Northwestern Fall 2010 Transfer Thread

<p>sirsteveh, how’s the oncampus/off campus environment at NorthWestern?</p>

<p>@aussie, no other schools. Had a few reasons for this, but I’m rather glad I only focused on one.</p>

<p>@xhongxkongx, I’m not really able to talk about the on/off campus environment yet. It’s my first quarter, and it’s <em>really</em> tough to get involved as a winter transfer.</p>

<p>Please be truthful i get my hopes way up someone has to bring em down i am dying for NU
College information;
Current school; Saint Louis University
Current GPA; 3.4 my grades this semester should bring it up to at least a 3.5
1st Semester classes (15 Hours);
Chemistry (pre-med track), Chem Lab, Biology, Bio lab, English, ART, Pre-med intro course</p>

<p>Second semester (hopefully a 3.7 probably a 3.6) ;
Chemistry (pre-med track sciences), Chem Lab, Biology, Bio lab, Criminal Justice, Intro to helping professions
Foundations of medicine</p>

<p>High school information;

  • ACT: 31
  • SAT II: Not sending
  • HS GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4(totally messed up high school but i have a pretty good essay that explains family stuff and transferring that will hopfully help) (I have taken every Honors or AP class available to me)</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Keep a child alive member
AED (pre-med frat)
APO (service Frat)
Young Democrats
Students united for Africa member
UNA (feminist group member)
Bio club member. </p></li>
<li><p>Job/Work Experience:
Waitress (1 year)
Hostess (9 months)
Camp Counselor (summer)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at hospital four times a week</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer in child life</p></li>
<li><p>Work in pediatric cancer wing with art therapist…group called project picasso. </p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer once a month a doorways a HIV living community</p></li>
<li><p>Mentored a refugee family senior year. (took them out once a week, assisted with bills and learning english</p></li>
<li><p>Youth president of befriend a family a chicago based charity. </p></li>
<li><p>Works with rebuilding together during the summer</p></li>
<li><p>Fundraised 3 thousand dollars as service chair in high school for local charity project hope…created a very sucessful dodgeball tournament that has become a tradition </p></li>
<li><p>Worked with disabled kids all throughout high school</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered at nursing home for nuns during high school</p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities:
** This summer I am working in an aids clinic in Tanzania for three weeks
summer 2008; Trip to the homeland of armenia worked with an orphanage.
summer 2007; Service trip to Lourdes france worked in hospital for two weeks</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: 1.Working with Refugee family over the summer</p></li>
<li><p>Why I am interested in Gallatin for NYU (mix of psychology and public health
hope to become an obgyn and to work in africa improving the survival rate
child birth </p></li>
<li><p>Why I want to transfer…need more diversity. </p></li>
<li><p>why i transfered high school…personal but a good reason…</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recommendation: 14!!!
6 teachers from SLU…went to interview for three of them so i Know those will be good
4 from 2nd high school
2 from 1st high school
1 from founder of a charity i worked with.
1 from hospital i volunteer at</p></li>
<li><p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
*Current major; Contract Nueroscience</p></li>
<li><p>Intended Major: Psychology, Public Policy/Public Health</p></li>
<li><p>State (if domestic applicant):IL</p></li>
<li><p>Country (if international applicant):</p></li>
<li><p>School Type:Catholic</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Armenian/Irish</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: F</p></li>
<li><p>Income Bracket: High </p></li>
<li><p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dad went to Northwestern Law
great recc. </p></li>
</ul>

<p>Please tell me i have a chance. I know its a reach</p>

<p>So does NU wait for our spring semester grades to come in before reviewing our application…would sending my application in closer to the deadline increase the chances that they will wait for my spring gradeS?</p>

<p>lets get this thread rolling…anyone know about the transfer rates?</p>

<p>how bad is it that i accidentally mentioned “northwest…uchicago” at my uchicago transfer interview? my interviewer joked about and seemed to brush it off, but that could have just killed my chances of getting into uchi…NU doesn’t off transfer interviews does it?</p>

<p>^you’re doomed</p>

<p>When does Northwestern announce transfer admission decisions?</p>

<p>Haven’t sent in anything yet</p>

<p>Gender: F
Current school: Community College
Major: Political Science/Philosophy/Journalism
College GPA & Year (fresh, soph, etc.): GPA so far (1st semester with one fast-track grade from 2nd semester, only about 3.5GPA)
High School Performance: IGCSE 3A* 3A 1B
SAT (full breakdown): 1920, 630 reading, 670 math, 620 writing,
SAT II: Didn’t take any
Activities: Minimal pretty much. Vice president of college chess club; ABRSM Grade 8 Piano; ABRSM Grade 5 Classical Guitar; ABRSM Grade 5 Theory; trying to get published in a prestigious literary magazine (personal rejection from Kenyon Review so far); community service mostly in Vietnam but no official records</p>

<p>Chance?</p>

<p>Just withdrew my application from Northwestern, so that’s one less person in the running. Good luck, guys! :)</p>

<p>^why? 10 char</p>

<p>I got accepted into a school that I know I would choose over Northwestern, so it was kind of silly to just go ahead with the application.</p>

<p>So why is this thread dead? Haha. Just bumpinggg :D</p>

<p>so…when do we hear from them? anyone know when ppl heard last yr?</p>

<p>nothing yet !</p>

<p>anyone hear yet?</p>

<p>I might call today to ask whether it is too late to send the spring grades and when I will hear from them~good luck to all</p>

<p>Oh yeah~any one got accepted could tell me how will I be notified? email? or express mail for accepted and regular mail for rejected. </p>

<p>Thanks~~</p>

<p>hopefully we’ll know by the end of this week, is what i heard…</p>

<p>@boss529: Will they send out decisions by the end of this week or will we receive them? Where did you get the news? Thanks~</p>

<p>I think so far only got a person from cc got accepted. </p>

<p>They only release decisions by mail… :(</p>