<p>I got 2 B’s on my transcript this year (sophomore) They are in AP Chem and Honors Latin 2. In the future I am really interested in attending Northwestern University undergrad or the HPME program (7 year direct med). I know it is competitive, what are my chances of getting in: </p>
<p>I am accelerated 2 years in math, taking AP Calc, and a year accelerated in science, taking AP Chemistry. </p>
<p>My highschool is very large and competitive. I am probably in the top 10% of my class, maybe even top 5%. There are over 600 students. </p>
<p>I am of Asian nationality
-president of National Junior Honors Society
-qualified to national debate tournaments this year
-president and founder of my school’s Red Cross Club
-work with the national red cross with over 100 hours
-nationally recognized in painting and drawing
-President of student council
-JV field hockey head captain
-Key club, JCL, and have won multiple awards in Model UN.
-1st place awards in regional and national science fairs.
publishing a medical paper on reverting blindness,working at the University of pitt lab
-cancer biology research at U pitt and Cancer bioinformatics at UPMC
UPMC hospital volunteer
Behavioral Science Apprenticeship
-lot of volunteer hours especially in STEM areas
-indian classical dance </p>
<p>If I get about a 2300 SAT with 800/780 Sat 2 subject Math and Chem with straight As the next 2 years. I will take 6 APs next year. Do I have a good chance?</p>
<p>Can I say, for everything that is holy, alls y’alls are super super qualified. Like, do-you-have-a-social-life qualified (I’m joking, but seriously, make sure you have time for your friends and family). Nobody on CC knows how or why they pick the people they do for NU HPME. There is literally no way to tell. You stand a really good chance on paper, but it will be up to your essays in the end. For real. THE ESSAYS ARE SO IMPORTANT. I am absolutely sure you’ll get an application if you test with those stats, but don’t sweat it. I did not have perfect scores and, in fact, had to retake my Chem Subject Test because my first score wasn’t high enough for HPME (I’d say anything above a 750 is quite safe, but then again, I am not the admissions team!).</p>
I was just wondering if for the HPME form, do I just submit a request or do I also send in my official score reports to Northwestern University? Thanks!
Does getting an application mean you are academically strong enough to do the program and that the committee will therefore not worry too much about your stats the second time? Or do they still scrutinize numbers and reconsider your academic strengths (GPA, Scores…) again after you apply?
Also, does applying HPME affect the overall chances of getting into Northwestern?
Hi I’m so sorry to be bumping an old thread again but I haven’t received any word from HPME yet about an interview., and I saw that some ppl in past years would have gotten their interview offers by this time of the year already, so I’m wondering if I still have a chance…
Also, if you don’t end up with an interview offer, are you notified?
@luciagrande I received my interview invite mid to late February last year. If you haven’t received any word, it just means that they haven’t begun to or are in the process of reviewing your application. You will get an e-mail about their decision regardless of whether you end up of with an interview or not. Don’t worry though–they should be sending out notifications throughout February. Good luck!
I’ll be on the lookout for anything from nw, then.