<p>I don't want to wait 6 weeks for an admission decision, so I'll let CC take a stab at it.</p>
<p>Basic stats:
740/760 CR/Math SAT
(taking SAT II's, though I don't know if scores will reach them soon enough)
33 ACT composite with writing
3.8 UW 4.5 Weighted
Class Rank 13/100 (very competitive private school...)
4 on AP English and AP Comp Sci, 3 on Chemistry and European History
Glowing letters of recommendation
Good essays, I had at least 4 people/teachers look at them</p>
<p>Noteworthy Extracurriculars:
Started an FRC FIRST Robotics team at my school, team leader this year as well
President of technology team for 3 years
Various Honor Societies (science, french, mu alpha theta)
One rather unique job experience</p>
<p>Hooks:
My first letter of recommendation came from a Northwestern Alumni who is on the Council of Admissions
Primary language is Russian (could count for diversity, I guess?)</p>
<p>Applying for engineering. Emphasis was placed on robotics.</p>
<p>I would say good shot. ED will definitely help, you show passion in what you do and aren’t one of those people who try to resume boost. Good Luck! :D</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know. I mean I think I’m pretty strong academically, and I’m also a first-gen. My immigration tale was a sob story. It’s not income, as I’m in the <$20,000 bracket. If I wanted to stroke my own ego, I would say I’m overqualified since every major university I would be accepted to that they’re partnered with would probably meet 100% of my need without loans…such as Northwestern, hopefully.</p>
<p>They are all hard to get into.
Medill, by virtue of its status as the best undergrad journalism school in the country, is presumably very selective, although I have never seen data indicating that the applicants it accepts are of higher quality than at one or more of the other schools.
McCormick (engineering) is obviously very tough for the simple reason that its curriculum is extremely challenging, so it would behoove NU only to admit applicants who won’t drown there. I can’t say that it’s harder or easier than A&S, just that an applicant needs to have demonstrated real strength in math and science.
The Music School and certain programs in Communications are looking for talents and abilities beyond academic strength, so it it possible (again, though, this is anecdotal, not based on data I’ve seen) that one doesn’t have to be quite as strong in academics to get in as you’d have to be to get into Weinberg CAS or McCormick.
I have heard some people speculate that SESP might be marginally easier than Weinberg, but so far I’ve seen nothing more than idle speculation. It might be true, but it might be just cattiness.
Weinberg is the largest school, and it is extremely hard to get into, especially if you don’t have a traditional “hook,” like URM status or are expected to be a varsity athlete.</p>
<p>Haha, I meant relatively, of course. And thank you for that explanation, as I couldn’t really find it elsewhere (and there are a few threads on here talking about it).</p>
<p>Also, is there any way to add to your application? I got elected as an officer into Science NHS post Nov 1st and I think that would add to my science-oriented image more.</p>
<p>Hey I was rejected from QB with very similar stuff too. I hope everything works out for you. Hey, at least the application is free for us right?! Good luck.</p>