Chances for NJ kid

WCASParent
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:10:05 +0000

The general rule (and there are exceptions) is that arts and sciences schools at the level of NU generally like to see that applicants have taken Calculus and Physics. Your math SAT is excellent (as is your reading), so they might look the other way vis-a-vis the absence of calculus.
Your GPA is certainly adequate, especially given the level of difficulty of your courses, but it is unexceptional by NU standards.
I think that you have a good shot, but this year is likely to be unbelievably competitive at NU, given the increases in applications the last couple of years, so I would expect you to be in the thick of a large group of highly qualified applicants, and there simply won’t be room for them all. Write a knock-out essay to distinguish your application.