<p>Can we add which school you applied to, please?</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>International Student, applied for Financial Aid
Engineering</p>
<p>My stats are here</a>, in the MIT RD Roster</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 31composite 33eng 31math 32reading 27sci
GPA: 3.8uw (no rank) 4.027w
Other stats: 6 AP's</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: About poor achievement of minorities and how i want to help
Teacher Recs: I think these are what got me in
Counselor Rec: great.
Hook (if any): Summer internship at Medical College of Wisconsin</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: WI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Was president of a couple clubs and did sports (varsity), my essay was pretty good too
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I am not sure. I am well rounded and my teacher recs were amazing! I read them and I was like, that is not me. I was blessed by God I think. That is my only explanation
Other Factors: I AM SO EXCITED!</p>
<p>wow, congrats to all of you guys!!! :D</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1440 (730V 710M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730/710/670
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.34 W
[</em>] Rank: 2/231
[<em>] Other stats: 8 AP classes, two threes and a four last year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Moderate/Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Moderate/Excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): Well rounded, big on community service, great social life, leadership
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Escalon, CA, USA
[<em>] School Type: Public (900 students, small hick town)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White, not of hispanic origin
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Weakness: SAT, AP scores, Strengths: ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because I'm well rounded and came off genuine in my essays.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Lets make this the beginning of a long streak of acceptances!</p>
<p>ah good call franklin</p>
<p>if anyone cares, WCAS for me</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT:1420
[</em>] SAT IIs:none
[<em>] GPA: 4.2 W 3.7UW
[</em>] Rank:15/215
[<em>] Other stats:
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays:Baller- funny and not overly intellectual
[<em>] Teacher Recs:dont know
[</em>] Counselor Rec:dont know
[<em>] Hook (if any): I have no hook. I'm white and live in Indiana. If anything, that would have hurt me.
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[</em>] State or Country:Indianapolis, IN
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Involved, some community service, lots of jobs
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I have no idea. Maybe i had good recs. I had an ok interview. I do a lot in my future area of study (theatre)[/li][/list]Other Factors: I am super cool</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1440 (680 V, 760 M) And 35 ACT (36S, 34M, 34R, 35E)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Physics, 740 Math IIC, 800 Writing
[<em>] GPA: 3.909UW, 4.159W
[</em>] Rank: 8 or 9/302
[<em>] Other stats: APS: Stats 5, Euro 3, taking 5 this year. Nat'l Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I wrote them the night before they were due, so I can't imagine they were very good. I think I wrote about philosophy, and it was kind of confusing, and I didn't really make up my mind, but obviously it worked.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good I think
[<em>] Hook (if any): not really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WI
[<em>] School Type: Public, but competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White as chalk
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: academic and extracurricular, but no extreme focus or extreme talent in anything. Just good all around. It must work at places like Northwestern, but not MIT 'cause I got rejected there.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I worked hard for it, y'know?[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Not really. Just really happy!</p>
<p>yesss accepted, maybe ill post stats later</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800m, 780v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/780/760
[<em>] GPA: 4.52 w
[</em>] Rank: none
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on AP Eng Lang, Calc BC, US Hist, Comp Sci A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good, probably one of the better ones i wrote
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one was probably decent, one was probably good, also had an extra one from an employer/head of gov school
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): strong music background with a intended math major
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strong ECs, grades, scores, probably essays were the weakest part
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: same as above[/li][/ul]Other Factors: noooope</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 32 and 33 ACT : top individuals are 36r, 34m, 34e, 33sci
SAT IIs:not sent
GPA: 3.93uw, 4.3w
Rank: top 5%, school doesn't rank
Other stats: nothing else, really
Subjective:
Essays: about how i worked with my school, on the newspaper, to end a school contract with a sweatshop clothing manufacturer
Teacher Recs: from the director of the scholar program at my school, was pretty good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): older brother goes there, I guess my one unique thing is that I do P.A. announcing, at big time athletic events
Location/Person:
State or Country: San Francisco
School Type: Catholic, inner city - 85% go to 4 year college (mostly to UCs and CSUs
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
major strength/weakness:
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:accepted because I worked hard for good grades, somehow managed to do well on the ACT. Other factors are that Im from cali (where nobody knows NU exists), had a really great interview, and have an older brother who goes there.</p>
<p>For the international students that got accepted, did you apply for financial aid? And any idea what the average fin. aid award is? Is it the same as regular students if you actually got in or is it considerably less? Thanks!</p>
<p>sorry i didn't apply for finaid.</p>
<p>i noticed there's quite a lot of asian americans on this roster and the SATs are pretty high tooo... how many of you are probably going to Northwestern?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1470
[</em>] SAT IIs:800, and others...
[<em>] GPA:4.457 W
[</em>] Rank:17/668
[<em>] Other stats: 33 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: unique...?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[li] Hook (if any): um... ::shrug::[/li][/ul]Location/Person:[list]
Taiwanese female from 'burb of Chicago. sister attends NW, too.</p>
<p>(the list wasn't working)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! (STILL IN SHOCK)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I :1220 (650 V 570 M) , SAT II: 510 Math IC, 550 Writing, 630 Lit
GPA: 3.8 uw, not sure weighted
Rank: 68/168, top 40% (very competitive school, i just transferred to)
Subjective:
Essays: wanting to find a cure for AIDS ever since I did an internship in Abuja, Nigeria
Teacher Recs: from my history teacher and japanese teacher, my history teacher is the most amazing writer I know
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): I have been studying Japanese since I was like 11 or 12, and hope to take Swahili next year
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Black/African American
Gender: female
major strength/weakness: weaknesses- too many to name, strengths- definitely languages
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:I was accepted because I showed a lot of interest I think, and really conveyed to them that even with my low scores I can do well at a place like Northwestern. (also doesn't hurt that i'm a minority)</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1470
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing/ 740 Lit/ 710 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 UW
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank - top 5%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: They could have been better, but I worked hard
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I'm sure they were pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same
[<em>] Hook (if any): former Cherub
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Portland, OR
[<em>] School Type: Private, Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Weaknesses - Standardized test scores, ever-decreasing GPA
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: NO IDEA! But I'm so happy![/li][/ul]Other Factors: School of Communication - English/Theatre double major</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1330 (660V, 670M)
* SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 790 Lit, 710 1C
* GPA: 95 UW, 97 W
* Rank: no rank
* Other stats: none
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: great
* Teacher Recs: good
* Counselor Rec: good
* Hook (if any): national competitor in karate
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: long island, new york
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: black
* Gender: male
* major strength/weakness: not sure
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: strong extracurriculars and heart felt essays
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1470 (800 V, 670 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Writing, 770 Spanish, 690 Math IIC
[<em>] GPA: 3.57 UW, 4.42 W
[</em>] Rank: unranked (somewhere in the top 5-12%, I think)
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on AP English Language, Spanish Language, and Psychology tests, 4 on AP European History test; National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good, I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good (only had one, hehe)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): former Cherub for theatre (design/tech)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Francisco, CA
[<em>] School Type: Selective public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Strength: very committed to interests Weakness: not so stellar math grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: my grades are pretty good considering my school is v. competitive; my ECs are few but intense. I guess I stood out somehow?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
School of Communication: Theatre Major</p>
<p>Northwestern is my first choice! I'm soooo excited, but I'm still going to wait and consider my situation once I get decisions from other schools. Congrats to the rest of you! :)</p>
<p>congrats fellow californian acceptee! :D</p>
<p>Themockery, I have very much enjoyed reading your posts over the past how long. I've been anxious to hear your decision all day! Congratulations from a fellow theater major! I hope to see you in the fall. ;)</p>