<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: V: 770 M: 670 W: 730
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio: 730, World Hist.: 720, Math 1: 660
[<em>] GPA: 3.8/4.0
[</em>] Rank: top 10%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: commonapp: well-crafted, kinda risky subject, but solid; why NU? solid, specific
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 teacher rec. awesome, put me in her “top few encountered in career”
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): no…</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:
State or Country: PA, USA ; School Type: competitive public high school, send several to top schools each yr ; Ethnicity: asian indian ; Gender: female ; major strength/weakness: good leadership, solid essays, awesome teacher rec, interesting ECs; test scores and grades not so great ; going to attend? depends on financial aid</p>
<p>H20poloboy, I had stats very similar to yours and was rejected as well. I know it’s hard not to wonder how your other decisions will be, but remember that this one has NO bearing on it. These college admissions truly are a crap shoot, to be quite blundt.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 800, French… uhhh… 660… :X
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 93.3% (dunno in GPA… =S)
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats: so much music!</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: common app essay was about being myself… i know… sounds generic… but it was good… well… i think… and the NU essay was about what at NU would help me become a businessman in the entertainment industry. YEAAHH!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: school not allowed to show students… lame…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: school not allowed to show students… lame…
[</em>] Hook (if any): so much music! so much business competitions!</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: Private, small… 90 students per grade?
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male (Female according to my essay… ish… it was all part of the show)
[<em>] major strength/weakness: been involved in so many music things since i was 5, including concertmaster and lead singer in a band
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i really dunno…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Nope.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 - Literature, 780 - Math II
[<em>] ACT: 33 / 11 Writing
[</em>] GPA: It’s about 3.8 UW / 5.0 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: 5 APs this year / taking 6 AP tests (Econ is two)
APs taken already: USH, Language, Geography (4,5,4)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked my common app one (it was about a hiking/leadership trip I did in Alaska) and my why NU one was somewhat generic, but I pulled a lot of specific examples. I want to major in English, so I talked about a lot of classes that NU offers that I’d like to take.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One from Physics, one from AP English. I waived my rights, but I believe they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I can’t say she knows me that well, but I think she likes me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I also got a recommendation from an alumni (family friend) - not sure if it helped.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Large competitive public, ranked 1 or 2 in Illinois.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Weaknesses - Generic ECs, Strengths - Good recs/essays, rigorous course load, interview
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I honestly don’t know, but I’m really excited and happy.
[li] going to attend?: Depends. I’m waiting on Cornell. [/li][/ul]Other Factors: When NU sent the decision email out, I freaked out. I was hanging out with my family and when I saw the word “Congratulations”, I literally jumped up from the table and ran around the pool screaming.
My family probably thinks I’m crazy now.</p>
<p>Anyway, Congrats to all of the admits! And for everyone else - keep hope alive, you are amazing :)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190 (750CR, 680M, 760W, 12E)
[</em>] SAT IIs: English Lit-750, French-780, World History-730 (self-studied)
[<em>] ACT: 35 (35E, 32M, 36R, 35S, 35W)
[</em>] GPA: not sure
[<em>] Rank: not sure
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: My common app essay was excellent, if a little long. I believe the supplement was a “why NWU?” and I thought it was decent. (But obviously it must have been great…
[ *] Teacher Recs: again, I guess they must have been great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she has to write them for ~500 students so it couldn’t have been personal at all
[<em>] Hook (if any): …I’m a white male who lives in suburbia… No hook.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Colorado!
[<em>] School Type: enormous public behemoth
[</em>] Ethnicity: white! although I have a decent tan
[<em>] Gender: male!
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I’m awesome.
[li] going to attend? That depends on how Ivy decision day shakes out![/li][/ul] Other Factors: So excited! Congrats everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! (School of Communication)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (770 CR, 800 M, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Maths II, 740 Lit
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW? Our school never gives out the UW GPA…
[<em>] Rank: N/A. Top 10%.
[</em>] Other stats: 6 AP Exams by the end of HS. Heavily involved in school’s arts, mainly backstage and music.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Been told the CommonApp one was really good, very personal and humorous. Why NU essay was also personal, used specific examples.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw them, but they told me they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: See above.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None. International Asian theatre techie?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: U.A.E.
[</em>] School Type: Best private in region.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: SAT score and essay hopefully. Weakness: A bit lazy in course selections.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Hopefully my essays pulled me through, since I was pretty proud of them. And of course, a lot of luck and fortune.
[li] going to attend? Not sure yet, but definitely a possibility![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Ahhh I was so excited when I saw the email! Waiting on two more schools, but it’s great to know that NU is an option.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2070 (Oct 2007)
SAT IIs: 800 Math2C (June 06), 800 Physics (June 07), 800 Chem (June 08), 780 Bio M (June 08)
ACT: 35 / 8 Writing; 33 / 10 Writing
GPA: unweighted GPA not available, 4.56 w
Rank: Top 10% (Cum Laude)
Other stats: taking 4 ap classes this year with 2 honors
APs taken already: Physics B, Calc AB, Calc BC, Chem, Bio, US Gov’t (All 5’s)
Subjective:
Essays: I thought my essays were good, but now that I think about it more, I’m not so sure if they were that good.
