Northwestern Chances 2015

AndreH34
Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:11:00 +0000

Hey everyone, was hoping to get some feedback on my chances on transferring to Northwestern University (and also your guys too!).

I’m a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at I’m studying Political Science with minors in Entrepreneurship and Criminal Justice. The reason im trying to transfer is that I’m looking for a more comprehensive political curriculum and i hope to attend a university with a community that focuses on building leaders and offers internships/jobs/research opportunities in a larger city…lastly at a public ivy league school i think i can compete at northwestern, despite my lackluster performance on the ACT. THANKS!!

HS: 3.8
ACT: 25 (yeah, I wasnt that great in high school)
SAT Subject US History: 700
AP: US and Comparative Gov

College: 3.6 (4.0 last semester)

Activities:

Student Government:
-Served as the student body secretary as a freshman
-Served on the finance committee (in charge of $45M in funds for orgs, transportation, rec sports, student unions, health services, etc.) as a freshman and sophomore
-Served on the transportation board and renegotiated a $20M/5year bus contract for 45k students
-Served on the misconduct panel and decided on cases of academic dishonesty and cheating
-served as the head of phone banking for 3 semesters
-elected for two terms

Politics:
-field intern for gov quinn of IL
-finance intern for the democratic party of wisconsin
-currently running for the finance director of the college democrats of wisconsin

Work:
-Admistrative assistant at a home health company for one summer