Email from Northwestern about my SAT results

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Does everyone get this who submitted their SAT’s?
Hi ********,

Just a quick note to congratulate you on your SAT scores.

You did well! While test scores aren’t everything, when accompanied by strong grades in challenging courses they do a pretty good job of predicting performance at selective schools like Northwestern.

Imagine an entire first-year class filled with equally bright students. That’s an apt description of Northwestern’s Class of 2020 (middle 50% SAT 1390-1560, ACT 32–34), which also set a record for racial and ethnic diversity, with 22% of the class consisting of African-American and Hispanic/Latino students, 20% Asian-American students, and 10% international students.

In addition to intelligence, Northwestern students are known for their creativity. A glimpse at a group of graduates illustrates this well: Stephen Colbert (Late-night TV), Andrew Mason (Groupon founder), Will Butler (Arcade Fire co-founder), Virginia Rometty (IBM CEO), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld), Michael Wilbon (ESPN), Veronica Roth (Divergent author), Cody Keenan (President Obama’s Director of Speechwriting), Cristina Henriquez (The Book of Unknown Americans author), and George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones creator).

In any case, congratulations again, **********.

Warm Regards,

Mike Mills
Associate Provost

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Yes, that’s what it looks like. I got one too.

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:frowning: i didnt get one lol

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My daughter got one in reference to her highest ACT score - composite 32.

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My son didn’t apply until RD. Got a 35 on his ACT with a 12 writing score. Didn’t get any type of letter

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I got one in September. I applied regular decision. I don’t think it means anything.

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It’s spam to encourage you to apply. It wouldn’t mean anything.

It’s interesting that they haven’t updated the spam letter with the Class of 2021 data yet. http://admissions.northwestern.edu/documents/Class%20of%202021%20Facts%20and%20Figures.pdf And they’ll have Class of 2022 data soon, though presumably it’ll be a while before that becomes publicly available.

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They purchase the mailing list from CB with certain score range. It is just a promotional letter. They don’t even know you to exact score when then send out that letter.