<p>Decision: Accepted
($20K Dean’s Scholarship + Honors Program)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 36.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 91.6 on 100 scale.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Language (5).
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP French, Chinese I-H, Theology IV-H, International Relations (2nd semester).</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art club (president), French club (president), French NHS (president), Art NHS, “regular” NHS, school newspaper columnist, NMS semi-finalist.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern/contractor at technology company with a focus on internationalization of brands/products.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library shelf reader, volunteered at town historical society.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Aforementioned internship, camp counselor before that, leadership seminar.
[<em>] Essays: Both well-crafted, not the most original subject matter but an interesting approach.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both pretty good – one was a French teacher I’ve had for three years, the other a theology teacher I knew from before school.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent if I say so myself. I’ve really clicked with him.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts.
[<em>] School Type: Parochial/Catholic.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian.
[<em>] Gender: Male.
[</em>] Income Bracket: Between middle to upper, closer to middle probably.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Standardized test scores, essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Demographics/lack of hooks, should’ve taken a science this year.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Those test scores didn’t hurt, and I have work experience showing passion in my intended field of study (languages + international relations).
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere else yet. Waiting on Tufts, Middlebury, Bates, Vassar, Colby, Gettysburg, Holy Cross (all RD).
[/ul]General Comments: I’m pretty pleased. Northeastern wasn’t too high up there when I originally applied but I’m thinking more and more about attending. Just need to wait until April to hear back from the others, though.</p>