<p>Your SAT and GPA are very much “up there.” A 2260 is an absolutely brilliant score. A 3.8 GPA or so isn’t exactly slouching either - obviously it’s ideal to be as close to a 4.0 as possible, but your GPA is still very competitive. Obviously I didn’t know about your commute, but I liked your ECs even before you told me that! The point I was driving at was that you seem to be devoted to 4 or 5 activities - good, serious activities that are not throwaway ones. Your devotion to music and journalism is what Medill will see and admire. I was going for a compliment in case we got our signals crossed :)</p>
<p>Remember that you can’t compare FA packages if you are accepted ED, but technically you can opt out of an ED contract if the FA is too low. If you can afford the school regardless then that may cut that part out of the ED equation. I know that you can ED to NU and EA to UChicago (because it’s not single choice like Yale), but if you seem to be as serious about journalism as you say, then do a little soul searching if you must, but you won’t get that anywhere else. Not to mention that tons of people I know from Medill double major in the CAS - that’s one of the strengths of NU and the quarter system. Since you seem to be looking at other schools without journalism programs, I can only assume you also have another major in mind. But ultimately applying ED is about getting an edge when you know what school you want to go to above all others (within reason). If in several more weeks you’re still undecided then you may already be decided if you catch my drift.</p>