Official northeastern university regular decision thread, class of 2016

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<p>This is for posting decisions only.</p>

<p>(Choose one):</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other*
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection*
[ ] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[li] School Type:[/li][ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted INTO HONORS PROGRAM!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): R: 530, M: 620, W:610 (1780!!!)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t submit but I had 500s
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 18.5% (highest possible)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 40. Business- 7, Geography-6, Design & Technology-6, Math-6, English-6, Chinese-6
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swimming captain, represented Hong Kong in British Council Environmental Conference, President of Environmental Alliance, CEO of Junior Achievement, Head of Marketing- Call + Response
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I own my own photography company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours award Gold, 100 hours silver award, 50 hours brown (2)
[</em>] Summer Activities: UPenn Wharton Summer Program
[<em>] Essays: About my photography company and how I shoot international models
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I guess
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant):[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: International Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half American, half Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: My photography business, high IB score, interesting extra-curriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT!!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from UPenn (legacy), Chicago (what was I thinking to apply to them…), deferred from Michigan, Virginia (dream), waiting on UCLA, UT-Austin, North Carolina, Fordham, Emory, USC, Wash U</p>

<p>General Comments: I started getting scared because of my low SAT, Northeastern is my safety, really risky, I know, but so happy I got in!</p>

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<p>Bubbly, did you really get into Northeastern and their honors program? NU is my top choice, and I have a 1780. I applied RD. Also, congrats!</p>

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<p>Test scores are not considered for international applicants. Congratulations!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted! In Honors College w/ Dean’s Scholarship</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200, (770M, 710W, 720 CR)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 680 USH, 660 Chem, 780 Math II</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.6 W</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% / 206</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3) US History (4) Lang and Comp (5) Calculus (1, LOL)</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Biology, Guitar, Economics, French @ Community College, Art @ Community College</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Many nat’l dance awards, DAR Good Citizen, Other school and local awards for leadership, Mock Trial and JSA Awards</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (President), Dance Team (President), Student Government (JR and SR class President), Model UN (Founder), Competitive Dance for 12 years (Highest Company Member), Mock Trial (Prosecution Attorney), O Squad (Link Leader)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp (4 years), Dance Teacher (6 years), Private Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (4 years), National Honors Society (3 years), Unpaid ELS Tutor (2 years), Animal Shelter Volunteer (2 years)… I have over 700 cumulative hours</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Junior Guards, International Leadership Training Program, Summer school at Georgetown for International Relations, Dance Intensives in LA and Las Vegas</p>

<p>Essays: I loved them both… short answer was about dance and what it meant to me as an art, physical activity, performance, creative opportunity, etc. and one was about the contrast between my fathers values and my eccentric town’s values… set over a tuesday night dinner (it was kinda funny… my fathers a character)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: I’ve known both teachers for almost three years and really respect them… I also aided for one and the other wrote me a previous recommendation for the Georgetown program… so I think they were both excellent.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: I love my counselor she’s the coolest and she took a very personal and in depth approach to my rec… so I think it was awesome.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):[CA] Country (if international applicant):[</em>] School Type: Uncompetitive Public High School
[ *] Ethnicity: White and Native American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket: >500,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Even though I am technically a URM I don’t think it factored into my decisions at all, I’m non enrolled and my heritage was never embraced… it’s just by blood
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Academics, ACT score, Leadership, Dance training
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT II’s
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I had a solid app and was well above the 75th percentile
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is the first feedback I’ve received
[ b]General Comments: I’m so happy to finally say that I can go to college next year! Wooohooo!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted with Dean’s Scholarship!
Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1600 (CR: 520, W: 540 and M: 540
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.63 (very very competitive school)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted score: 16/20 (I’m in the OIB which is Option International Baccalaur</p>

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<p>why i didn’t get my letter yet? my SAT is 1820 (2400) 1270(1600) GPA 3.5
International Student study in MA</p>

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<p>Yes I did! Such a relief, because I got rejected and deferred elsewhere, still waiting on 7 schools.</p>

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<p>Wait… How are they releasing decisions? I though early April?</p>

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<p>They only sent out acceptances for the top 10% of applicants so it’s relatively unusual to have received a decision by now, don’t worry if you haven’t gotten anything</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted Honors Program + Scholarship</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1970
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: spanish (680) math (670) biology (660)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): world history (3) biology (3) chemistry (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, calculus, philosophy, law, drama
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): soccer, track, mun, choir, play
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 25hrs a year
[<em>] Essays: My essays were probably my strongest part of the application
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): ontario, canada
[</em>] School Type: private, preparatory
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>]Income Bracket: 200,000-250,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): international traveller, incredibly motivated about medicine
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: unique and passionate application
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted- acadia, waterloo
[/ul]
General Comments:
I got a $10,000 scholarship which is great but the tuition is so friggin expensive I can barely appreciate it :s</p>

