Side Note I applied EA to Northeastern and was deferred. The rest are RD.
Demographic: Male, White, Palo Alto (California), Fairly prestigious public high school (Paly).
Intended Major: Business Management
Academics: 3.74 UW GPA. (School doesn’t weigh it on its own) New Sat: 1360 (Superscored) By the end of high school, I will have taken 5 AP’s (AB Calc, Psych, Spanish, APES, Macro) and two honors classes (Spanish 3, Foreign Policy). I had A’s in Spanish, APES, and Foreign Policy with likely B’s for both semesters in Calc/Psych and likely an A in Macro. For most normally weighted class I’ve had A’s.
Extracurriculars: *Sources of Strength leader on campus (Essentially a mental health organization helping teens overloaded with stress, developing campaigns to help fellow students succeed). * Researcher for a city-wide volunteer database. (Essentially gathered the contact info for organizations looking for volunteers. * Environmental volunteer for ACTERRA (environmental restoration organization). *Link Crew member (Welcomed freshmen onto campus and make the transition easier). *Worked as a waiter for my first job in a restaurant 2 summers ago. *Worked as a caterer the entire summer this past year. *Ran my own food blog reviewing restaurants in my area. * Played JV Basketball and Baseball (Stopped before varsity for both sports sadly). *Member of the culture and food club at my school.
Awards: English Department Award and President’s Award.
Recs: One is from my English teacher who I have had for three straight years in different classes. It was likely an outstanding letter. The other is pretty strong from my APES teacher who I connected well with in class and demonstrated many positive qualities.
Other: Since I was deferred from NEU, I will write a “Why Northeastern” supplement, and have already sent a letter to my regional representative. Clearly, my biggest weakness is my test scores, but my essays are quite strong as I have worked on them for a very long time (since the Summer began).
Schools: Northeastern, BC, and BU.
Thanks to anyone who responds, I appreciate it! Really hoping to get into BC/Northeastern as they are my top two!