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Can someone let me know what my chances are at Medill RD?

Unweighted GPA: 3.48
Weighted GPA: 3.93
Class rank: 24 out of 252

SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Verbal: 710

SAT II Writing: 770
SAT II U.S. History: 710
SAT II Math IIC: 770

Drama - Nine plays in high school including one as a director... five-star honors in the International Thespian Society

Quiz bowl team - Three years on the team, captain my senior year

Student newspaper - One year as staff writer, one as layout editor, one as assistant editor

Forensics - Three appearances in VHSL (Virginia High School League) state finals, two in NCFL (National Catholic Forensics League) nationals

Community service - Over 200 hours (building houses with Habitat for Humanity and working as a counselor for ESL (English as a Second Language) students

Employment - Have kept a part time job for about two and a half years, working three hours a week during the year and 10-15 a week during the summer

NHS - Joined as a junior

National Merit Semifinalist - 229 NMSQT index

Placed top 5 in state in National Spanish exam sophomore year

AP Scholar With Honor
Calculus AB: 5
US History: 4
Computer Science A: 4
English Language: 3

By the way, I'm also looking at Georgetown, Tufts, Columbia, Wesleyan, NYU, BU, and UVA from instate. How do I look for those?

Thanks!

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Monday, September 27, 2004 - 11:55 pm: Edit

you're in UVA instate

By Stanfordnualum (Stanfordnualum) on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 09:28 am: Edit

Eclinchy,

Your stats are nice and above NU's average (1400 for SAT I). If you write a strong essay which is very important for NU admission, you should be in. I would say BU, UVA (instate) are the safeties. NYU, Tufts, and perhaps Georgetown/Wesleyan are slightly easier to get in than NU. Columbia is slightly harder however.