*Official Regular Decision For Northwestern University Class of 2016*

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2260 (750 CR, 760 M, 750 WR)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II:770 Lit, 710 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): DNR
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:IB HL Math/Cryptography, IB HL English, IB HL Drama, IB SL World Religions, IB SL Spanish, IB SL Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Finalist[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):One Stone Inc. a student lead non-profit [project team leader], Idaho Shakespeare Festival Apprenticeship [an audition based apprenticeship with a regional theater company], Journalism (Co-editor-in-chief), Film Club (co-founder), Soccer (Vice Captain), Quizbowl (1st at state smalls schools), guitar and I play in a band/write songs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Idaho Shakespeare Festival Box Office
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:One Stone Inc.
[</em>] Summer Activities:ISF Apprenticeship (2 summers)
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Probably good I go to an extremely small school. I haven’t seen it though.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Same as above.
[</em>] Additional Rec:None
[li] Interview:None [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Idaho
[</em>] Country (if international applicant:
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:GPA, EC’s, Test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses:Northwestern Essay, No major awards besides NM.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I think it was because my Why Northwestern essay was really generic and I didn’t spend very much time on it. I’m really not sure otherwise. It was my first non-acceptance so far so it has me slightly worried for the rest. I’m actually curious to see why others think I was waitlisted.
[</em>]Other schools you’ve been accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Colorado College, Whitman, and Wesleyan University so far.
Waiting on Stanford, Brown, Middlebury, Williams, and Amherst.
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