<p>lol, relax. I’ve noticed most people on CC are going crazy and pretty much hyperventalating (yes, I my spelling in atrocious, sue me). Things tend to have a way of happening that fits perfectly with your life. You may not see it yet, but in ten years, you will understand exactly why you ended up where. Not that it wont suck if you dont get in, but hey thats life no?</p>
<p>THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!!! - Rejected Northwestern, Berkeley and waitlisted Duke and Rice - let the rejections come!!! </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150 (740 M, 770 CR, 640 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: CHEM: 720, BIO: 700, US HIST:770, MII: 680
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA:3.96/4.00
[<em>] Rank: 1/896
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Excellent but generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): NONE!!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: PUBLIC - SENDS VERY FEW PEOPLE TO BIG COLLEGES
[<em>] Ethnicity: ASian (INDIAN)
[</em>] Gender: MAle
[<em>] major strength/weakness: SAT (took it 3 times)
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i stink!
[li] going to attend? NO WAY I GOT REJECTED[/li][/ul]Other Factors: NONE</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math II 800, Chem- 790
[<em>] ACT:32 E, 33M, 32 R, 31 S, 10 W, 32 C
[</em>] GPA:4.20 W
[<em>] Rank:25/330ish
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not much Special
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No Clue
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably Cookie Cutter
[</em>] Hook (if any): Interviewed
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Ohio
[</em>] School Type:Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Weaknesses Essays and EC’s, Strengths SAT II’s I guess
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Probably essay and lack of EC’s
[li] going to attend? Obviously Not[/li][/ul]Other Factors: </p>
<p>Kind of expected this so I’m not too bummed, life moves on I guess. Congrats to those who got it, good luck to everyone no matter where you go.</p>
<p>I don’t think these are valuable, but in case anybody does…</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted! (Weinberg CAS)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M/730R/700W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 760 Bio M
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.32 (4.0A, 4.3A+, 5.0H)
[li] Rank: not ranked but would be top-three of 350ish</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Why NW was pretty good (economics, family in the area, uncle at Kellogg), commonapp was also good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t see, should have been good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, probably good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Uncle went to/works at Kellogg…probably doesn’t help though</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Upstate NY
[</em>] School Type: Suburban Public, ~350 per class
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Write for the website of a major paper about high school sports and have gotten a big following, which I think is really cool and shows a lot of talent/initiative
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Worked my ass off through school and challenged myself…
[li] going to attend? Not sure, haven’t heard back from anywhere except chicago (waitlisted) so still a lot to sort out. Would love to go there though. Also applied to MMSS, will be more likely to go if I get into that.</p>[/li]
<p>(no idea why that last one doesn’t work, code looks the same to me)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 - 710CR/780M/750W
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist: 760, Math 2C: 760
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 4.3 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/383
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Exceptional, my best essays in the entire admissions process. Common App was a thorough portrait of myself, Why NU? was really, really good and sincere, and I did the optional essay on this paper I wrote investigating gangster rap, Do the Right Thing, and the L.A. Riots of 1992.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, talked about my involvement/management in our school’s largest community service event
[</em>] Hook (if any): I don’t think so
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public, 1800+ students
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: No idea
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I had a really good application
[li] going to attend? Between this and Berkeley right now![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Nada</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 730 CR 720 M 750 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Lit 760 USH 710 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.4 on a 4.5 scale
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%, barely
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Commonapp good, Why NU pretty good but generic.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, we’re close
[</em>] Hook (if any): No.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: ECs, a few national awards are my strengths, weakness is my GPA by far.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: See my GPA? Northwestern’s average on my naviance is a 4.7. I haven’t gotten higher than a C+ in Math since Freshman year. Big schools have plenty of applicants with straight As.
[li] going to attend? I don’t know if I’m going to take my place on the waitlist.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Northwestern seemed like a cool school! I applied when I got scared that small schools weren’t for me to pad my list, but I’ve since decided that I’m an LAC person all the way. We’ll see what happens with NESCAC/Ivies and then I’ll decide whether or not to take my place on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Sorry to you two (pvtejasvi and viciouspoultry)! : ( You look like frickin’ awesome applicants and will have lots of great options, I’m sure. pvtejasvi, it just looks like you had a lotta bad luck in one day… things’ll turn around, I’m sure, looking at your stats!</p>
<p>@ vballerk: They don’t have any practical or predictive value, but I know I spent lot of time looking at last year’s threads! They’re a good way to waste time… although they may cause as much stress as relief!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 CR / 800 M / 790 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lol… 720->750 Math IIC, 780 Literature, 590->720 French, 720 Physics, 690 Chem
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.81 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/334 tied with others UW, 2/334 alone W
[</em>] Other stats: 4/4/5/5/5/5 on some APs and six more this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I was really worried because I had a typo in my CommonApp essay for them (it was about my interest in cognitive neuroscience) and I felt like my Why NU was too generic (because all of the things that honestly attracted me to it were all the same old things that they probably hear all the time).<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I saw them and I really liked them! (:
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nawww.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: Strengths are SAT, GPA, internship doing cognitive science research. Main weakness is that I have nothing exceptional as far as extracurricular stuff (very scattered; just do random things I like) – I’m that typical “great numbers, no outstanding ‘passion’” applicant.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Good numbers and clear interest in cognitive neuroscience. :]
[li] Going to attend? Dunno yet. It’s one of my favorite schools, but it’s also the furthest away, which is actually a turnoff 'cause I don’t wanna go too far![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Nothing really!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Lit, 790 Spanish, 790 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.98
[</em>] Rank: ?
