Northwestern, NYU, Boston U...What are my Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I've decided to take my questions to the forum:</p>

<p>I'm male, Iranian, and I attend a private catholic school in Oklahoma</p>

<p>-SAT: CR - 610/Math - 640/ Writing - 570 (1840 composite)[These re awful I know. This was at the beginning of Junior Year, I think it will go up dramatically on the Oct. 10th test]
-Unweighted GPA/Rank: 3.6 25%
-Weighted GPA/Rank: 4.0 19%
-AP scores: World Hist - 3 US Hit - 5 Lang/Comp - 3</p>

<p>Basically i'm an A/B student and i've gotten A's in all my sciences.</p>

<p>This year i'm taking:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
Precalculus (The reason i'm not in calculus is a long story)
AP English Language
Latin 2 ( I took French 1/2 and switched Junior year)
Personal Finance (Required Course for graduation)
AP Gov/Politics</p>

<p>ECs
Student Council (Homeroom Rep all four years)
-Vice President Senior Year
Debate (Since sophomore year)
-Regional and District Qualifier
Member of NHS (Since sophomore year)
Soccer (3 Years Junior Varsity, 1 Year Varsity) [We're one of the best teams in the state]
Academic Team (All four years)
-2nd Place State 3 years in a row
Latin and French Club
Science Club (I'm the President of the Science Club this year) </p>

<p>Service Work
I'll have 90+ hours of service work when I graduate
-This includes working in Mexico every year 27+ Hours per year to build houses
-Tutoring (free of charge of course :P) 2 hours a week at my old middle school [Around 20+ hours total
-Random service projects like helping @ Salvation Army.</p>

<p>Recs.
I think my teachers like me enough to give me amazing recs. Not too worried about this part.</p>

<p>Applying to:
NYU
Northwestern U
Boston U
Brown U (Don't LOL @ me)
Oklahoma U (Potential Scholarship Opportunity)</p>

<p>...If there is anything I missed out plz let me know.</p>

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<p>NYU Reach
Northwestern U high reach
Boston U low Match
Brown U (Don’t LOL @ me) Reachic (yeah as in chemistry lol)
Oklahoma U (Potential Scholarship Opportunity) in dont know about th escholarship though</p>

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<p>Also I’ve had a TON of work experience, both for private businesses (Farms and Ranches)
but as well as franchises (Dunkin’ Donuts)…I spent most of the summer saving money for school</p>

<p>…AND i’m realllllllllllly passionate about Northwestern, of all the universities i’ve visited, Northwestern IS my favorite.</p>

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<p>NYU and Brown may be a reach but you never know. You may write an amazing essay that impacts the admissions officers so much that they take you. They are all possible to get into. And definitely retake the SATs! I think you can get into Northwestern and Boston U.</p>

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<p>yes definitely retake the SAT it may increase your chances</p>

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<p>Ahh, thank you for all of the positive input so far! </p>

<p>…I’m also good friends with a lot of NU graduates who would be willing to give a good word to the admissions office, does this help at all?</p>

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<p>vods91 goes to NYU and says it’s harder to get into than Northwestern, even though Northwestern’s SAT average is about 100 points higher on a 1600-pt scale. That’s like saying pigs can climb trees.</p>