Rough Chances for Northwestern

[ *] ACT: 35 (36 M, 36 E, 36 S, 33, R)
[ *] SAT II: 780 M2 740 USH 720 BIO-M
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.46-WGPA (only school provided), 3.86 UW (self-calculated). 3 total b’s in transcript (school does year-long grades only)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%

[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Biology 4
Calculus AB Subscore (from the BC sitting) 5
Calculus BC 5
Chemistry 4
Computer Science A 5
Economics: Macroeconomics 4
Economics: Microeconomics 5
English Language and Composition 5
English Literature and Composition 5
European History 5
Statistics 5
U.S. Government and Politics 5
U.S. History 5

I didn’t add EC’s because no one but the admissions council can look at that intelligently. I am looking for a rough estimate of how I shape up with applicants in the ED and RD pool.

Your stats are in the ballpark. It probably will come down to your ECs, essays and LORs.
But you knew that, right?

Based only on your grades alone, rank alone, or scores alone, your chances are fairly low. As for the combination of all your stats (or several of them), “no one but the admissions council” can see them in the context of this year’s applicant pool. Have a look at your school’s Naviance data, if that is available. Or just wait 1-2 months for ED results to come in.

as in, I was wondering what NU’s 25%/75% ACT score range was. Google isn’t helping me (although I may just be incompetent in searching for it :wink:

For Northwestern, the 25th percentile ACT score is 31, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 34.
http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Northwestern-admission-requirements
Your ACT is above the 75th percentile, so if you applied ED, you have a great shot, assuming your EC’s are good.

I also got a 710 in physics sat ii, but didn’t send it. should my current 3 sat ii’s be fine?