Question by k soni: Hey I just got into Northeastern, but not into the Honors program, should I be surprised?
It was one of my safety schools, but since they’re giving me a lot of money, I may go there if all of my top colleges don’t accept me.. but my acceptance letter didn’t include anything about honors…
GPA: 3.92 out of 4 (weighted)
Rank 6th out of 284
SAT I: 1910 (AH! I’ve tried so many times, I just can’t get it)
SAT II’s: 710 Chemistry, 760 Math II, 640 Literature (err)
ACT : 30-31 (took the test a few times)
Courses 9-12
Math all honors:Geometry, Algebra II, Adv. Topics/Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus)
Honors English I,II, III, IV
Honors Biology, Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology
History: Honors US I, II, World History
Language, Spanish I, II
Other, Honors Band (9-12), Media Production/Film Studies
Transcript reflects all A’s A+’s and some A-‘s every year in all classes
Extra curricular
-Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band (Soloist/section leader/1st chair)
-Track/ Cross Country (capt and varsity letter)
MUN
-Volunteered at Hospital in ambulatory surgery dept.
-Multicultural/South Asian Student awareness
-Martial Arts (Black Belt/Instructor)
Volunteering for Teaching Kids Track and Field
-Science Olympiad/Math League (scorer)
-Worked in lab research Alzheimer’s Disease
-Went to China for two weeks, learned about history, culture through classes and taught rural Chinese children English
-Indian Association Volunteer, Helping with international functions
-Taught ESL classes to elderly in order to prepare them for US citizenship exam
Best answer:
Answer by raflorsheim
No. Your record is interesting, but your SAT scores probably didn’t make you one of the applicants with the highest combined index scores. I don’t know what percentage of Northeastern students are in their honors program, but it is rarely very many, so in putting together their honors program, there were others who were better qualified. You can still have a good experience there without honors.
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