<p>There are some concerns that my family will asked to be relocated from South Florida to Chicago because of my dad's job. Personally, I feel Northwestern is a major reach for me, though my dad believes for some reason I have a good chance simply because I had the same ACT score as my cousin who got in, so I wanted to ask you guys.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.8 (FYI, My school includes electives in their GPA calculation, so it may be very inflated.)</p>
<p>School does not rank</p>
<p>School info: Private, extremely competitive, non-religious school. Over a dozen students get into the Ivies each year, and there are close to 30 National Merit Scholars.</p>
<p>SAT Scores (I believe Northwestern does NOT superscore)</p>
<p>Test 1:</p>
<p>Math- 690
CR- 640
Writing- 620</p>
<p>Test 2:</p>
<p>Math- 650
CR- 690
Writing- 560 (I have no idea what happened to me that day)</p>
<p>ACT Scores</p>
<p>Test 1:</p>
<p>Composite- 30
English- 28
Reading- 34
Math- 28
Science 29
NO WRITING</p>
<p>I am still awaiting the results for test #2 and should arrive any day now in the mail. I also took writing that time. (I had a non-national test date, so I can't see it online)</p>
<p>Senior Year Classes:</p>
<p>Honors Web Design
English IV
Honors Calculus
Honors American Government
Honors Economics
Honors Psychology
College Writing
AP Environment</p>
<p>Please note this AP class is my ONLY AP class of my HS career. (I think this is my main weak point) I did take an Honors College class for credit during a special program at Florida Atlantic University's honors college last summer. (Got an A!) Please see the additional info at the bottom for more details about the AP situation.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>National History Day- The project is done for no extra credit. I like to make short films, and it has become my hobby. I have won 2nd place in the state of Florida, and participated in the national competition in D.C. (In D.C. I was only one place away in the initial judging round from being placed in the finals, which is the top 14 in the nation)</p>
<p>"Ambassador" Program- A club of students at school that is invitation only, and very selective. Only 10 other members of the senior class are part of it. This means not even the National Merit Scholars get a free pass in! Members are selected based on academics and other personal qualities that contribute to the school. (As you can imagine, the latter got me in.) We meet with new students before they matriculate, and continue to keep in touch throughout the year helping with teachers, class selection, etc.</p>
<p>Youth Leadership Broward- This is an organization independent of the school that I participated in my junior year. (It is for juniors only) I still think it's important. As part of the program, I was paired with a small team to do a year-long community service project at the Boys & Girls club. We taught very young 8-12 year-olds leadership and other qualities such as communication and diversity. Similarly, other teams were assigned to other local clubs and at the end of the year each team was judged by important county officials including the public school superintendent. As part of the project, I used my hobby to create a video as part the presentation we gave to the judges. As a team, we contacted Frito Lay, who ultimately sponsored our snacks given to the children during our programs. We also contacted a local radio station who sponsored our team's effort and other supplies.</p>
<p>Community Service- Since Freshman year, I have volunteered 2.5 hours per week at my synagogue every Sunday in a purely administrative position. (That's how it counts as service!) I have become an extremely import member of their "staff," and now rely on me being there everyday. It has now reached the point that if I can't make it, I have to send my brother to replace me! (He needs service hours too anyway.) Because I don't have a true job, this kind of makes up for it. Leadership Broward also counts as community service. In all, I will have about 300 service hours by the end of the year.</p>
<p>NHS Member</p>
<p>Fundraising Co-Chairman for Young Democrats Club</p>
<p>Additional Information:</p>
<p>In middle school I was in remedial classes because of a diagnosed learning disability. Because of this, I was not in prime position to start taking AP classes; I initially became mainstreamed my Freshman year. However, there is still a very obvious upward trend in both the difficulty of classes and grades, from half Bs and half As Freshman year to straight As last semester. Also, I went from all normal classes to all honors plus the AP I squeezed in. My school requires students to be recommended for AP or honors classes by their previous teacher of the same general subject area. Because of the extremely competitive nature of my school, it also increased the time it required for me to advance. It will also be seen on the transcript that I advanced from Pre-Algebra Freshman year to Honors Calculus Senior year. (I hope and pray that impresses them.) Northwestern will know about my disability; I'm using my essay as a vehicle to get it across. It's actually very good!</p>
<p>That's it! Sorry it got a little long. I am prepared though to be rejected; I'm also applying to Illinois Urbana. It would help if I could also be chanced for that. (Kill two birds with one stone!) Thanks!</p>