<p>This thread is dedicated to helping future NU applicants by posting the results of both those accepted and rejected</p>
<p>please don't post until the results have been released...i don't want it being cluttered just yet</p>
<p>Hi, I’m sorry I know you said not to post, but (class of 09) indicates that the class is GRADUATING in '09. The '09 EDers of this year will be known as class of 2013. Just thought you might want to clarify in case in confuses people :).</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (McCormick)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): None sent
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0: 3.86, W: 4.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats: 5, Lang/History: 4, Chem: 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP Maco/Micro, AP Psych, AP Comp Sci, CADD 3, AP Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best MUN team in the state, Space Settlement Design Competition 2nd place team in the world twice
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
9-12th FIRST Robotics: (Vice President, President)
Team has won a few awards
9-12th International Space Settlement Design Competition - Vice President of Engineering, President
2nd in the world twice
10-12th Model UN/ Vice President of Conferences
First place at state conference
10-12th EdgeMUN (essentially we put on our own Model UN conference at our school)/ Director of Conference Services, Director-General
10th - MATE (Underwater Robotics) ROV Competition
2nd/ 20 at regional competition
Creator of Insane Robotics which is essentially my own robotics team that has built combat robots and autonomous robots.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours between the local science center and UNA-USA
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing exciting
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp one aout how I couldn’t write an essay - supplement about how my life led to engineering and how NU could make it better.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from CAD teacher that was glowing, not sure about the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ??
[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): General extracurricular leadership positions and application
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, Bs in chem classes
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ECs and Essays all the way[/li][/ul]General Comments: Wow, this shows that they look past a lack of subject tests and truly do look at ECs and essays as important parts of your application.</p>
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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (Trinity/Pratt)[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Deferred (Trinity/Pratt)[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected (Trinity/Pratt)[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>[size=+2][color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (WCAS)[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 720 maths 630 reading 620 writing
[ *] SAT II: 650 maths 2, 680 biology
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): dont have gpa
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5%</p>
<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): prefect, piano, football, tennis, young enterprise scheme, d of e bronze and silver
[ *] Job/Work Experience: piano teacher, did an internship at merrill lynch
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: worked for 2 summers at a school in india
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: not sure
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Dubai, U.A.E
[ *] School Type: British
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GCSE Grades and predicted A level grades
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because i’m an international student i dont think they looked at my SAT scores in detail.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] WELL DONE to everyone who got in, those deferred good luck! and those who didnt make it don’t worry i’m sure ure gnna go to an amazing college</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted (WCAS) **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 730 W, 710 M
[</em>] ACT: 31 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: 590 French, 610 Chemistry, 690 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I only know that my weighted is 4.13
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/140
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language and Composition (4), European History (3), Phsyics, Psychology, Literature and Composition
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Literature and Comp., AP Psychology, Honors Precalculus, Honors Civics, Journalism
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (Editor-in-chief), Temple Youth Group Board (co-President), Varsity Cross Country, Theatre, Chorus/A Capella, Tri-Hi-Y Rotary Club, National Honors Society/Cum Laude, Ice Hockey<br>
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Sleepaway Camp Counselor, Sandwich shop, Ice cream shop
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Service trip to Honduras, Relay for Life, Tri-Hi-Y, National Honors Society projects, Temple projects
[<em>] Summer Activities: Sleepaway Camp for 8 years (camper until staff member), Honduras Trip, Israel Teen Tour
[</em>] Essays: Common App about my voice, literally and figuratively, NU Supplement about my visit there and big school vs. still tight knit community
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher/ School newspaper advisor- very strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good but pretty general
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small Public (750 Students Total)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, Essay i think…, some ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA and not that outstanding in general I guess…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Haha I don’t know! Scores, Essay…
[/ul]General Comments: I can’t believe I was accepted honestly. I didn’t think I’d stand out at ALL among all the other applicants I’ve heard about/talked to. My scores are good but not amazing… and my extra curriculars are pretty basic. Oh well, I’m glad they saw that I deserved this.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (WCAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: Chem: 760; Math II: 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Dunno. Weighted = 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 14%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), US(4), Chem (5), Calc (5), US Gov (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No idea what projected is. Got a 5 on Chem and Islamic History SL though
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Eng, IB 20th Cent Hist, AP Music Theory, AP Spanish V, IB Math HL, IB Theory of Knowledge
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None I can think of.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band - 3 Years, Tobacco Reality Unfiltered - 3.5 years (HUGE part of my life. The recommendation for it was amazing and said that I was probably one of the most productive people that’s ever participated), Model UN for one year.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at Natural Science Center of Greensboro for a few years, more small things but I’m too upset to write them all out.
