<p>White female, International- Costa Rica
Recognized/accredited private boarding school
3.8 unweighted GPA
School doesn’t do ranking
SAT 1820
Spanish SAT II 720
4 APs in high school
Very strong recommendations including one from my principal
Unique essay</p>
<p>ECs
Student Government president 2 years in a row
National Honors Society senior year
3 years of basketball with awards
1 year of soccer
Science award
4 years of community theater
Peer tutoring
Some other performance and leadership positions as well</p>
<p>Not sure how to tell if I got any Merit aid… would it just show up on the acceptance letter or do I have to go somewhere else to check it?</p>
<p>So excited that I got into my second choice school :)</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 29
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not available
AP (place score in parenthesis): World history (5) US history (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP American Gov, Pre-calc, Honors Spanish 5, Creative Writing, Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Leader of history club, American caner society club, Community service Board, JBT (Junior Bowlers Tour) competitive bowling, Member of the local coin club, Performing arts (Acting in my schools productions) club in town
Job/Work Experience: Law intern, Waiter
Volunteer/Community service:Volunteer at my Temple’s Hebrew School, Volunteer at Community Food Bank
Summer Activities: George Street Playhouse (Acting program)
Essays: Very strong, unique with a showing of my love for history
Teacher Recommendation: Very strong, picked teachers that I knew would represent me well
Counselor Rec: Very stong, I have a good relationship and she knows my strengths pretty well
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Extra-Cirriculars, Teacher Recs, Interview
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My unique extra-cirriculars, well rounded, essays</p>
<p>ambreylouise: really surprised that you were not admitted EA. From posts by others, you would get accepted and get merit scholarship. I think you will get in in RD. Perhaps you can call/email nicely to the admission about your interest in NE and ask questions about scholarship etc to gain a sense of why and better insurance that a mistake not made?</p>
<p>ebhelper: that’s really reassuring, thanks!! I honestly was pretty confused too, because I thought Northeastern was kind of a target for me. I want to email them, but will I sound annoying to them? Like if I question why I didn’t get in?</p>
<p>I think you should definitely call NEU to let them know that you’re still interested, but don’t badger about why you didn’t get in. Ask nicely if they received everything and check that they have all the SAT scores you sent. </p>
<p>And you’ll still get financial aid if you get accepted RD - that is, if you’re eligible.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the 0,6 pharmd program </p>
<p>SAT I (Superscore): 2130
SAT breakdown: M= 780, CR= 680
SAT II: Math 2= 800 Chemistry= 740
Unweighted GPA: 3.5ish
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: top 30% in competitive school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Econ (Micro and Macro), AP Biology, Journalism, Philosophy
Major Awards: National Chinese award </p>
<p>Academic Extracurriculars: JV Tennis Captain, 1st chair as Violinist in school orchestra, 2nd chair in Brass ensemble for French Horn, Musical (as instrumentalist and as set maker)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at URI’s chemical engineering lab </p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: A month in Nepal and a month in Mongolia doing medical community service in the rural areas and also going from school to school teaching a class of english to high school students </p>
<p>Financial Aid: 10,000/year
Intended Major: Pharmd program
State: Going to school in Rhode Island
Country: South Korea
School Type: Boarding
Number of applicants from school: none to the pharmd program
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: a bit less than $100,000</p>
<p>Where else are you applying: URI, Rutgers, MCPHS (accepted), St. Johns </p>
<p>General Comments:If anybody reading this also got accepted to the Northeastern pharmd program, can you shoot me a message. I’m really happy I got accepted but I don’t know how to make a decision between URI (if i get in) and Northeastern cause I know the URI pharmacy facility is amazing.</p>
<p>SAT: not submitted
ACT: 30 (32 superscore)
Weighted GPA: 3.39
Rank: 174/380
AP: Calculus BC
IB (place score in parenthesis): World Authors HL, History of the Americas/Contemporary World Politics HL, Physics SL, Math Studies SL (5), Chemistry HL, German SL, ToK, EE
Junior/Senior Year Classes: See above
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (Varsity 2), Robotics
Job/Work Experience: Paid Intern at Colorado State University EUV ERC
Volunteer/Community service:Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity, FIRST FLL Referee, Tutor, Volunteer at Obama Campaign
Summer Activities: Summer Intern, mountain biking, hiking, etc.
Essays: Extremely personal, go into detail of my IB Extended Essay, summer internship, and hardships.
