GPA: 3.7 I think? I have a 92 so whatever that is.
Rank: No rank, and I have no idea where I would be because my school is SO competitive.
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: My why NU one was really stupid in my opinion. Cliche, Chicago is awesome, Evanston is pretty, the academics are superb, blah blah blah.
Teacher Recs: I have NO idea honestly but they were probably pretty good.
Counselor Rec: Decent at least, again I have no idea but I go to my guidance counselor a lot so she knows me pretty well.
Hook (if any): Well, I do art? I sent them a portfolio of drawings and paintings, so maybe that helped me? Honestly I am white and a pretty lazy person so I dunno haha.
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: USA
School Type: Large public school
Ethnicity: White haha
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness:
</code></pre>
<p>Strength: art, essay writing, passion that really shows in all my writing and probably in my recs, I’m in a fair amount of honors/AP classes, I skipped Spanish 5 and took AP Spanish as a junior
Weakness: I guess my GPA? but I switched schools junior year so it vastly improved since fresh/soph year I went to a REALLY hard private school.
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: hahaha I have NO idea!
* going to attend? I still have 4 more schools to hear from, but as of right now hell yes!</p>
<p>Other Factors: I have been a Girl Scout since kindergarten, and I have worked towards my Gold Award. I’ve done Model UN and Congress, and I’m a member of the National Art Honors Society. I have a part-time job at an ice cream store. Ummm other than that… I play lacrosse? I’m not a superstar or anything though. </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Bio, 690 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.95
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank (top 10%)
[</em>] Other stats: AP- 555 Bio, Chem, Euro + Physics C, Gov, Calc BC, Enviro this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App: Good, Supp: Ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Dunno, but I think one was mediocre
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Standard
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Public, pretty good
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength- Scores, classes/Weak- Essays
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea, probably because I want to study Enviro and not many people do.
[li] going to attend? Not sure, too expensive[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790 M, 770 CR, 750 W (2310)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US History, 760 Math IIC, 750 Biology M
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.998
[<em>] Rank: 19/381
[</em>] Other stats: 5’s on Biology, World History, US History, English Language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Commonapp was one of my best writing. People really liked. Why NU took me a while and was thought out and articulated clearly–dad approved. I felt like I utilized time well in penning my essays (even though I procrastinated like none other…)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both have said it was a privilege to do a Rec for me, so yah. Great!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same with counselor rec.<br>
[</em>] Hook (if any): Didgeridoo anyone?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: KS
[</em>] School Type: One of the better schools. Ranked ~ 500 ish by Newsweek
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Nepali)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Grades, Test Scores, Essays, Recs, Ec’s
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My essays showed that I would fit on campus; I excelled in the classroom despite my ever changing environment; EC’s I partook in were those that legitimately interested me–especially music.
[li] going to attend? One of my top choices (Duke, Penn, Stanford, or NU). Need to consider aid too, but I know NU gives kick ass aid. Good chance though.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800M 800R 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800MII 800UsHis 700Lit (don’t take the Lit it will kill you)
[<em>] ACT:n/a
[</em>] APs:5 USHIS, 5 Eng.Language 4 Chem
[<em>] IBs:n/a
[</em>] GPA:3.8ish uw, 4.5 w
[<em>] Rank:Was 9 1st semester senior year
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Mu Alpha Theta, Marching Band, WTP, NHS, Academic Team,<br>
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Grocery Bagger
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):My “Why Northwestern” was hogwash compared to my MMSS essays, but common app ones were good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Solidly Good (they like me)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should’ve been very impressive, she’s experienced at her job
[</em>] Applied on:12/20
[<em>] Hook (if any):High SATs? can’t think of anything else that i’m better than ppl at
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:United States
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public,Graduating Class:400, About 10-15 go to a “top cc university” or “ivy league” each year.
