Decision: Accepted (to the college of arts and sciences and the Bienen school of music)
Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): 1460, 730 math 730 English
- ACT (breakdown):
- SAT II: 790 math 2, 740 literature
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but probably top 10%
- AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (4), Music theory (5), US history (3), Spanish Lang (4), will take macro, micro, BC calc, physics C mechanics, and physics C E&M
- IB (place score in parentheses): none
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C (technically 2 classes- one for course material, one for labs), AP calc BC, AP Econ, English 12, government, independent study in music composition
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist
/list Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): professional kids’ choir at a church in DC (senior chorister and theory coach), professional adults’ choir at the same church, GSA (president), a cappella group (founder, director, arranger of music), rec soccer, tales for tots club, school principal’s advisory board, “ROCS” (respect others, community, self) committee at school
- Job/Work Experience: none unless you count some professional singing
- Volunteer/Community service: none that I mentioned
- Summer Activities: Curtis institute of music young artist summer program (I was there for composition), Royal School of Church Music summer course, Westminster choir college composition week
- Essays: common app 9/10- wrote about my choir and how much it means to me, why Northwestern- I don’t really remember but it wasn’t completely generic
- Teacher Recommendation: both probably 10/10
- Counselor Rec: doesn’t know me well but probably said great things anyway
- Additional Rec: none
- Interview: none
- Supplementary Material: I should note that I submitted a composition portfolio and voice audition video to the Bienen school, both of which I think are quite good
/list Other
*Applied for Financial Aid?: don’t remember
- State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant): - School Type: public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no
/list Reflection
- Strengths: grades, music stuff
- Weaknesses: test scores weren’t amazing and my essays are unlikely to set me apart
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was kind of surprised to get in but I think overall I’m a strong candidate
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Bard, Indiana, and Lawrence University, rejected from UChicago, waiting on William & Mary, Wesleyan, and Oberlin.