Teacher Recommendation: Very strong and personal
Interview: None
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low-Mid
Reflection
Strengths: Recommendations, Essays, Interest/Drive
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essays were personal, showed the level of interest that I have in my chosen major, and took the road less traveled.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 1870
[</em>] SAT breakdown: M= 610 , CR= 610
[<em>] ACT: 31 (35 Reading, 33 English, 29 Math, 26 Science, 10 Essay)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.20
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Jr Year: English Lang (5), APUSH (4), Physics B (2); Soph: WH (2)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Writer’s Seminar, AP Euro, AP Lit, World Hist B, AP Calc, Office Tech, Decathlon.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): Ephebian Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Academic Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon (4 years) - Team Captain since Jr. Year.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Admin Asst. / Secretary for Parents’ Restaurant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Founded volunteer club for Elementary Schools, Class Council, Habitat for Humanity, school service distinction.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering and Working
[</em>] Essays: Ayn Rand & why I side with Libertarian values.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t read but confident that they’re very good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’m guessing it’s very good. Likely gives insight on my poor grades in my Sophomore Year.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Sent CSS Profile on Dec 1.
[</em>] Intended Major: Finance
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): SoCal
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Number of applicants from school: 2 for EA (1 being myself)
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): URM, First Gen College Student
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, LORs, Comm Service, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Poor grades during Sophomore Year, class rank, and essay may have been too bland.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: GPA and Rank
[</em>] Where else are you applying: Babson (denied), Tulane (deferred), Fordham (accepted), U New Haven (accepted), Bentley, UVermont, NYU-Poly, USC, Syracuse, Misc. CSUs & UCs.
[/ul]General Comments: I called the Admissions Counselor to ask about how I could strengthen my app, considering that NEU is my top choice, and was told me that the primary factor was my weak GPA. Asked about sending additional recs, etc. and was told that recs and ECs were both “highly rated.” Happy to be deferred because Fall Semester grades are rather decent (compared to previous semesters). Can demonstrate strong upward trend since Soph Year.</p>
<p>@Jack~ I must admit I found it ironic that you wrote about Ayn Rand, specifically mentioning that you side with Libertarian values, yet you applied for financial aid…</p>
<p>I see the irony too. I found it a bit hypocritical as I selected option as well. However, with the vast majority of grant-aid given out by the institution rather than the federal government - I can live with myself.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2090
SAT II: Bio E: 660 Math 2: 690
Unweighted GPA: 3.7ish I think (our school doesn’t normally use GPAs)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
IB: French SL: lvl 6 Math SL: lvl 6
Senior Year Course Load: HL Chem, HL English, HL Economics, SL Biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): nope</p>
<p>Subjective:
Academic Extracurriculars: none LOL
Job/Work Experience: Tax office intern
Volunteer/Community service: A LOT of dance related activities, treasurer of student run charity, sunday school volunteer for 6+ years (hundreds of volunteer hours)
Summer Activities: taught english to these refugee kids one summer, interned the other
Essays: Honestly, when I read my common app essay it was a piece of crap LOL. NEU didn’t have any other essays so I guess I got lucky
Teacher Recommendation: SUPER good
Counselor Rec: Super good! Known him since grade 9! make sure to really get to know your guidance counselors!! </p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope! But they gave me an international scholars scholarship of 15k/year! Totally surprised!</p>
<p>Intended Major: Political Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country: CANADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WOOHOOO
School Type: Religious (CAtholic)
Number of applicants from school: None
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: EC’s and upward trend in grades (horrible graade 9 and 10 marks)
Weaknesses: standardized tests and grades, and my weird essay</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Honestly I think it was because I was an international student. NEU LOVESSSS international students. I mean with my marks alone, they weren’t worthy for NEU for sure. my EC’s were good, but nothing spectacular! So I suppose this success is also attributed to my teacher reccs</p>
<p>super grateful for this. the more I look at NEU, the more I love itt!!!</p>
<p>in grade 9 my average was around 79%, grade 10 it was around 83%, and grade 11 it was 89%. </p>
<p>basically in grade 9 and 10 i didn’t try. thank god for those high grades in phys ed, music and other electives or else my average would’ve been a disaster. </p>
<p>my school only calculates GPA for the sake of applying to the US. so 80% and higher is a 4, 70-79% is a 3, and so forth.</p>
<p>hopefully this encourages others to apply!!!</p>
<p>@ambreylouise ~ my friend was deferred with almost identical stats. Her SATs were 2200 and her GPA just a tad lower than yours. Her intended major is communication and all her ECs support that. Like you, she is surprised.</p>