<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 m, 760 v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800,800,780,770,750
[<em>] GPA: 4.56 w
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: ??
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good but not amazing, except for my why northwestern? which i liked
[<em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good... i had an extra rec from internship which was amazing though
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): lots of sci stuff... governor's school, high rank in competitions, internship... etc
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: lots of somewhat uncommon science stuff
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i guess science stuff? haha kind of repetitive... also good grades/scores but whatev[/li][/ul]Other Factors: ? applied to ISP, dunno if that affects anything</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 780 v, 660 v
* SAT IIs: 700 (USH), 710 (WRT), 610 (M2C)
* GPA: 3.85 u/w
* Rank: 28 of 700
* Other stats: AP USH: 5, AP EngLang: 5, AP Cal 4(AB)/ 3(BC)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Mediocre on NU app. Awesome on Why NU.
* Teacher Recs: Pretty good, well, I assume, I didn't see it.
* Counselor Rec: Pretty Good - I'm assuming again.
* Hook (if any): I attended NU's NHSI summer program for debate and had a ltter of recomendation from one of theri faculty members.
*Extracurricualrs: A few little one's, but the big one is debate, whcih I have done about every other weekend for four years, and I have been pretty succesful on the state level, occasionally sticking my head out on the national sccene (usually to have it cut off).
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: TX
* School Type: Large Public (poor, low performing)
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: Strong writing, debate extra-curricular; not good at math but I sold myself as humanities kind of guy
</code></pre>
<p>*why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Error in admissions process</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1520
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 730, 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/350
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): West Virginia girl in engineering?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: West Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Good test scores and accomplishments/EC's
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Extremely enthusiastic about Northwestern
[/ul]Other Factors: HPME interviewee</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 780 v, 660 v
* SAT IIs: 700 (USH), 710 (WRT), 610 (M2C)
* GPA: 3.85 u/w
* Rank: 28 of 700
* Other stats: AP USH: 5, AP EngLang: 5, AP Cal 4(AB)/ 3(BC)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Mediocre on NU app. Awesome on Why NU.
* Teacher Recs: Pretty good, well, I assume, I didn't see it.
* Counselor Rec: Pretty Good - I'm assuming again.
* Hook (if any): I attended NU's NHSI summer program for debate and had a ltter of recomendation from one of theri faculty members.
*Extracurricualrs: A few little one's, but the big one is debate, whcih I have done about every other weekend for four years, and I have been pretty succesful on the state level, occasionally sticking my head out on the national sccene (usually to have it cut off).
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: TX
* School Type: Large Public (poor, low performing)
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: Strong writing, debate extra-curricular; not good at math but I sold myself as humanities kind of guy
</code></pre>
<p>*why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Error in admissions process</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Writing, 800 Lit, 760 Bio E, 720 French
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.42 W, 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: Top 3%
[</em>] Other stats: 5's on 3 AP tests
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Well written, but hardly inspiring
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Laudatory, but not very personalized
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Nebraska
[</em>] School Type: Large suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Major strength/weakness: Good community service (lots of prairie restoration work), not very involved in school activities
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Great stats, solid everything else
[/ul]Other Factors: None</p>
<p>I read my decision online even before I received the email from Northwestern, you guys rock at determining when decisions will arrive :) Three cheers for CC!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 750, 710
[<em>] GPA: 3.8-ish...
[</em>] Rank: it's pretty low since my high school is extremely competitive and I have a low gpa
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: very creative and passionate, I think it's quite good, but probably not that great in comparison to all the other wonderful essays out there
[<em>] Teacher Recs: math and science.. I'm on really good terms with my math teacher, and my physics teacher probably wrote that I was his best student, etc.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably bad actually, it's her first year doing these things.
[<em>] Hook (if any): physics? I doubt I have any real hook.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA, U.S.
[<em>] School Type: very competitive public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength: my academic interests, weakness: GPA probably?
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I'm pretty shocked, since I was rejected/deferred by almost every school so far.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none</p>
<p>OMG!! I thought I had gotten rejected, since international admit letters were sent last week. However, I just got an email saying that my admit pack was delayed due to Financial Aid stuff-- it was sent yesterday!!!</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1600
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/710
[<em>] GPA: no GPA
[</em>] Rank: no rank
[<em>] Other stats: AP 5/5/5, Senior year: 5 APs (self study) + IB Dip
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: No idea
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Superb/Superb
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): eh.. HPME interviewee .. ~
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: International
[<em>] School Type: International Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Good test scores and personality (as my teacher recs attest to.. ) / lack of major leadership roles + ECs
[li] why you think you were accepted: test scores, visit, HPME interview, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: applied for financial aid (NU is need aware for internationals.. O.O)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1550
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2C: 800, B: 770, W:720
[<em>] GPA: 3.83
[</em>] Rank: 6/320
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not bad
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Violin, lots of Research, volleyball
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: US
[<em>] School Type: Pub
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] major strength/weakness:Academics are pretty good, not that many leadership stuff
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:who knows[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1510
* SAT IIs: 780/770/770
* GPA:4.1
* Rank: no rank
* Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays:good, I liked my short answers a lot
* Teacher Recs: good/pretty good
* Counselor Rec:really good
* Hook (if any): very involved in music, incredibly active in school activities
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: San Diego, Ca
* School Type: private
* Ethnicity:white
* Gender:female
* major strength/weakness: leadership in many areas + good scores/ my gpa could be higher
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I guess because my grades aren't good enough, but I take damn hard classes. Being waitlisted sucks.
