<p>...Northwestern is my top choice at the moment. I'm a prospective theatre major, and I've heard they cap the acting class at one hundred students, so I'm basically terrified.</p>
<p>Here goes:</p>
<p>Female, Caucasian, from a large-ish public high school in Illinois.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.82 UW, 4.15 W with an upward trend
Class rank: Somewhere in the top 5% (weighted).
Courseload: 8 APs total by the time I graduate. The music/arts classes I've taken have cheated me out of a lot of challenging courses because my school is on block schedule. My counselor explains this in her rec.
ACT: 33
SAT: 2260 (780 CR, 710 M, 770 W)
Honors/awards: National Merit Semifinalist, a couple of in-school choir/theatre awards.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Theatre - 4 years (acted in eight shows, directed, and worked tech for every other show since I started high school. I attached my performance resume with my common app.)
Show choir - 4 years (500+ hrs/yr commitment, member of two national champion-level groups, featured soloist)
Concert choir - 2 years
Band (top concert band, top jazz band, marching band) - 2 years (played trumpet for 7+)
Graphic/web design for a lot of school-related things - 2 years
Model UN - 1 year</p>
<p>I'm kind of wondering if it's even worth applying, haha. Any advice would be awesome. Thanks! :)</p>