.9
Junior year: 4.3ish (pending)
Also forgot to ask, if northeastern isn’t a possibility, what schools offer coop programs similar to what they do?
The upward GPA trend should help but the SAT score will make it rough. I’d recommend trying the ACT if you haven’t as some do significantly better on one than the other. It sucks that one test means so much but the effort can really pay off.
For other schools with co-op or similar offerings of more experience and practically based programs (and some more practical business programs, check out Drexel and U of Cincinnati for co-op and Babson and Bentley for business.