<p>I really want to go to northwestern. (I would also like to know if I have Ivy League Potential)
3.6-3.7 in a highly competitive school.
AP World History, AP Us History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Computer Science, AP English
Taking chem at MSU next year. Also taking calc but I’m not very good at math.
President of my class for three years, President of my School now
NHS Member
4 Hours a week of volunteering with another organization
2 Varsity Sports
33 ACT(Taking it again, that was just my first shot)
My dad went to grad school there.
I was also suspended for a day for ding dong ditching a teacher( no joke, but at least it sets me apart)</p>
<p>Probably not. Also note: NU > some Ivies. Therefore “ivy material” is a ridiculous question to have seperate from an NU admissions thread.</p>
<p>It’s easier to get in to Cornell (non-CAS) than NU.</p>
<p>Don’t be too offended by arbiter213, think he may just be feelin’ a little impatient today - and I dont think you meant any offense when you asked about Ivy’s.</p>
<p>I think you would need to be alot more specific about your credentials, expand on your sports involvement - time commitments, other EC’s besides NHS you may have … congratulations on class president.</p>
<p>Have you taken any AP tests? What are your SAT II scores?</p>
<p>Is that GPA weighted or unweighted? - either way it could be better and will present some challenges. Were your grades on an upward trend or downward? </p>
<p>Do you have any other hooks besides legacy? URM?</p>
<p>However, in general your test scores are in the target range of Northwestern (and therefore also in range of Cornell, Darthmouth, Penn as well) so you of course have a fair chance. Your answers to the above questions wll effect admissions chances so I am hesitant to give you a rating at the moment. Essays are also often an underestimated aspect of your admissions decision and will likely be very important in your circumstance.</p>
<p>Either way I would strongly encourage you to apply to Northwestern and encourage you to reach for all of your dream schools.</p>
<p>Yeah I didn’t realize I would offend anybody. Put that up kind of hastily.
Thanks for a little bit more of a positive outlook there.</p>
<p>The only AP exam I haven taken thus far is World. I got a 5.
Chem Compsci Us History this year
Biology English Government Physics next year</p>
<p>I left out that I was taking Physics and Gov next year.</p>
<p>I am taking Calc my senior year as well. Just not AP.</p>
<p>I left out a couple leadership positions.
I was the captain of Cross Country team.
I also served on a special committee to hire a new principal for my school.
I’m also currently on the board as the student perspective of a group that controls the sexual health education for my district.
I also have a job and am planning to work in the lab of a department head at Michigan state during the summer .
That fleshes out my EC’s a little bit more. </p>
<p>I’m only a Junior and I can definitely prove myself with a High GPA these next 2 semesters. The GPA is unweighted. </p>
<p>However I’m definitely not a URM. I also have “connections” at NU , but I want to be admitted based solely on merit. I agree the essays will be pivotal and look forward to writing perfect ones.</p>
<p>Flushing out your APs and ECs better definitely helped. If you are able to get your GPA up a bit, along with some thoughtful essays, in my opinion you would be on target for a good chance of a positive admission outcome at Northwestern. Although, of course, nothing is certain at the elite schools. Good Luck and hope to see you on campus as part of the class of 2016.</p>
<p>With the extra information I agree with Hinsdale’s assessment. Bring up your GPA and you’ll be in great shape. If you applied ED you would stand an excellent chance.</p>
<p>I heard that stats for (non-recruited) ED this year may actually be HIGHER than for RD.</p>
<p>I know a higher % of applicants are accepted ED, but does anyone know if it’s actually easier to get in ED than RD, or are the stats of ED applicants overall higher than those of RD?</p>
<p>I know that:
- the kids I know who got in ED are, more often than not, not as strong students and
- from my HS, even decent numbers ED all but guaranteed you admission.</p>
<p>Schools like Northwestern and Johns Hopkins have students who get in ED with scores/grades much lower than the RD applicants…purpose is to increase yield and get a stronger class that comes from RD.</p>
<p>This is interesting anecdotal evidence, and may well be true, but I’d love to see the actual ED stats (minus all recruited athletes) versus the actual RD stats. Is this information ever released? I know the recruiter at Yale said that when they offered binding ED, it used to often be HARDER to be admitted ED than RD for non-athletes.</p>
<p>Averby statement seems to me to be absolute conjecture. As I recall based on some of his previous posts he appears to have a fairly low opinion of Northwestern. </p>
<p>While I do not believe that there are any stats available besides the raw numbers of applicants and number accepted/deferred, at least according to President Shapiro:</p>
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<p>This must be taken with a grain of salt, but he has access to more hard data then the anecdotal reports here can offer.</p>
<p>According to the HS tracking system, only 3 of 27 early admission applicants were accepted with an average GPA of 5.51 unweighted (5 point scale) 33 ACT and 2167 avg SAT - which is not terriby out of line with RD stats in my opinion - but is of course a small data set. And is also just anecdotal.</p>
<p>I also wonder if/how much the recruited athletes would bring down overall ED stats. I don’t have any idea how many of the ED slots are filled by recruited athletes at NU. Does anyone know?</p>
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<p>Although I do not believe that NU provides breakdown of ED applicant stats compared to RD, many speculate that the stats may now be higher for non-recruited-athlete ED applicants accepted than RD applicants accepted. I believe it is erroneously assumed that ED gives a substantial advantage over RD , when in truth if may only offer a very slight advantage (if any at many top tier schools).</p>
<p>Research by Christopher Avery, a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, found that applying early only gave a slight edge to students whose test scores, grades, and other qualifications were slightly below the college’s average. Underqualified students were rejected no matter when they applied.</p>
<p>I think the first step in getting in is to spell gettin as gettinG. It can be a tricky word, I understand.</p>
<p>But capitalizing the G would make me look stupid, just like posting sarcastic remarks on threads about spelling errors. Thanks for your understanding though, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.</p>
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<p>This scares me… I really wanted to apply to Northwestern ED, but my parents pushed Stanford. Now that I’ve been rejected by Stanford and forced to apply RD, I feel like my chances are pretty low :/</p>
<p>Same here-wasted that bullet on Stanford EA, and really wish I had it back.</p>
<p>Don’t fret about a “wasted” EA! We’ve heard that even though a higher % are accepted ED, the stats are virtually identical with RD. That’s because the ED applicant pool tend to include very few “just for the heck of it” longshot applications (higher stats overall in ED than RD pool), plus ED includes recruited athletes. In short, your chances are probably just as good RD.</p>
<p>Good luck!!</p>
<p>My S “wasted that bullet” last year on Stanford SCEA and is now a freshman in the NU Integrated Science Program.</p>