Northwestern Chances 2015

alafae
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:38:22 +0000

UWM is a good school, and sometimes known as the public Ivy League school, but I slightly doubt it’s on the same radar as Northwestern, given the resources, student body, etc. The most evident is that UWM is raked way lower than NU in many US college rankings (just as an argument, not to say rankings are important).

That said, I still believe that outstanding students do stand chances to be transferred into NU if they have good results. I hope you understand that ACT scores will be taken into account, and when your score is way below the 25th percentile of NU, you have to shine in a lot more places. I see a good but not stellar GPA, limited AP placements, good extra curricular activities, but nothing special in that, if I were an AO, I would look past your ACT score and see where you shine in these aspects.

I would argue that if you have a 3.8+ GPA, 30+ ACT and shinning ECs, you might be able to transfer, but from the stats you’ve posted, the odds might be slightly against you. Good luck though, show some interest and tell NU why they’re special and why you fit it!