<p>Hi! I noticed there wasn't a thread for the 2014 Northwestern transfers and I didn't want to wait around for somebody else to make one. I'll start this thread off with my stats:</p>
<p>Intended Major: RTVF
High School GPA: 3.43 UW/4.73 W
SAT: 2050
Current University: University of Florida
Current GPA: 3.37 (I know it's low but I took 17 credits as a first semester freshman, I'm taking 17 again this semester and expect a 4.0 for the semester. I have to apply as a transfer this year because I have more than 70 credits at UF from all my APs so I'm technically a sophomore)</p>
<p>College Extracurriculars:
-Student Union Films Committee Member (rare as a freshman)
-Lead Actor in "Off University", a 5 episode TV show production project, entirely student run and first of its kind at UF
-Radio Reading Service participant, service project where we read newspaper articles on the radio for the blind
-National Broadcast Society Member</p>
<p>High School Extracurriculars:
-Started a tutoring program at my library
-President of Teen Advisory Board at my library for 2 years
-Silver Knight nominee (South Florida service award)
-Head Writer/Executive Producer for my school's sketch TV show
-Vice President of the film club for 2 years
-Technical services for 6 high school theater productions, did lights, sound, props, and set, eventually became head of props
-National Honors Society member/peer tutor
-National Merit Commended Scholar</p>
<p>Demographic: white female
I have a good addendum to my application about familial hardships (mom had cancer, dad went to rehab, etc)</p>
<p>Hi! I’m happy someone made a thread! I also applied as a transfer student to Northwestern for Fall 2014.</p>
<p>Intended Major: Sociology, International Studies (applied to Weinberg)
Current School: a state school
College GPA: 4.0 (43 credit hours completed: 27 from APs, 16 last semester, currently enrolled in 19)
High School GPA: 3.88 W
ACT: 32</p>
<p>College Activities:
Member of Honors College
Member of Sorority- Scholarship Chair
Volunteer at daycare center
Member of Global Brigades- traveling to Honduras to volunteer
Member of international organization </p>
<p>High School Activities:
Varsity Cheerleading- Captain
Varsity Swimming
French Club- President
Tutoring Club- group leader</p>
<p>Honestly gator your chances are very low with that GPA from a non-elite state college. The other thing is you are in college now and your time would be far better spent focusing on your grades because they won’t care about your extracurricular activities unless it’s something of true merit like D1 sports. </p>
<p>I’m also applying as a freshman transfer for the RTVF major. They say on the Northwestern transfer website that transfer rates into that major are highly competitive – anyone know how that compares to the usual 15-20% posted transfer rates for Northwestern?</p>
<p>@wildcatalum yes, but funnily, if you had clicked further into the link you provided, you would see that 2012 - 2013 had a jump to a 12.3% transfer rate. Furthermore, Northwestern had been saying in recent years it wants to expand its transfer acceptance rate because they feel that a certain number of transfer students adds to the diversity of their student body – specifically because, in recent years, general enrollment rates had been higher than anticipated and so they had to offer less spots to transfer students in subsequent cycles. They’ve been trying to cut down lately on the number of regular admissions’ spots offered (just by a bit) to open up more for transfer students – which is great news for us. </p>
<p>@aedinzahara Based off of last year’s transfer thread, rolling basis means anywhere from late April to mid-June. It really sucked for transfer students last year because they had to put down deposits for other schools while waiting for Northwestern just in case they weren’t accepted. </p>
<p>Student Senate (Co-chair of a committee)
A philanthropy club I started (President)
Hall Council (chair position on exec board)
Debate Team
Special Olympics Volunteer
Guitarist in a band
Producer/Videographer for a student run news-show
Staff Writer for a student run magazine</p>
<p>Work:</p>
<p>Research Assistant at an economics research group over the summer</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<pre><code>Founder of an advocacy website
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<p>I didn’t have any room on my app for high school extracurricular activities but I mention being in BPA in one of my essays. </p>
<p>Does anyone know if NU requires a final transcript report before they send out results? I’ve seen that they require it in the past but I’m not sure if the mid-term reports required this year were new and ruled out that requirement.</p>
<p>I checked last year’s thread and the first reported rejection was April 15th, but most people didn’t hear anything until May.
Last year everyone said they had to wait til NU got their second semester report, but Northwestern hasn’t mentioned that this year so I’m not sure what the deal is there.</p>
<p>I am a pre-med student and I am interested in NU’s summer physics program.
GPA: 4.00
Credits: 60- will be 80 after this semester
Avg: 20 credit hours per semester
EC: human society, meals on wheels, hospice volunteer, and shadowing. I have seen 12 different surgeries and logged over 50 volunteer hours.</p>
<p>Did anyone try calling the Admissions Office to check the time frame for decisions? I am an international applicant and therefore am aversive to exorbitant tariffs.</p>
<p>It would have been very helpful if they posted on the website or emailed us the decision time frame. The wait is literally killing me. :(</p>