Teacher Recs: One from Chem teacher (I’m a Chem major), and one from my math/physics teacher. I wish I got one from an English teacher instead of two science teachers…
Counselor Rec: I seriously don’t know why but somehow he thinks I’m amazing
Hook (if any): it’s not a hook, but I went to Northwestern last summer and took Organic Chem and got an A
Location/Person:
State or Country: International student, Currently in Kansas
School Type: Small private
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: F
major strength/weakness: Weaknesses - really weak ECs, and I think I totally screwed up the interview
Strengths - I have good scores (except for my SATI)
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Don’t know. I thought that optional alumni interview could get me flat out rejected.
going to attend?: No. Not so likely. I applied to HPME (which I didn’t get in) so my chances of going to NU is extremely low right now.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740CR, 700M, 620W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710CH, 710PH, 680M2, 640MBio
[<em>] ACT: 32 (34E, 30M, 33R, 33S, 8W)
[</em>] GPA: 4.00UW
[<em>] Rank: N/A (Homeschooled)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Written perfectly, talked about all the things I love about NU, and how I decided I wanted to pursue a career in EE.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Four</em> great recs from different teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Just mom, but it was good.
[</em>] Anti-hook: White male in engineering, 3rd gen in college.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Homeschool
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths: GPA, courseload, verbal scores. Weaknesses: Math scores… math scores… FREAKIN </em>** MATH SCORES!!!ONEONEONE
[<em>] why you think you were rejected: Math scores, prejudice against homeschoolers, just another white male.
[</em>] going to attend? I was, but thanks to their cold hearted rejection of my application, I’ll be forced to look elsewhere. (Like maybe U of Illinois, their EE department is ranked far higher than NU after all…)
[/ul]Other Factors: I’m totally distraught. NU was my dream school and I was quite sure I would be admitted and attend. I visited, I met with an EE prof, I got to know people in admissions. Aside from my somewhat sub-par math scores… WHERE DID I GO WRONG!? :(</p>
<p>Dude, u really need to change your moniker. i do not think your a girl nor a korean. are u trying to shame ur ex with this moniker and with this kind of post? stop.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 700 M 780 W 730
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 710 Lit 680 Phys 660 (fail…)
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 3.9/4 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 10%ish?
[</em>] Other stats: 555 BC Calc, US Gov, English Lang
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App one good (though I’m sure everyone’s was), WhyNU also pretty good I thought
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, don’t know too well
[</em>] Hook (if any): Part time job, promoted with letter of rec.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: Strengths would be AP and SAT I scores, and I did show as much interests as I could, weaknesses would be GPA, SAT II’s, and kinda boring extracurrics
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Vanilla
[/ul]Other Factors: Waitlisted at Northwestern but accepted to WashU…isn’t it usually the other way around? ;-)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Chem, 740 Math 2
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, around a 4.5 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 4
[</em>] Other stats: took AP chem and AP language, taking AP lit, AP calculus bc and ap physics c this year
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: my common app essay definitely made me stand out, my why NU was okay I thought, I tried to make it personal.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one from my chem teacher and one from my physics teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’ve had 3 different GC’s in high school and I’ve only talked to the guy once so I have no idea what he wrote…
[</em>] Hook (if any): female in engineering I suppose
[/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: class schedule/GPA/rank and one of my activities outside of school which helped me stand out. weaknesses…probably my SAT scores.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: being a female in engineering can’t hurt but I’d like to think I still had the stats to get in. I also had a good alumni interview, but I’m not sure how much that counts.
[li] going to attend? it’s in my top 3…we’ll see[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors: I’m really excited to be accepted! congratulations and good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050 only try
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Math. 750 Chem.
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.8
[<em>] Rank: Doesn’t rank. (top 10%)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: My why NU one was very well written and specific pertaining to NU. My common app essay made a few teachers cry.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I have no clue. Probably generic and lame since I didn’t really form tight connections with any of my teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure. Probably pretty good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Lived in 4 countries? Maybe…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Large public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength: International perspective + ECs. Weakness: Low grades
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because I’m a good fit
[li] going to attend? Most likely yes [/li][/ul]Other Factors: Nothing really.
Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2170
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 m2, 800chem, 770ush
[<em>] ACT:1
[</em>] GPA:3.9ish
[<em>] Rank:1/100
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Mediocre
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Anti hook
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: The ORM
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Good in math/sci, sucks in everything else
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: NU’s connection w/ my HS, maybe
[li] going to attend? will decide on 3/31[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None</p>
