<p>Waitlisted
SAT 2150
GPA 4.0</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to School of Education and Social Policy</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800s in chemistry, world history, and math ii
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.18 weighted
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats: A few APs, iBT TOEFL 114
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: commonapp essay: 3.5/5, why norhtwestern essay: 4/5
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 3/5, 4/5 (only guessing. waived my rights)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 3/5 (only guessing. waived my rights)
[</em>] Hook (if any): probably not
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: south korea
[</em>] School Type: private and selective
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: strength would be test scores and why northwestern essay. weakness would be a mediocre gpa and dearth of academic awards.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I was the only one in my school who applied to SESP. I think that was a major factor.
[li] going to attend? NU is one of my top choices, but we’ll see :)[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Weinberg CAS)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400/12/80 (single session)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 800 U.S. History, 800 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 36/36/36/35(sci)/10, 36/36/36/36/10 superscored (I never do quite as well on the ACT essays for whatever reason)
[</em>] GPA: 4.000 unweighted (no weighting system exists)
[<em>] Rank: 1 of about 200
[</em>] Other stats: five 5s on APs (a few self-studied), AMC12 ~110, AIME 5 (I don’t think I submitted these, though)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Quite good, in my opinion at least
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Mostly great, one amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): Doubtful
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Region: Midwest
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Did not report
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Major strength/weakness: Strength – stats, essay (maybe), ECs, etc. Weakness – didn’t interview? Not evaluative, though.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Still waiting on Integrated Science Program – when do we hear about that?</p>
<p>Different format, but same thing…</p>
<p>Accepted to Engineering McCormick</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750 (79MC 8E)
[</em>] SAT Total: 2280
[<em>] SAT II: Math II-800, US history-750, BioE-750
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC/AB (5/5), Env. Sci (4), Biology (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Music Theory (5), Comparative Gov (5), Stats (5)
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[</em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 7% of 780
[li] Academic Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, a few regional science awards, nothing prestigious…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Important ECs: Chamber Orchestra (Concertmaster), MN Music Listening Contest (Founder and Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Senior Service Project (Officer), Young Democrats (Secretary of State)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Usher at Orchestra Hall, Violin teacher, Cashier/Server at Sbarro in the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Um, basically I organized a few fundraisers for orchestra and about 100 hours “everywhere”
[</em>] Essays: Decent, commonapp about fixing my violin. Supplement about interest in engineering. They were both quirky, I guess.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #1: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Rec #2: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: Orchestra Teacher of three years
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Knows me very well in a huge class
[li] Hook (if any): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Legacy Yes/No: Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Took hard (college) classes and female in engineering.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Communications)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology M: 680; Literature: 580; US History: 580
[<em>] ACT: 26
[</em>] GPA: 3.929
[<em>] Rank: 69/448
[</em>] Other stats: Euro (3); Eng. Lang (3); Biology (3); Psych (3); US History (3)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very very good…as told by a handful of people who’ve read them. They were extremely personal and dealt with hard topics on race, finances, struggle, adversity, and even marriage and how I hope college will open up more doors and opportunites never offered to me before. (Without a doubt, my essays definitely pushed me into the admit pile. Thank you for AP English Language and my awesome teacher!) Plus, I really enjoyed my “Why Northwestern” essay; theatre and biology were definitely interesting topics to talk about and why I like them:)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I read one and it teared me up. She knows me well and she was able to pull in some personal touches to it and was also able to talk about my home life. The other, written by my AP English Language teacher, I’m sure was just as personal.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I did not read this, but imagine it was probably similar to the others.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Essays (?), Arts Supplement (I wrote a play), Major theatre experience (competitions), Science Supplement, URM, first generation college student, low-income
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths: Essays, personality, GPA, I took 14 AP classes, arts supplement (I wrote a play and have won some theatre awards/competitions), science supplement; Weakness: test scores, class rank
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Please see my above “strengths” list
[*] going to attend? Considering (still have many more to hear from), but Northwestern is definitely near the top of my list as of now:)</p>
<p>so i didn’t get any sort of notification?
is there a website i can check?
