<p>Ok so I’m a junior right now and I do not quite have the credentials that will make me a likely admit. So here are my questions. Feel free to coordinate letters.</p>
<p>A.How much does Early Decision help in admission?
B. Does it help by a relatively large margin or a very small margin that would only help what would be on-the-edge-applicants?
C. Since it is likely that I wont get in, how much easier is admission through transferring?
D.What can I do while in college that would help in transfer admission?
E. I am about to start up my own internet business and if that one goes well, I will likely open another. How good does this look on an application? Would they care or not? Other than that I don’t have too many ECs, but it may help considering I am going to major in econ.
F. What does Northwestern like to see in an applicant other than the obvious?
G. Is there anything I can do now that would really help my admission?</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard/read.
A. Definitely helps, how much is not for sure. As you can tell many people with 4.0’s and 34s/35s got rejected.
B. Refer back to A, no clue what the last part of the question is asking.
C. Seems pretty hard.
D. Be active and get good grades.
E. They will, if it’s successful.
F. Interest, hard-working, rigor of schedule, background.
G. Refer to F. What are your current stats?</p>
<p>A. There are only 2000-3000 ED applicants compared to the 26,000 + applicants for R.D.<br>
You can tell how much it helps.</p>
<p>B. Answered in A.</p>
<p>C. A lot harder. The number of spots open to transfers are determined by several of these reasons such as: people who do not accept admission, etc.</p>
<p>D. Straight A’s… Most colleges: A - 4.0 A- 3.7 B+ 3.3. It’s a lot harder than high school.</p>
<p>E. Yes. It may make sense, or it may not. You can probably twist it to you rneeds and the more successful it is the more impressive it is. EC’s are critical.</p>
<p>F. Well-rounded applicants. They prioritize academics and EC’s above most schools in this range.</p>
<p>To screwed over: My freshmen year GPA was terrible. a 3.4. Sophomore was also bad due to two classes that threw me over the edge from making a 3.7… I ended up making a 3.5. My stats for this semester look about like a 3.7 or so. Hopefully I can raise it significantly next semester. Those are unweighted. By the time I graduate I will have taken 5 APs (3 senior year and 2 junior year) and about 8 honors. Thats pretty much the most rigorous schedule other than if I were to take AP Lit. I am planning to study extremely hard for my SAT, no idea what I will make. Hopefully I can get at least a 2100. EC wise: I will hopefully have those businesses that will do well. I have FBLA, 2 years of lacrosse, Spanish club, I play guitar, I recreationally run and lift weights but those last 3 ECs, Im sure colleges wont take seriously.</p>
<p>A successful internet business can be a huge deal depending on how much real world experience you got out of it. If you can tell an admissions official about your personal experience with VC and analytics and target markets and financial statements, then you have the type of thing that makes for the cream of the crop applicant, provided you’re otherwise competitive… or perhaps even if you aren’t competitive if you’re lucid enough about your experience. </p>
<p>On the same note, this type of communication and story to tell is precisely the type of thing colleges are filtering for. And, since at this point most individuals won’t have this type of story, they’re filtering for students who have the potential to at some point.</p>
<p>For everyone else: mix and morph this concept so as to fit whatever field.</p>
<p>A. Accepted wisdom is that in most cases it will help – in some it will not. For example, if your grades are truly borderline letting a school see a truly fantastic first semester senior year can help.</p>
<p>B. No one really knows for sure. I think the best guess is that no one gets in who wasn’t qualified (i.e., wouldn’t have been in the pool of applicants under serious consideration RD). For those who are in the pool, it may be significant. The guess is that schools are looking to fill a certain number of slots with ED, and to the extent that the ratio of qualified students to ED slots is more favorable to the student, it can be a big boost.</p>
<p>C. Don’t know</p>
<p>D. Get good grades, good activities, etc.</p>
<p>E. Certainly a business with 5 digit revenue looks fantastic. Any business that you’ve worked at for a while and looks like a going concern will be favorable.</p>