<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH mildcat. that means alot! I already feel so happyyy</p>
<p>Sorry to interject, mildcat, but I would like to point out that History isn’t as rigorous as you make it seem. To be fair, history isn’t a walk in the park, but at the same time, it is not too difficult to get an A- (3.7, like your average) in any given history class (I took a couple 300-levels, really doesn’t mean anything besides being more specific-as is the case with most 300-levels across the board) if you know how to write. </p>
<p>Congrats on getting a 170+ on your LSAT (that IS impressive) and into great law schools though!</p>
<p>And yes, ACT scores/high school performance should not be an indicator for anyone’s success in college because everything can change, so LadyDirector, get ready to start a new path.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to be obtrusive about this, but I’m just speaking up for majors that don’t have the luxury of having high average GPA’s. ;)</p>
<p>Haha NUraider, I didn’t say it was extremely rigorous or that it’s one of the hardest majors, but it’s true that it does have a heavy reading load and possibly one of the heaviest reading loads of any major. You have to write well, read well, and argue well. What more does a law school want really? Coupled with a strong LSAT score, it signals strong preparation for a top law school. I think I was wise not to kill myself taking on a different “harder” major when my real interest was history and I could prove my capabilities further through the LSAT anyway.</p>
<p>A 170s LSAT score (I will not be exact to preserve anonymity but it’s above 171) and an A- average in a liberal arts curriculum at a top college (actually it’s a little above but I will not say the exact number, again to preserve anonymity) are certainly things a 26 ACT didn’t predict.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I know this may come off as insensitive but can people who were deferred or rejected also post their stats? Having seen all three outcomes in last year’s thread, I can say that at the least, it gave me a clearer idea of what NU wants. It would also be unfair for future ED applicants as they will be unable to evaluate their chances through our current thread. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Decision: rejected from School of Communications
Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 590 Critical Reading, 510 Math, 670 Writing</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: jokes</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top half</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ, Creative Composition (Early Grad)</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pittsburgh Musical Theater Pre-College Theater Program (20+ hours per week)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: bread shop (approx. 12 hours per week)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Program at Wake Forest, Carnegie Mellon Pre-college, Yale Summer Session</li>
<li>Essays: incredible</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: excellent</li>
<li>Additional Rec: director of Pittsburgh Musical Theater</li>
<li><p>Interview: yep</p></li>
<li><p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No.</p></li>
<li><p>Intended Major: Theater/RTVF/dance minor</p></li>
<li><p>State (if domestic applicant): PA</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: very renowned public</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: white</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Female</p></li>
<li><p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: extracurriculars/summer programs</li>
<li>Weaknesses: test scores</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: academics fall short</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Accepted to WCAS!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 Sup. Score 720 CR, 800 M, 780 CR
[</em>] ACT: 35. 35 E, 36 M, 33 R, 36 S
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov (5), AP Chem (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Bio (5), AP Lang (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: MVC (Dual Credit), AP Comp Sci, AP Physics, Spanish 5 (Dual Credit), AP Stats, Enr. Essay.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME Participant as a Junior, 19th in nationals for JETS, National Honors Society, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (Captain), Math Team, JETS, Key Club, JSA
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at FermiLab
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local Hospital and Children’s Museum
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship and chillin’
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Prob Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upperish Middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. ED obviously.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, test scores, essays, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: No athletics, low leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Because NU bases decisions a lot of transcripts (so I hear)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Excited! This journey started sophomore year when I fell in love with NU! Gotta buy my GEAR!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred from WCAS[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[ *] ACT:33- 35 Writing, 34 Reading, 32 Science, 30 Math
[ *] SAT II: none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 13%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5) Art History (5) US History (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap european history, ap english literature, ap environmental science, ap government/ap microeconomics, journalism, dance
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
nothing spectacular. national merit commended, ap scholar, various fundraising awards</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance team (15+hrs a week), vice president of social council, nhs, dance classes
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ambassador for jdrf, over 100 hrs. volunteering for jdrf
[ *] Summer Activities: none
[ *] Essays: why nu was really unique, commonapp was alright
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: reallyyyy good
[ *] Counselor Rec: no idea, my old counselor quit so i have a new person who i’ve met once
[ *] Additional Rec: one from my art history teacher
[ *] Interview: none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] Intended Major: art history
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): texas
[ *] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[ *] School Type: public, super competitive, nationally recognized for a bunch of stuff
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essays, recs, growth trend in grades, test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: rank , gpa, extracurriculars
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i had horrible grades my freshman and first half of my sophomore year. i have a big growth trend after that. luckily northwestern defers a very very very small percentage and i have done well my first half of senior year, which they will see in my mid year report. [ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] i hope to see the rest of y’all next year! good luck to future ED applicants!</p>
<p>I second tomopark’s point - and I think deferred and rejected posts will be much appreciated by future EDers.</p>
<p>ladydirector, and anyone else posting, please specify what school you applied to.</p>
<p>mildcat said you defied the odds in getting in from the pt of view of a sub 30 ACT score; but your hard work in everything else vs a 3 yr sitting for one test is what the ad cons saw. being a liberian URM w/ war torn first nocollege immgrant parents helped, too.</p>
<p>the colleges SAY that the number one predictor of success is your HS academic resume and they are right, BUT, they use the ACT as the threshold of acceptance or denial unless you are a legacy, URM, or a recruited athlete. A sub-30 ACT only defies the admissions odds and not the college success odds.</p>
<p>hey guys, just so you know, when they say remove the spaces in your template, they mean:</p>
<p>[ 8] -> [8]</p>
<p>I just saw an article that said NU accepted an extra 100 students ED this year based on a very strong applicant pool which was 25% larger than usual.</p>
<p>hey guys, i understand that northwestern does superscore. so are these your superscore sat scores?</p>
<p>MomCares: do you know how many students do they accept on the whole or what’s the admission rate?</p>
<p>^If what MomCares read is correct, the number of admits is about 720. The ED pool had 2,127 applicants. So the admit rate is about 34% or so, roughly the same as last year. RD is going to make up 2/3 instead of 3/4 of the class; coupled with an increase in RD pool (reasonable assumption given that ED jumped over 25%), the RD round is going to be very competitive.</p>
<p>Thought the stats in this thread might be interesting/helpful to some folks wanting to be chanced.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!!</p>
<p>my interviewer said that in the city of Hong Kong some 200-300 kids apply every year and they pick approximately 25.</p>