Transfer Northwestern?

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<p>Hi, I'm currently a freshman at OSU and I came in with 39 credits, and I just did 18 credits this semester and still landed a 4.0. I'm gonna take 17 next semester so I'll have 74 done by the end of my freshman year (would this make me a junior transfer?) My high school gpa was a 3.8, but my ACT is low (30). As for ec's go, I was selected to be in NSLI-Y, which is a government-funded organization that promotes critical languages, and I stayed with a host family in Deyang, Sichuan, China for 7 weeks and studied Chinese in a local school. I also took Chinese courses at Hunter College as part of the Startalk program and got A's. Anyways, should I bother applying to Northwestern? Or would it just be too high of a reach?</p>

<p>Tl;dr:
-3.8 hs gpa (took AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP Psych, AP Government & Politics and got mostly 5's w/ some 4's)
-ACT 30-->will retake lol
-4.0 College gpa (with 18 credits)
-57 credits completed, will have 74 done by end of spring (but I'm a first year, so only 1 semester of college grades available, besides my Hunter College transcript with Chinese courses).
-Ec's: Lived in Sichuan, China with a host family to study Mandarin Chinese for almost 2 months, some volunteer work over there as well. I also taught ESL classes and designed lesson plans at my local library.</p>

<p>If u need any more info, don't hesitate to ask!!! </p>

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<p>If you’re a transfer student, you need to be at Northwestern for a minimum of six quarters (two standard academic years), so you could theoretically be a junior. </p>

<p><a href=“Undergraduate Registration Requirement: Office of the Registrar - Northwestern University”>http://www.registrar.northwestern.edu/graduation/undergraduate-registration-requirement.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>NU is slightly stingy about using high school APs for credit though. Talk to someone at the registrar’s office to get a definite answer.</p>

<p>As for your chances, I really don’t know because I’m not an admissions councilor. However, I’d say give it a shot if paying the application fee isn’t too big of an issue.</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>