Waitlisted at Weinberg (guess my profile picture, taken a few miles from Northwestern’s campus, saved me haha). Pretty happy considering I was expecting a rejection… 1570 SAT, 4.0 UW, 4.6 W, NMF, salutatorian, from MA
Edit: I was not offered an interview, so I submitted a letter instead
Anyone know how many people get off the waitlist? Is it worth it to accept the spot?
I am curious to know if applying for financial aid has any role in the acceptance/rejection at NW. I believe that a person has high chance of getting admission in NW if he/she is not seeking financial aid. I would like to test this hypothesis. It will be helpful if people can post accepted or rejected status and whether they applied for financial aid. I will start with my daughter’s status - Rejected with excellent stats but seeking financial aid…
^^ I applied for financial aid
Pretty sure NU is need blind
Northwestern’s financial aid office and admissions office are separate from what we know, so their decisions are not based on financial aid as far as we know. They call this being “need blind” and many elite universities have adopted this policy.
I really don’t believe they would reject people based on aid either because they simply give aid or do not and these colleges have such large endowments that financial aid is something they usually take pride in as it makes them seem more charitable.
Rejected. Sat 1550
Math 2 790
Physics 770
Great ecs.
Ap 5 microeconomics
Finanicial aid: yes
D rejected
1540 SAT
1% rank
4.0 GPA 4.7 UW GPA
NMF
National AP Scholar
15 APs
Science research; Varsity captain; and lot of volunteers
Accepted! I had a game so i couldn’t open my decision until I got home. But I was certain that I was going to get rejected that I waited until 7:30 to open it. Luckily , it was good news . 34 ACT / 4.27 GPA , I did the interview and showed lots of interest
Did u get the email @taehun
Idk, some ppl are saying they got in without the email, some say they got in with. Idk tbh.
Regarding FinAid, IMO even if institutions say they’re need blind, they’ll try to maximize their profits, and hence take in the ones having full capability to pay for themselves over the other app, when they’re deemed to have the same “level” of competence.
For the people next year (I haven’t opened mine) I’m seeing if email and acceptance correlate. Has anyone gotten email that also got rejected?
@dkahfdfhk I remember seeing you on the Emory thread! You have such a strong will… I could never wait that long to open my decisions
Rejected (NU is his top pick)
SAT 1570
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 760, US History 740
My son got rejected by 5 colleges so far … luckily he get accepted by his state school.
College admission process is unbelievable … hopefully he will get some god news next week.
Too nerve racking bruh?. If this email corresponds w acceptance then ima open it rn lol
@bigdad930 I hope so and agree this process is unbelievable.
Does anybody know why I cannot set up my NETID. Whenever i try to set it up it says logon unknown. I was accepted.
I meant to say it does not recognize my netid or activation key(password)
I was accepted with no e-mail
Accepted!
35 ACT
3.9 unweighted GPA, 4.6 weighted
hooks: i live in evanston and my high school has connections to NU
ECs: volleyball, did research at NU this summer, a lot community service
Rejected
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.95 UW
5 APs (all 5’s)
SAT II: 790 U.S. and 800 Math II