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<p>Do you guys think there’s still more decisions waiting to be released? I was sure I would be in the top 10% of applicants (97.96 GPA / 2230 SAT)…</p>

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<p>of course, there are still the rest of the regular acceptances to be given out
I think that the people elected for the honors program were chosen not based solely on grades but on motivation and potential success and how well they would thrive in a stressful academic environment i.e people really passionate and ready to jump into any situation</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors Program + Dean’s Scholarship)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (CR: 800, M: 700, W: 750)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Korean, 750 Literature, 720 USH, 570 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.0, 3.7 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 64/1015
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (2), U.S. History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP U.S. Government, AP Psychology, Student Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just local/school awards for leadership and music.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (3 years), Key Club (4 years), Youth Group leader at church (3 years), Marching Band/Wind Ensemble (2 years), and music on my own (played the same instrument since 6th grade; performed at Carnegie Hall in a national honor band earlier this month)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of volunteer/community service opportunities through Student Government, like fundraisers for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the American Red Cross for victims of the Haiti and Japan earthquakes. Also tutored elementary school kids in 11th grade.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Went on mission trip to Mexico (August 2010), helped gain support for smoke-free parks that led to the first public health ordinance in my city (July-November 2011)
[</em>] Essays: Explained my family’s circumstances and how I dealt with some of the tough times we’ve had. Tried not to make it too much of a sob story.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them, but I think they were just average.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t read.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>]Income Bracket: Less than $35,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, music accomplishments, and perfect score on CR?
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and not very many AP courses prior to senior year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They must have seen something in my essay that they liked.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of the Pacific, University of Florida, and Trinity University. Waiting on UCLA, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, University of Rochester, New York University, and a few others.
[/ul]
General Comments: I’m really happy about my acceptance. I didn’t expect to be part of the Honors program due to my low grades, but my counselor explained my personal circumstances in his report. I also received a generous financial aid package.</p>

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<p>does the application status page look the same for when you are selected? Mine still just lists my documents.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted with University Scholars Program**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M, 800 CR, 790 W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math 2 (740), Biology (740)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (5), Physics SL (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Biology SL, Science Research
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, regional science research awards, Rotary club award
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literary Magazine (Editor in Chief), Newspaper (Layout Editor), Model UN, RESEARCH!
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Unique “disease” foundation, 2 years nursing home
[ *] Summer Activities: Research
[ *] Essays: pretty good, but not unique. About how I grew up through research
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Teacher knew me well, guessing good
[ *] Counselor Rec: She likes me, knows me well
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Small public
[ *] Ethnicity: Did not indicate on app, still obviously Asian (languages spoken, parent’s school)
[ *] Gender: F
[ ]Income Bracket: mid-upper middle class
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: I think research played a big role, particularly with University scholar program
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT II scores
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was one of my safeties
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Drexel, SUNY Stony Brook, Waitlisted at Harvard
[ b]General Comments: I’m so nervous to hear from all the other colleges I applied to!</p>

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<p>I just got my acceptance today and applied for regular decision.
I’m surprised that i got my acceptance today considering i checked on their website and said that notifications will be posted by April 1st.</p>

<p>This is what it says:
On behalf of the Admission Committee, I am pleased to offer you admission to the 115th entering class at Northeastern University. Your admission is a testament to both your academic and personal achievements.</p>

<p>What does that even mean? Like i’m the 115th student to enter the class of 2016??</p>

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<p>Northeastern opened 115 years ago, each year that entering class is that previous years number plus 1. Did you get honors? Why’d you hear so early?</p>

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<p>NEU2017 - I applied for RD and i did not apply for honors as well. I checked my email today and it said that my admission status was available and i logged in and said i was accepted. I’m a little confuse why i got it so early as well.</p>

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<p>early?</p>

<p>I had applied RD, my documents went in early jan… and on 22nd Feb, I got an email saying that my decision was available…</p>

<p>I got in, (Honors and Scholar’s Program aswell)</p>

<p>So I think, its just that the decisions have already started to come out…</p>

<p>NEU was my safety but after the Honors+Scholar’s Program it has shot up in list…Ill have to seriously give it thought while comparing my admits…</p>

<p>For Stats:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1266957-chance-me-harvard-penn-cornell-brown.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1266957-chance-me-harvard-penn-cornell-brown.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I wouldnt mind a reply there either… (:</p>