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1540</li>
<li>SAT IIs: hrm, 700+ on at least 3. </li>
<li>GPA: pretty good</li>
<li>Rank: no rank</li>
<li>Other stats: AP Scholar...</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: great. i put a lot of effort into them.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: i had two teacher recs: one from languages, one from my college professor for english (we have a senior seminar w/ a professor)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very good, i've read it</li>
<li>Hook (if any): two major leadership positions in comm. service and sports</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: leadership and essays, not as high as a GPA as i wanted... not that it matters anymore</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: hmm... essays, essays, essays. and my recs. the short answers REALLY matter.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1530 (800m)
[</em>] SAT IIs:2380+800
[<em>] GPA:4.56
[</em>] Rank:~4/156
[<em>] Other stats:EC's are ok, nothing special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:1 Solid. The other sucked, i put no effort into partially because i didnt care about nw accepting.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Fine i guess.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Fine.
[<em>] Hook (if any):Solid academic stuff.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type:Pub
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:I have enormous muscles?
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Cause i have solid academic stuff. It overshadows my lack of a deep involvement in EC's.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT:1460 (750 v, 710M)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: 750, 700, 680</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 4.5 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 8/68</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats: 7 APs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays:very good, at least i thought so</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs:pretty good, im guessing</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:pretty good as well, id guess</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any):none really...i was the only one from my school to apply</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Louisiana
[</em>] School Type:Private Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness:um, i guess my essays
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:im a female engineer, maybe...not too many of those</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1460 (perfect math)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 math 2c, 690 bio, 670 writing
[<em>] GPA: n/a .. all classes at school are honors, 2 b+ in high school
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good im guessing
[<em>] Hook (if any): researched in neuroscience department at Northwestern and a pretty unique background
[/ul] Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: parochial, i think.. selective boarding school that is state funded??
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: Femaile
[</em>] major strength/weakness: good interviews / anything verbal related
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i'm a pretty well-rounded person. i'm not extraordinary in anything specific, but i try everything. i have[/li][/ul]
**Other Factors: i applied LAS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510 (800V, 710M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 Lit, 710 1C
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/12
[<em>] Other stats: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent (or so they tell me)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ditto
[<em>] Hook (if any): music ECs
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ontario, Canada
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white (but did not specify on app)
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I have no idea
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: essay and recs show strong academic fervour[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1490
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 720, 720
[<em>] GPA: 3.91 (end of jr yr)
[</em>] Rank: we don't, but top 2% i'm pretty sure (out of 500+)
[<em>] Other stats: um... 8ish APs?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: a little different
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no idea. won't let us read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: also won't let us read them.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I showed interest? My interviewer couldn't even answer some of my more in-depth questions, lol. Other than that i dunno.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: who knows!? yay!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500 (800V, 700M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770/760/710
[<em>] GPA: 3.8~/4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 6 APs taken (5s on all of them) and an additional 5 this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i happen to really like mine, but that's just my opinion
[<em>] Teacher Recs: solid, nothing special
[</em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[<em>] Hook (if any): debate and music
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: kentucky (but i'm canadian)
[<em>] School Type: public, magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: weaknesses - math, strength - writing, humanities-type classes
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: no clue, i'm just happy to get in[/li][/ul]
congrats to everyone who got in! and to those who didn't, good luck with other schools; you're all great people whether northwestern accepts you or not!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1550
[ *] SAT IIs: 800/790/750/750
[ *] GPA: 3.7 UW, 10 APs, 12 Honors
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: 5's on 3 APs, 4 on one (junior year)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: i thought they were really good
[ *] Teacher Recs: stellar, "best student of my career," and was my senior AP lit teacher, soph honors teacher, and is the yearbook advisor (i'm an editor)
[ *] Counselor Rec: sooooo nice!
[ *] Hook (if any): none? varsity letters/captain in XC
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness: GPA, strength: essays, personal factors
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: not sure! but i'm way happy!
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] personal interest in major</p>