Official EA Decisions 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
41

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Late October
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: Bouve College of Health Sciences (Pharmacy) with the Honors Program </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2070 M: 690, CR: 610, WR: 770,
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: n/a
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.26
[<em>] Rank: 6/364
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP Government & Politics, Chem, Macroeconomics</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I started off with an anecdote about going to a concert in Brooklyn. The basis of my essay was diversity (my heritage, the wide diversity in my town, my interest in other cultures, how i plan to incorporate my creativity/artistic side into a career in pharmacy)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Surprisingly, my letters came from non-science/math teachers (English + Economics)
[li] Counselor Rec: I never saw it </p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: President of Art Honors Society, National Honor Society, Editor of school’s creative magazine[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public, middle class
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Although I applied for a scientific major, I emphasized my creativity in the arts.</p>

42

<p>Is there an official facebook group yet? I see several, but I’m not sure which one to join b/c of the whole 2014/2015 confusion.</p>

43

<p>pretty sure they wait to notify people about full ride scholarships is bc they also have to consider the RD kids first and since they only give a small amnt of them they want to make sure the best kids actually get it.</p>

44

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: October
Date decision postmarked/received: 12/17/09
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: Information Science @ College of Computer and Information Science</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1870 (super, 1850 best) M: 650, CR: 610, WR: 610,
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Chem 670
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: Weighted 3.68
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IB classes: One year of IB then dropped out (failed physics :/), AP Chem this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Haven’t read…assuming good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] EC highlights: Many, many many leadership positions as well as a job since soph year[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Good essays, ACT was great</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?: Yay dean’s scholarship, NEU was one of my favorite schools I checked out :)</p>

45

<p>since most of you guys got in, wanna chance me for RD?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/829788-chance-me-rd-architecture-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/829788-chance-me-rd-architecture-major.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

46

<p>Accepted
CBA- Business
GPA: 3.8 UW
ACT: 29
SAT IIs: X
Honors Program with 14k/year scholarship
Male
Private college prep school</p>

47

<p>seranap73- When I talked to the admissions person that came to my school, she said that according to the pattern of the last 2 or 3 years the admission pool of the regular admins was a lot stronger than the EA kids-- a lot of regular admitted that may not be as strong as the average can also be accepted for Spring Semester. But good luck, there is still a chance!</p>

48

<p>What would the typical application of the top 1-2$ of applicants be like? Any ideas?</p>

49

<p>33 ACT 35 superscored
Essay- beastly
GPA-3.7+
SAT- did not submit
School doesn’t rank.
HS type- Public college prep magnet school for “academically talented Juniors and Seniors”
Recommendations- awesome
EC- 12 Girl Scout w/ honors, band-leadership, mentorship w/ local university, clubs etc.</p>

<p>major: Cultural Anthropology </p>

<p>Honors college w/ 17K per year deans scholarship</p>

<p>OMG.</p>

50

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/01
Date decision postmarked/received: 12/17
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: School of Computer and Information Science</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1970 superscore M: 610, CR: 680, WR: 680,
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: 760 World History
[<em>] GPA: 3.92 UW
[</em>] Rank: No ranking system in our school.
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 1 AP class in Junior Year - World History (4), 3 AP classes in my senior year - AP Chem, AP Literature, AP Calculus AB (which they never saw the grades for - Never submitted any senior year grades)
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: A definite stand-out. I’m an ethnic Sudanese, US-Citizen living in Khartoum, Sudan - Home to the world’s humanitarian crisis in thew world: Darfur. Talked about how my government failed my youth by providing them education, and as a consequence these kids had to live a life of poverty and join rebel forces against the government. Basically emphasized the importance of education.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I’m going to ASSUME they were top-notch. Both of my teachers told me they were. Was offered to read them, but I didn’t want to.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Apparently awesome too.
[li] EC highlights: Almost nonexistence, since our school literally didn’t provide anything besides Model United Nations and Community Service (that hardly did anything as it is). My CommonApp had an additional document that stressed how my school didn’t provide anything, due to the fact it was a very small private school with hardly any teachers, but that I took everything there was and excelled at it. [/li]President of our school’s Model United Nation.
Leadership position in our Community Service group[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Khartoum, Sudan (country in Africa)
[</em>] School Type: Small, private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Sudanese - US Citizen.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: US citizen living in Khartoum, Sudan pretty much. And considering the country, and the fact hardly anyone here applies to US universities (and mean <em>hardly</em> - la handful), I was a definite stand-out.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?:
$12,000 for first year, $6,000 a semester after that.
Also invited into their honors program.</p>

