RD WCAS Chance

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Hey guys, thanks for the chance!
I want to major in Chem and Comp Sci.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.75/5.0 W, 3.6/4.0 UW
Rank: 120/ 838 (~14%) Pretty good public school(TX)
(Sends people to top20 schools often)</p>

<p>ACT: 34(35 E, 34 M, 33, R, 33 S, 8 W, 31 E/W)
SAT IIs: 800 Bio-M, 780 Chem, 740 Math-2
AP Tests & Classes:
World History - 4
Comp. Sci A- 4
Biology - 5
Psychology - 5
US History - 4
English Lang. Comp - 5
Chemistry - 4</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes:
AP English Lit
Independent study mentorship
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C
AP Macroeconomics
AP US Gov.
Orchestra
AP Stats</p>

<p>Extra currics:
-Started iPhone game company(1 game on App Store, 2 works-in-progress) with 2 "employees"(they're friends who know how to program, art, etc.)
-School String and Full Orchestra(audition required). Our Full Orchestra won the state honor competition, so we're the best in the state.
-Played Violin for 7 years
-Volunteering(IDK how many hours, probably around 70)
-Clubs(no leadership positions)
Mu Alpha Theta
NHS
SNHS
Comp Sci Club
Donator's Org. (volunteering club)</p>

<p>Awards(Nothing Special):
School Science Fair -3rd Place, District Science Fair- 2nd Place
Semi-Finalist in Ayn Rand Institute's Anthem Essay contest
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Minor Violin awards</p>

<p>Both my essays were pretty good(Why NU? was awesome)
Recs I think were good(AP Chem teacher and Alg2/AP Stats teacher)
I have a distant relative that teaches at Northwestern, idk if that helps.</p>

<p>Thanks again! NU is my first choice by far!</p>

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<p>zancew posts:</p>

<h2>“Both my essays were pretty good(Why NU? was awesome)”</h2>

<p>If your essays are received with the same enthusiasm and appreciation with which they were submitted, then in my opinion you have a solid chance of admission and would rate you a high match - with little better grades you might be considered a match.</p>

<p>Unfortunately (and is the reason why anyone with half way decent stats should always apply to all schools in which they have interest), admissions offices at the elite schools are inundated with qualified applicants (this year will no doubt set new records for applications to Northwestern and the admissions rate will likely drop to maybe ~20%) so they utilize subjectve criteria in order to distinquish applicants. This means you cannot know for certain and will have to sweat out the decision at least to some degree just like everyone else :)</p>