***Official Northeastern University Class of 2021 Regular Decision Applicants Results ONLY***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
1021

Decision:Deferred
and then
Decision:Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 650/610/20
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):up
ACT (breakdown): don’t remember, overall score of 27
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA:3.91 (my school’s gpa system is pretty messed up)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30? as mentioned above, the gpa system is pretty messed up, hence so will the rank. essentially, people with worse grades have higher gpas then me??
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lang(4) (no other AP were offered)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Design communication, ceramics, AP Lit, AP Calc, Macro (took all the courses there are last year so this year was chill)
Number of other EA applicants in your school:1, she got in
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Three national art competitions, placed 1st, 4th and then in top 15. Also, regional awards for my artwork, ceramics
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): honor roll, principals role?

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): A lot of art classes throughout high school; I swam for seven years. Did Mathematics Research at upenn, took calculus at upenn, took philosophy at upenn, took a foundation art class at pennsylvania academy of fine arts, took courses at a local community college, did yearbook throughout high school
Job/Work Experience: worked as an assistant architect, worked as a photographer
Volunteer/Community Service:none
Summer Experience: mathematics research at penn and work

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays: 7? Im not sure, I compared my life to an Eulerian graph, and basically talked about limits to my life; I liked the parallel image of my life and a graph, but can’t be really objective on this, I submitted it so clearly means that I liked it haha

Teacher Recommendation #1:5? super generic. but since he was my art teacher, and I was applying for arts it made sense for him to send it? I thought it was very generic, but it’s just my humble opinion
Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read it bus assume it was an 8? He was my honors chemistry teacher
Counselor Rec: Generic, can’t even rate it He writes the same thing for every single student.
Additional Info/Rec: My mom was diagnosed with cancer so I put is as the reason why I missed 30% of school (still maintained straight As), also kind of explains smy low sat scores
Interview: didn’t have
Art Supplement: pretty confident in my art

Other

Date Submitted App: nov1?
U.S. State/Territory or Country:Philadelphia, but considered international
School Type: public art school
Ethnicity: asian, vietnamese/polish
Gender:female
Income Bracket Range:<25k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): first generation, sick mom and still having straight As, very successful in my art life, take classes at penn and maintain a 3.8 gpa there

Reflection

Strengths: my art, rigorous courses at penn, Im a viet girl, born in Poland, who lives in the us
Weaknesses:my ethnicity, and sat scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:sat scores? im asian?
What would you have done differently?: ahh probably studied for sats?
Where else did you apply? upenn, temple, drexel

**Other Factors: **

General Comments & Advice: I’m not sure if NU is hollistic. I want to believe that my circumstances explained my low sat scores? Also, If i get a B+ in my calc class at penn, a 650 on my math sat shouldn’t be an indicator of whether I know math or not lol. I applied for architecture. I would suggest those who are applying for competitive majors but don’t have super strong test scores: apply for a different major. pick the least competitive major there is that kind of suits your resume. Once you’re in you can switch, but you need to be in first! (I wish someone told me that before I submitted my app!)

1022

not to be salty but i think neu are too focused on standardize test scores, i don’t believe they holistically review apps

1023

@airfire1928 I agree but I don’t blame them with over 50k applications. How realistic is for them to all be reviewed holistically? I think the smaller schools can do this.

1024

@airfire1928 Honestly, in my case I think it was a good holistic review. My gpa (weighted) is a 4.0, and my ACT super scored is only a 30, which is generally low for northeastern.

1025

@alli3fire that’s true haha
@castlehes oh congrats!!! maybe im just salty that i didn’t get in haha

1026

@airfire1928 In my case, I got a terrible 3.45 uw gpa as an Asian international (Northeastern doesn’t review international students’ Standardized Test. I scored a 1480 New SAT tho)

So it’s pretty much just my gpa with my activities/essay that helped me in. I think it’s holistic.

