NU's campus is awesome.

HonorsCentaur
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:18:14 +0000

Ok so I visited last week, and it was awesome. So I’m adding it to my list.
Potential majors: French/Econ dbl mjr

Regular Admission cycle

AP/IB Taken/Will have taken (Class): AP World History, AP US History, AP English Literature, AP Calculus
IB English HL, IB Economcs SL, IB Physics HL (yuck), IB French SL, IB Math Studies SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL
Full IB Diploma Candidate

Asian Male from NY from a public magnet.
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GPA Roughly: UW: 3.92, W: 4.039 (school doesn’t give UW but based on my calculation)

Note: Though my W and UW are similar, my school decided to deflate GPA this year and last for reasons beyond me. I have taken the most challenging load available.

School doesn’t rank, but roughly the second half of the top 10%.

SAT: Highest Single Sitting CR-680 M-750 W-760, 1430/2190
Superscore: CR-710 M-750 WR-760 1460/2220

SAT II’s: 740 Math II, 640 USH

AP: Psych 5 (Self-Study), USH 5, Micro 3 (Technically self-study), English Lit 3, World History 3.

EC’s Sports:
Varsity Soccer 4 yrs, Varsity Swimming 3 yrs (Scholar-Athlete), Varsity Track and Field 4 yrs (Captain 12)
EC Activities: NYS Math League 2 yrs (Captain 12), Guitar playing 5 yrs, Multi-Cultural Club 2 yrs.

Jobs: Did math tutoring in and out of school, taught English abroad in a formal setting.
Volunteer: 50 hours at an historic landmark, 90 hours abroad doing translation services for the olympics

Programs: Economics for Leaders
Leadership Development Institute

Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction
A College Book Award
Congressional Award Bronze/Silver Certificates
Various school awards

Essay: Common App is pretty good i think. The Supplements should be pretty good also.

Recs: Counselor doesn’t like me that much, but the other two should be great.
So will I be heading to Evanston in Fall 2010?
Thanks