Chances for engineering? Too much of a Reach?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>Applied to Engineering. I go to a top school in Easton, PA. School usually sends 8-10 kids to Ivies every year. Did I aim too high applying to Northwestern?</p>

<p>Stats:
Weighted GPA–3.815(APs are weighed at 5.0, highest gpa in class is 4.6)
Total APs—8(3 Junior and 5 Senior)
SAT—2280(800,680,800 M,CR,W); Second time got 2150
SAT2—760 Math Level IIC, 740 Chemistry, 710 Biology
APs-----Junior(AP Calculus AB(5), AP English(3), AP Computer Science(5)), Senior(AP American History, AP EnglishII, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Psychology)
ECs_–Very average; the usual Academic clubs(Math honor society, Academic Team, National Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Robotics)–National Honor Society Vice President
Recs–Very good recs, teachers really know me from after school clubs. The computer science teacher is also the robotics club head and she wrote about my interest in engineering in her recommendation. </p>

<p>My gpa is kind of low(grades are around 86-90). Senior grades are solid and consistent with junior grades, except for a C+(76-79) in AP Psychology. </p>

<p>My essays were very good in that I was able to show my passion for engineering and how Northwestern provides an almost guarantee admission to graduate business schools for solid engineering students . </p>

<p>How would you rate my chances considering what you have seen on the forums here? I’m fairly new here so sorry about the long post. I also applied to Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech(Safety?), Duke and Cornell(long shot).</p>

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<p>I’d say you have as good a chance as any, SATs are good but if you don’t mind me asking what is your class rank? That’ll put some context to your GPA.</p>

<p>ECs are related to what you are interested in studying and you have leadership in them, which is good.</p>

<p>Honestly and unfortunately, it all depends on who else applied and if they like you better than someone else. (I’m convinced adcoms look for likeability in essays as well as the substance you put in them.)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>My school does not report rank, but I think if the college asks they might give it in percentile. The class size is around 500 and I would say I’m around 40-45.</p>