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Northwestern University
633 Clark St
Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Old 07-08-2012, 01:40 AM   #1
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Chance me please!

Hi, i am a white, male, rising senior, who currently lives in California and am planning to apply ED for Northwestern

SAT: 2140 total (w: 780 m: 700 cr: 660)
SAT II's: Biology-700 US History-760
GPA: uw- 3.67 w- 3.9 (i know its low :/ )
Attend one of the top public schools in the state of CA (ranked 10th to be exact)

I've taken AP European History, AP US HIstory, AP biology, and Spanish 4 Honors and am taking 4 AP's next year (AP Pysch, AP Gov/econ, AP Environmental Science, AP Calc)

I took the only AP class that was provided as a sophomore (AP euro)

As for EC's...

-I am the co-founder and vice president of my school's debate club (2010-2012)

-I also am the lead prosecutor on my school's defending state finalist mock trial team. (2011-2012)(i've won many awards for this)

-Along with both those clubs that take up a huge part of my time, i peer tutor everyday during 7th period for about an hour. This gives me about 170-180 hours total of tutoring for this year (however i will be doing the same thing next year). (2012, 2013)

-I also will lead a team, comprised of about 15 students, to Tijuana, Mexico, to help build houses for impoverished families living in terrible conditions. This trip will last a week and consists of about 9 hours of manual labor per day (2013)

-I am the lead guitarist in my church's worship group and i play every sunday and wednesday for about 250 to 300 people (2009-2012)

-I also have been playing competitive soccer since the age of 8 and have been a scholar athlete every year of my high school career.

-I also was the captain of my nationally recognized soccer team last year and hope to be captain of my high school team this year

-I assist the Winter Nights homeless shelter every year by helping make food and helping kids with their homework (2009-2012)

-I assisted with food preparation towards weekly soup, intended to feed approximately 80 to 100 homeless in Berkeley, CA. (2009-2012)

Sorry for the list haha

As for the essay...

Not to be immodest but i feel that i am a very good writer and am perfectly confident in my ability, so i'm not to worried about that.

As for the recs...

I have very great recommendations from some of the top teachers at my school.




please reply with any comments!
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Old 07-08-2012, 12:01 PM   #2
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NU does not consider the writing portion of the SAT. As a result you will be disadvantaged compared to similar schools that take you total SAT score for all sections, particularly since your gpa is a bit low.
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Old 07-10-2012, 12:34 PM   #3
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okay thanks, anyone else?
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