Are my stats too low for Northwestern?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>I’m interested in applying to Northwestern RD. I am planning on majoring in Biomedical Engineering… can you rate my chances? </p>

<p>Stats are as follows::</p>

<p>VERY Competitive High School - Ranked #1 public in NJ </p>

<p>Asian Indian - Male </p>

<p>SAT: 730M, 620V</p>

<p>SAT II: 760 MATH IIC, 730 PHYSICS, 670 Writing</p>

<p>AP’s: AP Comp SCI A - 4 , AP Chem - 5 </p>

<p>GPA: 3.7/4.0 UW, 4.3W </p>

<p>An honors/AP student… after high school i will have taken 8 AP courses. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>+Tae-Kwon-Do (Martial Arts) - since 2nd grade
- Second Degree Black Belt - have won 2nd place in various statewide tournaments
- Teach classes as an assistant instructor for 3 hours a week (Work experience) - Grades 10, 11, 12. </p>

<ul>
<li><p>Science Club
Grade 9-12 </p>

<ul>
<li>Participate in statewide Science League, Science Bowl, and Science Olympiad competitions </li>
<li>Have placed second in the state in an individual science olympiad event </li>
<li>Have placed 2nd in the state on the school science bowl team </li>
<li>Taken a treasurer position in the club </li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Academic Decathlon
Grade 11-12 </p>

<ul>
<li>Taken Vice President position </li>
<li>Placed 2nd in the region under the Economics event in the Regional Academic Decathlon competition </li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>+Red Cross Club
Grade - 9-12
- Officer of the club - 10 - 11 Grade
- Taken President position - 12 Grade
- Extreme dedication towards the club, and have volunteered 200+ for it
- Also a dedicated member of the Regional Red Cross Youth Council
- Have been certified for numerous Disaster Safety Response areas of the Red Cross </p>

<p>+National Honors Society (Don’t know if i’m even going to put this on my application)
Grade - 11-12
- Webmaster
- Tutor (12th grade)</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Red Cross Blood Donor Center </p>

<ul>
<li>Volunteer here for 4-5 hours a week </li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Webmaster of indian cultural organization </p>

<ul>
<li>Spent about 100+ hours developing and maintaining the site. </li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Was asked by American Red Cross to attend New Jersey Youth Leadership and Activism Conference held by American Red Cross </p></li>
</ul>

<p>I’m hoping for my ec’s to pull my weight in the admissions process due to low test scores… but i’m not sure if my ec’s are that strong either.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance…</p>

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<p>Northwestern is big on test scores. You have a chance, just write good essays. I’d still give it a shot.</p>

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<p>your volunteering experience is a plus…but nothing that really sets you apart.</p>

<p>Your essays must be superb! They will make you or break you.</p>

<p>On the side note: I am also an Asian India applying to NW. How many years have you been living in U.S.?</p>

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<p>haha no no… by asian indian… i meant i’m of asian indian decent. I was born in America. </p>

<p>How about you, chicagonobel? how many years?</p>

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<p>for biomedical, your chances are on the low side.</p>

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<p>Definately give it a shot. It’s a competitive field, but you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>thanks guys i appreciate it!
anyone else? i’m still debating, i don’t want my college list to be huge…</p>

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<p>how is biomedical engineering at northwestern? is anyone on these boards in it? mind giving me a brief overview?</p>

<p>thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>“How about you, chicagonobel? how many years?”</p>

<p>Born and bred in the land of poverty, hunder, draught and strife. Came here only 5 years ago, and am bored to the nose with nothing to do :)</p>

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<p>I was rejected ED northwestern with following stats:
760 Verbal
750 Math
710 writing
720 math iic
730 chem
GPA: top 10% ~on lower side (My GPA kills me in the end)
1 year of research in biomedical lab at University of Central Florida
Secretary of NHS
Secretary of Interact
Secretary of Science olympiad thing last year
MAO, Academic team - the usual
Tetsujin Human Exoskeleton project - 4th place out of 6 teams nationwide
AP scores:
AP Chem - 5
AP Calc BC - 3/4
AP Englisth Lang - 5
AP World Hist - 4</p>

<p>I took the hardest possible courseload offered (with exception of Physics B my junior year)
Current courseload:
AP Physics C
AP French Lang
AP English Lit
IB Chemistry III (HL)
IB Contemporary History
IB Math HL / AP Calc BC (will take AP exam again)
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>If it matters any, Pakistani male. Funny how everyone from South Asia ends up doing pre-med or biomedical engineering…</p>

<p>good luck with your application.</p>

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<p>xerxesOiM, did u apply for aid?</p>

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<p>northwestern is blind admissions</p>

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<p>xerxesoim… don’t wrry about it… ur stats look good, i’m sure u 'll get into other shcools your looking into </p>

<p>do you think it would help if i was an undecided applicant?</p>

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<p>a kid from my school just got accepted with an sat score in the 1100s…into bioengineering</p>

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<p>wow, xerxesOiM…rejected!? They must have made a typo:) Sure its not accepted?</p>

<p>How were your essays? And did you ask for fin. aid (just out of curiosity)?</p>

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<p>See…I’m really stupid in college admissions stuff. I didn’t even know to apply for aid. In fact, I didn’t know it would have anything to do with admissions decision…
…does it?</p>

<p>I mean…I desparately needed aid if i got accepted. My parents can’t really afford 40,000 a year at all. They weren’t even willing to pay 20k a year, but I EDed anyway.</p>

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<p>NU doesn’t care if you have money or not; on the other hand, they don’t lure you with any money regardless how great you are. Its admission is need blind and it’s financial aid is totally need based.</p>

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<p>becuase he mentioned he’s asian indian, NU is not need blind for internationals
im an international accepted without aid and with similar scores and lower gpa</p>

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<p>Oh, my bad. I totally forgot about that even I was an international student too.</p>

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<p>haha aright maybe i need to clarify on my stats…by asian indian… i don’t mean international… i was merely trying to avoid saying Indian… and being mistaken for a native american. I was born in america</p>