[</em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[li] Gender:M[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all who made it!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 math II 760 Bio 710 French
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA:3.85/4.18
[<em>] Rank:Roughly top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays: About my passion for french
[</em>] Teacher Recs: French teacher one was flawless, Math was good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Siemens competition Semifinalist, French National Contest Placer 3 years in a row</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country:NY
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Korean
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: I do alot of stuff like any overachiever, but i also am captain or president of almost all. Also, I aplied as a French major which is kinda unique
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Passion throughout applcation
[li] going to attend? Not sure, waiting on the 31st</p>[/li]
<p>Congrats, yall.</p>
<p>Sorry I didnt bother with the appropriate text format…</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Type of School: Top Catholic High school in the state
GPA: 3.90/4.1 UW (my school does not weight GPAs)
SAT: Superscore: 630 CR, 700 M, 650 W
ACT: 33 (35 English, 34 Math, 33 CR, 29 Science, Essay 8)
SAT II’s: Math Level 1: 630, 700; Latin: 660; Math Level II: 750; Chemistry: 700; Biology:740; US History: 690
Class Rank: Top 5%
Curriculum: Took hardest one can take at my school.
Senior Year Courses: BC Calc, AP English, AP Micro/Macro, Honors Physics (school doesn’t offer AP), Theology, Advanced Latin 5 (School doesn’t offer AP)
AP Scores: US History:5, Bio:5, Chemistry: 4
Essays: Common App was all right. Other essay was kinda generic but still not bad
Interview: Pretty good</p>
<p>EC’s:
Over 500 hundred hours of consistent community service to inner city medical clinic, Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, urban schools, etc.
4 years of Tennis (1 JV, 2 Varsity Reserve, 1 Varsity (team is best in state))
2 years of Mock Trial
4 years Latin Club (junior year I was VP; senior year I was president); Summa Cum Laude for 3 years, Maxima Cum Laude for 1
4 years Math Club (participated in and placed in many state-wide contests)National Honors Society
Tutor in Academic Support of my high school for last 2 years
Lab Assistant in Radiation Oncology Lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin for the past two summers
Clinical Laboratory Science course at Marquette University
Attended Summer Session at Yale and Northwestern; received an “A” in Creative Writing at NU; received an “A-” in Comprehensive General Chemistry at Yale and “B+” in Comprehensive General Chemistry Lab.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian-American (Indian)
State of Residence: Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Hooks: none
Strengths: Service?
Weaknesses: SAT’s without a question
Comments on decision: Did not think I was even going to have a shot since I never received an email, tons of people applied from my school, and I was waitlisted at Rice and Wash U and rejected from Chicago. Still don’t know if I’m going or not but I’ll see you guys at admitted students days!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (college of arts and sciences)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M, 800CR, 710W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790-us history, 780-bio, 780-math 2
[<em>] ACT: 33, but never sent to northwestern b/c my science section score was pretty low…
[</em>] GPA: 3.976
[<em>] Rank: 10/578
[</em>] Other stats: -----------
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: common app-how living in different cultures and moving around a lot changes your perspective on things, etc… northwestern one- umm just talked about my academic interests said I wanted to apply to the MMSS program…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I have no way of knowing, but probably fairly good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: okay
[</em>] Hook (if any): -----------------
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: metro Atlanta, GA
[</em>] School Type: public suburban
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: not a lot of leadership stuff or job experience, ECs and academics are pretty good but not THAT good, got some medals/awards (I dont know if they actually matter that much)
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: umm I have no idea. A friend of mine w/ fairly similar stats got waitlisted, so college admissions seem really random at times.
[li] going to attend? Probably not, unless financial aid is really really good or something like that [/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (800 W, 750 M, 700 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Spanish, 730 Literature, 690 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.6 UW
[<em>] Rank: 87/696
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good I think.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[</em>] Hook (if any): father is a prof at NU and mom is legacy of the grad school.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: large, diverse, fairly prestigious public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: strengths–hook and test scores. weakness–GPA/class rank.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think I would’ve had a good chance of getting in otherwise, but my dad does work for the university…
[li] going to attend? 90% yes.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 ( 760 M 800 CR 760 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math II 740 W Hist 740 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/620
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nmsf</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tennis, decathlon, health career club, debate
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 120 hrs
[</em>] Summer Activities: tennis, college courses
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: good
[li] Interview: good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: efc=99999
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred//waitlisted/rejected: nice!![/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2370 superscore 2x
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/790 bio-e, lit, math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 after junior year; as for senior year…let’s just say the number of Bs on my midyear report senior year was greater than the number of Bs I’ve had through all the rest of high school and middle school. I cannot believe they forgave me for it.
