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will be applying early decision to northwestern this fall... but please tell me if i have a chance at all, or if it's a long shot, so i won't waste an early decision on a school i can't get into....

MY STATS:

9th
Leadership
1. Secretary for youth group at church
2. tutored kids in english for an hour a week
3. member of praise team at my church

Community Service
1. helped coordinate and participated in volunteering at soup kitchen (every other month)
2. helped coordinate and participate in a fasting program that raised money for kids in africa who needed food (30 HOUR FAMINE)
3. went on a missionary trip
4. helped coordinate and participated in giving gifts to children w/a parent in jail

Activities
1. Track
2. Jazz Band
3. Concert Band
4. Key Club
5. French Club

Awards/Recognitions
1. 2 different violin competitions- 1st place
2. scholar athlete award (is this significant at all?)
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10th
Leadership
1. member of praise team at my church

Community Service
1. soup kitchen

Activities
1. Symphonic Band(audition band)

Awards/Recognitions
1. an award for maintaining a certain g.p.a.
2. French Honor Society
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11th
Leadership
1. Junior Book Award
2. served as a counselor for a 3-day program

Community Service
1. soup kitchen

Activities
1. costumes & business crew for theater at school
2. field hockey team
4. Wind ensemble(top audition band)
5. served as a mentor through my school to a mentee appointed to me
6. member of a club that deals with careers in the medical field (information about doctors, what they study, etc. etc.)

Awards/Recognitions
1. violin competition - honorable mention
2. another award for maintaining a certain g.p.a.
3. National Honor Society
4. French Honor Society

Work Experience
1. local accesssory shop
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12th (going to 12th grd, but i know i'll be in these activities, if not more)
Leadership
1. National Honor Society secretary
2. member of church praise team

Community Service
1. volunteer at local hospital (3 hrs a week)

Activities
1. Wind ensemble(top audition band)

Awards/Recognitions
1. National Honor Society
2. French Honor Society

-reason my 10th grade has almost no activities is that i moved to wisconsin (from california) right after freshman year.. so i was basically in totally new environment, new school, etc.
-SAT SCORE: first time: 1190;; second time: 1380
-ACT SCORE: 28 first time
-GPA: around.. 3.9? weighted. last time i checked, i was in top 12% of class.. not too good for colelges i'm considering .. i hope it's higher right now, 12% was in the middle of my junior year
-rank is fortysomething out of 420
-took two AP's junior year, one AP senior year
all my other classes since freshman year (except freshman year english, sophomore year chemistry) have been honors
-will be taking SATII's... not sure what subjects yet.
-GPA is 3.8something unweighted

By Wattsski (Wattsski) on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 05:55 pm: Edit

If you were to get in I would probably say you would have to do it ED. Taking more AP classes would help you a lot. My SAT and ACT scores were simmilar to yours and I got in, but my rank was a lot higher. I actually jumped from 22 to 9 in my senior year alone based on my AP classes. Your activities look pretty decent, just make sure you stay involved your senior year. Make sure that your essay and reccs are awesome, that will help you out immensely. ED will help out a lot too, but don't do it if you are not sure that NU is the school that you really want to go to. I think they admited about 50% ED this year and only 14% Regular, that's really tough. Good Luck.

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 06:41 pm: Edit

does anyone knwo the avg gpa/sat/act for early decision-admitted students?

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 09:03 pm: Edit

and everyoen else... what do u think? waste of an ED, or not? and i definitely want to go to NU, 100% no matter what...

By Frazzleddad (Frazzleddad) on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 09:08 pm: Edit

don't colleges use the rank one had at the end of the junior year? I know our school doesn't recompute rank until the end of a semester or even year.

By Koyaanisqatsi (Koyaanisqatsi) on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 10:48 pm: Edit

I was like 36/80 in class rank (although my school doesn't divulge rankings; it's also a pretty competitive school), my GPA was 3.4 or so and I still got in ED. I probably wouldn't have RD. So don't underestimate your chances.

By Wattsski (Wattsski) on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 01:04 am: Edit

Well, as for recomputing rank, it happened at the beginning of senior year as some teachers changed some students grades based on AP scores. My submitted rank was the one at the end of my first semester senior year because I applied RD. I was ranked at 11 then out of 435 in a not too competative school with a 3.85 UW GPA and 4.06 W.

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 09:05 am: Edit

Koyaanisqatsi--- If you don't mind me asking, what was your SAT score? Did you take any SAT II's? And are your stats similar to mine? Did you have a very challenging schedule? Sorry for so many questions-but you and I seem to have similar stats...

Thanks you guys, for all your help!

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 10:47 pm: Edit

bump

By Koyaanisqatsi (Koyaanisqatsi) on Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 03:04 am: Edit

SAT ended up at 1440, I did take SATIIs and did pretty good. Yeah, I had a relatively challenging schedule, and went to a pretty competitive (or at least prestigious) school. But I wasn't that competitive, or i didn't try to be.

Write really good essays. If you're even close to the borderline, a fantastic (and that doesn't just mean well written; more like what the admissions office wants to read) essay (or set of essays) can absolutely get you in.

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 09:39 pm: Edit

any other opinions? btw, thanks koyaanisqatsi...

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 09:02 am: Edit

bump

By Licensedtokill (Licensedtokill) on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 10:35 am: Edit

If you're 100% sure you want to go to Northwestern, do ED! That's what ED is for. You'll probably get into easier schools RD anyway. Since you're sure you like Northwestern, you'd probably apply RD even if you didn't apply ED, and then if you end up getting accepted ED to wherever else AND RD to Northwestern, you'll be banging your head on the wall. Do every little thing you can to tip the odds in your favor. It'll add up. Good luck!

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Monday, August 02, 2004 - 10:46 pm: Edit

bump

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Friday, August 06, 2004 - 09:29 pm: Edit

bumppppp i visited NU recently I LOVED IT
campus is beautiful

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Monday, August 09, 2004 - 05:17 pm: Edit

bump!

im interested in medill sschool of journalism.
is that where i'd apply if i want to become a news anchor? or is that the school of comunication taht i would apply to?

thanks