<p>acceppppteddd!!!</p>
<p>yay i got in!!
does anyone know how much money i’ll get(approximately obviously) if my family makes around 40K ~45K per year?</p>
<p>Accepted to Mccormick super excited</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 800 CR, 730 W (2300)
SAT II: Math 2 800, physics 790, Chemistry (710) add up to 2300
Unweighted GPA 3.77 weight 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Unranked large urban high school 3000. Lots of diversity- overachievers and dropouts in the same school
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 5’s USH, physics B , Calc BC, Chem. 1 4 lang and comp
1 2 in comp a
Senior Year Course Load: linear alg/ diff eq, ap bio, ap lit, ap gov, ap econ, advanced drawing, ap stat
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
national merit commended, ap scholar with dist, csf, no real awards from my e.c’s
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Econ club (founder vp) research assistant at lab (10 hrs per week) doing pretty cool stuff, play basketball with friends- nol lie i wrote that on my app
Volunteer/Community service: 6 hours a week
Summer Activities: Summer arch program at wash u, worked on farm in greece
Essays: Pretty good, wrote an essay relating the summer program at wash u and expeirence working at a greek farm, Discussed sustianability, Both essays short and long were well recieved
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good both teachers volunteered- one called me blessed by the muses.
the other teacher was also really excited
Counselor Rec:should be good prob generic since had to write 300 of them, however i submitted a detailed description of myself
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other:research abstract
State (if domestic applicant): ca
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle applied for fin aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Greek immigrant background, though not poor at all father is an academic, however still has novelty factor and gave me a perspective on life i communicated fairly well. Sorry for all the typos, i’m in a hurry</p>
<p>^ a lot… like almost all of cost of attendance.</p>
<p>^does that mean i’ll get like 50K from NU?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: super score 2280 (V: 800 M: 700 W: 780)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem 740, Lit 770, Math II 730
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 10.09/11 (nothing is weighted), but probably lower because of winter term grades
[<em>] Rank: um, top 12%, probably? Don’t really know
[</em>] Other stats:…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL resident, school in NH
[</em>] School Type: old, prestigious boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: um…good grades until junior winter, then kind of crappy in comparison. good stats, good extracurrics
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: no idea
[li] going to attend? if I don’t get into Stanford/one of the 3 Ivies I applied to[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
After reading the “Congratulations” in the first line, I stopped reading, pumped my arms in the air, and said YES. I was sooo nervous because I had to go through my spam quarantine, etc., and I’d been waitlisted by UChicago yesterday.
Congrats to all who got in, and if you didn’t, I’m sure you’ll love where you’ll end up going</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 ( 750 CR, 760 M, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790, 750, 680
[<em>] GPA: W-4.28, UW-3.61
[</em>] Rank: 30/560
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Aweesommme
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know. Probably positive.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Cousin goes to NU
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public, ~2400 kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: GPA
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don’t know, but I am just freaking happy!
[li] going to attend? Most likely. Hopefully the financial aid will be $25,000.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO MEDILL</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2100 - 770 CR, 670 M, 660 W
- SAT IIs: 770 Spanish, 770 Literature, 770 Math I
- GPA: 3.8 uw 4.3 w
- Rank: 16 of 656
- Other stats: AP - 5’s on US Gov and US History, NM Finalist, 35 ACT
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: good
- Teacher Recs: great
- Counselor Rec: great
- Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: ohio
- School Type: Large public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- major strength/weakness: essays and ACT score; lack of volunteering, sports
- why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: no idea
- going to attend? probably not
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted McCormick</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2070 M 750 CR 660 W 660
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2350 M1 790 M2 800 Phy 760
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] GPA: NA
[<em>] Rank: Top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: Executive Editor , Vice President Mathematics Club, Interact Club, Coordinator Economics Club, State level athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good I guess?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Standard but top notch
[<em>] Counselor Rec: awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): Antihook- International, Asian
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: India 
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Weakness- sat scores, too many asian, why NU essay
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don’t know……essays? I’m not complaining
[li] going to attend? Most probably[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: n/a
SAT IIs: 600 bio 740Math2 700Math1
ACT 29 composite
GPA: 4.7/4.0 scale (weighted)
Rank: 8/500
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: commonapp- bad , nu- awesome. they said interest mattered… so i visited, stayed overnight, went to local seminar things, and etc. i had very SPECIFIC examples in my essay… ie: classes i wanted to take, profs i met, etc.
