<p>Through QuestBridge, I am allowed to apply ED into Northwestern. But I really am not sure what my chances are...</p>
<p>I am applying into the McCormick School of Engineering. Please chance me.</p>
<p>I am using the Template made by Tristan101 in the QuestBridge thread, thank you Tristian101!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 650 Chemistry, 580 Math Level 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (one B [one semester] in AP Chemistry)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 of 991 (top ~1%) [has changed for the better recently, i'm sure]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):[/li][</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 9 Units of College, Independent Studies, APS, Econ, World Lit, One Elective
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Scholarship Finalist, Life Member of California Scholarship Federation, Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) for Universities of California
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Badminton (10th, 11th, and 12th grade, 1st Year JV Captain, 2nd Year Varsity Captain), Philosophy Club (12th grade only, President, Activities Coordinator), Korean Connection Club (12th grade only, Vice-President, Activities Coordinator), Badminton Club (12th grade only, Founder, Activities Coordinator), Cross Country (12th grade only, Junior Varsity), Local Baptist Church (Member for 7 years, Charter, Youth Group, Soulwinning Ministry, and Choir Member)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Movie Theater, ~2 years, ~10-20 hours per week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 501 Hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: college courses (3 units fresh-soph summer, 3 soph-jr, 9 jr-sr), work
[<em>] Essays: double-life high-school/college-"batman secret identity"-independent-study/villain-father essay, computer/technology-curiosity-but-not-materialistic essay, elaboration-on-independent-study essay, broken-household-hatred-between-mother's boyfriend-and-brother essay, almost-generic-great school/location/class-size-northwestern supplement-essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: old principal of a school near ~5k students for over 20 years, math professor from college (took stat and calc1 from him as a sophomore, i assume his rec was poorly written)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average to strong
[</em>] Additional Rec: independent studies teacher (teaches all subjects, but really weak. she misspelled my name for one of my schools and made grammatical errors..)
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: chemical engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): california
[<em>] School Type: public high school: independent studies
[</em>] Ethnicity: filipino
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 40-50k, single parent, EFC = 0
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): abusive father, independent study, 2nd year college student (in my ~35th unit of college as a senior), both college/high school "social adeptness"
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: independent study, maybe..essays?, college experience&credit and not just college credit
[li] Weaknesses: ..independent study, horrible test scores, only 12th grade club extracurriculars, horrible test scores, low actual high school courseload, but high college class burden.., no APs (but instead ACTUAL college classes AT college), horrible test scores[/li][/ul]General Comments: my independent study essay justifies my decision to leave high school one quarter into my junior year because I was "always grouped with students of varied learning speeds" and felt "limited in my potential to exceed" and therefore "looked toward the challenges of the college experience". i have no one to compare my situation to and am really worried..</p>
<p>Also, can I apply EA into MIT if I apply ED into Northwestern? </p>
<p>Do you think I would get in ED because of the boosted chances? Or would I be okay RD? If I'm not okay RD, then I will take advantage of the opportunity and do ED because I'm scared I won't get into anywhere...Thank you very much!</p>