Hi everyone,
I’m applying to Northwestern RD. I haven’t seen a thread for RD yet, so I thought I’d start one.
College of Arts and Science: Political Science
ACT: 33 Composite, 32 W, 34 M, 35 R, 31 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Psychology (4), US Government (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Economics (Macro/Micro), AP AB Calc, Brit Lit H, Anatomy H, Yearbook
Academic Clubs (leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Model UN, Debate, Student Council (Class Representative),
Sports (awards in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (2 year captain, 3 coaches awards, 1st seed 4 years, 4 county player of the year nominee)
Job/Work Experience: Administration office of non-profit animal center
Volunteer/Community Service: 150+ hours
Summer Activities: Volunteer work, 2 week institute at Georgetown
Teacher Recommendation: AP government teacher (who I spend every lunch with), and AP Psych Teacher
Counselor Rec: great
Applying for Financial Aid: No
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: private, college prep
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): perfect attendance since kindergarten, legacy
How much does legacy play a part of decisions? I doubt that much but just wondering.
Could Someone Chance Me for RD
SAT I:None
ACT: C 30 E 35 M 28 R 32 S 26
SAT II: Spanish 690 Math II 670 English 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
A total of 5 AP classes in my high school career (Art History, Calc AB, Spanish Lang, English Literature, Chemistry). I received gold medals on the National Spanish Exam during my freshman and sophomore years.
Extracurricular activities (place leadership in parenthesis): Dorm Prefect, member of the Spanish National Honors Society, member of the Campus Ministry Team, Dumbach Honors Scholar, tour guide for school, varsity soccer two-year player, varsity track for four year, varsity dance team for 2 years, member of Human Rights Club
I have also spent my summers at medical immersion programs at Northwestern (NSLC and BioMedical Program), Georgetown, Boston University, WashU. I spent my junior year summer volunteering at my local hospital and have worked as a sales rep at a local clothing shop.
I have gone to two different schools, I went to a regular day school in the Chicago area and transffered my junior year to boarding school.
My recommendations I hope were pretty good as I have good relationships with my history and math teachers.
Hopefully my essays will help my application a lot because I have heard only positive feedback from people.
OTHER:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: biology
Domestic or International (state or country in parenthesis): IL
Race and/or Ethnicity: Nigerian American
Gender: IL
Hooks (URM, first generation college, Recruited Athlete, Famous, High Donar): URM, sister currently goes there!
Other Schools you are applying to: Deferred from Georgetown EA, accepted UIUC, applying regular to BU, Tulane, Cornell, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Wash U, Notre Dame, UNC Chapel Hill
General Comments: My main concern is my scores, on my school naviance people around me were accepted but looking on past people from college confidential I am worried. My sister got into the school with a 29 ACT and similar GPA to me, we do the same activities, if anything I took harder classes in HS. But then again she did ED. Do you think I have no shot of getting in since I didn’t ED?!
Stats:
SAT: 1510 (800 M, 710 R/W)
SAT IIs: 780 Math 2, 690 Spanish
GPA: (unweighted): 3.98
CNA (weighted): 99.9/100
Rank: 40/550
APs: AP Gov (4), AP World (3), AP Comp Sci (4), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Lang (4), AP Spanish (5), AP Physics 1, AP Stat, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Psych
Subjective:
Essays: Fairly good
Teacher Recs: Fairly strong, AP Calculus and AP Lang teachers
Counselor Rec: Strong, know very well bc is sponsor of club I am President of
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Extracurriculars:
Speech (Forensics) (9, 10, 11, 12): Treasurer, Over 20 awards won
Theater (9, 10, 11, 12): Vice-President, Variety of lead and supporting roles, 2-3 productions a year
Student Ambassadors (10, 11, 12): President
National Honor Society (11, 12): Secretary
FBLA (9, 10, 11, 12): Awards won
Work at Ice-Cream Shop (10, 11, 12): 5-10 hrs per week during school year, 30 hrs per week during summer
Other Clubs: Math National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society
I really want to go to Northwestern. I plan on majoring in Economics with a double major in Radio/Television/Film or a certificate in Integrated Marketing. I was originally born in the Chicago area and really really want to go to Northwestern. What do you think my chances are?
To all those who are posting chance threads,
Northwestern cares a lot a lot and a lot about soft factors like essays, recs, etc. Posting a chance thread with statistics really won’t help you…nor do I think that this is the place to post chance threads. Make a separate discussion thread if you are going to do that (Moderators don’t get made at me for suggesting that please).
Thank you and don’t forget to breathe!
Agreed. One girl I knew had a 35, 1590 and 3.9 UW got rejected ED, so numbers won’t get you into NU
I just got an email to sign up for an interview. As someone who has a bit of difficulty carrying a conversation with strangers, is it worth it to sign up for an interview or would it hurt more than it would help?
@steph1999 An interview will not hurt you but could be used in your favor. Plus signing up for an interview shows that you are really interested in the school
Does anyone know if there was a better chance of getting in early decision than regular? I kinda wish I did ED
There’s always a higher acceptance rate for ED, but that doesn’t mean you as an individual have a greater chance. Yes it may statistically be easier to get in ED, but that is partially due to the fact that a lot of the strongest applicants apply ED. If you are a strong candidate, you likely have a similar chance applying RD as if you had applied ED.
where do you live? i’m trying to get an interview but i’m not sure if it’s just me or my area just doesn’t do interviews
@steph1999 where do you live? i’m trying to get an interview but i’m not sure if it’s just me or my area just doesn’t do interviews
@steph1999 An interview is an opportunity to bring your application to life. I always counsel folks to take it, if offered. If you feel that you are not much of a talker, or would be nervous, then have an adult (not a parent) do a practice interview. Just be prepared for the “Why Northwestern?” question, because you will get that question.
@aussiehopeful22 Whether you receive an interview depends on whether there are alumni interviewers in your geographical vicinity. International students have a different mechanism called InitialView. http://admissions.northwestern.edu/apply/admission-interviews.html
I was deferred ED, will the bump that gave me with the demonstrated interest carry over to RD?
@bken2018 A lot of deferred ED applicants are accepted RD, so yes you do have a little advantage.
Does anyone have a general idea when RD admission decisions come out?
@msoiney7 last year RD decisions came out March 17th at around 6
@as2018 wait aren’t they supposed to come out around march 31?
@aussiehopeful22 the website says that the decisions will be out by late March but they came out March 17th last year.