i called and i got an automated message saying to wait until mid-april.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted, School of Communications</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 - 730, 610, 720
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.5 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 4/441
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: great. Common App, personal choice on spending a year in Japan; “Why Northwestern,” personal and energetic
[</em>] Teacher Recs: fantastic, love my teacher 
[<em>] Counselor Rec: equally fantastic
[</em>] Hook (if any): Female Founder/President of school’s Robotic Club?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength - Essays, GPA, Rank, degree of rigor in high school; Weakness - Test scores
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Founder of robotics club, received numerous awards, enthusiastic about attending, graduating from International Baccalaureate program
[li] going to attend?: Depends on finaid[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None I can think of.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 620 CR / 630 M / 650 W [1900]
SAT IIs: 630 Literature, 580 French, 790 Spanish, 600 UsHist
ACT: N/A
GPA: 4.238 W / 3.8 UW
Rank: top 10 out of 96
Other stats: president of model un club, soccer, indoor soccer, cross country running, big science fair project with publications, a looot of work experience</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Veeery Quirky. Common app is the best everr, and NW so cute,about my visit there.</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: Excellent. very unique and personal
Counselor Rec: best letter i’ve ever seen
Hook (if any): noup.
Location/Person: San Juan
State or Country: Puerto Rico
School Type: Catholic Private Parish
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Gender: Female
Major strength/weakness: weakness my SAt/SATIIs, but strengths are definetely my essays, recs and my transcript, for them to see the real me
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Puerto Rican, smart, i will give something different and fun to NW along with hard worrkk
Going to attend? Depends on finaid.</p>
<p>how many people are normally waitlisted for each school? How long is this list?</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: didn’t take it
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 lit, 720 french, 600 mathii (yeah…)
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 3.5
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I’m not sure. I think it’s possible that they were the tipping factor since my stats aren’t really that hot for CC standards
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea - Again, could’ve been the tipping factor
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good I thought
[</em>] Hook (if any): none at all
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[li] going to attend? We’ll see [/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>
<p>haha will post stats later!</p>
<p>Waitlisted =[</p>
<p>My father teaches at the Kellog School of Buisness so this was particularily depressing.</p>
<p>ACT: 32
Weighted GPA: 4.12
=[</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>------------School/GPA--------------</p>
<p>The worst part of my application is my GPA. Officially, as calculated by my school, it’s 3.83 (doesn’t seem that bad, does it?). This is misleading, really, as it only covers my Gr 11 grades (which were five A’s and one B). My grade 10 marks were significantly worse (one B and one C), and my grade 9 grades are abysmal (A are most definitely in the minority). And to clarify, when I say “A”, I mean 86 or above and “B” 73 or above, which is the scale used by my school. Therefore, my gr 11 and 12 grades, which are mostly in the high 80’s or low 90’s, qualifies as “A’s”.</p>
<p>-------------APs----------------</p>
<p>self-studied 4 in Gr 11: USH(5), Calculus AB (4), Macro (4), Micro (4)</p>
<p>I am taking AP Chem this year</p>
<p>-------- SAT Subject Tests--------</p>
<p>USH 740
Math II 800</p>
<p>------ SAT Reasoning Tests---------</p>
<p>I took it 3 times, combined high score is 2310 (800W 760R 750M)
Highest single sitting: 2250 (800W 750R 700M)</p>
<p>------------Extra Curriculars----------</p>
<p>~300hr volunteer hours
great reference letter</p>
<p>President of Debate, History, and Economics clubs
Was a remember of various clubs from time to time (chess, science competition, technology, etc…)</p>
<p>Hosted a discussion forum in a Parliamentary election. I was quite involved personally.</p>
<p>------- Others ---------</p>
<p>I’m taking 2 university courses - one 2nd year course in Poli Sci and one 1st year course in Philosophy</p>
<p>International Applicant (Canadian) </p>
<hr>
<p>Why was I rejected? Was it because of my GPA? I was quite surprised and disappointed when the rejection email came…</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED McCormick</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 750 M 750 CR 710 WR
- SAT IIs: Math II: 780, USH: 720 Chem: 570
- ACT:
- GPA: 3.96 UW
- Rank:5/950
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: No idea, my teachers liked it
- Teacher Recs: Probably pretty damn good
- Counselor Rec: same as above
- Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Texas
- School Type: Competitive Public
- Ethnicity: Indian
- Gender: Male
- major strength/weakness: More of an all around student
- why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: IDk
- going to attend? Maybe
