<p>just wondering... Is 3.7 too low for ED acceptance at Northwestern? Should I raise that up a little bit more then apply RD? I mean exactly how much of a boost do you get from applying ED.</p>
<p>I would consider if Northwestern is your top choice..Dont apply ED just for a better shot, if you are 100% sure you will attend and thats the school you can see yourself at for the next couple of years..go ahead with early. If you have any doubts, apply RD.
That should be your main priority.</p>
<p>I have no doubt. I live near Chicago and have visited the campus numerous times...</p>
<p>Make sure you can afford it if you get accepted ED. Don't assume you'll get great aid. You don't have any bargaining room like you do if you apply RD.</p>
<p>ahh cool..I would apply ED. go for it</p>
<p>Yes, the two biggest factors wehn applying ED is 1) knowing you want to go there 2) understanding you may have to take up all loans to attend there. however, a 3.7 is kinda low for Northwestern so make sure ur ACT/SAT are fairly high</p>
<p>hmm fairly high eh? is 33 good enough? or is that too mediocre</p>
<p>A 33 is very good, good enough for Northwestern.</p>
<p>Is it worth applying EA/ED to a college/university, if you have good test scores, no need for fin aid, an intense interest in the school, and low (and i mean VERY LOW) gpa? I have a 3.4...</p>
<p>^^ that would be low for ED unless you have a major hook such as URM, and you had compensating scores or awards to offset the GPA. You might get deferred to the RD round.</p>
<p>Yes, desire/commitment is essential, but that's from the <em>student's</em> perspective. From the <em>college's</em> perspective it's about filling niches in ED first. </p>
<p>A niche to some extent includes a full-pay customer, but for NW that's not saying that much, since they don't give oodles of grants anyway. </p>
<p>However, I'm pretty sure that NW is a Nat'l Merit school. If you are Nat'l Merit qualified & you select NW as your NM choice, it would help with finan aid needs.</p>
<p>But ephiphany, then what are the advantages of applying RD to a school in place of EA, if EA allows you to show intense interest?</p>
<p>I've never understood that. If someone really likes a school, but their GPA is slightly lower than the standard, then they SHOULD NOT apply EA/ED? I don't understand that...Wouldn't applying RD subsequently put you in a pool of other more competitive applicants?</p>
<p>I see EA as different from ED. :) </p>
<p>And it's not that there's anything wrong with applying ED to a first-choice school, including a significant reach. However, for a very desirable school which needs much fewer "guaranteed" admits than other schools, one's chances are not necessarily greater in the Early than in the RD round. It really depends on the school. If you can honestly substantiate to yourself that the ED school (esp. ED, not EA) is a true match (or a safety) for you, the applicant, then clearly ED gives you, the student, an advantage over a similar RD applicant. The percentages of admits are overall percentages, and don't explain or illuminate individual differences in applications & the accompanying differences in <em>their</em> chances.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if ED Hopkins students generally run the risk of getting less fin aid or is it about equal?</p>
<p>^Hopkins isn't need blind. So I would imagine that going ED if you need significant fin aid isn't necessarily the best way to go.</p>