What are my chances at Northeastern

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I plan on transferring from a community college to Northeastern for fall of 2017. Before you ask, yes, my credits do transfer. There are 30 classes that transfer from my community college to Northeastern. I plan on going into the joint Computer Science and Business Administration bachelors. I am an American 19 year old white male. Here is some background:

Academics:

  1. GPA- 3.75/4.0 (weighted)
  2. Phi Theta Kappa- Honor society for those who have achieved academically in community college
  3. Classes I’ve taken that will transfer:
  • Calculus 1, Statistics, Biology, Macroeconomics, College Composition, Ethics, Web Development, History of World Religions
  1. I have not taken the SAT yet

Work:

  1. I have worked for a software company for the last year (20 hours a week). My responsibilities included:
  • High level programming in HTML and CSS. I was in complete control of updating and working on our websites
  • Low level programming in Javascript and Jquery
  • In charge of all software testing and social media
  • Search engine optimization for our company
  • Writing technical documents and spec docs for the company
  • Customer reach out

Extracurricular:

  1. I spent 2 and a half months in Brazil volunteering. My responsibilities included:
  • Taught english to adults. Completely created the material myself and organized the lessons
  • Worked at an orphanage for children with HIV/AIDS. Fed and helped them with school work
  • Worked at a daycare for impoverished children. Cleaned, bathed, and took care of the children
  1. Programming Club (this fall and next spring)
  • Worked on personal programming projects
  • Meetings with those in the programming world.
  1. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Club (last spring)
  • Volunteering with Greenpeace
  • Worked on personal projects (3d printing, drones, RC cars)
  1. Local Soup Kitchen (this fall and next spring)
  • Cleaning, cooking, and serving the homeless

I have never applied to college before so sorry if that was a lot, I don’t really know what to do. I would really love to go to Northeastern (I did a tour), but I have no idea what other schools might fit me.

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If you attend a community college, you’d be considered a transfer student I believe, and not a freshman admission. In this case you would not need the SAT. Or are you a high school student who has taken classes at your local community college for credit as well?

3

I would be a transfer. I was thinking of taking the SAT as a way to improve my résumé. Regardless, how do my stats look?

4

I am not sure what they look for in transfers, maybe someone else can help out.

5

Northeastern doesn’t require SAT scores and some schools (like BU) may reject if you even send them SAT scores, but that’s what I’ve heard. Your bio sounds just like me, I have taken similar classes with the same gpa and similar extracirriculars, but I am not in the honors society. I think you will most likely be admitted, fingers crossed! Im sending an application for Spring 2018, keep me updated though if you get accepted!

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OP and those who are saying not to submit the SAT please read this from the Northeastern website;

So if the applicant is applying before completing the 30 credits he is required to submit SAT or ACT scores.

@shenaiya And I cannot believe that any college would reject an applicant for sending in SAT even if not requited. That is ridiculous. At worst they would ignore the scores.

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Oh no I meant they would reject the SAT scores aka they would not accept them, but of course no school would reject the student just for sending the scores