Hey, I’m a rising Senior who intends to apply ED to Northwestern? What do you think my shots are?
GPA: 4.0
SAT: 1520 (out of 1600)
AP Exams: 5 on AP English Language and U.S History, 3 on Physics 1
SAT Subject Tests: Have not taken any.
PSAT: 1430 (out of 1520)
Workload: My Junior year I took APUSH, Physics 1, honors precalc, english, and french, in addition to self studying for AP lang and taking three elective courses. My senior year I’m taking AP LIT, AP French, Calc AB, AP Physics II, IB Theatre (they start the IB program at my school this year, so I couldn’t go full diploma), IB Theory of Knowledge, World History (they don’t offer advanced or AP histories at my school besides APUSH), and Journalism.
Academic Honors:
Cum Laude Member
Won three awards at my school recognizing me for my abilities in english
Won two awards at my school for writing the best end of year History research paper Junior and Senior year
Won an award freshman year for my abilities in History
Honor roll all four years
Eligible for National Merit Scholarship
Honorable mention from the Scholastic Writing Awards
Extracurriculars:
President of School Drama Club
Editor-in-chief of school newspaper
Been in the high school play all three years, lead one year
Varsity cross country all four years, no leadership position
Member of the club ultimate frisbee team, which started my Freshman year
Editor of the school lit magazine for two years (they don’t let freshman be involved, and there are no official leadership positions)
Went to a highly prestigious drama summer camp for five years
Member of the Mock Trial team the past two years, lead witness Junior year.
Member of the Diversity club, and went to a national conference for diversity in private schools called SDLC
Attended summer classes at NYU (for Screenwriting), and Brown (for an intro to writing Academic essays)
Went overseas to France Junior year to take part in a play with a french community theatre company in celebration of D-Day
Hosted my school’s “Coffee House Night” last year, will do it again this year.
Took part in a School music theatre review my Junior year that helped raise money for Equity fights AIDS
I consider myself a good writer, and have strong connections with many teachers, so my essay and letters of recommendation will likely not be a problem for me.