31
3.96 (1 B) uw
4.3something weighted
Oops. I was accepted.
32
3.8
deferred EA, waitlisted
@zxcvbnmlp what major?
@c011e9e engineering. Why?
Northeastern Mean two-part SAT scores (Math+Reading, Writing excluded)
Incoming Freshmen:
2006 : 1230
2007 : 1251
2008 : 1268
2009 : 1288
2010 : 1309
2011 : 1341
2012 : 1360
2013 : 1390
2014 : 1413
2015 : 1416
2016 : ???
No wonder they are going up in the rankings.
ACT 34
GPA 4.0
Accepted (Engineering)
@rgosula that is really cool
2016 : 1452
just came out
@rgosula The 1452 is the figure for admitted students. The figure for enrolled students will be lower but stil will likely show an increase over 2015.
where was the new stat published?
@TomSrOfBoston, went back and looked, you are right, it is admitted students. Sorry for jumping the gun. It did seem like to much of a jump.
@suzyQ7 from Northeastern University Parent E-newsletter: Spring 2016
did they show ACT stats and admission % too for this year @rgosula ?
Admitted student profile:
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Middle 50% weighted GPA: 4.0-4.4
Middle 50% SAT (math + verbal): 1,410-1,510
Middle 50% SAT (triscore): 2,070-2,250
Middle 50% ACT: 32-34
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- For context: Remaining 25% are above the top reported figure and 25% are below the bottom reported figure.
So I would guess mean ACT of 33…
Wow on the SAT and GPA scores. To be in the top 25% of admitted you have to be over 1510/1600 and 4.4/5.
31
4.04 GPA
Accepted RD (honors, Engineering), FIRST robotics scholarship
@suzyQ7 yeah, after considering Northeastern a safety, I was surprised when I found out that I was likely only in the top 15-25% of admits score-wise (35 act/4.5). Even though 5-point grade calculations can be weird, our ACT range is similar to Harvard’s (32-35), even though I imagine that such statistics become less important/significant when the scores are so high.
@julianstanley considering that only 1400 students nationwide earn a 36 ACT, and that getting higher than a 4.5 out of 5.0 GPA is also very rare (how many schools have enough APs to get you the weighting needed to be higher than 4.5 over 5) I’m VERY surprised that your stats wouldn’t have been top 5-10%. Why do you think you were only in the top 15-25%? Again, would think that 35/4.5 puts you in the tippity top admitted students. Plus, as a university scholar, you are probably top 1-2% of applicants (I know this is holistic, but your stats are a factor, I’m sure).
NEU told us this April that the range for HONORS students is 4.2 - 4.5, and 33-35 ACT. Again, I’d think you’d be tops there too- but who knows.
@suzyQ7 Since a 34 ACT is 25%, I assumed id be somewhere close to there, but I guess it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that the 1 point jump could make a big difference (plus, my score went 33, 32, 35 in the three times I took it)
Just speculation, I guess. And my high school have 5.0’s for above 93% in honors subjects as well, so GPA is inflated proportionately – valedictorian gpa was around 4.7. But high school grade inflation is another ball game.
I think my main point probably still stands, though: northeastern has high average scores for its level of prestige
Agree that they NEU has really high stats. Re: GPA - makes me wonder how NEU calculates GPA, do they count honors and AP the same or give a plus for AP? Do they include electives APs or honor courses? How do they quantify a students GPA if their school doesn’t offer as many APs as other schools do (so a 4.16 GPA out of 4.333 is going to be better than 4.4 out of 5.0). Anyway, they publish these GPA stats but don’t give the intel on what they actually mean.