<p>Please chance me! </p>
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<p>I am an international student from China. citizenship of china</p>
<p>i got 2030(c680/m740/w610) in sat 1 in nov 2007, and i am taking another one in Dec this year. Hopefully get about 2200( c700 m800 w700)</p>
<p>I took sat2 this june and got
740bio
780 physics
800math2</p>
<p>I took toefl in oct pobrably 106(retake it in dec)</p>
<p>my gpa is 4.14/4,30 </p>
<p>i have poor ecs...
city year young hero program( team leader)
science festival volunteer
hospital volunteer
school tennis team
basketball team
basketball club
running metals in school meeting in china
prom commitee
tutor program</p>
<p>senior now
i came to America for high school in jan this year.</p>
<p>senior courses: ap bio, ap calculus, anthropology, english 12, expository writing, american history</p>
<p>i came here in january 2008. i can not take ap gov or ap american history this year because i needed to take american history before.
and my school offered only ap cal, ap bio, ap gov, ap American history, ap lit, ap Eng, ap spanish and as french
can it be an reason for my week courses?</p>
<p>Not applying to finacial aid or scholarship</p>
<p>Please rate me !</p>
<p>"my gpa is 4.14/4,30 "</p>
<p>why are there two gpa's with different decimals? if one's unweighted, then it cannot be above 4.0 (since there are no weights with it)</p>
<p>my school uses 4 for A and 4.3 for A+ in regular and honor classes
and 5 and 5.3 in ap classes.
since i did not have any ap classes in junior year because i came in the middle of the year the school did not allow me to take aps
my grades are A+,A+,A+,A+,A,A-</p>
<p>plus i am first generation for college
does it help?</p>
<p>^ ok, that GPA makes more sense</p>
<p>first generation does help</p>
<p>your SAT IIs are good, but your SAT I is a little low; if it goes up i december, then I'll think you'll have good shot (as good as anyone else.. maybe better since you're an international student)</p>
<p>thx
could you estimate the acceptance with my higher satI?</p>
<p>T.T i heard that i will have lower chance because so many chinese are applying.</p>
<p>It is difficult to estimate your chances for admission to Northwestern University without knowing to which of the six schools you are applying & "Why Northwestern?"</p>
<p>I am applying to A&S~</p>
<p>that is the easiest of them to get into, so that's a plus for you</p>
<p>here's NU's middle 50% range for SAT I:</p>
<p>SAT Critical Reading --- 670 - 750
SAT Math --- 680 - 770
SAT Writing --- 660 - 750</p>
<p>so overall middle 50% is 2010 to 2270</p>
<p>if you can get about a 2140 (which is right in the middle of this range) or higher, then I'd say NU would be a match statistically for you.. then if you nail your essay (why NU?), then I think you can have a pretty good shot</p>
<p>have you tried taking the ACT? i personally am better at the ACT, so i encourage you to take it and see for yourself... middle 50% for the ACT is 30 to 34</p>
<p>hope that helps a little</p>
<p>Thx for your comment.
I am wondering if they superscore my SATs?
and do they consider the writing section important?
Is it a score-oriented school?
I am afraid that I do not have enough time and energy to prepare for the Act.</p>
<p>A lot of questions...Thx a ton!</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure nearly all colleges superscore the SAT (including northwestern).. i mean, harvard, princeton, and yale superscore the SAT, so i'd assume NU does too</p>
<p>The writing section is in the stats, so I'd assume that they do consider it (although, M + CR is probably a little more important)</p>
<p>Northwestern, like any top tier school, will not be completely score oriented.. they want a well rounded student body, so other factors besides scores come to play, like essays, ECs, leadership, etc</p>
<p>they aren't as selective on all that other stuff as the Ivy's are (ECs and whatnot), but they still want to see those things on the applications.. they deny perfect scores all the time because of their lack of ECs and leadership roles, or maybe because their essays stunk</p>
<p>if you don't have enough time, then don't worry about the ACT.. just kill the next SAT</p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>Thx a lot. I really appreciate your input.</p>
<p>but my ecs are too bad and i can do nothing to make up for it.
T.T</p>
<p>since you're an international student, that'll help you a nice bit</p>
<p>also, your first generation.. that helps too</p>
<p>Thank you very much.
I am getting so nervous about this.</p>
<p>Score Update
My Dec SAT just came out.
I failed to get 2200, just 660 800 670
superscore 2150</p>
<p>Essay would be awesome
one rec will be stellar another would be fine</p>
<p>chances?Thx</p>
<p>wouldn't put prom committee on your app... But that's just me.</p>