nervous junior looks for advice...

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>I am a female junior in the IB program (diploma candidate) in florida.
GPA: 3.8 unweighted, 4.9 weighted, top 5% of class, in top 15
PSAT: 67 reading, 70 math, 80 writing, 99th percentile ( told I will be national merit semifinalist, at least)
Classes: (senior classes are what I have planned right now)
11-
Art 1 IB
AP Spanish
IB Contemporary history
IB history of the americas
Newspaper- news editor 11th, staff in 10th
IB Spanish 5
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB English</p>

<p>12-
Art 2 IB
AP Portfolio Art
Newspaper- Co editor in cheif
Math Studies IB
IB Biology 1 and 2
IB English</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Art Association 9, 10, Pres. 11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Florida Scholastic Press Association 10, 11, 12
Quill and Scroll 11,12
Class of 2006 (9)
Catapult Club (president, 10) - we built a trebuchet and entered in a local competition, came in 6th!
I am a teen writer for a 3-county newspaper with a circulation of 100,000+, (The Sun-Sentinel)
, with the best teen program (Next Generation) in the country. I started as a sophomore, am writing as a junior and will be an editor as a senior. Through this, I have written for the main paper and have several articles published in the Foundation Update, a magazine for editors in the youth product feild.
700+ service hours at the JCC
11-12th I have a part time job, 15 hours per week.
Will have great recs, several advisers and teachers have written great ones for me in the past.
Awards-
Most likely to succeed underclassman- 10
FSPA On the Spot news Honorable mention, 10
Next Generation Best Reporter, 10, special projects award
District FSPA on the Spot news 1st place, 11
(few 11th, 12th because awards are in april and may)</p>

<p>now… the question…
I want to major in Journalism, with focus in business and international affairs, but still want to take some art classes. I am very interested in Northwestern and UNC-CH, but am out of state for both and need alot of financial aid. Are these schools reasonable for me to be interested in? Any suggestions for others schools to look at or things to get involved in, application suggestions… which should I apply ED to in the fall? I have read most of the posts for both of these schools and am aware of how selective they are… anything you can tell me will help! Thanks!</p>

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<p>My personal guess is that you would be a good candidate to apply for admission. However, I don’t think that anyone can really give you a chances idea since basically everyone that applies to these schools is awesome in the classroom and/or in one or more other aspects of the application (Trust me. It’s very annoying.). </p>

<p>The main advice I can give you is to be careful around ED. If you’re accepted in that plan, you must attend the following year. If you do go that route, make sure that the school you apply to in it is by far your first choice, and I don’t think anyone can say which school that is besides you. </p>

<p>For Northwestern, it doesn’t matter if you’re in-state or out-of-state. The tuition is the same for everyone (lots of $$$). However, they do guarantee to meet your full demonstrated financial need.</p>

<p>If you’re looking for other schools on which you can think, check out the University of Michigan. It seems like a great school, is highly looked upon, and you can still find that aspect of friendly competition there. I’ve been accepted there, and they’ve been giving me a nice, warm welcome so far (in the form of an admissions package, a congrats letter from the college in the university that I’m accepted at, a letter from the president of the university, and a postcard from an alumna in my area that gives me her information so that I can get in contact with her and discuss the university). </p>

<p>However, saying I’m posting this in the Northwestern forum, I’m waiting to hear what their final decision is on me before I make any rash decisions that I may kick myself for come the end of March. In other words, Northwestern is also an amazing university though more difficult at which to get accepted. In their case, they have a completely amazing program in jourmalism waiting for you.</p>

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<p>ur a tiny bit above than the average applicant if u continue with those grades and
get high enough scores on ur sat</p>

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<p>i think for nu though
the essay is so important</p>