Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None submitted.
ACT (breakdown): 34 C (32 E 34 R 35 M 36 S) + 36 W
SAT II (place score in parentheses): None taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank/Percentile: 97/550
AP (place score in parentheses): None submitted
IB (place score in parentheses): None submitted
AP + IB Courseload: 12 by the end of this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP German, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics II, IB Computer Science, Honors English, Honors US History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Few student organizations for tech, service, hobbies
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: 6 years w/ same organization
Summer Activities: Service
Essays: Common App (6/10), Why Northwestern (7/10),
Teacher Recommendations: Excellent recommendations from Comp Sci/Economics teachers
Counselor Rec: I imagine my counselor recommendation was quite decent.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Economics
State/Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Recommendations, decent ACT, good commit to my Community service, decent essays
Weaknesses: GPA/rank, activities, SAT score, ACT score could be improved, essays could have been better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA/rank are abysmal for a top school
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Safety + UNC, ND, Duke, UChicago
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Congratulations to all who got in! I expected this outcome and I am not particularly disappointed. My only hope is that the people who got in truly deserved it.