Medical Malpractice

Will I get into college? (Northwestern, Ivy League, University of Chicago)?

Will I get into Northwestern, Chicago University or any other Ivy League school? My freshman year was awful. I had a 3.1 GPA on a 4.0 scale. My sophomore year was better, but not great. I ended up with a 3.8 GPA on a 4.0 scale. My junior and senior year, I had a 4.0 GPA. -I took all of my classes in all 4 years as either honors or AP, with 2 APs out of a possible 3 junior year and 4 APs senior year. The highest possible was 5 so I took all the ones that were available except for math. -I got a 34 on my ACT out of 36 but did not take the SAT -I speak 4 languages fluently (English, Spanish, Polish, and French) and took Latin all 4 years of high school -I have been participating in Best Buddies Club all 4 years of high school, Orchestra 2 years of high school, Community Service Club all 4 years of high school, Amnesty International all 4 years, Latin Club all 4 years, Israeli Club all 4 years, and a few other clubs here and there. Keep in mind that my school does not allow students to be presidents of clubs. -I only took 1 year of varsity sports -I have been a member of the National Honors Society for all 4 of my high school years -I wrote a great application essay and am not worried at all about my interview -I have taken at five internships since I began high school, two of them being for business (one was overseas in France) and three being at hospitals -I have been writing for the school newspaper since my sophomore year -I have been playing piano since the age of 4 and have been part of many different competitions and have performed in five small concerts -I have taken 4 years of English, History, Language, Science, Math, and have also taken part in many different arts classes -My mother graduated from the University of Chicago but I have no family that graduated from Northwestern or any other Ivy League School for that matter since my entire family is from Europe -During my senior year, I worked as an assistant to a gym teacher for both semesters -I was accepted into many different writing and art competitions and had a six different writing pieces published in the school's magazine I was hoping that one of you could tell me whether or not you think I could get into these colleges or any college like Harvard, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, Washington, Brown, Duke, Yale, UCLA, etc... I am hoping to hear that my freshman year will not affect the decisions of colleges too deeply. I also did slightly over 150 hours of community service by volunteering at soup kitchens and at my local YMCA

Public Comments

1. Based on that information, and if it is all 100% true, than I think Northwestern and UChicago are guaranteed admission, unless I'm missing something. However, the Ivies are a little tricky - Cornell, UPenn, and Brown are the easiest of the Ivies to get into. Duke, in fact, is more difficult to be accepted to (in recent years, that is). Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, however, are the most difficult to get into, and I think your freshmen year might get you at those schools - but you're still a phenomenal candidate.
2. Your chances of getting into an ivy league level school are pretty good. At the very least, you should be accepted into at least one of the universities you mentioned. Just remember that most of the people who apply will have very similar resumes to yours. The only thing more you can have is impressive references. All I know is that I have friends who are applying to Northwestern and U of C, and their resumes aren't even half as good as yours.