Chances for NU?

<p>Here’s my stats (I’m applying for a major in radio/tv/film):</p>

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<li>White/Male/Jewish</li>
<li>Live in Illinois, close to Chicago</li>
<li>4.7/5 GPA unweighted, 5.2 weighted (my school has a weird scale)</li>
<li>Blue Ribbon high school</li>
<li>Class rank: 50/540</li>
<li>32 ACT</li>
<li>AP Tests: 5 in European History, 4 in US History, 3 in Computer Science, 5 in English Language</li>
<li>I took the SAT Subject Tests in US History and Literature, currently awaiting scores</li>
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<p>Extra stuff:

  • President of Broadcasting Club
  • Debate Team
  • Creative Writing Club
  • Outdoor Education Counselor
  • AP Scholar w/Honor
  • Glowing teacher/counselor recs, highly acclaimed essays/supplemental materials
  • Spent sophomore summer at Northern Illinois University for film camp</p>

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<li><p>I write freelance (paid - $50 per article) for Cracked.com, and I’ve had 19 published articles read by an audience of over 5 million people </p></li>
<li><p>Runner up at my high school’s film festival 2009, winner 2010 (that same short video also won my school’s Best of Show at our annual Variety Show)</p></li>
<li><p>I’m leading a student organization to confront our School Board about some seriously questionable actions by my school’s administration (I can provide some news links and a link to the Facebook event if anyone is interested). As of this writing, the school board meeting is tomorrow, and over 300 people have signed up to attend on Facebook - I’ll let you guys know how it goes</p></li>
<li><p>This probably doesn’t do much in my favor, but I met Danny Boyle at a 127 Hours screening and wrote about how I made him laugh out loud in one of my supplemental statements</p></li>
<li><p>As a part of my school’s VEI class (we run our own fake business, and everyone in the class has a “job”. I’m the webmaster), I went to the annual Tennessee Trade show (fake companies come together for a fake trade show, that sort of thing), and my website made the Top 10 finalists</p></li>
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<p>Okay wow, that was a lot of typing, but I wanted to exhaust everything I could pull out of myself. What do you guys think are my chances of getting in?</p>

<p>Sorry to bump… But does anyone have any feedback at all?</p>

<p>your scores and GPA fall within the median for NU, EC’s are great–definitely a great chance! hope the best for you man.</p>

<p>I’d say you’re pretty average (if not sub-par) for an RD applicant (mainly because of your rank). Scores are fine and GPA is fine, but rank kind of detracts from that. EC’s are fine as well… I’d say you have an OK chance.</p>