<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to SESP**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
CR:740
Math:740
Writing:760
[ *] ACT: 35 Composite
[ *] SAT II:
Math I: 740
Literature: 740
Spanish: 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% in a competitive residential high school
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) Physics B (4) [Senior Year] Physics C, Composition, Spanish and Calculus BC, old school did not allow underclassmen to take APs
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, Linear Algebra (CL) AP Comp, AP Physics C, Senior Colloquium (Discussion), Decades of Controversy (recent history), Independent study in poetry
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Bryn Mawr Book Award, IUPUI Poetry Contest Honorable Mention
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Green Club (president)
United Sexualities
Quiz Bowl (JV Captain)
Spell Team (Captain)
Academic Super Bowl (Captain)
Marching Band
Project Outreach
Creative Writing Club (founder and president)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: single-handedly ran a 2-week creative writing day camp for little kids in the neighborhood
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours in elementary school classrooms
[ *] Summer Activities: 2 years at Interlochen Center for the Arts for CW, 1 year at St. Mary’s Spiritual Leadership Camp
[ *] Essays: I’m a writer and a poet, so I pride myself on guessing that I was probably one of the much-sought-after “standouts”. My AP Comp teacher liked them, anyway, and she’s brutal.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 2, both fawning
[ ] Counselor Rec: good
[ ] Interview: went well, but wasn’t perfect. Interviewer was extremely friendly.
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public boarding school (Yeah, I don’t get it, either.)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: female
[ ]Income Bracket: well off
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Essays, Test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: SATII, limitations on AP availability
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays put me over the top. I am also National Merit, and Northwestern is trying to unseat Harvard for the #1 spot in having the most National Merit scholars.
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Hanover College, Purdue University and Loyola University.
[ b]General Comments: No one is a sure thing at a school like Northwestern. I think the best you can do is to be an individual. We’re all smarties. You have to get their attention without the help of your GPA.</p>