How much are senior year classes factored into admissions?

ahrkfintey
Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:34:55 +0000

I currently have a 3.97 GPA and scored within the 99th percentile for English and 93rd percentile for math on the PSAT. With the copious amount of studying I have done for the latter, I should score well within the 99th cumulative percentile on the SAT.

I really wish to be able to get into Northeastern University, but my dilemma is twofold: I have only taken one AP class this year (namely AP chem, though I have an unweighted 100 in that class and should easily get a 5 on the test). I also have a fair shortage of ECs.

To remedy the first problem, I plan to take what remaining three AP classes my fairly small school offers (APUSH, AP lit, and AP Calc) in senior year, as well as physics, A&P, and Spanish 3.

My question is: Will the amount of challenging classes I take senior year be factored into my admissions, or will the school think I am not able to pull it off? I know I will be able to, so will the first quarter grades be factored into admissions?

Also, I have very very few ECs, so this summer I plan to volunteer for at least 200 hours at a local hospital, in addition to shadowing various physicians and surgeons and such twice a week as part of a special program. Will this be enough?

What are my chances of getting into Northeastern?