[</em>] Rank: probably top 2-3% by weighted, but school ranks by decile
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: amazing common app essay, average northwestern essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great, good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: affluent public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] major strength: stats
[<em>] major weakness: senior year
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: no idea, but I’m happy
[li] going to attend? possibly, I’m going to take a spin around Chicago again[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
no interview, visited once, average extracurriculars, volunteering and generic stuff</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2150 – 770 Math; 690 Reading; 690 Writing (9 Essay)
[</em>] SAT Iis: 800 Math I; 750 Math II; 700 US History; 680 Biology-E
[<em>] ACT: 32 – 36 English; 29 Math; 32 Reading; 31 Science; 8 Essay
[</em>] APs: 5 US History; 4 Calculus AB; 4 English Language; 4 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 3.80 UW
[</em>] Rank: 40/406
[<em>] Other stats: None in particular
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Violin, Knowledge Bowl, Youth Commission; Hospital Volunteer; Track; Journalism Internship; DECA
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One exceptional. One good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Er…decent, I guess.
[<em>] Applied on: Common Application?
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington (state)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public; 1900 students; very few go to big-name schools (smartest usually hit BYU…)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It’s actually what I expected. I’m quite apathetic about it now, since I got into UChicago already.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2090 (superscore)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 bio, 690 us hist
[<em>] ACT: 31 (34 eng, 31 reading, 33 math)
[</em>] GPA: UW 3.7, W 4.17
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Description of my drive to school (common app), then slightly humorous mostly optimistic reasons beyond the usual about why NU
[</em>] Teacher Recs: dunno i signed a waiver… should have been good though i suppose
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dunno signed waiver again
[</em>] Hook (if any): worked as a production assistant on a professional set in Nov… other than that, nothing really…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: essays/my writing style was strong, scores were my weak spot
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: my grades/score are under par for normal acceptees from my school, so i can only assume it was my essays that demonstrated my huge interest in SoC
[li] going to attend? most likely yes.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: i have yet to hear from two Ivies i applied to. But in any event, NU I believe is a much better fit for me. I’m excited! :D</p>
<p>I don’t know how to do the correct format heh sorry</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!! Medill</p>
<p>[ *] SAT:2110
[ *] SAT IIs: pretty bad – 650 ush, 670 lit
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 9/437
Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Common App one was really personal and powerful, Northwestern one on why Medill was really good – wrote about working on the city paper and internship at Barron’s
[ *] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read but they love me
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but she respects me a lot
[ *] Hook (if any): Journalism experience definitley
Location/Person
[ *] State or Country: New Hampshire
[ *] School Type: Large City Public all the way
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strength was essays and journalism experience, weakness SAT scores
[ *] going to attend? Waiting to hear back from my top LACs then have to decide</p>
<p>I really liked NU but am scared about going specifically to Medill b/c journalism is a dying field even though I love it dearly. We’ll have to see where else I get in. It’s an honor in itself to be accepted to Medill. I am jumping up and down : )</p>
<p>No, sadly. I’m petitioning to get it changed, and I’ll keep the site updated if that gets done. It’s unlikely, though, due to the large number of requirements in both majors. I’m currently a journalism major, film minor, but the latter’s primarily a wash, as you can’t take production or screenwriting under the RTVF minor.</p>
<p>wow thats unfortunate, but i guess it makes sense. I applied to Medill basically because i figured if it was NU for me i should go for Medill but i am also really interested in film and stuff, i figure though that medill is pretty good about teaching people the tools to write and produce ill just have to do the creative parts myself.</p>
<p>Do you want majors medill students can double major in?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 690 cr 800 m 800 w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 math 2 670 physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.71 uw
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: really bad lol
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good, I think, b/c my teachers liked me at least.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): girl in engineering, first gen college stud-muffin
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: f
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: scores not up to par, not rly
[</em>] going to attend? i wish
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Medill students can double major in any major within Weinberg (the College of Arts and Sciences), as well as within McCormick (Engineering), Bienen School of Music and the School of Education and Social Policy (I believe). Basically, as a major in Medill, you can double major in basically anything except the School of Communication.</p>
<p>Medill is amazing in terms of preparation, but there are numerous opportunities to get involved in the film community on campus. I’ve worked on film sets, gaining direct experience, and I’ve taken three film classes (1/quarter) since I arrived in the fall. It’s incredibly easy to get involved in film if you’re enrolled in Medill.</p>