1027

So excited I got accepted!! In all honesty, congrats to everyone who got in, and my condolences for all those who were waitlisted/rejected. It is a grueling process for all and just always keep your head up. Does anyone know the statistics for accepted, waitlisted, rejected, applicant, etc? I’m just curious. Thanks!

1028

@allallj ah see I had a good gpa but a average act score! I really thought my essay would get me in but I guess not haha

1029

@airfire1928 No worries :slight_smile: many decisions still haven’t been released and you definitely have a shot on those. What are other schools you applied to? I’m waiting for NYU.

1030

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

Econ major in college of social sciences and humanities
[ b]Objective:[/b
]
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): M:610 CR:650 W:660
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A single sitting
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, British school
Weighted GPA: N/A, British school
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, school does not rank
AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
IB (place score in parentheses): 34 overall prediction with core. HL: Econ (6) Bio (5) Chem (4) SL: Maths (5) English LAL (6) French (7)
Senior Year Course Load: all of the above
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None really…
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Also kind of none…

[ b]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: SO MUCH
Summer Experience: None

[ b]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):**

Essays:

Teacher Recommendation #1: Econ teacher, likes me, should have been good maybe around a 7
Teacher Recommendation #2: French teacher, loves me, probably an 8/9
Counselor Rec: Likely to be generic but still good so maybe 7
Additional Info/Rec: none
Interview: none
Art Supplement: none

[ b]Other**

Date Submitted App: On the deadline
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Living in the UAE
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: 250k+, full pay
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): No idea

[ b]Reflection**

Strengths: IB?, also someone from my school was accepted EA
Weaknesses: SAT scores, not as many extra curricular apart from volunteering as most people tend to apply and go to Britain where it is not held in such a position of importance
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have no idea, wasn’t expecting this but so thankful!
What would you have done differently?: Got better SAT scores
Where else did you apply?: Waiting for: Barnard, USC, NYU, BU, AU, UCLA, UCB, UCI, UCSB,
Accepted to: SCU, UCD, LMU
UK: City University of London, University of Essex, Coventry University, University of Leicester, University of Reading
Rejected from: UCSD, UCSC

1031

@allallj I’m waiting on NYU and Boston University!!

1032

Got accepted to the abroad program!!!

I’m from California and here were my stats:
ACT: 28 (29 Eng. 33 Math, 24 Reading 24 Science 24 Writing)
GPA: 3.7 unweighted, 3.95 weighted
EC: Ive been working for two years, did varsity sports frosh/soph years, not much volunteer, summer camp counselor two years
Other things: Jewish, White, Male, Gay (but didn’t put that on my app because I solely want to be judged by my worth in other areas and not by my sexuality as well as other things), low income, had family attend Northeastern I go to a highly acclaimed high school in San Diego, Essay was not the greatest considering I edited it some more before I applied to other schools.

I honestly think the reason I got in was because I put down I was willing to go abroad because it broadened (pun intended) my chances for flexibility. Congratulations to everyone that got in and my condolences to whoever got rejected. Always remember that there are thousands of people vying for a limited amount of spots so its not that you aren’t what they were looking for, its that there weren’t enough spots.

Other schools I applied to: UCLA, UCSB, UCSC, UCD, UC Berkeley, Boston, NYU, Tulane, Syracuse, Boulder, and Michigan

1033

S got accepted to business. 3.95 u and 4.2 w, 7ap, 2160 old sat, amazing leadership and ec. Offered 10k sophomore year… based on cost and other acceptances, NE is off the table. Good luck to all.

1034

Got accepted into the abroad program! :slight_smile: just curious anyone know how many people get admitted into N.U.in?

