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Northwestern University
633 Clark St
Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Old 02-25-2007, 09:03 PM   #1
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chances after ACT update

Stats:
demographics:
*I am an Asian Indian Male (most likely won't help)
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon: Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school. (being from oregon isn't going to help either)
*student body at school = 500+

The Numbers/ECs
*ACT Composite 30 (haven't gotten essay yet, but it doesn't affect composite from what I've heard)

-English 30 (Usage/Mechanics 15 Rhetorical Skills 16)
-Science 24 (ouch..my chances)
-Reading 31 (Social Studies/Science 17 Arts/Literature 15)
-Mathematics 34
(Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra 18
Int.Algebra/Coord.Geometry 16 (again ouch)
Plane Geometry/Trigonometry 18)

*Freshman year:
Language Arts (Honors): A/A
Social Studies 9: A/A
Advanced Algebra 2: A/A
Bio/Chem/Phys 10 (Honors): A/A
SAT Math Prep: A
SAT Verbal Prep:A
Spanish 1:A/A
Team Sports:A
Health 1:A
Web Design:A
Computer Programming:A

*Sophomore Year:
AP Chem: B/A
Lit Comp 10 (Honors): A/A
Physics 2: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/B
Social Studies 10 :B/A (can explain this B)
Spanish 2:A/A
Symphonic Band: A/A
Team Sports: A
Health 2: A

*Junior Year: (Projected Grades for second semester)
Human Anatomy: A/A
IB Biology: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
IB Calculus: A/A
IB Psychology: A/A
Team Sports: A
IB Seminar: P (pass, no credit class)
IB English: A, B (Might be able to get A, but its gonna be hard)
Study Hall: P (pass, no credit class)
IB TOK 1: B (our TOK teacher is sooo hard!!)

IN SUMMARY: I should finish high school with around a 3.85, or at very worst 3.8 UW for fresh-senior year.
*I know however that stanford, UCs, and Umich weight grades differently, so this number should go down slightly for these schools

*class rank UW right now = 38/515. Weighted = 30/515 (will go up because not many kids have taken hard classes yet)
*IB Diploma Candidate (to be)
*NHS (2 years)
*Varsity tennis 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Team 4 years (will have 4)
*World Quest Trivia 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club (4 years) (VP 2 years)
*Portland Youth Philharmonic (2 years)
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year
*Mathfest Participant (will have 4 years)
*6th Place at World Quest out of 32 10th grade
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*Want to major in either Biomedical Engineering, Economics, Math, Physics, but then go on to med school.

What school should I apply to to have the best chance (if any)?
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Old 03-01-2007, 11:17 AM   #2
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okay fine don't tell me chances, but does anyone at least know the ACT range for NU because I couldn't find it on the website
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Old 03-01-2007, 01:18 PM   #3
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28-31. No worries, you fit it! and taht's just the middle 50%, as in they take some above, some below
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Old 03-01-2007, 09:41 PM   #4
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mid-50% range is actually 29-33.
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