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: eh. structured
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: midwest
School Type: magnet school
Ethnicity: chinese(the whitest chink you’ll ever meet)
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weakness- testscores strength-rank/gpa, extr. activities (vp nhs, stuco sec, math team, var tennis, vp spanish club, rx tech, pageants, dist. ap scholar, etc)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: TEST SCORES
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
i really thought i was going to get in… i mean they totally emphasized well rounded… and i thought my activities would compensate for my low act : (</p>
<p>Decision: accepted</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2030
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 MathII, 730 Chem, 670 Bio
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] GPA: 4.23
[ *] Rank: I’m not sure if NU got this, but 12/657
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: The common app was about staying with a host family in Germany for four weeks. The NU one was pretty generic, though well written I think. I used the paragraph about my love of Chicago from my UChicago essay.
[ *] Teacher Recs: One I am pretty close with (an English teacher), the other one is notoriously kind (Calc).
[ *] Counselor Rec: OK, I don’t know her very well.
[ *] Hook (if any): My parents immigrated here from the Netherlands 20 years ago so I’ve grown up under that foreign influence. Maybe?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: SoCal
[ *] School Type: public, 3000 kids
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: ACT, everything else was good
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: There aren’t any significant weak points… so good enough?
[ *] going to attend? We’ll see…
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800-language, 740-bioE, 760-MathII
[<em>] ACT:x
[</em>] GPA:3.66 UW 4.0 W
[<em>] Rank: x
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: written last minute, but decent!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good i hope?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): MUSIC -competitions, wellknown orchestras, etcetc. & volunteerwork?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CA
[</em>] School Type:rigorous,one of the top public schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] major strength/weakness: academically “okay” + music? / satIs??
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I was rejected by the music dept. but maybe cause my grades were “decent”
[li] going to attend?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Rejected: WCAS</p>
<p>32 ACT
Native American
94.9 WGPA
top 10%
really good EC’s
really good essays (except why NU…)</p>
<p>why rejected? My why NU sucked monkey nuts. There was nothing about the school itself at all in there, so it’s no surprise at all that I got rejected. Not really a heartbreaker though, I got my likely letter to my top choice school, so I more than likely wouldn’t be going to NU anyway. Glad someone who wanted it was able to have my spot.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED (SESP) **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: kind of embarassingly bad so i’m not even going to post this
[</em>] SAT II: 760 (Literature) / 770 (Math II) / 770 (US History)
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: APUSH 5, Eng. Lang & Comp 5, European History 4, Calc BC, Eng. Lit & Comp., Physics B, Macroeconomics, American Government
[<em>] GPA: 4.439 W, 3.879 UW
[</em>] Rank: 15/342
[<em>] Awards: USSYP semifinalist, major newspaper academic leadership team, recognized as one of my congressman’s “top ten constituents”, state scholar, a bunch of political/music awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Teenage Republicans Chairman, US House of Reps Page, State Page, JSA, NHS, Student Council, Election Judge, Orchestra, Varsity Soccer, Girls State, Model Congress, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: three political internships at congressmen/state senator/campaign offices
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): my love for politics, why social policy is better than political science
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i didn’t read them but i guess they were okay
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably okay
[<em>] Applied on: late november
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[*] Gender: Female[/ul]</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2210 (790 math; 720 writing; 700 CR)
SAT IIs: 770 Math II; 760 Chem; 740 Physics
ACT n/a
GPA: Canadian 4.0; American around 3.9 uw
Rank: 1-3/475</p>
<p>Other stats: 5 microecon;4 macroecon; 5 bio; 5 physics; to write Stats, Calc BC, psych and chem
Subjective:ECs: Chair of MUN, Chair of Debate, Chair of Public Speaking; Varsity Water polo and swimming; Hospital (2) volunteering; Blood services volunteering; Cancer society volunteering;</p>
<p>Essays: The common app essay was great. My NW essays were decent but i didn’t do the optional essay
Teacher Recs: both were excellent
Counselor Rec: generic
Hook (if any):
Location/Person: Canada
State or Country: BC
School Type: competitive public school
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: ECs i thought were quite strong but were generally generic. I think my test scores are decent, but wouldn’t be considered a strength or a weakness
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: intl’ applying for FA?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I thought i had a very decent chance at NW…Although now, after this rejection, i feel like i won’t get into any other university. Could you guys give your two cents on why i was rejected; i feel that i was quite a well rounded applicant =[</p>
<p>Decision:Waitlisted (Weinberg)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390
[</em>] SAT IIs: three 800s
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.8/4.2
[<em>] Rank: 5-7th percentile
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Whatever
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strenght: SATs, Weakness: ECs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: See weakness.
