***Official Northeastern University Class of 2021 Early Decision and Early Action Results ONLY***

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Not Submitted
ACT (breakdown): 35 (E: 34, M: 36, R: 33, S: 36)
SAT II: Literature 750, Math IIC 800, Chemistry 790, Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5th percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language (4), AP USH (2) O_o, AP Stats (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not Submitted
Senior Year Course Load: AP British Literature, AP Calculus, AP Euro, AP Comp Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer (4 years), founder of chess club, NHS president (2 years), school treasurer (3 years)
Job/Work Experience: Over 200 hours in stop and shop
Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours in hospital (4 years)
Summer Activities: not much, worked at stop and shop every day, volunteered at hospitals, tutored kids, babysitting children
Essays: talked about soccer and its impact on my life
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 and 9/10 - teachers absolutely liked to have me in class and were more like friends than lecturers
Counselor Rec: 6/10, didn’t really know him well
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: did not have an interview
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: computer engineer
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: I think above $250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Definitely strong test scores
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: no hooks :confused:
Weaknesses: definitely lacking in extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: definitely good recs and test scores
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: so far accepted to Umass, waiting for other colleges to come out
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: idk I guess I don’t really stick out much - gotta find a way before regular decision

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Good luck everyone

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Decision: Accepted (into Northeastern Honors Program with Honors Scholarship of up to 80k)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (790 CR, 740 M)
ACT (breakdown): 33 composite (33 E, 34 S, 34 R, 30 M) (did not send)
SAT II: 770 US History, 730 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Physics, Honors American Electoral Politics, Honors English, Acting Intensive (Honors), Stagecraft Intensive (Honors), Honors Philosophy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Technical theater for 4 years (stage manager for 4 shows), student director for two shows senior year, member of High School Quiz Show team, member of Mock Trial for one year
Job/Work Experience: CIT at my camp for two years, otherwise theater takes up all my time
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: CIT
Essays: I think it was pretty good, maybe 8+/10
Teacher Recommendation 1: 9/10, junior year bio teacher, she loved me
Teacher Recommendation 2: 10/10, freshman and junior year English teacher, he also loved me and knew me really well
Counselor Rec: 9/10, I knew her better than most of her other students
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Film
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection:

Strengths: GPA, course load, SATs, recommendations
Weaknesses: Essay maybe? It was pretty narrative-y, I’m not sure
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I visited campus and my scores fit their range
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred from Wesleyan, have yet to hear from UChicago (my only other EA school)
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Probably my essay

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Decision: ACCEPTED (NU. in)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Math: 630, CR: 700
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92.83 (my school doesn’t have a 4.0 scale), I think that’s around a 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t give class rank or percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), AP Calc AB (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Psych, Chinese 5, English 4, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity fall and spring rowing
Varsity cross country
Violinist in school orchestra and youth orchestra
Violinist in chamber music string quintet
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service:
Rehab center volunteer in nursing, OT, and PT
Summer Activities: Volunteered, took classes
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: I wasn’t allowed to read them but I know the teachers well.
Counselor Rec: Couldn’t read it but she is a great, very supportive counselor.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Accelerated Accelerated DPT
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Half chinese/Half caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:

  • Extracurriculars (music and sports) show commitment and persistence throughout high school.
  • Grades are mostly A’s, a couple B’s, did pretty well on AP exams
  • Good recommendations
    Weaknesses:
    -SAT scores were pretty low. I tried 3 times but I couldn’t bring them up and took multiple sat classes.
    Why you think you were accepted:
  • Solid and reliable candidate.
  • maintained a good GPA all throughout high school
  • diversity
    Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: NU was the only school I applied to.
    Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I am a pretty well-rounded student. I just think it was a combo of my grades, extracurriculars, my ethnic background, and a decently written common app essay.
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Decision: Accepted with 15k

SAT I (breakdown): did not send
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36E 36R 30M 29S)
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), AP chemistry (n/a)
IB (place score in parenthesis): psychology (6), HL literature (n/a), HL biology (n/a), HL world history (n/a), spanish IV (n/a), calculus (n/a), TOK (9 on the presentation, 10 on the paper)
Senior Year Course Load: If I put N/A it’s because I haven’t taken the test yet. I’m taking IB biology HL, IB lit HL, IB world history HL, IB spanish IV, IB calculus, IB TOK, AP chemistry, and a medicine class duel enrollment.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHRP & Scholastic (2x gold keys)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band 9-12 (president years 11&12), orchestra 9-12 (vice president years 10-12), science bowl club (founder and president years 11&12), National Honor Society (12), pit orchestra (11&12), debate (11&12)
Job/Work Experience: Fellow for the Colorado Democratic Party
Volunteer/Community service: Started a volunteer organization that joined up with the IB program at my high school as well as the NHS program. It’s for gardening; essentially we grow plants in the school’s greenhouse, and send out volunteers and the plants to be donated to community gardens. I started this junior year. I’ve also accumulated about 200 hours at a local hospital.
Summer Activities: Bard College Young Writer’s Workshop
Essays: Pretty excellent. I also sent in a writing portfolio.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably decent? I read one of them, his was very kind and he made it sound like he really knows me well. The other one doesn’t know me to well so I’m not sure.
Counselor Rec: Generic.
Additional Rec: From my organizer with the CDP, she let me help write it, 10/10.
Interview: N/A
Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: PPE in CSSH
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: poor public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM/a terrible experience with my family I wrote about in my essay, basically about growing up with an abusive father.

Strengths: Test scores and ECs.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my background with my father was a big thing I tried to focus on, how it has changed me.
Weaknesses: GPA/class rank
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea! I was so shocked! Maybe it was my extra circulars.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Been accepted to University of Oregon, Tulane University, Lewis & Clark College, and CU Boulder. Haven’t heard back anywhere else yet.
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: probably the volunteer organization I started.

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Decision: Accepted into University Honors Program

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2270 didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (36 R, 35 M, 34 R, 35 S)
SAT II: 800 Math II 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 4.71 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP BC Calculus, AP Micro, AP Macro, Honors Orchestra, Net sports (gym class), Engineering Design and Development
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, AP Scholar with Distinction etc.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars,Job/Work Experience,
Volunteer/Community service,
Summer Activities: (LOL TOO LAZY TO FORMATE SEPARATELY, SORRY FOR THE MESS)

Research Intern, National Cancer Institute (NCI) 2015– 2016
● Assisted in developing a radiation sensitivity database for the NCI-60 Cancer cell
lines.
● Reviewed over 700 publications to screen cell lines for their radiosensitivity.
Synthesized the information and wrote abstracts to summarize the results for each
cell line.

■ Research Intern, Department of Environmental Science and Technology,
University of Maryland, College Park 2016
● Responsible for evaluating the changes in the phenotype of transgenic Arabidopsis
thaliana plants lacking meiotic prophase aminopeptidase 1 (MPA1) activity, an
essential enzyme known to regulate cell cycle progression during meiosis in both
female and male gametophytes.

■ Volunteer, Sadguna Sangraha Trust, Bangalore, India 2015
● Volunteered at a camp organized by the Sankara Eye Hospital to provide free eye
care clinic for underprivileged children . This camp was organized by the Sadguna
Sangraha Trust in December 2015.

■ Volunteer, Adventist Health Care Center - Shady Grove Hospital 2013 – 2014
● 2hrs/week

■ Volunteer, Quince Orchard Public Library
● Organized books in circulation, shelved and collected books and videos around
the library.
● Assisted staff with deletions and stamping of books.

■ Volunteer, Satya Sai Gurukul School, Bangalore, India (2015) 2015
● Helped students practice English speaking skills
● Assisted teachers with class preparation and operation

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
■ Piedmont Environmental Grant Award 2016
● Received 1000 dollar award for a research project to test the effect of varying the
scent of a beehive on the ability of the bees to better detect varroa mite infestation.
■ Montgomery County Envirothon Competition
● Competed against teams from all over Montgomery County in various events,
placed 1st in Invasive Species event, 3rd place overall.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
■ DC Micronauts Group 2016–Current
● The first group in the world to Beta-test and explore applications of FoldScope
(developed by Dr. Manu Prakash at Stanford University), a novel microscope
with up to 2000X magnification and costing less than 1 dollar.

■ Playing and Practicing violin for 13 years 2003–Current

● Routinely performed for seniors at the Randolph Hills Nursing Home as a member
of the Poolesville High School Forte Music Performing Group

● Member, Poolesville High School Advanced String Ensemble

● Performed at Innofest 2015 at National Science Symposium Building, Bangalore
India

● Montgomery College Metropolitan Orchestra
● Potomac Valley Youth Symphony at Strathmore
● Potomac Valley Youth Concert Orchestra
● Black Hills Suzuki School of Music
■ Recipient of Quincy Jones Music Award (2013)

■ Member, Tuscarora Junior Olympic Archery Development Team 2015–Current

■ President- Future Doctors of America Club 2016–Current
● Club that focuses on keeping informed about current technologies in the medical
field, and opportunities to get involved around the community.
● Brought in speakers such as Dr. Manu Prakash, a MacArthur Fellow and Assistant
Professor at Stanford University.

■ Senior member of Poolesville Chesapeake Bay Foundation Club 2013–Current
● Increased environmental awareness in school and the community.
● Helped organize a community-wide Storm Drain effect on Water campaign.
● Participant in Student Leadership Summer trips of the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation.

Essays: What essays lol
Teacher Recommendation: (9/10) one of them was from my favorite teacher from junior year, she taught AP World History. She loved me and I loved her, and she told me she wrote a great rec for me.
(7/10) other one from my AP Physics teacher. We weren’t that close.
Counselor Rec: (8/10) we spoke occasionally so I’m hoping for a good rec.
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Behavioral Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Glad I got in!

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: lol none really
Weaknesses: ECs aren’t that great
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: scores and GPA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Don’t know yet haha
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I have no idea

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**Decision: Deferred **

Objective:
SAT I 1370 (690 Math, 680 English):
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calc, Honors English, AP Physics, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Cappies

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tech Crew (President)
Job/Work Experience: Sound/Light Technician, Cashier/Food service
Volunteer/Community service: Church pianist, Soup Kitchen, Interact
Summer Activities: Piano camp, work
Essays: strong essay
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read (should be solid)
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Rec: didn’t read
Interview: None
Other: Visited campus

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no real hooks

Reflection: Posting on behalf of my daughter who is not on this website. Based on stats and the fact she didn’t “show interest” by uploading additional supplements, I expected a deferral.

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Decision: Accepted (w highest scholarship for international students)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 34: English (35), Reading (34), Math (32), Science (36)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 UW, 4.5 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit(n/a), AP Bio (n/a), AP Psych (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Stats (5), AP Comp Sci (4), AP Lang (4), APUSH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: secondary education internship, study hall, medical terminology, dance, creative composition, AP bio, AP lit… a very easy schedule overall
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IL State Scholar, a few others. nothing too wild

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Best Buddies (founder, secretary), speech (varsity), Indian dance (senior), color guard (varsity), freshman advisory (mentor)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at a hospice for 2 years
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays: 8/10 (unique-ish concept, simple writing, showcased a strength)
Teacher Recommendation: probs 7-8/10. i intern for his class and did well in his class the year before, but i’m not super close w him.
Counselor Rec: 6/10 (don’t know her well. probs generic)
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: nah
Intended Major: behavioral neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): IL, but i’m international
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: V good public school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Gal
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection

Strengths: lots of leadership positions, high ACT, took hardest classes available
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: that i’m multifaceted? idk
Weaknesses: low GPA, nothing extraordinary abt me
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: probs the strengths listed above
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: so far accepted @ SLU, Alabama, UIUC, Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: umm essay? starting a club?

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I got deferred with 31 ACT, do you know about when the deferrals get their decision for regular decision? I know it says by April 1st but any specific time before that?

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@mayc16 last year they were released mid-March. Good luck!

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I’ve spent so much time reading these the past year so I figured I’d write one

**Decision: Accepted **

Accepted into Honors with Honors scholarship of up to 112k
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 720 M, 800 W)
ACT (breakdown): did not take
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Physics, 730 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA : 4.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank (but my counselor wrote in my letter I was 1/300)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Human Geography (5), AP World (4), AP Bio (4), AP Physics 1 (4), AP English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Chem, AP English Literature, AP US Gov

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi Finalist, school awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country (4 year varsity letter) Indoor/outdoor track, Engineering club (president), NHS (president), student council senator grades 10-12, Business club (leader), service team member

Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarded during the summer about 35-40 hrs/wk
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring at an elementary school weekly about 10 times a year, Two1 week long service trips,
Summer Activities: Lifeguarding
Essays: I rewrote it about 5 times and was really happy with the final product, 9/10
Teacher Recommendation 1: 9/10, physics teacher, I’ve taken 3 of his classes so I think his letter was really good
Teacher Recommendation 2: 10/10, ap gov teacher and coach, knew me really well
Counselor Rec: 9/10, knew him really well and I think he worked really hard on my letter
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: chemical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First language French/canadian citizen,

Reflection:

Strengths: GPA, course load, SATs, recommendations
Weaknesses: Service
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: seems like northeastern is mostly about scores, so my scores
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted pitt, penn state, Fordham have yet to hear from Villanova or PSU Honors (only other early schools)

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Deferred!!

SAT I (breakdown):680 Reading,790 Math
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
AP (place score in parenthesis):no APs
Senior Year Course Load:Calc,English,AP World,AP Econ,Spanish
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:no
Volunteer/Community service:lots of community service
Summer Activities:various sleepaway camps
Essays:9/10-my essay was really good,I had an essay editor who helped me a ton and my topic was really unique
Teacher Recommendation:7/10-no clue I think my teacher liked me and I doubt she would write a bad letter
Counselor Rec:6/10-he is really unreliable so idk

Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major: business
State (if domestic applicant): New England
School Type:Public,extremely competitive,number one in state
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:no idea,my dad is a doctor so pretty self explanatory
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

Reflection:
I thought I had a pretty decent chance of getting in because they accept a lot of people from my school and I thought my SATs show that even though I didn’t do AP classes I’m smart because I only got one question wrong on the math part of the SAT and that my school is challenging because I got a B in pre-calc.

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:no hooks,I tried to be really unique in my application
Weaknesses:my lack of AP classes last year
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I think they basically just defered everyone who wasn’t accepted
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:UDenver-Accepted,Now I’m off to apply to 17 more colleges!
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application:No clue

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[ b][ size=4][ color=#008000]Decision: Accepted into University Honors Program w/ 20k scholarship [/size]**[/color]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1530 superscored (780 M, 750 E)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (didn’t send)
SAT II: 800 M2 750 M1 740 USH 740 Chem 720 Bio E 500 Spanish (LMAO)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/370
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5 Lang 5 Physics 1 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs 1 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math and Science Teams, NHS, Robotics
Job/Work Experience: 2 research internships
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at museum, hospital, and abroad
Summer Activities: ^ some of the stuff mentioned above
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: Chem Teacher 7-8/10 History Teacher 8-9/10 (never read them, just estimating)
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LOL

Reflection

Strengths: test scores (beside Spanish), extracurriculars
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My unique research internships
Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, no sports
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: test scores (besides Spanish), extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: NYU
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: as mentioned before, the research internships

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[ b][ size=4][ color=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/size]**[/color]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750 Math, 710 English; 1460 total
ACT (breakdown): 34 English, 34 Math, 35 Reading, 36 Science; 35 total. Also, 5 on writing
SAT II: 700 Math II, 690 Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History = 3, Calc BC = 5 (5 on AB subscore), Com Sci A = 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Government/Regular Econ (only one semester each & no AP Econ offered), Adv Multimedia, Introduction to Engineering Design, Robotics. Also took PHYS 4A (1st semester calculus based Physics) at a nearby city college in the fall, in the spring I will be taking MATH 73 (Calc III) in the spring.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Program (only invited - didn’t sign up)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics, water polo, swimming
Job/Work Experience: Summer lifeguarding, Summer swim coaching
Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours which I received via a class that teaches nearby 4th graders (all HS students were the teachers)
Summer Activities: Water polo, lifeguarding, coaching, personal engineering projects
Essays: Common App, talked about how a time I struggled to drop time in swimming.
Teacher Recommendation: Signed FERPA, didn’t/couldn’t read. One was my AP Calc BC teacher from Junior year, the other was my AP Lit teacher from senior year whom I also had my sophomore year.
Counselor Rec: School counselor
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public high school (9-12th grades)
Ethnicity: white, latino, native american
Gender: male
Income Bracket: upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: I’m of latino and native american descent, helps ‘inflate’ my GPA, SAT, and ACT scores a bit.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Nope. Tried my best to show everything about me.
Weaknesses: My essays could’ve used more work, needed to trim my resume a bit.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have a lot of activities. While my GPA isn’t the biggest, I did my best to show that I had done a LOT of stuff every day.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
-Rejected: MIT
-Deferred: Boston College
-Accepted: Drexel University
-EA still waiting: Case Western Reserve University, UMiami
-Released in March: Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, NYU, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UPenn, USC
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I love Android, I’ve compiled and modified it from source code

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Deferred!!

SAT 2 (breakdown):760, 760 (1520)
SAT Subject: 760 750 750 ( MPC)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):N/A foreign high school ( 75% )
AP (place score in parenthesis):no APs
Senior Year Course Load:Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English, Psychology
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classical Guitar, Student Council, MUN, Basketball
Job/Work Experience:no
Volunteer/Community service:no
Summer Activities: completed 4 Himalayan hikes
Essays:Not sure, probably not too good
Teacher Recommendation:9/10
Counselor Rec:10/10 - read it and it couldn’t be better

State (if domestic applicant): Foreign Country
School Type:
Ethnicity:Asian Indian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: ZERO EFC ( probably influenced the decision significantly )
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

Reflection:
Was not too sure because of low school marks from Grades 9,10 and 11. Improved in 12 but maybe
too late. Rest of the stuff was not bad.

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:no hooks,I tried to be really unique in my application
Weaknesses:school marks
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:Low marks, need
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:Ole Miss, ASU, Wyoming accepted, awaiting Case tomorrow ! Many other applications pending decision ( Boston U, USC, NCSU, UNM, UVA, Tulane, UA-Huntsville, USF )
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application:US citizen schooled abroad.

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**Decision: Accepted with Honors Scholarship **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 800 CR, 800 writing; 2400 total (old SAT)
ACT (breakdown): 34 English, 34 Math, 34 Reading, 36 Science; 35 total
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Latin, 770 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Chemistry (5), Computer Science A (5), World History (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Biology, Multivariable Calc, Latin V, Multiethnic Lit (fall), Lit: Infectious Diseases (spring), Math of Democracy: Election 2016 (fall), Advanced Projects in Computer Science (spring)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, NSLI-Y China Summer Finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rowing, GSA (co-leader), pit band for school musical
Job/Work Experience: Babyistting, but I didn’t put that
Volunteer/Community service: Outdoors for All, Learn-to-row camps, service trip to run a day camp in another part of my state, worked in rowing portion of athletic/academic/leadership summer program for disadvantaged youth
Summer Activities: Volunteering (see above), studied abroad in China for 6 weeks on full scholarship
Essays: Common App, talked about scootering with my brothers/spending time with my family
Teacher Recommendation: Signed FERPA, didn’t/couldn’t read. Bet they were good though
Counselor Rec: School counselor- probably very good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private school (5-12th grades)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: High test scores, good stats
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Nope. Tried my best to show everything about me.
Weaknesses: My essays could’ve used more work, could have gotten recruited for crew but chose not to
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My academic stats were pretty strong (I think they realized that Northeastern was not my top choice, so I got the $100k over 4 years honors scholarship)
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to MIT as well
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: IDK

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Decision: Accepted with University Honors Program & Scholarship

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 C (35 E, 36 M, 31 R, 32 S); 2 sittings
SAT II: 780 (Math II), 710 (Chemistry)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 (Weighted: 4.37)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), Calculus AB (5), Chinese (4), Psychology (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics 1 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics C: M, AP Environmental Science, AP Macroeconomics, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Government, English 12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Honor Society

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Co-President), Programming Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a hospital
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
Summer Activities: Internship at the Red Cross
Essays: I’m very proud of my essay
Teacher Recommendation: Not sure
Counselor Rec: Not sure
Additional Rec: Not sure
Interview: N/A
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Computer Science and Business
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: somewhat rich
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): definitely my Common App essay and possibly major selection

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, maybe test scores
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Major, essay
Weaknesses: no “wow” factor on my application
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted probably because of stats, major, and essay
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted @ University of the Pacific, Case Western, SDSU; I have yet to hear from the UCs, USC, U of Miami, and WashU in St. Louis
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: literally nothing

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[ b][ size=4][ color=#008000]Decision: Accepted Dean scholarship [/size]**[/color]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): comp 33, Eng 31, M 32, Reading 36,
Science 34
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.47 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/399
AP (place score in parenthesis): HGeo (5), WHis (4),
Pys1 (4), AP ENG LANG (4), US HIST (5), CHEM (3),
Latin (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP US GOV, AP Calc BC,
AP Phy2, AP Comp Sci, Hon Eng
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with
Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: yes
Volunteer/Community service: minimal
Summer Activities:
Essays: ok
Teacher Recommendation: ? Good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket:

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application:

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**Decision: Accepted **

                    **College of Engineering**

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 33 (33 Math, 33 Science, 33 Reading, 33 English, 33 Writing)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t send any, but I’ve take AP HGeo (2), AP Chem (3), AP Lang (4), APUSH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Chinese, Hon. Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many to list, but I have lots of leadership positions.
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ community service hours
Summer Activities: I have studied abroad in both China and Taiwan
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Probably ACT and extracurriculars
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to emphasize my travel experience (I sent in a study abroad certificate as a part of the supplementary material)
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed a lot of interest when our admissions counselor visited, and talked to her again at a college fair.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UGA, FSU, Minnesota. Deferred from Tulane. Rejected from Tufts (ED) :frowning:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Probably my study abroad certificate since I studied in Taiwan for the whole month of June.

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ACCEPTED EA, COLLEGE of ARTS, MEDIA & DESIGN

No merit aid offered initially, but then letter dated 12/19 appeared with a Northeastern Achievement Award of 10K/year starting in the sophomore year.

Objective:

SAT I: 1480: 730V/750M
SAT II: 710 Bio(M), 760 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, but Guaranteed UC Status proves it must be within top 9%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Bio (4), APUSH (4), Lang (5), Calc BC (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics, AP CompSci, Chamber Chorale & Jazz Choir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Lots of performing arts, especially choir but also dance, band, & pit for musical theater.

Volleyball, both varsity and club, with two all-league awards. 1 season Varsity Track & Field, 1 season JV Swim
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Tri-M music honor society, Freshman Orientation group leader
Summer Activities: Summer volleyball, French immersion, BU summer HS honors program, community college architectural modeling class.
Essays: Common App personal statement about choir, Portfolio essay about creative process
Teacher Recommendation: Presumably solid rec from AP Lang teacher, likely stellar rec from choir teacher who has known applicant in multiple settings since 7th grade
Counselor Rec: Hopefully good, as both student and parent questionnaires were completed with as much helpful info as possible, but counselors have huge caseloads and don’t know students well.
Additional Rec: Summer ArchMod professor
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Admitted to Urban Landscape, but considering requesting change to CompSci+Design
State: CA
School Type: Public, performing arts magnet
Ethnicity: Eurasian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: too high for need-based aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Visited campus, inquired about Urban Landscape major w/ faculty/staff. Emphasized creativity, versatility, interdisciplinary focus
Weaknesses: Not a ton of “leadership cred.” Portfolio could have been stronger. (Submitting it on the due date, while the presidential election results were rolling in, was not the most fun evening ever :smiley: )
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Solid across the board - scores/grades/EC’s - and showed strong interest in NU and good fit for interdisciplinary program with mix of academic/theoretical foundation and creative application of knowledge base.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: So far, also accepted at U of Hawaii. UC’s and some more private U’s still pending.