<p>I am 15, finishing up my junior year this week (Yes, 15; I skipped 4th and 7th grade). I am hoping to apply RD to Northwestern to enroll at the Medill School of Journalism.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) ; ?? (weighted)</p>
<p>Pre-9th Grade:</p>
<p>English I: A+
Physical Science: A+
Algebra I: A+
Algebra II: A+</p>
<p>Freshman: </p>
<p>Biology: A
Geometry: A+
Math Lab: A+
Pre-Calculus: A+
English II: A+
World History: A+</p>
<p>Sophomore:</p>
<p>English III: A+
US History I: A+
Environmental Science: A+
Spanish I: A+
SAT Prep: A+
Calculus: A+</p>
<p>Junior: </p>
<p>English IV: A+
College Math: A+
Spanish II: A+
Art History: A+
Chemistry: A+
US History II: A+</p>
<p>Senior(Scheduled):</p>
<p>Physics
Government/Economics
Spanish III
Journalism</p>
<p>These were the toughest available courses for my schedule; I go to a very small private school in SC of about 300 kids. I am #1 in my class.</p>
<p>SAT: 2100
CR: 620
MATH: 680
WRITING: 800</p>
<p>SAT Subject Tests: Have taken them, don’t have scores yet.</p>
<p>National Merit Scholar Semifinalist after 208 PSAT Score (Only NMS at my school; one of two in my county)</p>
<p>Extra Curricular:</p>
<p>-120+ Community Service Hours volunteering for local youth sports league
-Varsity Football for two years
-School sportswriter for Junior Year- all sports
-Elected Student Body Treasurer for Junior year; running for Vice President Senior year
-Elected Editor of Student Newspaper for Senior year
-3rd place in state private school chess tournament; aiming for 1st next year.
-Varsity Golf for 1 year
-2 years summer golf league
-Summer internship at local newspaper (this summer)
-Summer job at Chick-fil-A (this summer)</p>
<p>I hope that my skipping two grades and being only 15 as a senior would be a hook?</p>
<p>I believe that is all.</p>
<p>You have done great - and you have a shot at NU, but as you know their admit rate is down to 18%. If you could bring your sat scores up a bit that would help for sure. Congrats on your success and good luck.</p>
<p>ummmmm, what happened in Freshman Year Biology. – j/k</p>
<p>Your grades are obviously beyond solid. The SATs are a bit low – especially, as I’m not sure how much NU takes the SAT Writing into account. If you were a normal candidate, I’d say you have a shot, but try to bring them up (or take the ACT).</p>
<p>However, skipping two grades is not normal, it’s exceptional. I have no idea how NU would treat your application, and I doubt that anyone not involved in admissions can do much more than guess.</p>
<p>Bottom line – apply and find out. Bring up the SATs if you can.</p>
<p>Yes, that SAT score is very low for NU</p>
<p>Could you perhaps take a shot at the ACT? Some people thrive in that setup a bit more, and you only need to submit one or the other. Definitely do try the SAT again if you don’t go for the ACT, but there’s no doubt you present a pretty impressive application beyond that. Bring up your scores and keep committing to your extracurriculars and you definitely have a good shot, I’d say.</p>
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<p>Actually it’s usually the opposite – younger applicants are held to a higher standard. There’s often some concern about the maturity factor, especially since such kids will be away from home for the first time. The fact that you’ve been attending a small (thus “nurturing”) private school, rather than a huge urban public school where you often need to fend for yourself, doesn’t help.</p>
<p>To help counter this issue, you should have your letter of recommendation writers make special note of your exceptional maturity and indicate your successful peer involvement with much older students where possible.</p>
<p>I got into NU with a 2060 SAT… It’s not even close to bad, though it is a little below the “typical” admit. The SAT is important, but not everything. How passionate about going to NU you come off in your essay’s also has seemed to play a role this year in discriminating between who was admitted and denied. A few kids with near-perfect SAT’s were declined this year and a lot of them speculated that that was the reason why.</p>
<p>Now, this doesn’t mean get all gushy in your essays, but you definitely want to show why NU is the place you want to spend the next four years of your life.</p>
<p>I agree with everything sylbub93 and LoremIpsum just said. Great advice that you should listen to.</p>