Northwestern chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So I'm afraid my ACT is too low for northwestern, but as a rough estimate what are my chances?</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted
ACT: 27
extra-curricular: track, FIRST robotics, school musical, student government, NHS, key club</p>

<p>dont have the list of all of my classes, but i have taken all rigorous curriculum with several university partnership courses.</p>

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<p>Without posting info about your sat’s or your number of AP classes/ IB classes it is difficult to say, but based on your ACT score, you would need to be in some INCREDIBLE EC’s and to get in…</p>

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<p>^Agreed; with that ACT, you’ll have to give them a fantastic reason for them to accept you.</p>

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<p>I would encourage you to apply.</p>

<p>But you should also be realistic. NU, as one of the top 12 schools in this country, gets 30,000+ applications each year. As is the case with all top 12 schools, they turn away their share of perfect SATs, 4.0 gpa’s, and validictorian applicants… </p>

<p>The freshman class at Northwestern University has higher mid-point SAT scores than those at Brown, Dartmouth, Penn, Duke and Stanford.</p>

<p>…so you do need to offer something that sets you apart - especially with a 27 ACT (which is not in the typical range). I am not seeing anything in particular in your EC’s to set you appart but maybe you can flush this out better with your essay responses (which will also be very important)</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t like to say without any further stats, but your ACT is low.</p>

<p>Chance me?
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