Chance Me, NU ED?

dogsrmylife
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 02:48:14 +0000

Hi, I applied ED to Northwestern and am anxiously awaiting mid-December! I was hoping you could chance me? Please be honest. Thank you in advance!

Academics:
ACT: 34 composite (English-35, Math-34, Reading-35, Science-33)
GPA: 98.8% (unweighted)
Class rank: 3/330
I am an International Baccalaureate diploma candidate: HLs: English Lang and Lit, History of the Americas, Physics. SLs: Psychology (6), Mathematics (6), and French. EE is in psychology (studying the use of hallucinogenic drugs in treating major depression and anxiety).
AP Calculus AB and AP World History (5)
National Merit Commended Scholar

Senior Year course load:

Spanish
Orchestra
AP Calculus AB
IB Physics HL
IB History of the Americas HL
IB French SL
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB English Language and Literature

ECs:
-Class president 4 years
-Student council delegate
-National Honor Society treasurer
-Tri-M music honors society secretary
-Piano lessons 10 years
-NYSSMA music festival Levels 2-6 for piano
-Violin in school orchestra 9 years
-NYSSMS music festival Levels 2,4,5 for violin
-played violin in school musical pits 4 years
-peer mentoring club (bridging the gap between regular and special education students) secretary
-tutoring in French and earth science
-Physics club vice president
-School and community theatre
-Collecting underwear and socks to send to Hurricane Harvey victims as a CAS project
-participated in a French exchange (hosting student for 2 weeks and stayed with same student in Paris for 2 weeks)
-Attended HOBY workshops
-attended 5+ other local leadership workshops
-kept book for volleyball team 1 year
-almost 400 hours of community service

Work Experience:
-Babysitting
-Music director at local community theatre
-Summer job as a receptionist-in-training at a law firm

Teacher Recs: 10/10

Essays:
-Why Northwestern- 9.5/10, I feel like it really represents me as a person and is memorable
-Common App- 9/10, about celebrating differences, tied to a personal experience

Thanks again for any feedback you can give me, I really appreciate it! Best of luck to all ED and RD Northwestern applicants!