O HAI! Chances for medill?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>…So I kept swearing I would never make a chances thread. I’m a long-time lurkerrrrr and this will likely be the only thread I make.</p>

<p>Something I wanted to say before I begin. If it wasn’t for math, I’d have a 4.0. I’m a complete right-brainer…writer above all else.</p>

<p>That saiddd</p>

<p>White Gurrrl</p>

<p>GPA: 3.74 UW, 5.1 W </p>

<p>Class Rank- 17/413 (Top 5 percent)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2130 Compsite: 600 M, 730 CR, 800 W (may retake in Jan)
SAT II: 750 US History, 710 Lit (retook), World History pending</p>

<p>All APs through HS, 8 by Grad
5s on Comp, US History, World History</p>

<p>Awards:
Served as a Congressional Page in the United States House of Representatives my sophomore year
selected 3 times on the American of Newspaper Editors weekly “National Edition” - basically, it’s the best online high school journalism compiled on one site.
3 Awards from Maryland-District of Columbia Press Association Individual Writing and Editing Contest: 2nd Place and Honorable Mention in Review Writing, 3rd For Op/Ed
NHS, French Honor Society, etc
National Merit Commended
Speaker at my school’s GT Night
Ranked 4th in MD for Original Oratory (Speech)</p>

<p>ECS:
The Big One is that I’m the Student Representative on my local school board. I’m a voting member, so I have a say in things like budget, curriculum, all that. Working on a county-wide journalism initiative. As far as I know, relatively few SMOBS in the country have voting rights.
With that job also comes executive leadership positions on my County Student Council board and the State Student Council board.</p>

<p>I also have a job with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy as one of 13 teens on their Youth Leadership Team - sort of a representative to all teens, if you will. I work on writing for the site, and will be at a panel on Capitol Hill this spring.</p>

<p>Newspaper (duh): Editor in chief 12, other editorial positions previous years
Started my School’s Online Paper- 10000 views in November FTW.
Speech and Debate
Theatre
Community Work: Big on this stuff. Done it for 4 years, I’ll have close to 350 hours between the Board and other stuff by the time I graduate.</p>

<p>Thanks for all your time. I know my SAT Math suckkssss but I’m hoping I have a shot. BTW, I’m RD. NU is my numba one choiceee.</p>

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<p>strong writing credentials. I think you just might get into Medill, not sure about WCAS though. why didn’t you apply ED?</p>

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<p>I bet you’ll get into Medill. IDK why ^ commented on WCAS tho, as she clearly stated she is applying to Medill.</p>

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<p>Once again the question is whether your EC’s can overcome an SAT that is well below normal non-hooked admission standards. There are very, very few non-hooked students in any of the top university/liberal arts schools. The best advice is to take a review course and raise the score if there is still time. If you can’t get above a 600 with a review course you may find work at NU over your head.</p>

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<p>I meant to say there are very few non-hooked students at top schools with a math score that low. You can look at the admission data and see that less than 10-15% of students get in with that score and almost all are hooked in some way.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s certainly true. Thanks for all the help! :D</p>

<p>I’m hoping that my hook- strong writer involved in public policy- can manage to offset the score. :confused: Well, we’ll see in Jan if it goes up at all.</p>

<p>And I didn’t apply ED due to financial reasons, I applied EA to UNC Chapel Hill and UMD.</p>

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<p>A math score above 650 would give you a reasonable chance and at 700 you would be in good shape.</p>

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<p>out of curiosity, are you a counselor? I’m just curious :O</p>

<p>because when I visited NU, and when I talked to people that went there, they said that SATs are only a component of everything. While I know my math score is by no means impressive, do you mean to say that they’d see that I’m geared towards one part of the school, that I was student rep of the 20th largest county in the country, and a Congressional page, and working for a national organization, and a published writer, and in good academic standing in every single thing except one part of one standardized test, and say “Thanks but no thanks?” </p>

<p>I’ve been hearing other things from my counselors and teachers, and I just wanted to clarify. I mean no combativeness or rudeness. :)</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>