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Where did you see this recommendation? I have seen two recommended but ISP is the only program I know of where you need or it is recommended to have three unless the student is home-schooled. Even HPME only requires two. See below:</p>
<p>Does Northwestern require results from SAT Subject Tests?</p>
<p>Northwestern recommends that all applicants take two SAT Subject Tests but requires scores from SAT Subject Tests only for applicants to the Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME), the Integrated Science Program (ISP), and applicants who have been home-schooled. See the chart below for specific exam requirements for these special programs.
Required SAT Subject Test
In addition to SAT Reasoning Test or ACT with writing results, the following SAT Subject Tests are required of freshmen applicants who fall into these categories:
HPME Chemistry and Math Level 2
ISP Chemistry, Physics and Math Level 2
Home-schooled Math Level 1 or 2, plus two other SAT Subject Tests of the applicant’s choice from different areas (i.e. not two science or two foreign language or two history, etc.)</p>
<p>^Kdog, what was that one person’s ECs/leadership? I’m assuming they were lackluster?</p>
<p>Viviste - I have heard this before and I just dont buy it but on the other hand consider it a really crappy process if it is true. I have suggested to Sam Lee that he should ask to consider changing it. Why make the kid go through so many layers of screening when the regular admits throw in an application and either they are in or out.</p>
<p>If it is truly as separate as you claim, they ought to change the process instead of getting people to spend acouple of grand to show up for interviews while giving up school for a couple days etc. These people are a lot more vested in NU by this point and if they are not even being admitted, then the process is screwed up.</p>
<p>They need to call for interview only those that are definitely being admitted for regular admission or else don’t bother wasting people’s money.</p>
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No, the EC’s were pretty extensive as well. See the first post on page 4.</p>
<p>Kdog - where is he going? Looks like he did everything possible for a student - football captain, student body president, newspaper - these are unbelievable ECs.</p>
<p>Liv4 - Have you considered USC?</p>
<p>Wow you’re right; that is surprising. Maybe a rec letter revealed something bad about his character? That’s definitely surprising</p>
<p>He got into Michigan OOS, though. I’ve heard of people rejected from UofM OOS but accepted to NU.</p>
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Don’t know but it sounded like U-M or UNC unless he received word from one of the Ivies or Duke. There are others like him if you read through the threads. Mathematicism on page 3 is another with a 2330 SAT and 800 Sat II in Math II.</p>
<p>Sorry about misinformation. I knew NU def reommended three sat iis when I checked the last time, which was summer last year(?). I bet they changed their policy. After the summer, anyhow, I happened to meet that recommendation and never checked again :D</p>
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I know it’s mind boggling. I know there is one applicant whose parent posts on this forum who’s S was accepted to NU and Brown but rejected by Yale. My son was accepted to NU and waitlisted by both Brown and Yale and ended up being accepted off the waitlist by Yale. Go figure.</p>
<p>Here are the requirements for NU. It does nt look like you need SAT II at all if you dont fit one of these three categories.</p>
<p>Northwestern recommends that all applicants take two SAT Subject Tests but requires scores from SAT Subject Tests only for applicants to the Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME), the Integrated Science Program (ISP), and applicants who have been home-schooled.</p>
<p>[The</a> SAT, ACT, and Recommended Exams FAQs: Office of Undergraduate Admission - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/apply/frequently-asked-questions-and-resources/the-sat-act-and-recommended-exams-faqs.html]The”>http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/apply/frequently-asked-questions-and-resources/the-sat-act-and-recommended-exams-faqs.html)</p>
<p>People always forget there’s a huge range of schools at NU and different qualifications can mean different things, much like at Cornell. CAS and Engineering admissions are much more challenging statistically at NU, but programs like Medill and Music can have widely different results from other peer schools.</p>
<p>Of critical importance to NU: A good why NU essay. My suggestion: Don’t just parrot back talking points from the admissions site. They know those are appealing. What makes NU right for you</p>
<p>McCormick '15 here. As an admit with a fairly low unweighted gpa (~3.65), I’m going to venture to say that my rigor of academics (6 academic classes + indy studies for the past five semesters), internship experience, SAT scores, and passion for artificial intelligence (reflected by my essays) were what got me in. I think McCormick looks more for kids who go out and actively try to pursue their interests rather than just the kid who gets the 4.0. I would work extremely hard to get those SATs up and–as you username implies it–try to procure a summer internship in a physics lab or something!</p>
<p>texaspg: I agree; while the lack of communication is understandable to a certain degree it’s still a bad compromise.</p>
<p>Viviste - NU is a great school. I just felt really bad for all those kids waitlisted. Rice/Baylor and USC do ensure the kids are admited in undergrad before they invite them for medical admission interview and NU should be able to do it too - just my opinion.</p>
<p>LIv4 - NU is number 12 in rankings and as someone pointed out to me recently when I complained elsewhere about the waitlisting Ivy caliber people - NU is ahead of at least two ivies - Brown and Cornell and should be able to have an admission process that can be equally choosy. </p>
<p>So NU should be considered a reach for most applicants.</p>
<p>Liquidswords seems most close to your profile (at least GPA since no other numbers were posted) and may his/her experience can help you with your application to NU.</p>
<p>What are your other choices in terms of reaches/matches/safeties?</p>
<p>texas: haha, USC? not really, why? and I’m also considering Michigan, Notre Dame, and Carnegie Mellon, among some others. I’m in-state for U of M and I’m a legacy at CMU, by the way.</p>
<p>liquids: how exactly do I get an internship? like where do I start? I’ve been really wanting to do one for a while now!</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and I may apply to Penn/MIT just for kicks (I’d really like Penn haha). Some have said because of my gender I really do have an increased shot</p>
<p>hello again! i myself worked in the MIT Media Lab (not-for-pay, unfortunately) writing software to test the successfulness of a PhD student’s artificial intelligence code. i got it by just writing to a Media Lab group leader via email. no resume, just an earnest letter explaining yourself and why you would be apt for a position as gofer or research assistant. i’ve attached a link to the list of media lab groups–research them and send out the letter i described to 5-6 group leaders that are doing research that is interesting to you. hopefully one will respond to you. if not–persist!!!</p>
<p>link: [Research</a> Groups and Projects | MIT Media Lab](<a href=“http://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups-projects]Research”>Research — MIT Media Lab)</p>
<p>if you are indeed interested in MIT, as i was (until my deferral was finalized on pi day as a rejection D: ), let me discourage you from applying there early. i myself was tempted to do so because it’s early action and MIT is…well, the ****. visit NW, mudd, rice, and penn (all fantastic engineering programs with ED) and apply to your favorite early.</p>
<p>p.s. if you need to figure out housing in cambridge MA, i can totally help you out with the logistics. also, if leaving your home this summer isnt in the cards, just reapply what i did with the media lab to whatever research university exists within arm’s reach of your town. best of luck!</p>
<p>Do you think UofM would have some opportunities?</p>
<p>UMich is one of the top research universities in the country. They definitely have opportunities. However, it being a bit more of a bureaucratic mess than the utopia that is the Media Lab, you should approach it like this:
<em>identify a major that you are interested in (let’s say…mechanical engineering)
*look up the staff page and find faculty members who are researching topics you are interested in (<a href=“https://me-web2.engin.umich.edu/pub/directory/currentindex[/url]”>https://me-web2.engin.umich.edu/pub/directory/currentindex</a>) (i’ll pick Ellen Arruda for example…however, do this for a bunch of professors)
*email her the letter i described
explain why you want to work in her field
offer yourself as a gofer or research assistant (be modest!) </em><strong>for one of her grad/phd students</strong></p>