PLEASE CHANCE ME FOR NORTHWESTERN HPME AND ALSO JUST RD. and maybe a few others?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I really wanna go to nu, so i wanted to apply binding ed. but bc of financial aid i think ill just go with regular sooo bc of that i wanna also apply for hpme! could ppl give me an accurate as possible perception of whether or not i can make nu rd or hpme? preferrably if you are in hpme or know ppl that are but anyone please!</p>

<p>act:35
writing:10 (got those scores twice)
sat 2 bio: 760
sat 2 chem: 780
sat 2 math 2: 800
unweighted gpa: 3.913
weighted gpa: 4.380
already taken ap classes: ap bio, ap chem, ap lang, ap stats
ive gotten 5's on all those 4 ap tests
ap classes taking this year: ap lit, ap physics b, ap calc bc, ap spanish v, ap macro
school clubs:
student council class rep (soph, junior, senior)
first class leader (soph, junior, senior)
NHS (junior, senior)
math team (soph, junior, senior) AWARDS: 9th individual soph year for geometry, 2nd team soph year, 4th team junior year
volleyball (fresh)
xc (junior)
track (fresh, soph, junior)
jazz strings (junior, senior)
solo and ensemble (fresh)
out of school/volunteering work:
hospital work about 110 hours
church worship team as singer fresh and soph year
2 mission trips with church for 4 days to nebraska and michigan
IMEA all-state and district (youth orchestra kinda for school)
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (fresh and soph- concert orchestra i was concertmaster in sophomore year; junior and senior year- symphony orchestra)
past summer i volunteered at a research lab connected to the boston children's hospital helping out with my mentor who was trying to publish a paper about specialized neutrophil killing mechanisms: about 330 hours</p>

<p>if i've left off any important info please let me know and ill tell you!
thanks so much! please just give me an accurate estimation of whether i can get in rd, or get the hpme app/interview? its okay if your harsh i just need a good idea please!</p>

<p>how bout chances for any of the following? i'm majoring for biomedical engineering so does the fact that i'm not doing ap physics c hurt?
other colleges: princeton, brown, uchicago, duke, washington university st. louis, michigan ann arbor, dartmouth, case western, rice, tufts?</p>

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<p>Considering that HPME accepts a very very very few number per year and has a crazy low acceptance rate (it’s much much harder than Harvard to get into), I would say that, like many others, your chances are a very high reach. </p>

<p>RD Northwestern should be a low reach/high match for you.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>NWU: Reach (both HPME and regular)
Princeton: Reach
Brown: Reach
Dartmouth: Reach
U Chicago: Reach (pay attention to the essay prompts)
WUSTL: Reach
Duke Pratt: Reach
Rice: High match
Tufts: High match
Case Western: Safety
UMI: Match</p>

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<p>NWU HPME: high reach
NWU RD: low reach / high match
Princeton: high reach
Brown: high reach
Dartmouth: high reach
UChicago: high reach
WUSTL: low reach
Duke Pratt: low reach
Tufts: low reach / high match
Rice: high match
UMich: mid match
Case Western: safety</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>so since you would say that brown, princeton, dartmouth, uchicago and a few others are pretty high reaches, do you think it is even reasonable to apply to them? just in case by some 3% chance that i do get in? or do you think i would probs not get any money, or drop out in the end bc its too challenging? my parents said they were willing to pay the app fees and sending score fees, but i’m still not sure bc i guess theres not that huge of a chance of getting into any of them right?
also, for my internship at the boston hospital research lab, do you think it’s worth getting a rec for? it wouldnt be very personal but then colleges would see what i did there and my commitment?</p>

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<p>They’re still worth applying…</p>

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<p>wouldnt it be a waste of money bc i have such a tiny chance of getting in?
also, how are my chances for WUSTL’s straight med program and case western’s as well?</p>

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<p>oh and for emory/georgia tech its like a dual degree so like 5 years at emory probs in biology then 2 years at georgia tech doing bme? but if i wanna be a doctor should i not do that?</p>