<p>I’m thinking about northwestern for business as a transfer next fall. see my thread- “transfer info.” and help me out?</p>
<p>I don’t think there is an undergraduate business program in NU. you can apply for the certificate program once you are a NU student. but that’s not really a business program.</p>
<p>for NEU2NU</p>
<p>Im a freshmen trying to graduate in three years. I have 26 AP credits but my University has a cut off and I got 23. Im taking 17 credits in Spring and took 17 in Fall. Im supposed to be a sophomore, but due to familial complications couldnt start school on time. I was just wondering if they would look at my highschool transcript and ACT/SAT scores even though I have enough credits to be a sophomore.</p>
<p>So does NU wait for our spring semester grades to come in before reviewing our applications?</p>
<p>Northwestern Transfer applicant here. I’ve been working on their “Why NU” essay for about four weeks now.</p>
<p>if you really are seriously interested in philosophy as a minor you should be aware that northwestern’s philosophy program is very different than most. They have a lot of phenomenology…way more than the average college</p>
<p>any acceptances?</p>
<p>Acceptances? I think the better question is, has anyone even submitted the application? I heard Northwestern doesn’t notify students until really late (like July). </p>
<p>Anyhow, can someone tell me if Northwestern does rolling admissions? I don’t think they do, but I would like to check with others.</p>
<p>Isn’t the Fall 2010 transfer deadline like May 1</p>
<p>Northwestern’s transfer admission is on a rolling basis. if you apply really late, say May 1, chances are, you won’t hear anything until July…which why I’m sending my application hopefully before spring break…or immediately after. (Though all my professors were like “Why northwestern? Are we not good enough for you?” XD)</p>
<p>so if you submit your app later (but before may 1st), do your chances of being admitted go down?</p>
<p>So if it is rolling, how long after I submitted my application will I get a decision? I submitted it at least a month ago, though the dean’s form may have arrived later.</p>
<p>Gender: M
State: NJ
current school: Middlesex Community College
Major: Political Science
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.): Soph 3.87 GPA (after 57 earned credits)
H.S. GPA: 3.6 GPA
High School Performance (AP’s and the like): 3 AP’s (2 Eng & 1 U.S History)
SAT (full breakdown): 580 reading, 560 math, 520 writing (terrible i know), SAT II 620 U.S history, 540 Literature
Activities (brief list): College Assembly, College Curriculum Task Force, Phi Theta Kappa, WVPH 90.3 FM Station manager, Pathfinders Organization (like boy scouts), High school: Bergen County youth Council for the Homeless: vice president and over 100 hrs logged volunteering</p>
<p>Comments: My SATS/HS stats are going to kill me, my activities compared to you guys just depress me, and my CC background puts me in a disadvantage. please feel free to comment, give me advise. Good luck to all! </p>
<p>p.s - any successful transfers to northwestern please post your stats!</p>
<p>Aussiegbrl, ask and ye shall receive (hey, I was born in Bergen County!):</p>
<p>Transferred Winter 2010
Gender: M
State: CA
Former School: UW-Seattle
Major: ComSci & Math, minor in French; now ComSci & French at NU
College GPA: 3.65 at application time; 3.43 final (I severely tanked the last quarter).
Year: Junior (four quarters of study, one year’s worth of AP credit granted by UW – I’m now a soph at NU)
H.S. GPA: 3.8 weighted
High School Performance (AP’s and the like): 5’s on US Hist., Macroecon, Computer Science A&AB, Calc AB, French Lang
SAT (full breakdown): CR 700, M 760, W 630; French 680, US Hist 690, Math II 800
Activities (brief list): Guitar playing, running, Putnam prep (math competition), ACM ICPC (programming competition), poetry (wrote a sonnet for the activities supplement thingy - I don’t recommend this).
Work experience: Food service job that I hated but did for a couple quarters at UW, programming internship I did for the better part of three years</p>
<p>IMO, and I don’t really believe in “chancing” so much as just recommending, I don’t think your high school stuff is going to matter so much since it looks like you’ll be applying to transfer after two years of college work. Rather than fixate on how many activities you have, make sure you use the space on the app to describe in detail what these were. Not everyone became President of the World before they went to college.</p>
<p>You’re right that you’re a bit disadvantaged coming from a CC (most transfer to NU from four-year schools), but that’s something you have no power over. Kick some ass this term and see how it pans out.</p>
<p>will do sirsteveh, thanks for the advice. btw any tips for the essay?</p>
<p>Probably nothing more exciting than you already know: write an essay that explains why you want to go to Northwestern based upon what you know about the school and what it says about itself. Don’t be afraid to take it to a writing center at your school (if you have one) and some friends to get some critique (folks on this site will probably read it for you too, but we don’t know you as well).</p>
<p>sirsteveh - did you apply to any other school for transfer beside NU? If so, what were results?</p>
<p>It seems that NU is quite a transfer-friendly school from past stats. I just started to work on the essay yesterday~ Hopefully finish before March 15th. can’t wait to get out of my current school…</p>
<p>I’ve sent in everything except my actual supplement. That is what spring break is for, right?</p>
<p>Gender: F
State: SC
Current school: The other USC
Major: English
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.): Freshman 4.0 GPA first semester, second hopefully will be the same
High School Performance: 4.6 weighted GPA, top ten of class of 323, 5’s on AP English Lit, English Language, US History, World History, and US Government
SAT (full breakdown): 800 reading, 650 math, 710 writing,
SAT II: 720 World History, 730 US History, 760 Literature
Activities:
High School - Editor in Chief of newspaper, President of Quill and Scroll National Honor Society, National Honors Society, N English HS, N Social Studies HS, translator for Russian community in home town
College - member of Russian Club, member of Off Off Broadway musical theater group, paid copy editor for The Daily Gamecock
Work Experience: Some</p>
<p>Mouse9020, why before March 15?</p>