**Nortwestern RD Results Class of 2015**

<p>Decision: Accepted into School of Communication</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):1760 Reading: 570 Math: 590 Writing: 600
[</em>] ACT:26
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 580 English: 580
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Psych: (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma Candidate, 6 classes, 3 HLs, 3SLs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude Society, Scholar at my School, MD Distinguished Scholar Honoree, Spanish Honor Society[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor-in-chief of magazine at my school, Freshman Mentor, School Tour Guide, Swim Team, Actor, film
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Referee
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Counselors at summer camps
[</em>] Summer Activities: Basketball, Volunteered, mentored youth, Swam, film, write poems/short stories
[<em>] Essays: about downloading music
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2, good I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I guess good
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[li] Interview: yep, the guy said I was a very mature young man and had to make hard choices in my life[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my essay was really creative, it was really me, my supplement was the same way, a write in a lot of different mediums
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I really don’t know, maybe my interests combined with my essay made my application stand out from others I guess
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul] Accepted: UVA (Echols Scholar), NYU, USC (Southern Cal), Emory, Syracuse (Newhouse), Tulane, BU.
Rejected: Harvard, Columbia, Miami
General Comments:</p>

<p>Was just a school my counselor said I should look into, and now it’s where I am going for sure. Hope to see some of you guys there!</p>