<p>My friend's sister was accepted as well.</p>
<p>btw what is ESP?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p><em>Sigh</em> Rejected.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>2190 SAT: 760 CR, 720 Math, 710 Writing
SAT IIs: 740 Literature, 760 US History, 700 Math IC
GPA: 3.9 unweighted
Good Recs
Decent EC's; president of a couple clubs and sports throughout highschool
Essay(s): Not my best work.
Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>I really rushed my application because I decided on Northwestern at the last minute. I think the quality of my essays and my rushed short responses/why NU statement really hurt me. Moral of the story: do all your apps in a timely manner and don't discount the help of a good essay.</p>
<p>ESP is extra-sensory perception.</p>
<p>Wow, I just got off from work, and I didn't expect this at all. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- omg!</p>
<p>b]Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 (790m/660v/750w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: n/a
[<em>] GPA: 3.5uw/4.0w
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: 13 AP's by graduation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: insightful, creative short answers, great NU statement (I wrote about going up to Chicago by myself for a day to visit NU), touching personal statement
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 really good one, 1 decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Intended Major: I have no idea
[li] major strength/weakness: I don't really have any strengths. My GPA sucks, and my SAT score was average. I didn't have an interview or any SAT II's. So I really worked on the subjective side; I think I worked on the essays for about 2 months..[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** I really don't know how I got accepted. I hope my acceptance gives other people some hope and reassurance. I'm really sorry for those who didn't get accepted... Good luck with your RD schools!</p>
<p>Accepted, WCAS, Comparative Lit Major (Will probably change to cognitive science.)</p>
<p>stats:</p>
<p>SAT:2250. Breakdown: 740 Math, 710 Verbal, 800 Writing
ACT: 34 (I took both, submitted only ACT though.)</p>
<p>GPA: 5.05 Weighted, 3.62 Unweighted</p>
<p>ECs: Too many to type this late at night.
Essay(s): I thought they were good.
Toooooo late at night. I'm happy though!</p>
<p>several of my fellow NU cherubs got their acceptance letters today at medill! i am so happy for all of them. i'm applying regular to NU though. go pinkqueen17!!</p>
<p>accepted to the school of communications as a theater major! so excited.
Stats: 2100 (610 writing. 740 reading. 750 math)
Sat 2s: chem 710, math2c 660 and 710, lit 730, us history 750
top 10%, unweighted gpa 96
ECS: cross country, theater, swimming, singing</p>
<p>Accepted! My low SAT scores didn't kill me. Congratulations to all the others that were accepted. I hope to see you around. Good luck to everyone that will be moving on to the regular decision pool.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1940 (Critical Reading: 640; Math: 640; Writing: 640)
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 101.52/100
Rank: 7/618
Other stats: My extracurriculars were probably the strongest part of my application.
Aries Yearbook Staff- Editor In Chief (11 & 12) Copy Editor (10) Production Editor (9)
Class of 2006 Committee- Senior Class President, Prom Chair (11)
Emerald Players Drama Club- Special Event Chair (12) Treasurer (10 & 11), One Act Play
Emerald Dancers Dance/ Drill Team- Captain (11) Co-Captain (10)
Student Council- Secretary (11)
Academic Decathlon- Honors Team (11 & 12)
National Honor Society- Officer (12)
UIL Journalism- Competed in Feature, News, and Editorial Writing
I also attended a summer journalism camp at NU this past summer, had an internship at CBS 2 in Chicago, and am in process of working on a 30-minute documentary on colonias (low-income neighborhoods located on the Texas-Mexico border. Lots of community service. Took honors classes all years.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I tried really hard on mine. Those I asked to read them approved.
Teacher Recs: I had 3, all of which liked me and are excellent writers.
Counselor Rec: I didn't read this one either, but she is always enthusiatic to help.
State or Country: Texas
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: female
Intended Major: Double major in Broadcast journalism and political science
Major strength: Extracurriculars, really considering NU my dream school
Major weakness: Terrible SAT scores; being new to applying to competitive schools</p>
<p>Thank you to anyone that may have given advice to me on this board. I'm going to be the first in my family to leave the state for college. I am very excited.</p>
<p>AHH I got a college facebook. This is so exciting.</p>
<p>ahh! im going to make a facebook today! haha</p>
<p>hahaha facebook was like the first thing i thought of! its so addicting...</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=#461B7E][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2080
[ *] SAT IIs: 630 math, 670 bio
[ *] GPA: 3.94 uw
[ *] Rank: no rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: maryland
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Intended Major: journalism at Medill
[ *] major strength/weakness:strength are my ec's - tons of involvement and leadership positions in my high school
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>Looks like the admits have less test scores than the rejects, at least for those that posted. Test scores aren't everything and this proves! :) NU is very big on essays.</p>
<p>me best friend just called me: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeay!</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm surprised the acceptees don't have amazing stats. Like, we all have decent stats, but they aren't AMAZING. </p>
<p>By the way, you guys, I deactivated my facebook account because I think we get a new email address once we enroll.. like my email address is something like <a href="mailto:jjb139@hacky.it.northwestern.edu">jjb139@hacky.it.northwestern.edu</a>, and I doubt it's my permanent email address. So I don't think we should start facebooking until we get the real email address.</p>
<p>uhhh, I believe that address will always be your address, but I think they will automatically give you a more user friendly alias before long. You'll be able to edit that alias yourself, and you might even be able to get in to make the changes already. You could probably go exploring on the NUIT page to find out.</p>
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[quote]
Yeah, I'm surprised the acceptees don't have amazing stats. Like, we all have decent stats, but they aren't AMAZING.
[/quote]
Well, I'm not going to bash NU on its own board, but certainly it's not as selective as the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, etc., so you don't need amazing stats to get in, especially for ED. If you attend a well-known high school in the Chicago area, for example, a top 5% class rank pretty much guarantees acceptance.</p>
<p>I think what he meant by "amazing stats" is 700s+ across the board and near perfect GPAs but few admits here got in with 600s (jsprad, who got 700+ in all of his/her tests, got rejected, however). The average SAT for the ENROLLED freshmen class in the past 2 years has been around 1400 (1403 to be exact for last year) however. The average for admitted can be even a little higher. Perhaps the advantage of ED over RD is indeed pretty significant.</p>
<p>that address is your mailbox address. to get an email like <a href="mailto:j-doe@northwestern.edu">j-doe@northwestern.edu</a> you change your alias. you can do this by going to the webmail page and then clicking on the link that says set up email forwarding and you'll find a column on the left that says change email adddress.</p>