[li] going to attend? Probably UVa[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>You are in possibly the worst demographic for acceptances to highly selective colleges. Neither Asians nor international applicants have it easy; an Asian girl at my school last year with fairly generic (although involved) ECs got rejected with a 2230. It might help if you told us which undergraduate school you applied to, since we can diagnose slightly more easily.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! (Weinberg CAS)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 710M/710CR/730W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Chemistry, 690 Math Level 1 (Haha, I suck)
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: we don’t calculate GPA but I’ve consistently gotten JUST ONE B each year - gutting.
[<em>] Rank: we don’t rank
[</em>] Other stats: I’m really proud of my GCSE grades (7A<em>, 3A, 1B) My AS grades were much the same.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I spent a long time on my common app one and I think it’s excellent! Better than any other personal essay I’ve ever written anyway. My “why Northwestern” essay was somewhat generic, but I made everything personal. For example, I am obsessively involved in MUN, I’ve been to a total of 15 conferences and through my involvement, I found that I love issues relating to disarmament and international security. So, I chose Weinberg for my major (International Studies) because of its thematic cluster titled “Issues in International Security”.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I think they were as good as they could be. I go to a British school so my teachers were unfamiliar with how, exactly, to write an American style recommendation! My MUN director wrote one too and gave it to my counselor, who told me about it. Reading it made me cry
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I guess.
[<em>] Hook (if any): My insane involvement in MUN? Artistic talent? Brown belt in taekwondo? I have no idea.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Malaysia
[<em>] School Type: International (independent)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Malay
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths: I think my crazy (I’m running out of synonyms) and extremely geeky pursuit of MUN. And my art portfolio. Weaknesses: SAT IIs and ECs outside of MUN and taekwondo.
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/: see above
[</em>] going to attend? Yeah, probably. Just waiting for decisions from a couple more universities.
[/ul]Other Factors: Um, nothing really.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! School of Communication</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2120
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 ML1, 720 LIT
[<em>] ACT: 34 (E: 36, R: 34, S: 34, M: 33)
[</em>] GPA: 4.00UW, 4.10W (My school’s weighting is ever so slight) / 99.77 Weighted Numerical
[<em>] Rank: 3/50
[</em>] Other stats: Really extensive resume!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Used my number one activity (mock trial) to set up my “Why NU?” essay. I went about deciding if Northwestern fit me through use of the justice scale, or in my case, the college scale. The concept wasn’t too original, but I believe the approach and use of phrasing was.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both very good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, and extensive information about the situation of my school.
[</em>] Hook (if any): No hook. Just a white male from Texas.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Small Private Christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Very well-rounded, but not yet completely focused in on a certain passion yet.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think my resume showed the admissions committee how determined I am. I do way too many activities for my own good, but I love them.
[li] going to attend? Quite possibly. Right now, it is between Cornell and Northwestern. However, I find out from Columbia soon and that would trump both.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Shoot me a message if you’re going to the School of Communication. I’d be studying Communication Studies with an emphasis on Argument & Advocacy.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! OMG was NOT expecting that. My face must have been like :O</p>
<p>Congratulations to someone on the waitlist – although I am flattered beyond words (Northwestern!!! Omg!) I’ve also been accepted to my dream school We’ll see what happens…</p>