Northwestern (Weinberg)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(White) currently a junior at a Catholic high school in Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Grades: 4.0 scale (An A in an AP class is a 4.3)
Freshman- Somewhere around a 3.9 (B first semester in math) - All honors classes
Sophomore- 4.0 - All honors
Junior (so far)- 4.1 - 4.2 (Don't have exact calculation from office) - 3 APs (Lang, Chem, Euro), the rest are honors</p>

<p>I'll be taking 6 APs next year (Lit, Physics, Macro, Calc, Comp Sci, psych offered my local college)</p>

<p>SAT: 1970 (most likely will not be submitting)</p>

<p>Not thrilled with this score. Took it again last week and felt pretty confident. Probably increased by at least 100.</p>

<p>ACT: 33 Composite</p>

<p>Only took it once. Pretty happy with this score. I didn't do relatively well on science (28) compared to the rest, but I'm confident that if I improve that and my essay (8) I can at least increase my composite to a 34.</p>

<p>Class Rank: 16/296 (~5%) Was 21 at the end of last year, if I keep up my grades I should be able to move up one or two more spots.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

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<li>DECA (school just started club this year): 4th place in district competition in Principles of Finance event, advanced to state competition where I placed 3rd in my event, and in doing so have advanced to (and will participate in) the international level of competition (ICDC) being held in Atlanta. I'm also going to run (and confident in being elected) for a leadership position within my school's chapter next year.</li>
<li>4 years running cross country</li>
<li>NHS (11,12) - tutoring,etc. </li>
<li>Community Service Club homeroom rep (4 year member, 3 year rep)</li>
<li>Volunteer every Monday (~1.5 hours) teaching CCD (religious education)</li>
<li>Ambassadors club</li>
<li>Last year, advanced to county science fair (1st place) and then district science fair.</li>
<li>2 Years reading olympics (club just started this year)</li>
<li>Went to business camp last summer</li>
<li>Work 15-20 hours/month</li>
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<p>That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Thanks for any feedback!</p>

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<p>NWU Weinberg: Reach</p>

<p>Do you have a non-reach planned for?</p>

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<p>Yea, there’s a bunch of other school I’ll be applying to that are good schools (Penn State, Pitt, Michigan, NYU etc) that I don’ think I’ll have as much trouble getting into. So yes, this is one of my “reach schools.”</p>

<p>Can you tell me what you think makes it a reach and if there’s anything obvious I can do to improve my application? Thanks</p>

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<p>With all due respect - no one who knows anything about NU calls it “NWU.” Ever. So that tells you all you need to know about the usefulness of “chance threads.” </p>

<p>And any top 20 school is a reach for everyone. The. End. </p>