[</em>] Summer Activities: People to People trip two years ago, LOADS of TRU stuff.
[<em>] Essays: I thought and heard from others that they were amazing. I seriously thought it’d be what tipped me in. Oh well.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Above Average.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Fantastic.
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[<em>] School Type: Public - Like top 70th in nation.
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Obviously nothing.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Everything.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m a failure.[/ul]</p>
<p>i feel ya crazygood</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR- 650 M-590 W-670 (This was my biggest concern…)
ACT: 28
SAT II: U.S. History- 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0)= ~3.9 Unweighted= 4.43
Rank: 6/209
AP: Didnt send scores. AP Scholar
5 APs total (small school; not many APs offered)
Senior Year Course Load: (Block Schedule) AP Lit., Latin III, Pre-Cal., AP Cal., Physics, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Third Place in the Brevard Music Center Piano Competition, various state piano awards
etc.
Subjective:
Extracurricular Activities:
-Aug 08 - Present
Youth Leadership Hall
-Aug 07 - Present
Honor Societies: National Honor Society; President of Schools chapter of Georgia Law Honor Society; National Forensic League; Quill and Scroll
-Aug 06 - Present
School Newspaper
» Currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of biweekly newspaper
-Aug 06 - Present
Mock Trial Team
» Sophomore Year-Witness role; Junior Year-Team Captain and Defense Attorney Role; Senior Year-Team Captain and Attorney Role. Received ‘Outstanding Attorney’ award (07-08). Accepted into the UGA Law Academy (Sep 07,08) and attained the Cross Examining Attorney Position for the Defense Counsel (Sep 07).
-Aug 06 - Present
Students.Against.Victimization.Everywhere (SAVE)» Founder and President; raised $1,000 for non-profit organizations raising awareness and educating America about the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan and over $800 for AIDS Walk Atlanta; requires community service for membership eligibility. Focus for the 2008-2009 school year is domestic child sex trafficking.
-Aug 05 - Present
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
» Pianist and Alternate Percussionist; have performed at the 2005 Midwest Conference in Chicago,Illinois, with the Dallas Youth Wind Symphony in Dallas, Texas, and at the 2008 MENC conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony rehearses every Monday at Emory University.
-Aug 05 - Present
Debate Team/Student Congress» Freshmen Year: Public Forum debate; currently competing in Prose/Poetry and Student Congress; earned Degree of Distinction in the National Forensic League
-Aug 05-May 07; August 08-Present
Varsity Academic Bowl
-Aug 07-May 08
Math Club-Program Director
» Math Tutor for Middle School Students
-Aug 05-May 07
Concert Band
»Percussion</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Jun 08 - Present
Presbyterian Church, Pianist
Aug 05 - Present
Self-Employed and Managed, Accompanist and Piano Teacher
Jun 07 - Jul 07
Happy Pickle Deli, Server
» Part-time Summer employment</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Nothing special. <100 hours</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Walter Hautzig Master Class for like 5 or 6 summers, Adamant Music Schools Master Class with Andre LaPlante, Brevard Music Center </p>
<p>Essays: Common App. was about my participation in the Brevard Music Center Piano Competition and delved into my philosophy for performing and my altruistic intentions. Why Northwestern was basically how perfect the 5 year double degree program was for me. </p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: ALL of the teachers that I asked to write recommendations sent them in. ALL six of them. I only meant to send three, haha. But they were all really good.
Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Half Indian, Half White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Somewhat of a minority, extracurricular activities, essay, my dad conducted medical fellowship at Northwestern, etc
.but really I think my piano audition did it for me.
