What are my chances at Northwestern, Cornell, Michigan, Chicago, and Berkeley?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Will take for NMF status.
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 Math, 34 English, 33 Reading, 34 Science)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): US History (750), Chemistry (750), will be taking Math II soon.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 UW, 4.57 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Gov (5), AP World (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Chemistry (5), APUSH (5), AP Language and Composition (5), AP Biology (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro, Multivariable Calculus/Linear Algebra, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP Literature, Capstone (Independent Research Project) on the economics of donations.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Projected National Merit Scholar (based off of previous year's cutoff), AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Tennis Team (Captain), App Development Club (Vice President), Peer Tutor (Executive Board Member), JSA (Fundraising Director), American Red Cross Youth Club (Fundrasing Director), Debate Team, Speech Team, National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society, Social Awareness Program (Executive Board), DECA, Hackathon attendee
Job/Work Experience: Started my own software company over the summer. Conducted market research at professional Meetups, wrote business plan, wrote terms and conditions, etc.
Volunteer/Community Service: Hospital (200+ hours), Various school clubs (100+ hours)
Summer Activities: Summer school, started own company
Essays: Lol. I am in the process of writing them.
Teacher Recommendations: One teacher thinks I'm stellar, the other one things I'm good (will be positive, not glowing however).
Counselor Rec: Should be pretty good.</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Male
Gender: Asian
Income Bracket: I'm not sure this is necessary for a chance me.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad was a post-doctoral research associate at Cornell. Brought tons of grant money in and published 10ish papers. Not sure if this will help with Cornell, but I think it's worth mentioning.</p>

<p>I have a strong interest in business and computer science. I hope to work in the intersections in the two fields. I'm thinking of majoring in Business and Econ where business isn't offered while pursuing a minor in CS. I like Econ and Business equally and am under the impression that in the recruiting process, if there is a business school, undergrad business school > econ major. Case in point Berkeley and Michigan.</p>

<p>I'd like to apply ED to either Northwestern or Cornell and am having trouble deciding between the two. I visited both and liked both equally. All things seem to be equal between the two (difficulty of getting in, recruiting prospects, large Greek presence). Thoughts? To be clear, I really like both schools. I think I will also be applying EA to Chicago and Michigan.</p>

<p>Please chance me for EA UMichigan Ross Preferred Admit BBA program (OOS), Northwestern ED (Econ), Cornell ED (Econ), EA UChicago (Econ), and UC Berkeley (Econ/Business/CS) also OOS.</p>

<p>Good luck to all during the application process!</p>

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<p>I think I just need an auto answer to chance me threads that says “No one can accurately chance you to a school. Schools at the top level look for random things, and may not let in someone with research experience, a 2400 and 4.0 and let in someone with a 2000 and a 3.5 because they play tuba. Because you’re on here, you probably have a better chance than most, but apply to safeties because it’s a crapshoot.”</p>

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<p>Fair enough. I appreciate the honesty.</p>

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<p>I mean, I don’t mean to be that callous, because I probably did one too, but the real answer is that no one knows.</p>

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<p>I think you are a solid candidate at all of these schools. If you’re choosing between NU and Cornell, with your interests, and your apparent strength in math, I might go for NU, to major in Comp Sci at the McCormick School of Engineering and try to get into a certificate program at Kellogg in either Financial Economics or Managerial Analytics. If your ultimate interest is business, you will be in the best shape of all with an academic background like that. </p>

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<p>WCASParent: IEMS seems to be related to Economics and CS. Northwestern allows students to double count between IEMS degree requirements and Economics degree requirements so students can graduate in 4 years. I have gotten a B here and there in math classes (BC Calc) but breezed through the AP exam. Will B’s in math classes and a lack of engineering EC’s (no Science Olympiad, math team, etc.) affect my chances of getting into McCormick for IEMS or CS? Are there any benefits to majoring in CS at McCormick over Weinberg? There seems to be fewer classes in the Weinberg major so I feel as if it would be easier to add a minor/major in Econ through Weinberg. Thoughts? </p>

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<p>If you want to double major, I’d stick with Weinberg, but that’s because I wouldn’t like McCormick’s courseload alone much less in tandem with a second major.</p>

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<p>Berkeley will be full fee, since they don’t fund OOS students.</p>