1035

i got admitted to the program too

1036

Decision: Accepted to D’Amore-McKim School of Business
SAT: 2220 (700 CR, 720 M, 800 W)
SAT II (subject, score): Didn’t send them in with my app, didn’t need them
GPA: 3.33 uw, 4.0 w
Rank: N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lang(4), AP Chinese (3), AP World History (5), AP Environmental Science (3), AP US History (4), AP Calculus (3)
Senior Year Course Load: Finite Math (Very shallow intro to different types of math) + Statistics (Semester); AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Comp Sci, Physics, a religion class (Catholic school) - quite easy with some AP’s still, first sem grades were decent
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, our school version of an honor roll, NHS, CSF, President’s Volunteer Service Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Very spread out over different interests: Japan Club (President, VP, Publicist), NHS (Treasurer); ASB Homeroom Rep (1 year); TASC Service (our school’s leadership for social justice…Catholic school things); Assistant Stage Manager (+tech theatre for 3 years); Track&Field (Varsity, 4 years); Basketball (1 year, frosh team); Cross-Country (JV, 1 year); Robotics (2 years); probably some other stuff I’m forgetting
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered as a TA at my Chinese school (3 years, that’s where I got PVSA)
Summer Experience: None really, did some volunteering at a kids math place

Essays: Not too sure but the grammar/vocab was pretty good?
Teacher Recs: Not sure, not super close w/ my teachers
Counselor Rec: Not sure, don’t really know my counselors well plus our admissions counselor is good at talking but very generically
Interview: nope

U.S. State/Territory or Country: OOS - California
School Type: Private Catholic school
Ethnicity: Chinese/Taiwanese
Gender: F

Comments: I thank NE for looking over my pretty bad GPA, I do think they review holistically because they looked at my SAT’s and extracurriculars too; I definitely think my wide range of extracurriculars and sheer amount of them helped

1037

@airfire1928 me too!

1038

“we received more than 54,000 applications for an incoming class of only 2,800 and are unable to offer admission to many well-qualified applicants due to space limitations.”

So if they accept about 28% —> 15,120 acceptances. Their yield is about 19% —> class size of about 2873.

1039

S got waitlisted… 3.65 uw/4.0 wtd; 1390 new SAT. Lots of ECs & sports & leadership.

He’s not super upset, I think pride is wounded b/c he thought he had a good shot, but it’s not a top choice (he really liked it in 11th gr, but other schools, including one he is already in at, had already surpassed it). 2 of his classmates who really want to go to NU got in, so he’s happy he didn’t take a spot from one of them.

Good luck – reading the stats, applicants to NU are going to do great no matter where they go!

1040

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):na
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):n/a
ACT (breakdown):33
ACT superscore (breakdown):34 (33M 33E 36R 33S 8 essay)
SAT II (subject, score):n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Weighted GPA:4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):14%
AP (place score in parentheses): school does mostly dual enrollment
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Physic, Stats, Calc, English 122, Bio 112 (all dual enrollment) and AP Euro
Number of other EA applicants in your school:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
Student of the Year for English
Honor Roll every semester

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):

Experience in day-trading electronic currencies and creating a pretty big return, around 70%(both luck and a ton of research were involved) (11-12)
Link Leaders (11-12)
Shadowed a surgeon (12)
Varsity Baseball (10-12)
Schools Bowling Team

Job/Work Experience:
Baseball Umpire (10-12)
Work part time at a restaurant (11-12)

Volunteer/Community Service:
400 hours volunteering at a hospital

Summer Experience:

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays:8/10

Teacher Recommendation #1: Biology teacher 8.5/10
Teacher Recommendation #2:Anatomy teacher and coach 8/10
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview: none
Art Supplement:

Other

Date Submitted App: 1/31
U.S. State/Territory or Country:midwest
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket Range:200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): no

Reflection

Strengths: test scores?
Weaknesses: Showed a lack of interest with no hooks. Not in the top 10% of my class
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I think it was a combination of me not being a perfect match for them, a last minute application
What would you have done differently?: I definitely would have spent more time on the essay and should have shown more interest. I guess you learn the hard way.
Where else did you apply?

**Other Factors: **

General Comments & Advice:
I cant wait to hear back from the other schools, but things aren’t looking too good for me.