<p>Definitely one of my top unis due to how awesome the co-op program is. Was worried of not getting in due to my 610 Math Score and applying as a Comp Sci major…but it looks like the fact I took 2 programming courses that I kicked-ass in was taken into consideration. A plus to all of this? My twin brother got accepted to well, which is great. Definitely, definitely going to be considering this university. I thinly only USC, MIT, Harvard, UVA, UCLA, and Berkley could stand in the way of this. But considering that I’m pretty sure NU will be the only one out of those above that’ll provide me a scholarship, I’m probably going to end up going here!</p>

51

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 10/31
Date decision postmarked/received: 12/17
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: Computer Science</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1820 M: 590, CR: 610, WR: 620,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: World History - 730
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.92 UW
[<em>] Rank: X
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Took AP World History junior year, got a 5 on the AP exam. At the moment, my senior year APs are AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, and AP English Literature.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: A standout, I think - I mention the trouble I went through moving from the United States to Sudan, and my reluctance to accept my Sudanese heritage and how a certain event made me realize I shouldn’t be trying to reject my culture but instead I should be embracing it.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Haven’t seen them, but word is that they are great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Again, I assume it’s great.
[</em>] EC highlights: Did Model United Nations for three years, in which I was the Secretary-General of in my junior year. I also did Community Service for three years and I’m currently one of the heads of community service. Not many EC’s, but I emphasize in the additional information of my application that my school did not give us many options in the EC department.[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Sudan
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: African
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: I’m Sudanese, and only a handful of Sudanese students living in Sudan apply to universities in the US for undergrad. I also gave additional information discussing how I took basically all of the AP’s I could, so I essentially had the most rigorous course load I could have.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?: I am ECSTATIC! Northeastern’s one of my top choices, and it’s co-op program sounds phenomenal. It’s in Boston too, a city where I really wanna go to. It’s definitely likely I’ll be going to Northeastern.</p>

52

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: october 24th :slight_smile:
Date decision postmarked/received: December 18th
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: college of engineering Undecided major </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Total: 1860 M: 700, CR: 530, WR: 630,
[</em>]ACT: 27
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: bio 630 math 1 720 math 2 650
[</em>]GPA-UW/W: 3.1/3.8
[<em>]Rank: 206 out of 700
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 5 APs all but 4 are honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: wrote a decent one.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one kinda lousy one.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: one VERY good one
[</em>]EC highlights: Band with leadership, unicef with leadership, math honor society, NHS, not much else
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>]State or Country: Houston Texas
[</em>] School Type: public school ranked in the top 400 in the country
[<em>] Ethnicity: indian
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: lots of leadership, and great essay</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?: 10,000 scholarship per year</p>

53

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Date applied:[ /b] October 5
[ b]Date decision postmarked/received:[ /b] December 17
[ b]Accepted at which school/major at NEU:[ /b] Business (Concentration in Finance)</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:**[ list]
[ *] SAT Total:1890 M:660 CR:600 WR: 630
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT Subject Tests: None
[ *] GPA-UW/W: 3.418/3.582
[ *] Rank: Top Third
[ *]AP/IB classes: 9 total (2 honors)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: More than excellent
[ *] EC highlights: President of Habitat for Humanity, President and Founder of the Business Club, Varsity Basketball Captain, Habitat for Humanity Service Trip to Pennsylvania this past summer[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b] [list]
[ *] State or Country: Hawaii
[ *] School Type: Private, college prep
[ *] Ethnicity: Filipino
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors, hook?:[ /b] Uhhh geographic diversity?</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?:** I got a 14K/year Northeastern Excellence Scholarship. I probably wont go, Villanova is my first choice.</p>

54

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][/color][ /size]</p>

<p>Applied to the Business School</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:**[ list]
[ *] ACT: 26
[ *] GPA-UW/W: 3.2/3.55
[ *]AP/IB classes: Taking AP Macro/Micro Economics and AP Psychology
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Very strong- wrote about experiences as a National ranked Scrabble player
[ *] Teacher Recs: Never saw them but I would assume they’re pretty strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never saw it but my guidance counselor knows me pretty well so probably good
[ *] EC highlights: DECA for 4 years- Secretary, Historian, VP, President (Regional Winner and State Top 10)
Academic Team for 4 years- Vice President and President (Captain of A-Team)
Italian Club for 4 years- Vice President and President
Business Honor Society
National Honor Society
FBLA
JV Tennis Captain for 3 Years
Varsity Tennis for 1 year
Nationally Ranked Scrabble Player
Went to New Orleans to build houses for a week, helped with numerous fundraisers for breast and brain cancer, Relay for Life</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: Public - 400+ kids in graduating class; strong academically
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors, hook?: Scrabble Essay, Did a 4 week summer program</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?: I was at Northeastern this summer and I took a business class for a week and did a 3 week internship so I know the campus very well. I understand the competitiveness of the admission process and while it is not my top choice (Delaware is) but I would probably consider it to be my second choice and I hope I get accepted come regular decision time.</p>

