Congrats on so many great choices! He should focus on either Georgia Tech, UIUC or Purdue. Super strong programs!
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D23 accepted to Bienen School of Music and College of Arts and Sciences.
Auditioned in person.
Sociology/Music
WGPA 4.474
WNA 102.035
Submitted SAT 1570, one sitting
Class rank 3 out of 250
Attending small public STEM high school in Atlanta Metro
16 APs plus Diff Eq and Multivariable Calc, AP seminar and research Capstone Diploma
Strong ECs, lopsided to music, volunteer flute tutor
National (including NYO2), International and State honors
Attended EMF, BUTI YAO and BUTI Flute workshops, many masterclasses
Winner of several concerto competitions and local Flute Club Young Artists competition winner
NPRs From the Top Fellow
Published Sociological research on underrepresentation in Classical music education and industry
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Update:
This is crazy, but D23 received an email about $30,000 Merit Scholarship at Bienen.
I guess NU gives out merit scholarships after all! We are in shock.
Meant my question about the merit aid decisions release for the USC thread! 
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Donât believe Northwestern does this?
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No merit at Northwestern
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DD Accepted Medill w/ NW Scholarship
CA public school
4.0uw/4.6w
6AP, 6H, 7DE
Wrote YA sci fi novel (award winning)
14 writing awards, several national and some international
GS Gold Award
Started journalism program at her high school, EIC for 4 years
Social justice work
LORs good
Accepted: UCLA, UCSB, UCI, UCSD, American
Waitlisted: Syracuse (Newhouse)
Rejected: USC, Northeastern
Awaiting: Brown, NYU, UCB
Super surprised and excited to be accepted!!!
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Extremely selective schools usually only give financial aid based on financial need, they donât give other discounts and donât need to try to attract high stats kids.
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What is NW Scholarship bc NWU does not offer merit aid?!?!?
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wrong thread, she also got into USC too :), meant to post my question there!
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We donât know yet what Northwestern Scholarship means, they just said that and listed $$ amount and said details will follow. But for us it makes it more affordable than the UCs, which would be full pay in state tuition for us.
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OK-- itâs need based aid. Northwestern Scholarships: Undergraduate Financial Aid - Northwestern University
I was just curious b/c NWU claims it doesnât offer merit aid.
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Rejected, McCormick CS
Indian Intâl Male in CS + asking for aid (so was auto-reject anyways)
3.97 unweighted, 60 honors classes + 9 APs (completed 6 years worth of HS credits in 4)
1570 SAT one sitting
Class rank 2/80
Awards:
- Rank 4 out of 250k+ in a national exam | Math competition: rank 50 of 17,000+ | 50% Merit scholarship from school | top 10/160 in HSA investment competition
ECs:
Non Profit initiative recognized by UNICEF
50+ fundraiser bake sales raising 10k USD
Shadow internships at 2 FAANG+ companies
research paper published in global top5 journal
patented algorithm
small-scale Fintech startup
founded school research chapter and TedXYouth chapter
Leader of 2-3 CS clubs in school and regionally
2 years Deputy Head of Stu Co
some small stuff such as a part-time gym trainer, a few workshops
- Excellent LORs and CommonApp essay. Decently strong NU essay
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Waitlisted ⊠cs.
Thatâs fine.
Already accepted: JHU, UCLA, USC, GT, Purdue, UIUC.
Waitlisted: Caltech, MIT, Northwestern.
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D23 Accepted- College of Arts and Sciences (Legal Studies)
3.9 UW, 4.0 W, 1440 SAT (submitted), Class Rank: 10/250, 2 AP (Both 5s), 5 Honors, 13 Dual Enrollment classes.
School Academic Awards, National African-American Recognition Award, and Future Business Leader award
ECs: class president, various honors societies, started her own tutoring business, a legal internship in 11th grade, high volume of volunteer hours, a full-time dually enrolled student currently
Excellent LORs and good essays
Accepted: Northeastern, USC, Pitt, Cornell (Likely), Northwestern, Boston University
Rejected: UChicago
Waiting on: NYU, GWU, Georgetown, Rice, Harvard, Columbia
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Waitlisted. 3.9+GPA, 1550+ SAT, 15+ APs, some olympiads/humanities/research ECs. Really liked my essay so kinda had hopes, but we keep going.
Hopefully your counselor is also aware Northwesternâs ED % of admits and % of entering freshman class is completely in line with Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Cornell, and Penn. They all favor ED to the point where it is âsillyâ.
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Out of curiosity, anyone here admitted NOT submit test scores? I know TO but wondering how that plays out, esp as COVID test-taking challenges have receded at this point.
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It does.
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Personally, I liked NW over UMich. Coming from such a small school (only 40 girls per grade) I think Umich might be a little too big. NW seems like the right size. Also, I want to be near a major cityâI live ~30mins from NYC. While I loved Ann Arbor, Chicago is a close second to NYC in almost every aspect. Although, I believe UMâs sports journalism is incredible! And I really loved the school spirit+food in Ann Arbor.
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Admitted, test optional
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