Chance me ED Weinberg

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State: ME
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
School Type: Competitive public school
Hooks: none

I am applying to the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

3.8 unweighted/4.21 weighted GPA
School doesn’t rank but I’m in the second 10% :frowning: my school is the top public in the state, but still…

1510 SAT superscore (780 verbal 730 math)
SAT II: only took one USH 760

Took 4 APs last year
5 USH
5 comp
5 stats

Senior year courseload
AP Calculus AB
AP Enviro
AP Lit
AP Spanish XI
AP Government

ECs
3-year varsity football player, team captain senior year, conference all star, all academic team
4 years public forum debate – finished second in the state as a Junior, qualified for nationals
Started an immigrant advocacy group with a few friends to increase awareness in our overwhelmingly white state.
Indoor Track
Varsity baseball

Work
Worked for several baseball sites as a staff writer, one of my articles was picked up by Fox Sports.
Started small business (ecommerce) last winter that was very successful in its first year.
Kept score for a sabermetrics company at baseball games.

Awards
AP Scholar
Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key American Voices Nominee
Magna Cum Laude National Latin Exam
Army National Guard football leadership award

Volunteering
Umpired little league games
Football coach
Coached middle school debate at inner city Boys and Girls club

Essays
Common App 9/10 put a lot of effort into this one
Why NU 8/10 kind of bland, talked about entrepreneurship opportunities.

Recs: Great from my teachers, counselor seemed to like me.

Please let me know what you think. I’m preparing myself for rejection because of my poor class rank, but, as they say, it ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings! Thanks!

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Everything seems good, and starting a business is pretty unique. You have also been published. I would be surprised if you didn’t get in, but you never know. UW GPA and class rank is probably the weak point. I personally don’t think those things seem that weak, or are that big of deal, but then again 91% of NU undergrads were in the top 10% of their HS class.

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Fellow Weinberg ed applicant here. I also have coached at the b&g club, umpired little league, played varsity baseball, and have written and published sabermetrics research. We are very similar although I come from washington state. What’s your intended major?

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Those northern corner states must love B&G coaches and baseball lol. I’ll probably end up majoring in econ.

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Northwestern will 100% pay attention to your writing extracurriculars (they did to mine when I applied!) Honestly, the GPA is a weak point, but I know for a fact that Northwestern will take an earnest and friendly student over a type A one with a perfect GPA. Cheers!

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@oldgeorgie same major and nearly identical stats lol let’s both get in :slight_smile: