Official Northeastern ED/EA/RD Results Thread for H.S Class of 2016

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Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): -
ACT (breakdown): 34C 35E 33M 33R 34S
SAT II: -
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 98/890
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio, APWH, APUSH, AP Lang, AP Physics 1. (3s on all but didn’t send any). currently in AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Gov/Econ.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Lit, AP Gov/Econ, Chamber Orchestra, BC Calc, Honors French 3, Physics C
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

Subjective: idk

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Frenh Club and French National Honor Society (committee president), Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Club, Cricket Club, Cross Country, Math Team
Job/Work Experience: work at Chipotle
Volunteer/Community service: 60 + hours every school year
Summer Activities: working
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about fixing a backpack zipper. everyone that read it loved it. 9/10?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Calc teacher. Former Vanderbilt valedictorian. 10/10.
Teacher Rec #2: idk 7/10?
Counselor Rec: she barely knows me. 5/10
Additional Rec: -

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: mechanical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): georgia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public. Largest hs in GA
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 60000-70000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, essays
Weaknesses: lack of leadership roles, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA is so low because of AP Bio (natural 60 first semester and natural 79 second semester lol). But my grades this semester are outstanding so hopefully they look past my freshman year. 800 on Math 2 subject test as well.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted into UGA

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted with $22,000 Dean’s scholarship[/color][/size]**

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240(770 CR, 720 M, 750 W)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 E, 33 M, 36 R, 36 S)
SAT II: 770 Math II, 710 Bio, 700 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/375
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Calc AB, human geography, 4 on English 11, Bio, Euro, US history
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Honors English 12, AP Environmental Science, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Government, AP Macro/Micro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): year-round swimming of twenty hours per week with practice at 4:00 am, youth symphony of my area, third best trumpet in my state, NHS, beta club, mui Alpha Theta, national merit semifinalist
Job/Work Experience: seasonal soccer referee
Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hours at a hospital
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App 8/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, Ethics and AP Gov teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10, AP Calc teacher
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Pre-med
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: over 500.000/year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really

Reflection

Strengths: GPA and test scores
Weaknesses: lack of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my numbers were good
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: VCU and University of Alabama

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Decision: Deferred

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 31 (E 33 M 30 R 28 S 32)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7, but weighted 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/440
AP (place score in parenthesis): three 3’s so AP Scholar
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Gap year
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State championship, District Champion, AP scholar, NHS

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
*Texas boys State
*Cross Country
*Track
*JROTC (Troop Leader)
*Academic Decathlon
*Tae Kwondo (black belt)
*Cycling (removed from future apps, stupid)
*Programming (removed too)

Job/Work Experience: Worked at a Golf Course
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in flooding relief
Summer Activities: Irrelevant
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9. Very unique, literally almost no chance anyone had this topic, plus I wrote very well.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 6’s probably. Positive, but Generic most likely.

Teacher Rec #1 6
Teacher Rec #2: 7
Counselor Rec: 5-6
Additional Rec:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Varies
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Rank, Cross Country, story
Weaknesses: ACT (for now) UW GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because of my ACT obviously, after looking at this thread. No matter, I retook it a few days ago.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected WUSTL ED (Figured the 42% ED acceptance rate would fare me well), Accepted to a few state schools and U of Tulsa so far

General Comments : I feel really conflicted about my chances for colleges in general now, but since the ACT 25% to 75% is 30-33, and I applied to Engineering, I don’t think it told me much at all to get a deferral. And the accepted people all had 34’s and 35’s or a 4.0

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@nanotechnology This came from my scholarship letter
“If you receive additional scholarship or grant assistance from University funds that exceed the cost of tuition when
combined with your Dean’s Scholarship, the Dean’s Scholarship will be reduced so all grants and scholarships equal the cost of tuition.”

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Hey guys lets try to keep this just results if we can, discussions/comments can go on the other thread, thanks! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted (Honors Program, Computer Science, $18k/year merit scholarship)

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (36 E, 35 M, 34 CR, 34 Sci)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.9W, 3.4UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/562
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Lang (5), Spanish (5), World History (5), US History (4), Psychology (5), Physics (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes, 1 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam Global Citizen Award (national scholarship), National Spanish Exam Gold Level-2 years, AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir, NHS, Poetry Club (founder)
Job/Work Experience: Paid internship in oil and gas industry on engineering phase of LNG terminal
Volunteer/Community service: significant volunteer hours in unique field
Summer Activities: paid internship 1 summer, part time jobs other two summers (began working at 15)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 9
Additional Rec: 8

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes (but didn’t qualify…thought we might as well try as 2 siblings are in college)
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large, competitive public high school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: over $250k per year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): unique “overcoming the odds” story that falls in line with volunteer/community service work

Reflection

Strengths: ACT score
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ACT score, geographic diversity, unique EC/volunteer/work experience
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Colorado School of Mines (accepted), Trinity University (accepted)

General Comments : Disappointed in the amount of merit aid. Northeastern is not a viable option because it’s only $18,000, but happy to be admitted and receive honors invitation

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Decision: Accepted w/ 13k Dean’s

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35 writing and reading, 29 math, 33 science)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.4/4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/470
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Bio (3), Psych (5), English Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats and AP English Lit, rest honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Field hockey, Relay for Life (team captain/leadership committee member), School newspaper (editor), band, Interact community service club (secretary), National Honor Society (secretary), student council (secretary), tutor younger students in Alg I
Job/Work Experience: worked at a country club and ice cream shop over summer since freshman year, continue at country club during school year
Volunteer/Community service: done through Interact Club and National Honor Society
Summer Activities: work/field hockey
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, kind of a cliche story. Wrote about being a benchwarmer my junior year during fhockey and working my way up to starting spot
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: 7/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Journalism
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle of Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (my mom went to NU but doesn’t work in her field now)
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted to Emerson, waiting on Marist

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]**
Honors college
20k a year dean’s scholarship
Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 33 (33E,30M,34R,33S,31W)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take
IB (place score in parenthesis):(39/42) 5 Math HL, 6 Physics HL, 7 Economics HL, 7 Italian B HL, 7 English lang SL, 7 Chem SL
Senior Year Course Load: same as the courses in ib
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Duke of Edinburgh Gold

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head boy at school, Varsity swimming, basketball and track and field, Captain of swim club, over 200 hours of best buddies volunteer work, TEDx youth performer and co-head of technicals team
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: engineering institute at Umass Amherst, internship at a structural engineering firm
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app, extremely personal, opened up about a part of my life that not many people know about me (9/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher (9/10), knows me very well and quite frankly loves me
Teacher Rec #2: chemistry (8/10), has known me for for a ver long time, the essay was very good but anything spectacular
Counselor Rec: doesn’t know me at all, haven’t read, but probably 6/10
Additional Rec:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Mechanical engineering
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Italy
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, international student?

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, GPA, lots of leadership roles
Weaknesses: crappy counselor rec, not many ECs relating to my intended major
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: sincerity in my essays, overall well rounded applicant
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: no where else yet :slight_smile:

General Comments : Congrats to everyone else who got in! To those deferred, best of luck in March to all of you. To those rejected, don’t worry- you will find the place that is right for you! Don’t sweat it :slight_smile:

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** Decision: Deferred **

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 superscore (740 CR, 720 W, 600 M)
ACT (breakdown): 31, don’t remember exact breakdown right now and am doing this on my phone so can’t check
SAT II: 780 US History, 720 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), English Language (5), US History (4), World History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics 1, AP US Government & Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP European History, AP Comparative Government & Politics, Advanced Journalism, Senior Seminar
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Speech and Debate- 4 years
Academic team- 3 years
National Honor Society- 2 years (Officer this year)
“School Spirit” Committee (not actually called this/doesn’t exactly do this, but changed to protect my identity)- 2 years
“Community Week leader” (same as above)- 1 year

Job/Work Experience: Assistant at my dad’s business- 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my synagogue- 30+ hours
Intern at a local city council campaign- 50+ hours
Summer Activities: Interned for a local city council campaign this past summer, summer before sophomore year I did a policy debate camp at UC Berkeley
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 or 9. Several people told me they really liked it, thought it was funny without being too much so, and gave a lot of good insight into my character.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I honestly have no idea- I haven’t read them.

Teacher Rec #1: No clue, probably good
Teacher Rec #2: N/A
Counselor Rec: No clue, probably meh because my counselor doesn’t really know anyone at my school.
Additional Rec: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, course rigor, essay
Weaknesses: SAT math score, extracurriculars are so-so
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, I think it came down to my test scores. They’re fine, but a bit low for Northeastern.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Still waiting on my other results, but I’ve applied RD to Tufts, George Washington, American, UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis, Cal Poly SLO, and Sac State.

General Comments :
I’m bummed I got deferred, but I’ve heard that it’s definitely possible to get accepted at NEU after a deferral, so I’m holding out hope for that. Congrats to all those that got in xx

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Decision: Accepted, 10k Dean’s scholarship
Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 33 (28M,35E,33R,32S)
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd decile
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (4), AP Euro (3), AP Lit (4), AP Stats (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP calc AB, AP enviro, AP psych, AP Lang, Spanish 5, economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity soccer 4 years, indoor/outdoor track 4 years, math team, community service club, club soccer team since forever
Job/Work Experience: have been working a fast food restaurant for 2 years (15 hours per week)
Volunteer/Community service: not much, just about 50 hours for NHS
Summer Activities: Brown Precollege Physics credit class
Essays (rating 1-10, details): failure prompt, about a 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): one from my math teacher that also coaches math team - probably a 9ish, another from bio teacher, also about a 9

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Computer Science and Biology
State (if domestic applicant): RI
School Type: good public high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 175k-ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: ACT scores, consistency in ECs throughout hs
Weaknesses: GPA, not much leadership

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Accepted - 18K dean scholarship

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (730 CR 790 M 780 W)

SAT II: Math 2 - 760
Physics - 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP AB CALC (5)
AP Studio Art (5)

Senior Year Course Load: Ap physics C, HonorsLinear Algebra and Differential Equations, IB Spanish SL, Honors world lit 2, AP Psych

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastics art honorable mention

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Upright Bass, Chamber and Concert Choir
Job/Work Experience: Starbucks barista, worked at a faire
Volunteer/Community service: I didn’t log any community service…
Summer Activities: Music Camp

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Graphic Design
State (if domestic applicant): NJ

School Type: Magnet School (public)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Strengths: Good scores for an art kid
Weaknesses: Im bad at essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I applied for art but I’m also smart, I showed a lot of interest

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**Decision: Deferred **

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2040, 610M 710R 720W
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 weighted, unweighted not reported
Rank: 2
AP: US History 4, World History 3, Lit 5, Lang 5
Senior Year Course Load: A semester of electives/graduating requirements (Economics, Student Aid, Future Perspectives) and then a semester of strictly college classes - statistics, gov, bio, lit, an ethics course

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Three sport athlete for four years. We won a regional title in cheering, second at states, and I was MVP for the year. A few mentions from my conference for athletic excellence. A sportsmanship award from the conference in tennis. Other various team awards. Volunteer club (vice president,) outing club, mock government camp (received a mock trial award,) NHS
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, volunteer club, maybe 50 hours total other than within those activities
Summer Activities: Uh? I did Girl’s State my junior year.
Essays: I’m very proud of it honestly.

Teacher Rec #1: My english teacher, who I had for all three years of high school english classes and both my AP english classes. I never knew how much she liked me until the letter. Astoundingly good. I was very surprised.
Teacher Rec #2: My other ap teacher who I also had for three years and was my jv basketball coach my freshman year. He wrote very well about me and my personality, it was very personal and once again, I was surprised but how well my teachers knew me.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, I’m assuming it was good? I’m in her office constantly asking questions - she knows how dedicated I am to school.
Additional Rec: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yess
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): ME
School Type: Public, poor, rural.
Income Bracket: Upper for my area, not so much for Boston hah

Reflection
Strengths: My essay and recs. I’ve made the best of what my school can offer. I’m statistically the top of the applicant pool for my area.
Weaknesses: Math SAT crushed my spirit hah. Extracurriculars were pretty good, but nothing stand out, ya know?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT. A little bit of everything maybe. I think I’m kind of an average applicant for these more competitive schools - I’m hoping I’ll do better at some of my other schools. I think having supplement essays only helps my case as I’m a strong writer and applying to be an English major, and I didn’t have that luxury at Northeastern.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I received full tuition and offer to the Honor’s colleges at Lesley University and my state school. I’m expecting much of the same from Suffolk University, which I should be hearing back from soon. I’m applying RD to Colby College, BC, Brandeis, and Tufts.

General Comments : Kinda bummed. It was the only school I applied to EA that wasn’t a safety school, but hopefully I’ll have better luck in the RD round!

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DEFERRED

Do you guys think I could still get in RD?
I’m going to send my midterm grades (4 As, 2 Bs), a new piano video channel I started, letters from ASP Service project

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

SAT I (breakdown): 1960
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APs
Senior Year Course Load: AP physics, AP art history, honors calculus, sociology, English the human condition
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Community Service Awards 2012-2015, AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Environmental Club President
Interact Club Member
Soccer fall freshman - sophomore year
Lacrosse spring freshman year
Swimming winter freshman - senior year
Crew spring and fall sophomore to senior year

  • nationally placed
    Accelerated concert pianist

Job/Work Experience:
Beach Tag Inspector
SIC Lifeguard
Rita’s Customer Service

Volunteer/Community service:
40+ 2012-2014
100+ 2015-2016
Red Cross Blood Drive Organizer and Donator
SafeRide Volunteer at the firehouse
Appalachia Service Project in West Virginia

Summer Activities:
soccer teams, rowing programs, 3 jobs, travel, lifeguard programs

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8?

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: English 7/10
Teacher Rec #2: Club Advisor 9/10
Counselor Rec: 6/10
Additional Rec: Coach 10/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Blue Ribbon
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc

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Accepted w/ 10k/year Dean’s scholarship

SAT breakdown: 2090 (700 W, 690 M, 700 CR)
SAT subject tests: 700 US History, 700 Literature
ACT: 32
GPA: 4.4
Rank: 3rd out of 130
AP: 5 APs
AP English Language (5)
AP US History (5)
Senior year: AP Calc, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, Honors International Relations, Honors Spanish 5
Awards: Harvard Book Award, AP Scholar

Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Swimming, Theater/Drama, Student Government, Student Ambassador, Concert Choir, National Honors Society, National Spanish Honors Society, School Newspaper
Job Experience: Waitress
Community Service: Habitat for Humanity, charity auctions, summer camp counselor, nursing home
Summer: worked with Habitat for Humanity for a week in Buffalo, NY

Essay: 9
Teacher Rec #1: math teacher, probably a 9
Teacher Rec #2: english teacher, probably 8-9

Applied for financial aid: yep
Intended major: English and Business
State: NH

School type: private Catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female

Reflection:
Strengths: essays, interviews, ACT
Weaknesses: SAT, math

Where else were you accepted/deferred/denied: accepted at UNH, Fordham, Villanova; waiting on St. Anslem, UMASS Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross

Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted!! Good luck to all deferred, wishing you all the best! :slight_smile:

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
Honors Program and Dean’s scholarship

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (710 CR 710 M 670 W) (didn’t send)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (E 34, M 35, R, 34, S 32)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (3), Chem (3), Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Psychology, College English, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science research (VP), Chamber (First chair), NHS
Job/Work Experience: Waitress and private piano teacher
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer
Summer Activities: Took college classes, volunteered
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Health Science
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lower middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores and grades
Weaknesses: Maybe recs? (I didn’t see them)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong test scores and took hard classes
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Fordham

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Decision: Deferred

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (770 CR, 750 M, 680 W)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (34 E 33M 31R 31S)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA: 3.0, W 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~200/619
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (4), Music Theory (5), Human Geo (5), Lang (4), WHAP (4), Bio (3, self study), APUSH (3), Comp Gov (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Chinese
Major Awards: not really

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chinese club (VP), Jazz Combo, Music stuff
Job/Work Experience: Piano teacher
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hrs at museum, retirement home
Summer Activities: summer conservatory
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 ish, it was okay.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: ap lang teacher, 10
Teacher Rec #2: ap human geo/gov/comp gov: 10
Counselor Rec: no clue, 7?
Additional Rec:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: forgot to submit css lol
Intended Major: biomedical physics
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: ECs, SAT, Recs
Weaknesses: GPA!!!, race haha
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA

General Comments
It’s amazing to get deferred with a GPA like mine haha

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Decision: Accepted
Honors Program and 22k Dean’s Scholarship

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take.
ACT (breakdown): 34 C (35 E, 33 M, 33 R, 34 S)
SAT II: 730 Biology M, 710 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not officially rank but in top 10% of class.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not take.
IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB Diploma, exams are next May.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll every semester.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations (President), Varsity Tennis (Team Captain), School Newspaper (Department Head), Chess Club (Founder & President), Student-Athlete Leadership Board, Filmmaking (Competitions and recorded school events)
Job/Work Experience: None.
Volunteer/Community service: Roughly 100 volunteer hours.
Summer Activities: Lots of tennis, martial arts, volunteering, etc.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Talked about my background and how it influenced me as a person. Probably around 8/10.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Biology teacher
Teacher Rec #2: Economics teacher
Counselor Rec:
I’m not going to put a rating because I haven’t read any of the recommendations and therefore can’t really rate them. I have a good relationship with my teachers and counselor so I’m guessing the recommendations are pretty strong.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics and Math
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

Reflection

Strengths: Grades, ACT score, leadership
Weaknesses: Subject tests, essay was good but I’ve done better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was able to show my interests and personality effectively through my application.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments: I’m going to wait for my RD decisions in March before making a final decision of where to go but Northeastern is very high on my list. The very generous scholarship also helps!