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO MCCORMICK</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 - 780 CR, 770 M, 790 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Spanish, 760 Phys, 790 MIIC, 790 Chem, 750 Bio
[<em>] GPA: 3.96
[</em>] Rank: Top 11%
[<em>] Other stats: AP - 5’s on Calc BC, Spanish Lang, US History, NM Finalist, AP Scholar, National Spanish Exam multiple gold medalist, Lots of Music ECs and leadership, lots of diversity ECs, 2 Varsity Sports, ~200 volunteer hours
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent, very in depth on Why Northwestern
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I’m beginning to think they were pretty damn good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Houston, TX
[<em>] School Type: Large Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Good essays, lots of interest, solid stats; not much leadership though
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Well honestly, after getting into Rice, Vandy and WashU I was feeling pretty confident about NU. I’m guessing it was my strong stats that did it, plus the essays
[</em>] going to attend? Not until I get some decent FA
[/ul]Other Factors: Hooray for ORMs</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted! (Weinberg) **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Didn’t send
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t send
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36E 33R 33M 35S)
[</em>] GPA: ~99.8 W
[<em>] Rank: 16/129
[</em>] Other stats: AP Scholar with Honor ( World 5, Chem 3, US 4, Lang 4)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Probably a strong point
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: A little generic, but glowing.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[<em>] EC’s: All-state band junior year, section leader, founder of students against drunk driving, vice president of sadd, treasurer of student council, headed community service committee of student council. Just a lot of generic stuff really.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Competitive public (99% go to 4 year college)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Test scores and essays were a strength, ECs were average, GPA and rank were my big weaknesses.
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My essay probably set me apart from the other high ACT scores… I’m guessing.
[</em>] going to attend? Most likely Northwestern or Notre Dame (if I get in!)
[/ul]Other Factors: I did visit and I showed a lot of interest in my essays!</p>
<p>accepted mccormick.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted! (Weinberg) **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (800 Math 800 Writing 760 Reading)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 800 Spanish 690
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.2
[<em>] Rank: 28/500
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App was good… Northwestern specific one was alright…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: idk… didn’t get to read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^^
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: ACT/SAT
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I really don’t know… I have a lot of service and extra curriculars… I thought I’d get rejected for sure because of my grades.
[li] going to attend? Maybe… Still have to hear back from other places[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Just to show that decisions are fairly random among top schools and that you should never lose hope; I have been rejected by Duke, waitlisted by Wustl and Rice, and accepted by Northwestern, Cal, and UCLA.</p>
<p>**ACCEPTED: WCAS ** </p>
<p>The e-mail finally came through, yay!</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2270 - 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
- ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S; 8 on essay)
- SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 740 Physics
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.6 W
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 in class
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3); World Hist (4); Chem (5); Cal AB (5); Physics B (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Cal BC, AP Literature, AP Bio, AP Language, AP Gov’t, Honors Senior Thesis (50+ page paper written throughout school year)
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Arkansas All-State Bands (1st band 2nd chair Trombone); various state-wide solo awards for trombone (all top ratings); Nat’l Merit Finalist; Presidential Scholars Candidate
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band Council (President); Science and Engineering Club (Vice Pres.); Quiz Bowl Assistant Captain
- Job/Work Experience: None
- Volunteer/Community service: 141 hours
- Summer Activities: Band Camps (1st chair at all of them); honor band hawaii trip (performed at Pearl harbor on July 4)
- Essays: Common App - About a band experience and its impacts on me; i didn’t do the optional essay on the supplement
- Teacher Recommendation: couldn’t read (I assume they were very good)
- Counselor Rec: same as above
- Additional Rec: N/A
- Interview: No
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
- School Type: Private
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: $100,000 - $115,000
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Grades; ACT/SAT Scores; Music stuff; Senior Thesis; NMF; Pres. Scholars Candidate
- Weaknesses: No Intel/Siemens/USAMO stuff
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: Hooray!
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone else!</p>