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Hi, could you all please comment on my chances for NU?

Test scores:
SAT: Maths 790, Verbal 570 (eckk)
SAT II: Maths 2C 790, Physics 790, Writing 680
ACT: 31 (pulled down by the english mark)
TOEFL: 280

ECs
Academic:
-won quite a lot of academic awards and book awards.
-1st place in Chemistry Olympiad, and participated in several mathematics Olympiads (Grade 9-12)
-did a chemistry research and was invited to Intel Science competition (Grade 11)
-EPGY Calculus course (Grade 9)

Sports:
-100m 200m sprinter
-locally ranked 2nd in my age group in cross-country

Music:
-playing violin (since 5), viola (since 14), piano (since 5)
-violinist and principal violist in school symphony orchestra
-won in local music competitions
-performed in town halls, city halls locally and in other countries
-Licentiate to Trinity College of London (=2nd year of undergrad music study) in violin and viola

Leadership:
-global young leaders conference
-president of community service club, president of zonta z club, president of music group
-school prefect
-house captain
-leader of youth group
-committee of maths team, etc....

Community Services:
-500+ hours at elderly homes, physically handicapped, mentally handicapped, etc.
-organized many community services and projects for my schoolmates
-awarded the outstanding community service award

I have a lot more in my resume, but these are mainly the important ones. Also, I think I will write good essays, have good recommendations from teachers.

What are my chances for NU?

By Cren (Cren) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 09:32 am: Edit

BUMP please?

By Xtheonex (Xtheonex) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 08:03 pm: Edit

Early- decent
Regular- a bit risky

By Cren (Cren) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 02:26 am: Edit

xtheonex, is it risky because of the scores or other reasons? I guess it's most probably because of scores.

What do NU focus on ED applicants or RD applicants?

By Elinkamalinka (Elinkamalinka) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 07:50 am: Edit

if you get your SAT verbal score to 700 you'll be fine....i think you have a pretty good chance so far.

By Cren (Cren) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 12:10 pm: Edit

How about my ECs?
Are they okay for Northwestern?
What does Northwestern focus more on? Scores or ECs or the personal development or how well a student has done in their own school system, i.e. GPAs/IB/APs/ALevels?