Northwestern RD Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted WCAS (Rejected HPME)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800m, 780w, 740cr, 2320
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800math2, 770chem, 730bio-e
[<em>] WGPA: 98.139 (+5/honors, +8/AP)
[</em>] Rank: 9/315 (not disclosed)
[<em>] AP’s: 2 US History, 4 Physics C E&M, 5 Physics C M, 5 Chem, 5 Calc BC, US Gov, Psych (self-study), Bio, English Lit, Stats
[</em>] Other stats: math class at Princeton, 350+ hours volunteering at hospital, astrophysics research, varsity tennis, NHS president, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] going to attend? No (if I’d gotten into HPME, I would)</p>

<p>ACT:30
GPA:4.65 weighted, 3.65 unweighted
Rank: school doesnt rank because we all test for admission</p>

<p>Essays: Personal and fun
Teacher Recs: Definitely personal, i think. I didnt see it.
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): My mother attended northwestern university for residency, and recommendation from the Dean of a Northwestern College (cant name)
Location: Chicago
State or Country: IL
School Type: Selective Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender:Female
major strength/weakness: strong and diverse gpa, aps and lots of extra curriculars</p>

<p>going to attend?: Most likely</p>

<p>my son’s stats:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted - McCormick</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 770, M 720, W 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit 730, Physics 770, MathII 760
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.7
[<em>] Rank: 1
[</em>] Other stats: AP Phys 5, AP Calc AB 5, APMEH 4, AP Comp, 4[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Engineering book I read and connection to NU
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great, I’m told
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great, I’m told
[</em>] Hook (if any): connection to school
[/ul]Location/Person:
[ul][<em>] State or Country: Midwest
[</em>] School Type: small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: strong all-around profile, senior grades were weak, was at a geographical disadvantage
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I was well-qualified and got lucky.
[*] going to attend? probably not, unless there is some crazy-generous aid package on the way[/ul]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
REJECTED from Weinberg
[ b]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2170 W:700 M:790 CR: 680
[ *] SAT IIs: Chem: 750 Lit: 720
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.9uw 5.0W
[ *] Rank:4/381
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:Creative AF
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great, personal.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not sure probably decent
[ *] Hook (if any): No sir
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: Good Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Tons of EC. Won a journalism award and was published in my city newspaper. Quiz bowl champ. 2 sport varsity athlete.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Showed no interest. Prob didnt jump of the page
[ *] going to attend? No. Got into Wake Forest (likely letter), William and Mary Monroe scholars, Penn State Schreyer Honors College, Northeastern Honors. Rejected: Cornell ED. Waiting on: UVA
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]: Not too sad. It’ll work out.</p>

<p>@thepontinator
What are you doing on this thread from 5 years ago?</p>

<p>@billcsho oh wow thought this was class of 2018. my mistake</p>