CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO GOT IN!
THOSE WHO GOT WAITLISTED, HANG IN THERE, AND HOPE FOR THE BEST (also update them with the latest good things you’re doing, cuz that always helps to nudge them)
THOSE WHO DIDNT GET IN, REJECTION DOESNT DEFINE YOUR OTHER RESULTS. IF YOU TRUST YOURSELF, YOU WILL MOST PROBABLY GET IN WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
Hope this helps anyone who’s happy, sad, indifferent or any other crazy emotion; or any mixture of emotions.
We did it guys!!! Can’t wait to visit
REJECTED AND I’M SO SAD
Are there any Indian internationals who made it (esp with financial aid)??
Is this depression temporary or will I have to live with it forever? 
EDIT: It’s been five minutes I’m over it.
@americandreampls THere’s an Indian Citizen in my school who got in ED without aid in Weinberg.
Especially for Internationals (and for need-based schools), FinAid status plays a sig. role in admissions.
@dkahfdfhk yep i checked the portal first, got rejected, got the email a few minutes later.
RIP. Just gonna wait for the mail today. Can one of accepted update on when your receive it (domestically).
a hypothesis w/o homework done is called speculation.
Educate yourself at https://admissions.northwestern.edu/documents/northwestern-class-of-2022-facts-and-figures.pdf (it is last year and this year is in line with last year profile based on published information), pay attention to Pell Grant recipients %, that is significant for a private institute and those students most likely received full ride. Another significant number is total need based financial aid, 190M, I let you calculate, how many students it may translate into it.
Tbh sat and act scores really aren’t good indicators of anything except bubbling in a sheet and the ability to do 8th/9thgrade math. There’s a reason these scores are becoming less important.
Wait-listed for OOS. 35 ACT / 36SS. 12 AP’s at fives. GPA 4.2. Top 2%. Captain Engie team, strong EC’s, 200 hours last year volunteer, Tutoring, strong rec’s. Accepted full-ride instate school, accepted BC, chem-engie pre-med.
@dkahfdfhk True, but they serve as a factor in ‘binning’ applicants on ‘calibre’
Or at least the importance of that used to be high, and is growing due to the growing rate of apps a year.
Sad truth tbh. 4 digit number that doesn’t even necessarily measure intelligence nor predicts ability to succeed is given so much weight.
My D19 got accepted. 36/3.95&4.67/NMF/Decent ECs & Essays/Asian female with no hooks, but visited twice - once with a faculty. Maybe, that helped. It was a good news after being wait-listed from WashU and rejected from UChicago.
Factually incorrect as ~40K included ED applicants.
@HoldensDad
NU is relatively generous with ED applications, hence higher ED acceptance rate, historically about 50% of class (~1000) comes through ED.
As per last year article https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/03/24/campus/northwestern-acceptance-rate-falls-to-8-4-percent/
RD Acceptance rate was 6.4%
ED Acceptance rate was ~26.5%
Overall Acceptance rate 8.4%.
Considering this year applications pool is merely 100 more than last year, it won’t be a surprise if this year acceptance rates are almost identical as above.
How do you know you’re accepted?
@msrtaa They should have sent you an email on January 2nd that tells you how to set up your portal where your decision will be
Y’all get that packet yet
@dkahfdfhk dude just open the e-mail the anxiety is gonna kill you
Who said I’m not dead yet