CHANCE Northwestern

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Applying to Medill ED for Broadcast Journalism

GPA: Above 4.0 UW, 4.5 Weighted. No B’s in high school

SAT:
760 Math
740 Writing
640 Reading (UGH)
Total: 2140

SAT Subject:
Math 2: 750
US History: 750
Latin: 700

Classes: 2 honors- Freshman (no APs available), probably should have taken the other 2 honors offered… But, it’s Freshman year and everyone is still finding themselves

3 honors and AP US1 - Sophomore (1 AP available),

AP Lit, AP US2, AP Environmental Science, AP Macro, AP Psych, Honors Latin (and Academic Calc, but not interested in math and already a year ahead of most kids) -Junior

AP Lit, AP Physics , AP Micro, AP Prob/stat , AP Gov/Pol, AP Computer Science, Honors Latin - Senior

Took 3 classes over the summer over my high school years.

ECs- Habitat for Humanity 4 years, Television station 4 year (Freshman year-technical director and control room worker for 3 shows a week in our high school, Soph/Junior/Senior sports anchor), Newspaper (Contributer 4 years, sports editor Sophomore, Editor in Chief Junior and Senior), National Honors Society, Latin Honors Society, History Honors society, (leadership position all 3), started a tutoring program to help kids in elementary schools with their work (founder/president) Visited the school every week to help out. Technical director and editor of all school plays/musicals.

Independent coverage for SB Nation, major sports journalism website, and covered college and high school basketball in NY area… Press passes to major events and interviews with notable figures

Attended advanced sports broadcasting camp for 5 years and at the camp hosted own 10-minute sports show. Ran by two leading figures in broadcasting industry

Interest in school: Summer program and Medill, tour at the campus, great interview

Recommendations: From 1 outside of school- big figure in the broadcasting industry- 11/10, Lit/Newspaper- 11/10, TV station media teacher- 9/10

Volunteered in the Dominican Republic the summer before junior year to help the locals rebuild home, create better living arrangements, and integrate the English language and American culture to the underprivileged locals. Took suitcases worth of baseball equipment and school supplies I collected down to them.

Two-Week Summer Video Journalism Class at Harvard, limited to 15 kids from across the world, recommendation from the professor who won a Pulitzer for work in South Africa covering Apartheid (He was shot 4 times!!)

Intern at National Swim meet freshman year, published on the biggest swimming website in the world.

Contacted by Cartoon Network for some of my broadcasting work

Awards- National Latin Exam highest possible award all four years. Best Original Screenplay at NJ State High School Film Contest Challenge.

White, from Public school in NJ. No financial aid requested.

Essay- 10/10. Writing has always been what I do best.

Worries: CR SAT score, no AP Calculus, could have taken two more honors freshman and one more as a sophomore than I did

2

Probably a match.

3

Seems like a low reach.

4

@shtang can you elaborate and maybe say why you think so? Maybe a % chance of admission?

5

The admission rate at NU is in the low teens or lower. Your SAT is around or below admission average. It would be a reach.

6

@billcsho so if someone’s sat is not above the 50 percentile then they are automatically a reach? My grades and ECs are very good

7

For NU, it is a reach for most students anyway due to the low admission rate, even for kids at the 75th percentile.

8

@billcsho do you maybe have a % chance of admissions guess for me?

9

Probably right around the admission rate or perhaps a little bit above.

10

@billcsho what weaknesses do you see in my app? NU really looks at everything, and the one section of the SAT is the only weakness that I truly think I have… Just curious for your thoughts.

11

No obvious weakness other than SAT score (particularly your CR score) while your EC is good. Most applicants would have great scores and strong EC though.

12

Just get that reading score up and your good. Northwestern cares about CR+M/1600 so If you can get that reading score >700 you will have a very good shot at getting in. Otherwise, honestly your chances are lower overall. GPA is excellent though, and the fact that your applying ED will help tremendously. I think you have a good shot where you stand. Good luck!

13

@SternBusiness what % do you think I have right now?

14

Really hard to say. Each year admissions changes slightly and sometimes highschools do better at certain colleges at certain years. A good amount of luck is involved honestly. I think applying ED and with the GPA that you have, your have a good shot though.

15

you have an extremely high chance of getting in your stats are incredible especially with that harvard journalism

16

You’re a really strong applicant. I agree that your CR score is your weakness, but especially ED that’ll be easy to overlook with all the other strengths. I’ll say… 75% ED, 20% RD

17

We have similar test scores. I got a 31… http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1809306-chance-me-for-early-decision.html#latest