55

<p>**Decision: Accepted /b]</p>

<p>Date applied: 10/23
Date decision postmarked/received: 12/17
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: Business</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 composite, 8 on writing
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.67 W
[<em>] Rank: top 25%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 5 AP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good, wrote about my grandafather
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was decent and the other? idk. should be pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it
[</em>] EC highlights: FBLA, VP of Mock Trial, Design Editor for School Newspaper, volunteering, etc
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: good essay, leadership. uhh. summer programs?</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?: This was originally one of my saftey-ish schools; but with 12,000/year Dean’s scholarship its under consideration.</p>

56

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at NEU: Undeclared</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 1940 M: 660, CR: 660, WR: 620,</li>
<li>ACT: X</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: X</li>
<li>GPA-W: 95</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I think it was pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>EC highlights:a lot of community service, president of art club, 4 honors societies, active in moot court </li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?: 15,000 a year in merit based scholarship. I want to visit, and I am considering the school, but it still costs a lot money.</p>

57

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/1
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: COE: CivilE</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2280
[</em>] GPA-W: 4.4
[<em>] Rank: top 10%?..we don’t rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 9
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC highlights: the usual science stuff…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State: MA
[<em>] School Type: Exam
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: 1st Gen -> College</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?:
I expect more money from them…perhaps a Trustee? 17k/yr really isn’t enough.</p>

58

<p>Decision: Accepted
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: School of Engineering - Civil Engineering Major</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2140…CR-700 M-700 W-740
SAT Subject Tests:
GPA: 3.9 UW
Rank: Top 10% - We don’t receive individual ranks.
AP classes:
Sophomore Year - World History (3)
Junior Year - Psych (5), Lang&Comp (5), US (5)
Senior Year - Comparative Politics, Physics, Literature, Calc AB</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: My Common App is very original and I find I’m a good writer: It’s about being left-handed and emphasized my strong traits and quirks with humor.
Teacher Recs: Definitely top-notch.
Counselor Rec: Top-notch. I have an amazing relationship with my counselor.
EC: Lots, including community service, awards, and work experience.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Small/medium, public.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: Female Engineer. However, my grades (especially in physics and pre-calc/calc) more than support my acceptance to the engineering school.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?:
$16,000 for first year, $8,000 a semester after that. I got into the honors program as well.</p>

<p>So far, I’ve also gotten into Tulane with a 22k per year scholarship and Villanova Engineering. Not sure where I truly want to go yet, and I might apply Vanderbilt ED II (I’ve already applied regular but could easily switch by Jan. 3rd.)</p>

<p>Though Northeastern was more of a safety for me, I am still seriously considering the school. I love the co-op program and Boston is simply amazing. I spent a month at NEU for a summer program and fell in love.</p>

59

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Date applied:[ /b] October 31, 2009
[ b]Date decision postmarked/received:[ /b] December 1, 2009
[ b]Accepted at which school/major at NEU:[ /b] College of Arts & Sciences</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:**[ list]
[ *] SAT Total: 2110 M: 770, CR: 660, WR: 680,
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT Subject Tests: Math2C: 790, Korean: 780, Chemistry: 670
[ *] GPA-UW/W: 3.25/3.67
[ *] Rank: Top 25%
[ *]AP/IB classes: 7
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] EC highlights: X[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][list][ *] State or Country: Alot
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors, hook?:[ /b] Lots of EC’s i guess.</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to NEU…?:** X</p>

<p>Scholarship: Excellence Scholarship - $16000 per year</p>

60

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: 10/28
Date decision postmarked/received: 12/17
Accepted at which school/major at NEU: Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: X
ACT: 35 M: 36, R: 34, WR: 36, SC: 34
SAT Subject Tests: Math II - 800, Physics - 700, Chem - 710
GPA-UW/W: 3.32 UW
Rank: Doesn’t Rank
AP/IB classes: AP US - 4</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Solid
Teacher Recs: Haven’t seen them
Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen
EC highlights: 3 Varsity Sports, Debate Team, Worked as a basketball referee, volunteered for habitat for humanity, tutored special needs children</p>