Official 2015 EA results thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2090 (Did not send)
ACT superscore (breakdown): Composite: 35 M: 34, R: 36, E:35, S:35
SAT II: Biology M: 800, Math I: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/600ish
AP (place score in parentheses): Chem(3) Bio(5) APUSH(4) World(4) English Lang (5) Gov(5)
Senior Year Course Load: Nursing Assistant Program, Weightlifting, AP Euro, AP Calc A, Honors Physics
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing Major, but National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar may have helped. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band (Drum Major, Principal Oboe and Bass Clarinet), Debate (President), Math Club (President), Band Student Committee (Chairman)
Job/Work Experience: Student Research Assistant, Louisiana State University Department of Biological Sciences (Was just a summer thing, I was volunteering and they needed me to access the cluster supercomputer, so they hired me to get me an account. Looks good on paper)
Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours at hospitals, 100ish hours tutoring/National Honors Society service. </p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
I talked about how music reminds me of biochemistry. The essay wasn’t as “me” as I wanted, but I worked with a wonderful English teacher and am proud of the writing style.
Teacher Recommendation #1: History Teacher. Awesome dude, probably wrote a very solid but generic letter.
Teacher Recommendation #2: Chemistry Teacher. She let me read it, and it made me blush.
Counselor Rec: Good. She let me give her a resume, and she said it was the best she’d seen. Made my day. </p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 10/31, though I waited until just a few days ago to pay the app fee. Oops.
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
School Type: Best non-selective public school in Louisiana, but that isn’t saying much because Louisiana. Still, nice school. ~2100 people.
Ethnicity: Half Cuban, Half Bible-Belt Southern.
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic helps. Also lived all over the place, I’m not sure if I included that anywhere in the application, though. Maybe hinted at it in an essay. </p>

<p>Reflection
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have solid base scores and my extracurriculars stand out.
What would you have done differently?: I don’t think I would change anything. </p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I also was accepted into the University Scholars Program. After being deferred at MiT, this was a welcome confidence-booster. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (750 CR, 640 M, 790 WR)
ACT: Did not submit.
SAT II: 730 US History, 650 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No class rank. Definitely in top 4 of 140 person class.
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP European History (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish, AP English Literature, Theology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, Brown University Book Award, National Spanish Exam Gold Medal (Fresh, soph, jr)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President, 12. Junior Officer, 11.), Mock Trial Team (Captain), Habitat for Humanity (Committee Coordinator), Quiz Bowl (Coordinator), School Community Service Club (Executive Board Member).
Job/Work Experience: Bank Teller (22 hrs a week, all year), Arcade Floor Attendant (20 hrs a week, summers).
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Lancers in Action (School Community Service Club)
Summer Activities: Work.
Essays: I was very confident in my general essay. I was pleased with the supplemental essay.
Teacher Recommendation: Two phenomenal recommendations.
Counselor Rec: I have a very close relationship with my guidance counselor and trust that she was able to fully describe me in her letter.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: The interview went great. Lasted over an hour and a half. Great conversation, not all just on Georgetown and not very formal.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $45,000 - $55,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College Student
Reflection
Strengths: Definitely a safety for me. I have a very strong strength in writing and believe my essays were the deciding factor in admissions. I was able to maintain my studies while working 22 hours a week during the school year all while balancing and leading numerous extracurricular activities. Also, being first generation probably helped.
Weaknesses: MATH SATS. 570, 640 and a 580 on Math II </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1920
SAT II: 1830
ACT 1: 26
ACT 2: 26
ACT 3: 29
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.756
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parentheses):NA
IB (place score in parentheses):NA
Senior Year Course Load: Chorus, Physics, Honors Eng, Poetry (Class at Kauai Community College: Psychology, Stats, Speech)
Number of other EA applicants in your school: Zero</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Government: Activities Director, Mock trial, Fir Acres at Leis and Clark (writing Workshop), EPGY at Stanford, horseback riding, Jujistu,
Job/Work Experience: Coconut Cup food service 1 year
Volunteer/Community service: 60hours community service</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
What You Do For Pleasure: Read, Run
What You Do That’s Creative?: Nothing
World You Come From: Kauai
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read
Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
Additional Rec:NA
Interview: NA
Art Supplement: NA</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: Oct 30
State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: College Prep
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: IDK
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First person on dads side to graduate high school </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 M , 620 R, 610 W (Single sitting)
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1970 (Didn’t submit)
ACT (breakdown): 31 33 32 31 32… I think? Single sitting.
ACT superscore (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
Weighted GPA: 4.41
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45/609
AP (place score in parentheses): None, I did the AICE program
IB (place score in parentheses): Not offered at my school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Ap Econ, AP Calc AB, AICE Physics, AICE Lit, AICE Global Perspectives
Number of other EA applicants in your school: None that I know of
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): I just work a lot.
Job/Work Experience: Junior year worked fast food 40 hours a week, senior year tutor 15 hours a week
Volunteer/Community service: 210 Hours on a factory line packing care packages to send to africa </p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essay: Spent 3 weeks on it, by the time I finished I had 19 drafts… didn’t receive any professional help, just my teacher
Teacher Recommendation #1: Elective teacher. Pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 11th grade history teacher. not the best, was just a bullet point list of my good qualities.
Counselor Rec: Probably generic, i don’t know her much
Additional Rec: didn’t submit
Interview: n/a
Art Supplement: didn’t submit</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: The latest possible day for EA
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 40-60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Divorced Parents</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores
Weaknesses: Maybe second teacher rec? Also applied for comp sci with no stem recs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably accepted because i forgot to apply for financial aid to be honest… or because of my test scores
What would you have done differently?: Sent in my CSS profile app on time</p>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Probably won’t attend unless they are generous with financial aid, the calculator said I should be receiving a lot but its probably skewed because I have divorced parents, not going to get my hopes up much, however, congratulations to the rest of the class of 2019 and if its meant to be I will see you all there!
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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690 Math, 660 CR, 620 writing
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1970
ACT (breakdown): 29 (not sent)
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i dont know
Weighted GPA: 4.06 i think
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable
AP (place score in parentheses):4 or 5 on everything except physics
IB (place score in parentheses):NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP government, AP lit, AP BC calc, AP statistics, college level forensics
Number of other EA applicants in your school: a lot
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Society, AP scholar with distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Students put an end to cancer (president), marching band (drum major), student counsel ( vice president ), philosophy, ethical debate, french club (vice president)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon, and summer camp
Volunteer/Community service: a lot

Other
Date Submitted App: three days before the deadline
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity:asian
Gender:female
Income Bracket: single parent
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
Strengths: activities sheet ( i have a lot more than i put)
Weaknesses: standardized scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: so man people from my school applied.
What would you have done differently?: Hopefully gotten a higher SAT, and i would have cared about my GPA more freshman and sophomore year, but my father passed away freshman year so it was a little tough.

[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
congrats to everyone accepted, and to everyone else deferred: don’t give u hope and don’t allow a letter to define you. I really hope i get in, northeastern is my number 1, even though I know it’s a bit of a reach