Should I apply Early Decision to Northeastern?

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I am from the Boston area, and have lived here my entire life. When I visited Northeastern I fell in love with it, along with its phenomenal co-op program. I have visited several other schools and have pretty much decided if I get an acceptance letter from Northeastern I would go there. My family is able to afford it to a good extent, letting me graduate with some loans but nothing excruciating. My question is this, would applying Early Decision really boost my chances at admission? I am not interested in the “NU in” program and would like to be accepted to the business school. I am worried as I know NEU is rising in the ranks lately, and becoming more competitive. Would Early Decision help me out? My stats are below.

I am currently a junior, with a 3.5 UW GPA, which is about 4.00 Weighted. I have taken all honors classes and AP classes, which is one of the most rigorous schedules at my school. I am taking the SAT in June, hoping to get my score up to the 2050-2100 range. Currently I sit at a 1930, took it once, got 750M, 630CR, 550W. I didn’t study at all for writing prior to taking it, and on all recent tests have been getting approximately 650 on writing as well as 650-690 on CR. I have pretty good extracurriculars as well, including several leadership positions in clubs.

Thanks!

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If there’s no other school you would consider over it that you’re applying to, that’s exactly what ED is for. It sounds like you should go for it!

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If it really is your absolute top choice, I see no reason not to apply ED. But don’t do it with big hopes of boosting your chances. In general, ED doesn’t give you a bump, and this past year (the first with ED at Northeastern), it didn’t seem like there was a gap in stats between ED and others. Also keep in mind that northeastern usually defers a lot of early applicants to regular decision (because they don’t know what the overall pool will look like). Just some things to think about! You’ve got plenty of time to decide.

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@nanotechnology would you say there is a certain “weak point” in my application? The 550 on writing is a huge anomaly and I am very confident I will score 650 or above. Also math curve was brutal and 1 question wrong was -50 lol.