<p>Im currently a Senior in high School, and hope to eventually major in English.
Ethnicity/ Gender: Asian/female</p>
<p>Academics
Am an IB Diploma student, hoping to get a predicted score of AT LEAST 38/45 (Inclusive of bonus points)
English HL- 7
Business HL- 7
History HL- 7
Math- 5
Biology- 5
Spanish-7</p>
<p>Final Grade 11 score was 35</p>
<p>All scores are on a 7 point scale
Am in the top 20% of an extremely accademically challenging high school</p>
<p>SAT
CR- 750
Writing- 740
Math-690
Was in the 97th percentile for PSAT</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
- Founded first school yearbook
- Editor of yearbook for 2 years
- Founded first school paper
- Editor of paper for 2 years
- Spent 2 years in the Press department of school festival, was the Head of Department my second year
- Summer school Harvard 2006
Have a very strong portfolio with published poems, articles in major newspapers, school paper i founded etc</p>
<p>Work Experience
Summer Internship at a very prestigous national newspaper
Working to raise funds/tutor kids/study child rights at a shelter for the children of commercial sex workers. Have an official online blog on the shelters website documenting my experiences. Could possibly film a documentary on it.</p>
<p>Sports
- Swim team for school grades 6/7/8/9/10/12
- Club swim team
- District Swim Team
- State Waterpolo Team</p>
<p>Social Service
- Volunteer at an Old Age Home
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter for kids
- Volunteer at a Girls Orphanage</p>
<p>Apply to:
NYU CAS, Vassar, Wellesly, Barnard, Northwestern University, MAYBE Columbia though it may be a bit too much of a reach, Boston College</p>
<p>Any thoughts on more unis to apply to?</p>
<p>Good chance. Not a great one, but a good one. The SATs are at the median or slightly below. Your rank is also too low (NU wants ALL students at least in the top 10%).
Not to be rude, but why are you applying to Northwestern? NU sticks out from the list of schools you applied to. It is Big 10 and has a very different atmosphere. Have you visited? Are you sure you are serious about applying? If you genuinely like NU, then schools like UW-Madison, UMich, Penn, and WUSTL should also be finding their way onto your list.</p>
<p>Well i USED to be really interested in journalism, which is why Northwestern would have been my top choice, though I'm not really that excited about it anymore. Also, earlier i was more focused on private universities, but I'm now more keen on LAC's</p>
<p>Here is the 2005-06 freshman class profile for NU:
82% in the top 10% of HS class,
96% in the top 25%,
and 100% in the top 50%.</p>
<p>At least 18% of those enrolled were NOT in the top 10% of their HS class.</p>
<p>^i bet those stats were even more competitive this year and will be even more this next admissions cycle.</p>
<p>do you still wanna do journalism? i'm sure starting your own school paper and newspaper sounds good</p>
<p>The students not in the top 10% are varsity athletes, URMs, have 2370s, or go to the best private schools in teh country (and don't give me that "I go to a really competitive public school. Kids go to ivies every year.") Stats are cool but actually looking at the people behind the numbers is slightly more representative.</p>
<p>"The students not in the top 10% are varsity athletes, URMs, have 2370s, or go to the best private schools in teh country"
i haven't gotten in yet, but if i do, i'll fall into three of those categories. i'm not in the top 10% of my class but i haven't talked to anybody that has thought i'll get rejected.</p>
<p>Nope I'm not really into journalism anymore. I did a couple of internships to get a feel of it but didnt really love them..</p>