<p>
You do realize that Northwestern’s admissions are “need blind” don’t you?</p>
<p>Accepted, and surprised. My SAT was only 1950 and my GPA only 3.65.</p>
<p>^ I believe providing all the data requested would be far more illuminating for thread readers than posting those two stats.</p>
<p>@Artsinfo: I was accepted with a low SAT score too! </p>
<p>2050 SAT
3.8 GPA</p>
<p>Will post everything else after I get the other decisions.</p>
<p>Rejected
Stats
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/991226-i-3-northwestern-will-they-3-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/991226-i-3-northwestern-will-they-3-back.html</a></p>
<p>^ wow. I can’t believe they didn’t accept you. I read your thread earlier and it made me really nervous. </p>
<p>I’m sure you will be accepted at a fantastic school anyway. Don’t lose hope!</p>
<p>Waitlisted (Weinberg.)
SAT I: 2060 (didn’t send)
ACT: 33 comp (32R 33E 34M 35S) 8 writing
SAT II 750 Biology 760 Math II 760 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (4.0): weighted 4.6
Rank 1/305
AP US History (3) World (3) Chemistry (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Calc AB,
(self study AP Stats)
Junior year AP Chem, AP US, all others were honors
Major Awards: AP Scholar, Scholar Athlete ,CSF, NHS, but no national contests
Summer internship at Columbia, physics research paper
Extracurriculars: founder/President of Big Brother chapter, peer mentor program for
freshman (2 years) debate, key club, varsity golf team- 3 years, JV golf -1 yr
Job/Work Experience: one sales job, tutor for physics, chemistry & math (paid)
Volunteer/Community service:weekly Big Brother commitment, writing center volunteer (unpaid), 2 summers at camp for handicapped (1 week per year), tons of one day projects
like beach clean-ups, Ronald McD, Toys for Tots, etc. that I just lumped together
Essays: good but not great
Teacher Recommendation: probably pretty good-didn’t see
Counselor Rec: probably very good
Additional Rec: didn’t submit
Interview: yes with d bag alum that didn’t make NU seem very great
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes but won’t get
Intended Major: Bio or Chemistry
State: CA
Country
School Type: private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks none</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA, course load, class rank
Weaknesses: AP scores for history, submitted ap on last day?
Why you think you were waitlisted: number of applicants/spots available. Interviewed with a putz that talked about how he was a D student at NU-awkward…Worst interview of schools I interviewed with
General Comments: Good Luck!!
Rejected EA Stanford, accepted: WashU, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara; more coming back next week…</p>
<p>
^ The midpoint SAT Score (of the 25% - 75% range) of enrolled freshman at Northwestern is relatively high (here it is compared to some other elites): </p>
<p>(2009-2010)
Northwestern University 2158
Stanford University 2150
Dartmouth College 2150
University of Pennsylvania 2150
Duke University 2150
Vanderbilt University 2143
Brown University 2128
Cornell University 2083</p>
<p>But it would not be considered an anomoly to score below these targets. Quite the contrary, considering in the neighborhood of half of the applicants enrolled score at or below these midpont scores. So no need to be shocked at a less than perfect SAT, considering the holistic approach used for admissions at the very selective schools.</p>
<p>To: JustAnotherTry…
You Rock, Man! Hang in there! Good things to come for you-you’re an awesome candidate!!!</p>
<p>^ You are showing an astounding maturity. Your rejection is mind-boggling. Cream rises to the top, however, and I know you will do well wherever you land. Peace and blessings to you (and I vote for ice cream, too!)</p>
<p>We’re in the same boat. I’m worried about how I will look now if I got rejected by Northwestern, to the Ivies. <em>crossing my fingers</em></p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2240
SAT II: 800 math II, 690 Bio E, 650 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77 unweighted, 4.41 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/241
AP (place score in parenthesis):English Comp(3) Stats (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APS, 5 classes total.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): California Scholastic Federation, PSAT National Merit Semifinalist, Etc.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Class President for 3 years), JV/Varsity/Club Volleyball (Co-captain for 1 year), Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra (First chair cellist for past 2 years), Orchestra Pitt for School Musicals, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Currently keeping up 2 jobs.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for 2yrs with Drawbridge (arts for homeless kids), 1yr with Cedars of Marin (bowling with disabled seniors), 1yr with FUTB (fellowship with homeless people), coaching novice musicians, etc.
Summer Activities: Classes at UC Berkeley and traveling to Ghana on a service trip to get a hands-on experience in global health (what I hope to do in the future).
Essays: Moderate I think.
Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully, great.
Counselor Rec: Good!
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: Nope</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CALIFORNIA!
Country (if international applicant): N/a
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/a</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: To be honest, I didn’t know much about Northwestern. I just applied to have more ‘choices’
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Essay wasn’t strong enough?
