To everyone rejected/waitlisted: i feel your pain, it sucks, i really had my heart on northwestern too. Just reading the stats on this forum is incredible; everyone accepted, rejected and waitlisted has such amazing credentials and you should all be so proud of yourselves for even applying to northwestern. you will all go really far in life, this is just another tiny hurdle. There are other schools and other paths and I wish you all the best with the rest of the admissions cycle. Everything happens for a reason, chin up and keep smiling pals x 
DS rejected
36 ACT/1560 SAT
3.89 UW/4.23 WGPA
class rank 19/700
Waitlisted (but fully expected rejection, so I’m definitely not mad)
32 ACT
3.95 UW GPA
6 APs
Lots of ECs and great recs, solid essay
congrats to all who were admitted!
How big is the waitlist this year?
Rejected
1530 SAT
3.987 GPA
7 APs
CONGRATS ON EVERYBODY WHO WAS ADMITTED!
did everyone get the email
DD waitlisted
1570 SAT
6/908 rank
4.0 GPA 5.24 UW GPA
National Merit Finalist
National AP Scholar
15 AP’s
Newspaper Editor-in-Chief
My friend didn’t, and he was rejected.
So I was wondering…
For those of you that checked your portals very recently (in the last 30 minutes) and got rejected, did you get the email to check portal. Same question for those that got accepted. If you checked right when it came out (within 30 min) then you probably didn’t get anything I’d think.
Accepted! Honestly, this admissions season has given me more mental breakdowns than I’d care to admit. Looking over all y’all’s stats, regardless of acceptance or not, makes me realize that college admissions is such a lottery. Just because you got a bad result this time, know that the next week or so is going to be hella hectic and with every bad result comes a good one!!! Case in point I got WL from WashU the other day so who knew?
I’m happy for myself (validation yeee), but if you didn’t get in just know that this in no way says anything about you! College is so freakin’ random and I’m sure everyone here is absolutely phenomenal! Onto the next one my dudes
another rejection
@collegebritgirl8 Well said and best of luck to you too!
My DS was waitlisted.
4.0 GPA (UW)
1590 SAT
800s on 3 subject SATs
NM Finalist
My DS was accepted Medill!!!
36ACT
3.98UWGPA
NM Commended
Strong leadership ECs including sports editor of school paper
Very strong teacher recommendations and excellent essays
Had alumni interview that he said went well
From NJ
No hooks
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@Micc thanks all the best to you!
Rejected
High school has different gpa scale but have gotten 2 B grades throughout high school (both in ap classes) rest A’s.
1550 SAT, 35 ACT, 800 on SAT Math II and Bio M
6 5’s and 2 4’s on ap exams
Juilliard PreCollege French Horn player
Editor in Chief of school newspaper
Various volunteering activities
Many more EC’s
Solid recs from Spanish teacher (had her freshman/junior year) and AP Calc AB/BC teacher (soph/junior years)
Supplemental recs from Horn teacher (plays in the Met Opera NYC) and Volunteer Service Coordinator
Really good common app essay (imo)
Maybe Northwestern supp was not good??? Could be that
Kind of disappointed 
but onto the next. Just gotta trust the process
rejected!!
Rejected
34 ACT
3.94 uw gpa
Strong essay, strong ec, strong lor
I don’t feel too bad because I’ve already been accepted to amazing schools such as Notre Dame and Emory.
Accepted to McCormick
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted. All APs and Honors when available)
SAT: 1520
SAT Subject: Math II 800, Physics 740
AP Scholar. 5s on all five of his APs. Taking additional four more senior year.
National Merit Commended Student.
Hook: Both parents are NU grads. (but read here that it only matters for ED)
Some clubs, community service experience, leadership positions but nothing exceptional like many here.
Published writings in nationally recognized literature magazines and books.
Completely surprised that he got in especially considering so many who seemed to have better stats and ECs were not admitted.
cool y’all… cool