Chances of getting in?

Shannonm525
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:24:02 +0000

I know Northeastern is a stretch for me but…

Right now I’m a junior in high school, my GPA is around a 90 (weighted, my school doesn’t send out unweighted GPAs because they don’t do class rank), I don’t know exactly because it hasn’t been updated in a while but I’m confident I could bring it up to at least a 91 or 92 by the time I apply.

I took the SATs once so far, and got a 1690 with no prior preparation, so I’m taking a class now and hoping to wind up with around 1900.

Honors/APs:
World History Honors
English II Honors
US I Honors
English III Honors

and senior year…
English IV Honors
AP Spanish OR AP Gov

Newspaper staff for 3 years (freshman can’t join, so that is the maximum)
1 year as a page editor, and hopefully one year as editor-in-chief
2 years as a member of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
2 years as Homework Help Center volunteer at local library (around 60 volunteer hours)

Both the newspaper and the homework center have selective admissions.

I know Northeastern is a bit of a stretch for me, but I think it’s definitely worth applying to and I’m very interested in the Journalism program.
Anyone have any advice on what I could do in the next few months to increase my chances of being admitted, or schools that I should also consider?

Thank you in advance!