***Official Northwestern ED 2016 Results Thread***

writergirlx
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:49:17 +0000

Decision: Accepted to Medill

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 31. English: 34; Reading: 33; Science: 30; Math: 25
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73 (weighted)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3); US History (4); English Language (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Government, AP Virgil, AP Psychology, Journalism, and required fine arts classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Enrique Camarena Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Literary Magazine (Layout Editor), Volunteer Organization (Teen Leader), Library Advisor Board (Secretary), Latin Club, Diversity Club, Piano, Italian Classes, German Classes, National Honors Society, Students Against Destructive Decisions.

[] Job/Work Experience: Au pair in Switzerland this past summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 160 hours at the local nursing home, grade schools, and my county’s healthy department; another 100 for NHS
[] Summer Activities: spent the summer in Switzerland working as an au pair, then received my A-1 certificate in German (took classes at night)
[] Essays: Solid. My Why NU? essay got my point across without sounding cliche and banal. My Common App essay was really well-written too, highlighting my thirst for diversity and whatnot.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know for sure, but I think they were fairly strong. One from my yearbook moderator, the other from my latin teacher who has taught me for the past three years.
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor doesn’t even know how to pronounce my name correctly, so I doubt this was the best.
[] Additional Rec: No
[] Interview: No
[/ul][ul]Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Femme
[li]Income Bracket: less than $100,000 [/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: My extra-curriculars, obvious interest and pursuit in journalism, volunteer work, experiences (I wrote about my time in the Middle East).
[] Weaknesses: Math. It brought down my GPA and my ACT. But going into journalism, this isn’t really that big of an issue.
[] Why you think you were accepted: I’ve immersed myself in as many journalistic activities as possible (I’m sure two EIC positions and another editor position didn’t hurt ha) and my essays were amazing (not to be conceited).
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Iowa, University of Minnesota. Still waiting to hear from: Boston University, University of Washington, Fordham. [/ul]
General Comments: Didn’t really think I even had a shot here, but Medill has always been my dream, and I worked my butt off to get here. Good luck to everyone regardless of where you all end up Oh, and if anyone else got into Medill, message me. I’d love to hear from future classmates!