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Decision: deferred

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 30 (34 reading and English, 27 science, 26 math)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 weighted, school does not report unweighted gpa
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): ap Lang (5), apush (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: ap lit, ap calc ab, ap us gov, college religion classes, “college chemistry” (general chem 1 and 2 dual enrollment), dance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national honor society member

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance classes all years of high school, school play 11th and 12th grade, student director of play 12th grade (I guess this is also community service because I spend 10+ hours a week helping out), founder of women’s club in 11th grade
Job/Work Experience: 2.5 years working at a restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring all 4 years, altar server and reader at church all 4 years, representative of high school to prospective students, 100 hours at a camp for underprivileged younger kids
Summer Activities: dance, working, volunteering at aforementioned camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I wrote about my experience with the camp over the summer. My ap lang teacher liked it a lot. It provides some context about why I want to pursue a career where I can work with kids
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 8/10 we have a pretty good relationship and I did well in the class
Teacher Rec #2: 11/10. i had her in 9th grade and again this year and she helped me through a very difficult time so we maintained a strong relationship
Counselor rec: my old guidance counselor (who I never met) quit the week before senior year started, so I am not even sure who wrote my recommendation or when
Additional rec: I got a letter of rec from my principal. I’m a scholarship student at my high school which helps, and he likes me

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: health sciences
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small catholic high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 70-80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection

Strengths: essay
Weaknesses: definitely my act scores for someone who wants to do medicine :confused:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: unfortunately I’m pretty average on paper
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted so far at Fordham and assumption college (with 75% of tuition covered, but it’s a safety). Denied from Boston college

General Comments: i really really did not want to be at my high school in ninth grade and I had a really hard time with a lot of different things that year. I think it showed in my grades because my gpa was significantly lower that year. luckily I trended upward sophomore and junior year and I have pretty consistent grades now.
i fell in love with NEU when I first visited, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I get in this time!

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected [/color][/size]**

Applied (ED,EA,RD): ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1850; Math (580), CR (600), Writing (670), Essay (12)
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: N/A
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (4), Stat (current), AP bio (current). My school doesn’t have other APs. Instead we have college level seminar classes. Have taken History and lit seminar classes throughout high school and have gotten As in both classes every year
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: stat, seminar lit, seminar history, AP bio, CP FS class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Have won 2 debate state championships

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate (coach and competitor)
Varsity soccer
Select club soccer
Countless community service hours
Tutor for AP chem
Play piano
Senior Planning Committee

Job/Work Experience: Have had a lot of work experience in business. Have interned at a big, well-known business this past summer. The founder of the company wrote my additional rec.
Volunteer/Community service: Countless hours and places
Summer Activities: 9a-5p 5 day a week internship at a big healthcare company
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: History teacher (9)
Teacher Rec #2: Lit teacher (9)
Counselor Rec: (8)
Additional Rec: (10)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Business Management
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Prestigious private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Low SAT score, applied to the business school and don’t have great math stats, low GPA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred from Babson College. Haven’t gotten any other decisions back yet.

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Decision: Accepted

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA, College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Nope (IB Diploma)
ACT (breakdown): Nope
SAT II: Nope
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not provide a GPA.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Nope
IB (place score in parenthesis): (41/45)
Senior Year Course Load: Economics HL, Chemistry HL, Biology HL, Math SL, English SL, Spanish SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Few school awards (3 time technology fair winner)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club (Founder and President), Yachting (Licensed Captain), Basketball, Model United Nations + Attended an International Conference, Website Development and Tennis
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Charity trip to East Africa, Worked with a reputable local charity organization that aims to increase access to education (Secretary of a chapter)
Summer Activities: Harvard Summer School, Yachting, Extensively traveled the world (40+ countries)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Can’t judge. Decided to write a highly academic essay where I outlined the implications of the Syrian civil war upon members of the European Union and the steps that could be taken to progress towards a solution. This was a very risky thing to do but it worked out. I threw in a few lines for personal relevance.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): New York (US Citizen living outside the US)
Country (if international applicant): U.A.E
School Type: Private International School - (Graduating class: 60)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks: Harvard Summer School SSP - Earned undergraduate credit, Three relatives attended Northeastern.

Reflection
Strengths: IB Diploma with some of the most rigorous subjects available, Northeastern representative visited my school, wide range of ECs.
Weaknesses: Last minute rushed application so I couldn’t double check if everything was done properly.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: IB Diploma, Harvard Summer School transcript, ECs.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to New York University and UW-Madison | No rejections or deferrals yet.

General Comments: I had no idea that three of my cousins went to Northeastern…