Chances for Medill?

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<p>Location: Long Island, New York
School: I go to the butt of Long Island public schools, still decently competitive though
GPA: 4.0 Weighted, 3.7 Unweighted
Class Rank: Not sure, but I'll most likely fall in the top 15% of my class
SAT: 2090: 630 Math (hopefully going up once results come out), 680 CR, 780 W
ACT: 29 (Mostly using it as a substitute for SAT2s)
SAT2: Bio- 600 World History -730
APs: 7
AP World: 4
AP Environmental Science: 5
AP Language: 5
APUSH: 3
Ethnicity: Mexican-American</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload:
AP Gov
AP Lit
AP Bio
AP Calculus
Chorale
Essay Writing Class/Gym </p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>•Journalism related
°Editor in Chief of School newspaper after joining junior year (11, 12)
°Created an online website for school newspaper (12)
°Writer for NEOS magazine (12)
°Blogger for local patch, started series with patch allowing students from the high school to detail their college search process (12)</p>

<p>•DECA (business/marketing club) (9,10,11,12)
°Leadership postions sophomore/junior year (10,11)
°Vice President (12)
°Placed in top 10 for Advertising Campaign at State Competition (11) </p>

<p>•National Honor Society (10,11)
°Treasurer (12)</p>

<p>•Drama Club (9,10,11,12)
°Secretary (11)
°Treasurer (12)
°Leads (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>• Vocal
°Audition only choir member (10,11,12)
°Tenor 1 Section Leader (11,12)
°All County Choir, Competitive music festival (9,10,11,12)
°All State Choir (12)
°Pop Choir (9,10,11,12) </p>

<p>• Community Service
°100+ Hours through DECA, charity walks, beautification projects, senior center volunteer work
°100+ hours at temple, tutoring Hebrew and assisting teachers (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>• Summer Activities
°Local day camp as a counselor (Summer of 10, 11)
°Robert W. Greene Institute for High School Journalists @ Stony Brook University, a competitive journalism program (Summer of 11)</p>

<p>I'm assuming my biggest weakness is my GPA, which may put me behind the average applicant. Hopefully my EC's make up for it. But I'd definitely like to know how my chances are for Northwestern are, and for Medill specifically.</p>

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<p>We have very similar stats and I also applied to Medill this year ED. My GPA, like yours, is the lowlight in my application. That being said, I, again like you, have a lot of good ec’s which I am hoping will balance that out. This really isn’t a helpful response, but I figured you might want to know that there is someone else out there in your same boat!</p>

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<p>Hi guys! I applied ED to Medill as well :slight_smile: so it’s cool to see I’m not alone. Definitely holding my breath until Dec. 15…
EmKolby, your stats look pretty strong!</p>

<p>Here are mine:
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
GPA: 3.86 UW, 5.0 W
Rank: 13 out of 363
ACT: 35 comp.
SAT 2s: 740 WH, 800 USH
APs: 12
AP Euro (5), AP Calc BC (3, 4 AB subscore), AP Chem (4), AP WH (5), AP USH (5), AP Env. (5), AP Stat (5), AP Gov (5)
This year: AP Phys B, AP Art History, AP Human Geo, and AP Lit
Ethnicity: Chinese</p>

<p>Extracurrics:</p>

<p>Journalism related: Staff writer at Seoulbeats.com, Intern at Southern Neighbor (local newspaper where I live)</p>

<p>Others: Founder/president of the China Care Club at my school since junior year, school band for 2 years (played in the ensemble of the orchestra for 4), member of the Debate team for 2 years, Science Olympiad team member for 2 years, student liaison for the alumni association at my school (3 years), NHS member, volunteer at the Farmers’ Market and Fort Fisher aquarium, participant in SVSM (a competitive math and science summer program), AP Scholar with Distinction, Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program, Junior Marshal</p>

<p>I think that’s about it. I felt okay about my essays and hopefully my teacher and counselor write me solid recs. Medill is definitely my top choice and I’ll be swinging by this thread to see if anyone else posts! :)</p>