Hi,
I’ve also applied ED Northwestern, but to McCormick.
By quickly looking at your stats, it looks like we are not from the same school, though I am also from Bellevue, WA.
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
SAT II: Didn’t Take
ACT: 34 C (35E 34M 31 R 36 S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school also doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), AP Chinese Lang (5), AP Physics 1 (4), AP Lang (4), AP World (3), AP Comp Sci (1) lol, am self-studying to retake this May.
Senior Year Course Load: Adv Calc, AP Micro/Macro Econ, Cisco Networking Academy (2 periods, 3 credits), Senior English, AP Physics 2, AP Gov
Extracurriculars:
CHESS CLUB (Prez 11,12 VP 10) (I display a lot of passion with chess and don’t waste my time with other clubs just to appear “well-rounded.”
Sports: Nothing competitive. A lot of pick-up basketball in my summers. And also Chess! And Competitive Marching Band for 3 years if that counts.
Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s Crew Worker.
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing special, have about 70 hours and school requires 40. Volunteered at Seattle Jingle Bell Run, Bellevue Strawberry Festival, all that good stuff.
Extras: I run my own Chess Coaching Business! (Self-taught chess player and chess coach. Taught 11 students (Age ranged 5yrs-retired adult), 5 reg. students currently (weekly). One student increased rating 900-1400 in 3 months. Created a personal training curriculum for rapid improvement. Received praise from parents about child’s improvement/interest.)
Created extremely detailed model airplanes from scratch and have created a website (kinda but shhh!) to display and they are really my talent.
Awards?: Outstanding soloist in Eastshore Wmea Jazz festival, HS state chess champs 2014 in WA, 1st place chess individual premier 2015
Common App Essay: Pretty s***. I read it again a few weeks after submitting and am rewriting it for UW! (Before I could have used the same essay for both schools)
Why Northwestern: Much, much better. Talked about a lame childhood expereince and made it sound dramatic and life-changing. Mentioned specifics such as a specific student and a former professor.
Teacher Recommendation: Not very good. 4 of my 7 junior year teachers left my school and I didn’t have a lot to choose from and never spent time giving a good impression in class so I can’t expect any better. I’d say 7/10, maybe higher if I’m lucky. Also had 2 recs but only asked one to send since 2 bad reports look worse than just one.
Counselor Rec: An ok relationship, should be really good nonetheless, maybe 9/10
Other:
Revisiting The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Read “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." Writing a book summarizing key points and personal thoughts/experiences about each habit plus ideas for implementation. Condensed format ideal for busy people. Habit One done so far, plan to publish as an EBook.
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes, definently 
State (if domestic applicant): Washington State
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Currently 0.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t understand what this means. Please help.
Also I will evaluate your application in a sec.