My chances of getting into Northwestern

Transfer Students
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School: Southern Illinois University
Major: Psychology and Business Administration with a minor in neuroscience
College GPA: 4.0
EC’s:

  • Fraternity Vice President of Correspondence 1 year
  • Academics Chair 1 year
  • IFC/IGC Delegate 1 year
  • Club: SIUC Behavior Analysis and Therapy club 2 year
    -SIUC: Students Together Advocating for Rehabilitation Services 2 years
  • Working in a Psychology Lab related to smoking cig research with EEG and EMG 1 year
  • A peer mentor for a psych stats, will be tutoring psych majors in stats. 1 year
  • University Honors Program- Must keep a 3.2 GPA average and have 10 hours of community service a semester
  • Self Taught Guitar
    High School GPA: 3.4/4.0 went to a top high school in my state
    ACT: 24
    EC’s:
    -religious club
    -volunteer (50+ hours)
  • Internships at Rehabilitation institute of Chicago
  • Internship at Cook County Jail with different Judges and Lawyers
  • Internship at a teen mental health clinic

I will also be applying to Michigan, Loyola, University of Illinois, and Madison Wisconsin.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you!

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Anyone advice?

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Accepted in Loyola but declined from Michigan

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Congratulations on your Loyola acceptance!

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I’m applying to Northwestern for psych too! Good luck:) You have a ton of awesome extracurriculars, which helps, but I think they still care a bit about the ACT.

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Accepted to UIUC.

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I wish you the best of luck!