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted to UCLA, UCBerkeley, UCSD, and UCDavis; rejected only to Northwestern
General Comments: N/a</p>
<p>To Kdog :</p>
<p>No it isn’t. It is very need-aware for international students. They keep pointing this out on the ug-financialaid web page.</p>
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<p>Stats have to be looked at with an eye toward gender, geography and URM status. Most people are aware that having URM status will boost your acceptance odds. By the same token, being female will double your acceptance odds at MIT (as they try to gender-balance their incoming class), but lower it by 10% at Northwestern (which gets more female than male applicants). So for a female with math and science strengths, it’s close to a toss-up between Northwestern and MIT.</p>
<p>Elite schools also tend to slightly favor students in their own backyard, graduating from schools that they are familiar with. So the same student with the same stats may get into Northwestern and not into Rice if he lives in Illinois, yet get into Rice and not into NW if he lives in Texas.</p>
<p>Four or five years ago, a top applicant would have gotten into both choices easily, but today the competition at the top is so fierce that factors beyond the student’s control are increasingly becoming a factor in college admissions: Remember, the college admins are trying to build a class and you students are merely the individual Lego pieces!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted (McCormick) **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): none
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 670 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/690
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), English lang. and comp. (5), US Gov’t (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP English lit. and comp.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, MMPC semi-finalist[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Spanish Honor Society, Co-President of student council, NHS, Key Club International, Spanish club, Piano, Pit Orchestra
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Shield’s Pizza, Abercrombie and Fitch
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community service through NHS and Key Club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship at local hospital, traveling
[<em>] Essays: I felt very confident about my essays, I’d say that they really help me stand out from others with 4.0 and extensive community service
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Strong - known these teachers for four years
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Strong - known for four years
[</em>] Additional Rec: Strong - my piano teacher I’ve been studying under for 6 years now
[li] Interview: Fair - said all the right things but feel I didn’t really “wow” the interviewer[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half Filipino half Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k-150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really…[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays essays essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: low SAT II’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I believe myself to be fully qualified to attend the university. On top of that, the life and personality I gave to my essays also really stood out.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted to the colleges of Engineering at University of Michigan, University of Miami, and Case Western University. Waiting to hear back from UPenn, Duke, and JHU[/ul]
General Comments: finally made it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Weinberg)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Single: 2330 (800 CR, 800 M, 730 W) Superscore (took twice): 2400
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/305
[</em>] AP: Calc AB (5), Chem (5), US Govt/Politics (5)
[<em>] IB:
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chem (college), Multivariable Calc (college), AP Bio, AP Literature, Spanish, student newspaper staff, independent study of health care system
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, although that’s not major.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: 4 years tennis, 4 years student govt, NHS (president), some things I’m forgetting…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 4 years working at a doctor’s office, basic Spanish tutoring.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Varied; a good deal of it.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work, fun, and Summer@Brown (11).
[<em>] Essays: Decent, I guess. Common app about growing up in a Catholic school despite not being Christian, switching to the much bigger public system, and the perspectives I gained. Talked about learning about NU several years ago from my sister’s summer programs there, and about the Midwest as a region.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably glowing (did not view). My AP Chem teacher had never seen a 5 on the AP Chem exam, and the other teacher is one of my favorites.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Gave to principal since counselor retired. Probably glowing (did not view), as I have “reflected well on the school” and such.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: No interviewers in my area, I guess.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State: MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: > 100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores and exceeding my school’s offerings.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing unusual in extracurriculars.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Who knows, but I guess my successes in context of my area.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted at U Michigan, Brown likely, waiting on others.[/ul]
General Comments: Very happy to see this. Waiting on the other decisions before making my own decision.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (780 Writing, 720 CR, 740 Math)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 740 US, 720 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Lang (4), World (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, AP Government, AP Macro, AP AB Calc, AP Literature, Spanish 5, German 1 & 2, 4 music classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):3 auditioned school choirs, school band, All-State Chorus, Empire State Youth Chorale, dance (12 years), clarinet (7 years), community theatre, varsity rowing (scholar-athlete), National Spanish Exam award, Model UN (Vice President), National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 140 hours (charity fundraiser, library, hospital, math tutor)
[</em>] Summer Activities: 2 summers at prestigious music program
[<em>] Essays: Pretty solid - my supplement was 1200+ words
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, I think - teachers liked me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, pretty good quality
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: UMC
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: GPA? I’m pretty surprised
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul] Accepted so far to UMichigan, Eastman School of Music, Jacobs School of Music, Ithaca College & waiting on Hopkins, BU, Tufts, U Rochester, McGill
General Comments: Pretty bummed, it was my top choice. Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>
I stand corrected, they are “need sensitive” for international students. There are only 6 schools which are “need blind” for internationals.
MIT
Harvard University
Princeton University
Yale University
Dartmouth College
Amherst College.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (720 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 800 M2, 790 Chem, 720 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Phys. B (5), Psych (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Econ SL (5), Psych SL (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME, National Merit[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim (captain), Tennis, Cello (principal player, multiple awards), NHS (president), Mathletes (president), Science Olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lawnmowing?
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Average
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average?
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well-roundedness?
[</em>] Weaknesses: No outstanding components to my app
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Very generic asian app
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Still waiting on everything (Brown, Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth). Did make my safety school though so that’s fine. [/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to those who made it!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Applied to McCormick for BME</p>
<p>[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 2160
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.845
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7% of 550
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4,3,4,4,4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Speech Captain, DECA, volunteering, tennis, other general stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer job after tenth grade
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 2 years
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): GREAT
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Great essay on speech experience
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didnt see
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didnt see
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): none
[ *] Interview:none</p>
<p>[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ list][ *]Strengths: ACT, Subject tests, ESSAYS, Recs
[ *] Weaknesses: Rank i guess, EC’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]. I visited which helped my supp essay. Good scores, GPA hurt I guess. Too bad, I was really counting on this one. No way i get into Penn now.</p>