<p>Icymoon, I don't know if you were referring to me or the earlier San Franciscan, but thanks! Congrats to you too!</p>
<p>Oh, and thanks, cryp. I was so happy when you got accepted ED, and now I'm even happier! We've come a long way since we were nervous little pre-Cherubs.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, School of Communcations-Film/Television</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 780 m, 800 v
SAT IIs: 800, 790, 770, 760, 720
GPA: 3. 89 uw
Rank: Top 5%
Other stats: Calc BC 5, Bio 5, Eng Lan 4, Art Studio 5
Subjective:
Essays: How do i judge this?
Teacher Recs: Haven't read
Counselor Rec: Haven't read
Hook (if any): Is this a joke? Film stuff.
Location/Person:
State or Country: MI
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450 (690 V, 760 M)
SAT IIs: 730, 720, 710
GPA: 96.5 GPA UNWEIGHTED
Rank: No rank, but top 5 percent
Other stats: 10 APs by graduation
Essays: very personal, but awesome!!
Teacher Recs: do not know, didn't read, sure they are "decent" to have gotten me admission to Rice and NW :)
Counselor Rec: I think very good, didn't read
Hook (if any): tennis player/violin player
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public, but competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: IDK!!!!
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I worked hard</p>
<p>Other Factors: :) ;) :)</p>
<p>congrats everyone!!! :D</p>
<p>Dog, if I were you, I'd probably choose NU over Rice.</p>
<p>Icymoon, I asked the same question on the Rice board and they all seemed in favor of Rice (obviously b/c it was the Rice board). What is the basis for your opinion, as of now, I am leaning towards NW b/c I think it has stronger departments in more areas than Rice does and is more of a name brand school than Rice is.</p>
<p>Yeah, I also applied to Rice as well (but deferred ID), so I'm kind of surprised I got into NU. I agree, I think NU has, overall, stronger departments than Rice and I also prefer the Evanston location more than Houston.</p>
<p>Anyway, you can't go wrong with either of the schools... so just go where you feel you will be most happy and successful.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: 800 790 780
GPA: 4.0
Rank: NR
Other stats: 6 5's on APs
Subjective:
Essays: Must have been good
Teacher Recs: I think very laudatory
Counselor Rec: Outstanding, as I'm very close with my counselor
Hook (if any): SAT Score?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>SAT: 1480 (790v 690m)
SAT IIs: 800 writing, 800 french, 690 math
GPA: 3.5?? uw
Rank: dunno! 9-12/65?
Other stats: 3 5's on APs (english lang/lit & french lang)
Essays: hmm okay?
Teacher Recs: good-great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): umm if there was one it would prob be french/writing i guess...I did a year abroad in france last year and have lotsa good writing-oriented extracurrics (ed. of lit mag sr. yr, newspaper jr. yr, etc.)
State or Country: Washington
School Type: independent
Ethnicity: White
Gender: chick</p>
<p>congrats to all acceptees :)</p>
<p>****i have a question for you guys though....NU is the first school i've heard from and i am kind of anxious now for my others. I also applied to Amherst, Brown, U Chicago (safety), Middlebury, U Penn, Haverford & Wesleyan. Do you think being waitlisted at NU is a bad sign for admission at the others?? if you have any thoughts that would be GREAT, I am kinda freaked out... :( thanks for any advice</p>
<p>Can you guys indicate what school at NU you applied to? Thanks.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M 700V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Writing; 750 BioE; 750 Math IC
[<em>] GPA: 97ish UW; 106something W
[</em>] Rank: 4/109
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Chaos theory theme (the butterfly-hurricane one) about how I lent a blade to a kid in a fencing tournament, and the one point he scored on me kept me out of the next round. (yes, it's a true story...)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing, but I did not read the English one. From English and Physics teachers.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also stellar.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I run my own magic entertainment business; I'm a fencer; I do cancer research at Cold Spring Harbor Labs
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Small public school on LI
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.... Jewish... haha
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Kryptonite? Idk.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Well, I had a lot of fun with the short answers and essays. Also, I visited the campus.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Meh, I think I covered most of the big stuff. Feel free to IM me if you want to read the essays. I posted the short answers up on one of the threads already.</p>
<p>Hey Adam, Congrats! what school did you apply to?</p>
<p>Weinberg (A+S)</p>
<p>spooky69- if you didnt get into northwestern, I wouldn't consider chicago a safety. They're practically the same admissions-wise. Key workd: practically</p>
<p>i applied to WCAS, to answer someone's question above.</p>
<p>and spooky, i agree with freakish. uchicago is a great and very competitive school. don't be fooled by the high admission rate; chicago kids are pretty self-selective. that said, i still think you have a shot everywhere.</p>
<p>yeah my college counselor told me that would be a fine safety....then i read the adm stats in february!! anyway i was just wondering if a waitlisting at northwestern means bad things for the other schools. anyone??</p>
<p>(im sorry i dont mean to dominate the thread with this!! i just cant stand having this hanging over my head!!!)</p>
<p>No one can answer this for you. I felt the same way. I didnt get in, nto even deferred, Columbia ED, and I was worried that it might spell doom for other ivies, northwestern, etc... But we all jsut have to wait and see, and thankfully, its pretty soon.</p>
<p>thanks for the input. good luck next year!</p>
<p>next year?</p>
<p>umm i meant in college next september...but if you want, good luck w/your letters too ;)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted {Medill}</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT: 1330
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720M, 670W, 650Spanish
[<em>] GPA: 3.6 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A--our school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: most time spent on any college essays; I wrote about the ballpoint pen prompt; my "Why NU?" essay KICKED
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1; Newspaper Adviser; I cried when she read it to me =] lol
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 1
[<em>] Hook (if any): co-EIC of school newspaper, co-Pres of NHS, very active in JSA and debate; part-time job at Starbucks!; community service; switched schools junior yr
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California, USA
[<em>] School Type: public; almost 3000 students!
[</em>] Ethnicity: Japanese/Mexican
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength:opinionated essays; very good interview; weakness: my SAT scores!!
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/rejected: I think I showed teh Admissions Committee that I really wanted to go to NU through my "WHY NU?" essay...and the fact that i was qualified to go to Medill helped too[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none.</p>
<p>congrats everyone!!! =]</p>