just a black man lookin for chances

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>i’ve posted this on other colleges but i just wanna see what people that have already gotten in or know about northwestern think about my odds of getting in
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Black
Location: TX</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.67
Weighted GPA: 4.02
Class Rank: My school doesn’t rank</p>

<p>SAT I Math Score: 750
SAT I CriticalReading Score: 720
SAT I Writing Score: 730</p>

<p>2200 in total</p>

<p>Activities
Football 4 years
Basketball 4 years
Track 4 years (i’m really involved in sports)
School Newspaper Sports Writer 4 years
Student Council 3 years
Youth Advisory Council 3 years
Intercultural Club 2 years
Dallas Area Diversity Youth Association (DADYO) 1 year
Spanish Club 2 years
Admissions Ambassador 2 years</p>

<p>National Merit Commended Scholar
National Achievement Scholar
3 or 4 Journalism Awards for My sports stories
National Spanish Honor Society
National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist</p>

<p>AP classes:
Junior year
AP U.S. History
AP Spanish Language
Senior year
AP Biology
AP English
AP Stat
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish Lit. </p>

<p>I’m really want to go into some field of science with some kind of minor in spanish and eventually be a doctor.</p>

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<p>What? Where is the “I am a shoe-in, if this school doesn’t like me, they are crazy” comment that you keep posting in your chances threads?</p>

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<p>some ppl just love hearing other ppl talk about them… just apply to all your schools in the fall, stop asking questions when u know the answer</p>

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<p>i don’t think i’m a shoe-in, so i’m not gonna say it.
i know none of you people can tell me realistically if i can get in. i think it’s fun to have other peoples’ opinions though.</p>

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<p>Hmm… I don’t see how you played football, basketball, and track for four years and also found time to be a sports writer for the newspaper… In addition to your AP classes of course.</p>

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<p>^^i think about these time conflicts almost everytime I read these chances threads. i wish i had extra hours too.</p>

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<p>his threads are funny… how can he be a national merit commended scholar and national acheivement scholar as a junior??? you can’t enter and you don’t win those awards until you are a senior…so technically this person should have already applied to colleges last fall/winter, and should be in one right now…</p>

<p>FROM NOW ON WATCH PPL’S THREADS… IF THEY SAY THEY ARE A JUNIOR… AND THEY ASK ABOUT CHANCES… SEE IF THEY WROTE IF THEY ARE ALREADY A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR…BY THEY TIME THEY FIND THAT OUT… THEY WOULD’VE ALREADY APPLIED TO COLLEGES, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT SPRING TIME OF SENIOR YEAR.</p>

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<p>i dont think that stating NMS (atleat semi-finalist or commended) is that big of a deal since once you get the scores, you can look up past cut off for your state or your percentile rank (need top 5% for commended i think)</p>

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<p>GAClass - don’t you learn about your NM status of commended/semi-finalist in the spring of Jr. year? Nat’l Achievement may be the same?</p>

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<p>no you actually learn at the beginning of senior year (atleast i did). once you get your scores though, its not hard to see where you will fall.</p>

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<p>even if this was all true he wouldn’t be a shoe in… look at his GPA</p>

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<p>the cut off last year for NA was 180. i don’t think it would be too much to assume my 208 makes me good there.
i already got a letter from national merit saying i was ATLEAST commended. maybe semi-finalist.
i’ve only played 3 years but i plan on playing all those next year. i am a rising senior and my coaches have already told me i’m captain for football and track. believe that.</p>

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<p>my gpa isn’t that bad, taromakino.
3 A’s (One honors)and 3 B’s as a freshmen. (12+9)/6=3.5
4 A’s and 2 B’s as a sophomore. (16+6)/6=3.67
4 A’s 1 B as a junior. (16+3)/5=3.8</p>

<p>so if a rising gpa trend, increased ap classes, and test scores that put me in the 75% don’t get me in, i don’t know…</p>

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<p>it’s not that bad, but it’s not that great</p>

<p>All I am saying is that you’re definately not a shoe-in</p>

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<p>plus, you may have PLAYED many sports for 4 years, but you have to anticipate other applicants that are state champions and such</p>

<p>I’m not going to give my opinion on what your chances are, because my guess is as good as anyone else’s</p>

<p>plus you saying something like this “so if a rising gpa trend, increased ap classes, and test scores that put me in the 75% don’t get me in, i don’t know…” makes it sound like you already have a set answer to your question.</p>

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<p>i’m a two time conference champion in track and all-conference in football. i didn’t put all my little awards and stuff in there cuz i didn’t wanna clutter it up and scare ppl away.
just give your opinion. if i didn’t want it, i wouldn’t post on here.
my opinion is that i’ll get in. you’re entitled to your opinion as well</p>

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<p>IMO…you’re in anywhere you apply to…black guy, star athlete,excellent grades and EC’s. Just write great essays…</p>

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<p>thanks racnna. hopefully you’re right. a black kid in the grade above me similar to me got into everywhere he applied (hyps, unc, usc, duke, washu, and ut), so i got some huge shoes to fill.</p>

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<p>just make sure you humble yourself in your essays (to some extent) and you’ll be fine.</p>

<p>I heard of a guy who put something along the likes of “If you let me slip by, you will suffer a great loss” and he was rejected by pepperdine (a small local private) when he wrote a respectable essay and was accepted to stanford.</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>oh i’m definitely not gonna say anything like that. i love northwestern. i fell in love w/ it when i visited last summer, and it’s been my first choice ever since. just everything about it. if i could afford to not care about financial aid i would apply there ED. i think i’ll be able to write a good “why northwestern essay”, and hopefully i’ll be there in 15 months.</p>