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Originally Posted by BostonUSpartan
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Even that seems high.
Northwestern's average ACT score is about a 30 (which translates to a little under 700 points in each section of the SAT-- 1400 in the old scale, 2100 in the new scale). Their average student is also in the top 10% of their class.
The Honors College at
MSU has about 3,000 members. The requirement to get into the HC at
MSU as an incoming freshman is being in the top 5% of your class OR getting a 30 or above in the ACT (or the SAT equivalent). About 1,000 of those 3,000 got in through the Academic Scholars program (they didn't initially meet the minimum requirements for HC) or through application after their first semester of school (didn't initially meet the requirements either). That leaves us with 2,000, a little under 5% of the
MSU population.
Take into consideration the fact that
MSU accepts EVERYONE that meets those requirements into the Honors College... Northwestern only accepts about 30% of all the students that apply (most who have grades good enough to get into the HC at
MSU).
We're really comparing apples to oranges... we're not even in the same league as NU in terms of admissions. I'd say maybe 3-5% of
MSU could have gotten into Northwestern.