<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1560
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/700
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 UW
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on APUSH, AP BC Calc, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, 4 on AP Physics B, AP Euro History. Total 11 APs (5 this year)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: made me likeable I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recs: not bad...8/10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 10/10
[<em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: China
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: competitive courseload
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i have no idea[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
band, class president, school newspaper editor
and other small loose ECs
some subject awards</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1320
[ *] SAT IIs:770, 690, 730
[ *] GPA: IB Diploma Candidate
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:essay on a company i started
[ *] Teacher Recs:very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (if any): I am big on Model United Nations, and i started my own website
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:India
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:MUN, improvement
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: NO IDEA!!
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
- Very good EC's with lots and lots of leadership.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M800V740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Writing690, IIC800, USH790, etc.
[<em>] GPA: 3.8something w
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: APs - CSA 5, USH 5, Phys C M 5, Phys C E&M 5, Macroecon 5, BC Calc 5, + future APs, passed the japanese character aptitude exam level jun2, taking online math course from stanford (epgy)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: nothing spectacular
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably good but i can't say
[</em>] Counselor Rec: counselor likes me a lot, but again, nothing special
[<em>] Hook (if any): nothing really. i guess the fact that i'm japanese citizen (which i believe is fairly rare)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Japan
[<em>] School Type: private international school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Japanese
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: GPA? I started my activities junior year and i have no community service
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: LUCK LUCK LUCK[/li][/ul]Other Factors: and that's all i have to say about that.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1380
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] GPA:
[</em>] Rank:
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: really cool for the short NU ones...
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Europe
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good interview
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[ ]SAT: 1270
[ *]SAT IIs: 800/720/700
[ *]GPA: 10.8 out of 12
[ *]Rank: m school doesnt rank, but out of a class of 24, im 1 or 2
[ *]Other stats: trilingual (dont know if this is a stat), IB diploma candidate already got a 6 in French and am predicted mostly 6s and one 5
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: nothing spectacular
[ *]Teacher Recs: very very good, + my theatre teacher is a graduate from NU
[ *]Counselor Rec: very good apparently, thats what she told me
[ *]Hook (if any): 7 yrs of voice lessons, very involved in theatre and perofrmance
[/list][ b]Location/Person:*[ list]
[ *]State or Country: Morocco
[ *]School Type: american school, private
[ *]Ethnicity: north african (arab), double citizenship- French/Moroccan (adds to my internationality already??)
[ *]Gender: female
[ *]major strength/weakness: weakness- SATs, essays.., strenghts- grades, extracurriculars, recommendations
[ *]why you think you were accepted- ? tell me</p>
<p>yep i got into the school of communications
major- theatre
go48, yea well at least im in, maybe the intl is wat played for u too... i think theyre able to look beyond numbers as well...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1560
[</em>] SAT IIs: maths 2c-800, physics-800, chemistry-800, biology-670, writing-600
[<em>] GPA: no GPA (a few As and Bs and two Cs, but i guess they understand the HK edu system, so it's okay)
[</em>] Rank: no ranking, but i am definitely not at the top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: violin and piano for 14 years, play in 3 orchestras, music festival prizes, speech festival prizes, mathematics olympiad award, physics olympiad award, basketball team, track runner, swimming team + awards, EPGY for 4 years, science research at local uni, some volunteer work and summer work at company etc. Self studied APs - Chem (5), Phy (5), Cal BC (5), computer (4), macro economics (4)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: (hmm i have no idea) but i guess the PS is okay, the short essays are good and a really good "why northwestern"
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): don't think i have any
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: hong kong
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: weakness-writing score; strength-good ECs [li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: NO IDEA. but i suppose it's because i really showed them i want to go to NU through the "why northwestern" essay and definitely - LUCK[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none</p>
<p>On a side note, i think the factor "international" isn't that important in my case, or in cases where the country of the student comes from takes up a pretty large % in the NU community. I know quite a few other HK students who got accepted to NU this year, and they all have really good numbers and ECs. But perhaps for other countries as mentioned above, e.g. morocco (just guessing, correct me if i am wrong), then numbers are less important because they contribute to the diversity. That's what i think....</p>
<p>I don't agree with "international" being a favorable factor either. To say so seems to imply "internationals" are not as qualified as the domestic ones; but when I was there, the ones from my hometown almost all had pretty high GPAs and as a group, we definitely did much better than NU's average. It seems that many people don't realize when an international who's not a native speaker scores a 1400 (600V, 800M), it's an incredible score. 600V is not low when you realize its equivalent to an American scoring better than average Frenchmen in their native language exam in France.</p>
<p>totally agree, sam. When english is not your first language, but only a language which you learn at school through lessons; a verbal of score 600 and above is not easy at all. Like for example in the city where I am from, you walk on the street/ get onto the bus - there's almost NO ONE who use english. Even the government is speaking in chinese rather than english nowadays. It makes such a great difference when there are at least some people who use english around you.</p>
<p>I sometimes do wish the adcoms know how hard it is. =P</p>
<p>It'd be interesting to note whether you plan on going to Northwestern next year or not. Of course you don't have to decide yet, but who is pretty sure that Northwestern is their first choice?</p>