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, essay, piano, demonstrated interest (I visited the campus, had a piano lesson, stayed the night, etc.)
Weaknesses: DEFINITELY test scores.<br>
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because of my strengths. I think my piano, ECs, and essay made up for my test scores.
General Comments: Im just so relieved that Northwestern University has the sense to not judge an applicant solely on their standardized test scores. Im so excited!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (SoC)
Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 640M 710R 730W
[</em>]ACT: 31
[<em>]SAT II: 680 Chem 670
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78 (3.8 rounded)
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking (small school)
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) Chem (4) US Gov (3)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Euro, Physics, Spanish V, English, Economics
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (President), 3 week internship in NYC at a post production company, Church, I have my private pilot’s license, I submitted a creative resume to show my interest in film, Drumline (lead snare drum)…
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Sound designer/Administrative Assistant at Local Theatre
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Several work trips with church
[<em>]Summer Activities: See above (both job and church)
[</em>]Essays: Wrote about my first solo flight (I have my pilot’s license) and unique approach to the Why “NU” essay
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Both excellent as far as I know
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Only knew him for a few months before he wrote it… So I don’t know
[<em>]Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>]Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Top
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really any… Really interested in my major
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: Strong English skills, relevant EC’s, Strong Essays
[<em>]Weaknesses: Poor math skills…
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Sometimes it’s just luck…
[/ul]**General Comments: Finally! **</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (WCAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2100, 1420 composite
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: n/a
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7% of class of 402
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US Hist (4), Calc AB (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Econ, Dual Credit Government, AP Humanities IV
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really significant, a Duke award a while ago and a feature writing award from UT
[list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][/ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Treasurer), Philosophy Club (VP and Co-founder), Varsity Soccer (captain), Student Council, Newspaper Staff Writer
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Soccer Camp Counselor, Coldstone
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: none lol
[ *] Summer Activities: Work and soccer
[ *] Essays: solid, one on vitality and my statement was long, but I’m assuming convincing?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Solid, US Hist teacher who’s won a bunch of awards
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty good?
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview:none
[ul][ b]Other[ /b][/ul]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: Don’t qualify for any financial aid
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Visits? (Overnight, tour, hotel info)
[ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][/ul]
[ *] Strengths: EC’s and essays? And being GT I think.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA and no subject tests… My SAT is within range, but not Oh-wow.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think they saw how obsessive I was about NU and took pity on me? lol
[list]General Comments: Congrats to all CC obsessors! We made it through this, I’ll see yall in Evanston next year! I still can’t believe it…</p>
<p>[ /b]Decision: Accepted (SoC)[ /b]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: lit 750, ush 750, bio 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11th (top 6%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) USH (5) Gov (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro/Micro, AP Calc AB, AP Lit and Comp, Regular Physics, Theology hahaha, and my arts classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, NATS/other voice competitions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club (prez), Swing Choir (treasurer), French Club (officer), leads in every musical since freshman year, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: regional theater credits, Breuggers Bagels 
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 135+ hours for Obama Campaign, 100+ hours serving at meal program, NHS tutoring, performing at various nursing homes, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Cherubs
[<em>] Essays: i wrote them junior year and thought they were good. then i went back and read them over after i submitted them and i was like “crap what was i thinking?”
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one of them was fabulous, the other one i didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ahaha i don’t think he had ever talked to me before. the only reason he knows me is from seeing me onstage. i shudder to think what he wrote…
[</em>] Additional Rec: director from the all-boys high school where I’ve done shows. it was really good
[li] Interview: one of my mom’s friends is an interviewer in my area. i thought it went really well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: approx 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: extra currics, work experience, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays,
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I got lucky[/li][/ul]General Comments: So now is it okay to slack off (just a little) for second semester?</p>
<p>Just good stuff all around (good grades, SAT’s, classically trained pianist, varsity football -not recruited, tennis, rugby, leadership activities in and out of school, serious essays) and letting NU know that it “jacks” the Ivies in most respects.</p>
<p>Forgot - ACCEPTED ED.</p>