Senior. White male. Approx income of 200k. Applying for financial aid/ scholarships.
My weighted GPA is a 4.667 and my unweighted GPA is around a 3.85.
ACT: 32
Total of 11 AP classes.
4 Junior Year: APUSH (4) AP English Lang (3) AP Physics 1 (3) AP Chemistry (3)
7 Senior Year: AP Calc AB, AP English Literature, AP World History, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP GoPo.
Major at NU: Cognitive Science
Minor: Spanish
Pre-Professional Program: Pre-Med.
Extra Curriculars listed on Common App: Summer Job as a cook. Worked about 35 hours a week, currently still working there. Bee Leader, welcoming new freshman, mentoring them. Baseball for 4 years, varsity for 2, captain senior year. Travel baseball for 6 years. Basketball for 1 year. Second summer job as a delivery driver for my uncles, about 10 hours a week. Student Athlete Leadership Team, athletes working on how to become better leaders. Piano lessons for 2 years, not currently playing anymore.
Awards listed on common app: High honor roll, Grit award, All-Conference Academic, Student Athlete Award, Academic All-Star for my travel team each year. (None of these are very significant)
Recommendations:
AP Chem teacher: 9/10
AP English Lang teacher: 8/10
Counselor: 7/10 (she became my counselor junior year after my old one left)
Essays:
Common App 8.5/10
Why NU Essay 9/10
Do I have a shot? What are some schools that are similar to NU with a cognitive science major in case NU doesn’t work out.