Official Class of 2020 Northeastern University Regular Decision Discussion

Do you think the fact that the counselor for “M” students is no longer receiving emails will hurt students in any way? Who are these kids supposed to reach out to for guidance if they were deferred? I hope they are not the forgotten few.

I got accepted into Northeastern and the University Honors Program. I am a bioengineering major.
Stats:
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.04
Activities: National Honor Society member, Chief of staff for the executive board Student Government Association, President of the Poetry Club, President and founder of the FIRST robotics team at my school, track and field, varsity soccer and tennis; about 100 hours of community service
Essay: Passionate
Recommendations: Wonderful

My son’s counselor has changed twice now… I have the same concerns @Udmom2

@kristi4806 Same concern here from LI

Hey guys, chance me?
Objective:
Applying to CAS
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1970 (660 math 660 writing 650 reading)
[ *] ACT: 29 (30 english 30 reading 28 science 27 math) but waiting on the December scores…
[ *] SAT II: 730 math I, 620 math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 (trash… but straight 3.5-3.7 since last semester sophomore year. Freshmen year killed my gpa…hoping the strong upward trend helps.)
4.0 GPA from a community college where I got a math credit from
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Two science courses and an honors math, along with regular classes (for first semester)
[ *] Major Awards: No major awards… but honor roll, athlete scholar, varsity letter

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hoping this makes up for poor GPA
[ *] Job/Work Experience: No paid jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Research/computer work for head of otolaryngology department at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital. Chose me to lead patient data management project, and he wrote me probably my best recommendation. My essays all revolve around this work. Probably among the most important parts of my app
Volunteered at a food pantry for a long time
Sports (4) varsity and JV
Science olympiad
Piano
Debate
Student gov
Get tutored in Arabic/Turkish, proficient (also fluent in Farsi)
[ *] Essays: Pretty damn good essays, hired a past Dartmouth admission counselor current Dartmouth Med student to help write them.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 (one of them pretty much asked me to write a rec for me)
[ *] Counselor Rec: She said she emphasized my “diversity”… I’d probably say 7-8/10
[ *] Additional Rec: 10/10 from the head of otolaryngology at the hospital. Obviously haven’t read it, but I’m sure it’s really good
[ *] Intended Major: Biology, Pre-med
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[ *] School Type: Prestigious public (#1 public in NH)
[ *] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Legacy: Harvard University, Dartmouth College
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (if Middle Eastern counts…), proficient in several languages and fluent in Farsi. Dunno what else.

@NewEnglandBound what was your December ACT score? Are you full pay?

The average weighted GPA of applicants admitted at Northeastern is 3.9/5.0. Yours comes up to a 3.8 if weighted.

All the best anyway!

@NewEnglandBound

@suzyQ7 I am full pay, and didn’t take the ACT’s in dec. My ACT is a 29 though

@Garyguy909 yeah I have a pretty decent upward trend, but ~30/31 applicant from my school (who have much better stats than me) got deferred EA, so I don’t think I’d stand out to greatly in the RD pool. Thanks though!

@NewEnglandBound Well, your EC’s are just fine, and your GPA isn’t great, but remember that averages have 50% above and 50% below. The diversity part could help you out a lot too. Either way, I wish you the best!

@NewEnglandBound! Nah man, the decision is holistically reviewed. Don’t worry. You’ll get in if everything else was decent enough. Don’t lose hope!

Thanks guys! @Garyguy909 @Merppity

Sorry if stupid question, how does school know if you’re full pay or not? If you don’t file CSS or FAFSA?

@infogeek If you do not file FAFSA or CSS then you will not get need based aid. If you need aid and don’t qualify for merit aid then you won’t be able to afford to attend.

@infogeek on the common app it asks if you are going to be applying for financial aid

are they going to post anywhere when they will be releasing the main bulk of decisions? or should I just check on here on the 17th or 18th (past 2 years decision releases) to see if they are out?

Some people said it was on march 15th

Based on past years it may be Tuesday March 15th.

Dumb question ~ but do they send emails to let us know if we got in RD or snail mail?

@roxey2198 for EA, they sent out emails but not until after they had updated the application portal with that information. I’m assuming it will be the same for RD.