<p>Applying early helps A LOT. I applied to northeastern and got in with 5 AP classes, 2090 on the SAT, 4.0 UW GPA, 4.3 W GPA, one high school club, one out of school sport, and 13th in the class. The valedictorian of our school, 4.0 UW GPA, 4.6 W GPA, who took 10 AP classes between jr and sr year, and was in multiple HS clubs including nhs, bottlecappers, senior council, deca, etc. applied regular decision and was denied. In my opinion, based on stats alone, she should have been accepted if i was.</p>