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[<em>] Essays: good I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: standard
[<em>] Counselor Rec: nothing special
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/list]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[*] going to attend? Don’t know yet</p>
<p>Just copying my stats from the MIT thread, so its not the same format</p>
<p>Waitlisted (Engineering)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 690 CR 750 M 800 W
SAT II: 800 Chem 790 Math2 760 Chinese
ACT: n/a
GPA: 3.98/4.0
Rank: top 5%
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s on the five AP’s i’ve taken, minus a 4 on Comp Sci A
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: main essay was pretty strong, about how i learned about independence from my dad’s illness, NU essay was pretty strong too i believe, about how i became interested in computer engineering
Teacher Recs: not sure, but both teachers like me sooo
Counselor Rec: she likes me, i visit every once in a while
Supplementary Material: a research abstract
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): anti hook, asian male
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: Maryland (DC suburbs)
High School Type: Public, not so competitive, but alright
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: National Institute of Science and Technology Internship (research on Human Computer Interaction), Chess Team (team won national title for high schools in my division), national honors society, mu alpha theta, science national honors society
Awards: maryland distinguished scholar finalist, national merit commended, ap scholar w/ distinction, harvard book
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: meh, didn’t really care about NU anyway
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: None
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History-770, Math II-800
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW/4.5 W
[<em>] Rank: 9/380
[</em>] Other stats: AP Scores (US History-5, Statistics-5, European History-5, Microeconomics-4, Calc BC-4, Chemistry-4, Biology-4)
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: Common apps essay was good, Supplement essay was excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably great, great relationship with those teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Same as above
[</em>] Hook (if any): Asian from Kansas (probably not a hook lol)
[/list]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: God
[li] going to attend? Yep unless I get into UPenn next Tuesday (which is very unlikely). [/li][/list]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100, 770 M 630 CR 700 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Spanish, 730 Bio M, 700 Math 2
[<em>] ACT:33
[</em>] GPA: 4.34 weighted
[<em>] Rank:no rank but atleast top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent, thats a guess tho cuz i didnt actually see them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ok to good. prob a little generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public (367 students in graduating class)
[<em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:F
[<em>] major strength/weakness:Extra Cirrics
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:scores and gpa
[*] going to attend? idk we will see if i get into georgetown haha</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 770 Chemistry, 710 Biology E/M, 690 US History
[<em>] ACT: 35 composite
[</em>] GPA: 4.45
[<em>] Rank: Top 2%
[</em>] Other stats: AP’s: Bio-5, Chem-4, US History-4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good. My “why” may have been a bit iffy, though. . .
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): Did overnight visit (which I strongly recommend for all prospective students), two tours, got interviewed for HPME, my school orchestra played two weeks ago for a professor on campus (which is just a cherry on top)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: Good academics, demonstrated leadership. No research experience, which I regret
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Combination of academics and extracurriculars
[<em>] Going to attend? No idea yet. Contingent on financial aid and HPME, but it is definitely at the top of my list at this point!
[/ul]Other Factors: [ul]
[</em>] Eagle Scout
[<em>] Speech Team (NFL)
[</em>] Cello section leader
[<em>] Lab assistant for chemistry teacher
[</em>] Peer tutor
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs:790 US, 780 MathII, 780 Bio M
[<em>] ACT:35
[</em>] GPA:3.9/4.3
[<em>] Rank:top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec:good
[</em>] Hook (if any):eh not really? music and lab research perhaps
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Missouri
[</em>] School Type:Small Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:ECs, test scores strengtsh, community service, gpa weaknesses
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:test scores, ECs
[li] going to attend? maybe, but i dont think so. i have a good financial deal at UNC and got into the honors college there. still im so happy i got in, got rejected from duke today[/li][/ul]Other Factors: congrats to everyone that got in!</p>
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