Official northeastern university regular decision thread, class of 2016

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
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<p>ACCEPTED!!</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 640CR 660M 670W
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/864
AP (place score in parenthesis): I’ve taken 12…
Senior Year Course Load: AP physics, AP calc BC, AP Macro/Micro, AP Lit, Yearbook, Spanish
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Multicultural Club, Soccer Manager, Band, Yearbook Editor, Newspaper Editor, Extensive family responsibilities
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, Several other projects through NHS
Essays: Growing up with a disabled mother
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them
Counselor Rec: Very good!
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Strengths: GPA, EC’s
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure, but very happy!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Macalester, University of Washington, American University, and others… waitlisted: Brandeis</p>

<p>General Comments:
I really was expecting to get waitlisted so I’m happy! They gave me a decent amount of aid but I still have more to come so I have no idea where I’m going yet!</p>

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<p>Wait listed
Rank: 2/200 30 ACT 1960 SAT
plenty of ec’s and good essays
Kinda shocked at how many people with significantly lower stats got in
Neu’s loss</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 740 W, 630 M - 2130 composite
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): … top 40%? I think?
AP (place score in parenthesis): Literature (5), En. Science (4), Government (5), Psych, Composition
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp, AP Psych, Stats, Chinese Culture, Economics, Speech and Debate
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, National Forensics League Recognition, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (captain, State placeholder 2x, National Qualifier 2x), Fencing (taught club sabre, qualified to the Junior Olympics), International Club, Poetry Club, Volunteer Work, Northwest Youth Corps, NaNoWriMo, Student Tutor of the humanities… more but I’m lazy.
Job/Work Experience: Northwest Youth Corps (trail work/backcountry work), Student Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Schools Foundation phone drive, lots of debate stuff, trail/outdoor work, Food Bank volunteer
Essays: Excellent. They made several people cry.
Teacher Recommendation: 1 great, 1 unknown (but assumed excellent, she thinks I’m brilliant)
Counselor Rec: Probably generic.
Interview: None.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: International Studies.
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon.
School Type: Public, silver medal.
Ethnicity: Pakistani and Caucasian.
Gender: Female.
Income Bracket: ~80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM (?)
Reflection
Strengths: My essay, interest, EC’s (debate), and SAT scores.
Weaknesses: GPA.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay was about overcoming a childhood physical disability, I have set goals, good SAT’s, very strong EC’s, and I showed lots of interest.
Accepted to: Lewis and Clark, University of San Fran, University of the Pacific, American, University of Oregon, Portland State University
General Comments: I got 21K in grants and the 10K excellence scholarship. NEU wasn’t high on my list, b ut that has changed.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31 (31E 34M 28R 31S), 32 superscored (31R)
[</em>] SAT II: 730 U.S. History, 660 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.19
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History 5, Statistics 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Government/Economics, English 4, AP French, AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, Web Design
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (2 years), Track & Field (1 year), Volunteer at science museum (2 years), Peer Tutor (1 year, but forgot to put on application)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at science museum (10th grade – present)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship at science museum
[<em>] Essays: Okay, not fantastic.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but should have been very good. Was from my Calc teacher who loves me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, probably average.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] School Type: Very rigorous public school, approx 1300 students
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, quite clearly
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably the teacher recommendation and test scores.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ll just say that this is the first non-rejection from the 5 admission decisions I’ve gotten.[/ul][/li]General Comments: It feels so amazing to receive one letter that isn’t a rejection, even for a school that I probably won’t attend. You have no idea.</p>

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

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

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):600 reading 660 math 700 writing
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:660 US History, 660 Korean
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7, weighted 4.17
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geography (4), AP European Hist (3), AP Lang and Comp (3), AP US History (4), AP Econ Macro and Micro (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Government and Politics, AP Comparative, Ap Biology, AP Lit, Psychology, and Chinese
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m not so sure on major awards but I got awards in like AP Scholar with Distinction, Principal’s List, Honor Roll, etc.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Harpist for various retirement homes, Varsity Captain of Girls’ Golf team, President/Founder of Invisible Children (on campus), Secretary of Science Club, Active members in Campus Christian Club, NHS, CSF, Church leader/usher
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ playing harp in retirement homes, a chinese teacher/assistant at a local Chinese teaching church to little Chinese-American kids, an assistant to a Korean elementary school in Korea teaching English
[ *] Summer Activities: I went to Korea this past summer at a intercultural language program where you learn more about your homeland and its culture. The summer before that, I went to Korea and volunteered at a Korean elementary school as an assistant of an English class.
[ *] Essays: Pretty decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I’m not sure; we’re not allowed to read them
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be good, because my counselor and I are really tight.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ ]Income Bracket: 100,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: ecs/gpa/essays
[ *] Weaknesses: my mid year report, SAT score
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I really think I got waitlisted because my mid year report was really bad. Maybe my SAT score really screwed me over. I really don’t get why I didnt get in.
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted into UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, rejected by none
[ b]General Comments: Northeastern was supposed to my back up school if anything happened, but I’m actually surprised/angry at my decision from here. I feel like since I didn’t get into a not so good (rank-wise) school, I skeptical for my decisions from other schools.</p>

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<p>Not attacking those who got admitted (I am only criticizing the admissions department), I am going to second a recent post and say that I am shocked at how people with high qualifications are wait listed or rejected while those with, let’s say, for instance, 7 ACT points less are accepted (I am not ignoring other factors either). I understand that there were a plethora of applicants and space was limited, but even that circumstance is no justification for such nonsense.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (650W, 650R, 690M)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish (my school doesn’t really do unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Comp (4), US History (3) haha i sucked in APUSH
[li] Senior Year Course Load: French 10, Physics, Gov, Econ, AP Lit, AP Stat, Honors Theatre Directing[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance, Theatre, Link Crew, Tennis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:volunteer at Youth Leadership Institute
[</em>] Summer Activities: various MT summer camps, NYU Tisch Summer High School
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, I think
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea, aren’t we not supposed to see these?
[li] Interview: N/A[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]</p>

<p>**Congrats to everyone who got in! To everyone who didn’t, I’m so sorry :frowning: **</p>

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<p>@cub123456, I know exactly what you’re saying. Reading from other waitlisted posts, they should seriously not be waitlisted. I got waitlisted and it’s just a real confidence de-booster. Seeing that I got in UCSD and other various schools (UCs), I really expected an acceptance. Now, I’m really not looking forward to getting my decisions from my other private schools :/</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 600 CR 650 M 700 W (1950)
[</em>]ACT: 30 Composite 33 E 31 R 29 M 27 S
[<em>]SAT II: Math I 700
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.15 UW/3.71 W (this may have helped…)
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Something crappy…
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Gov (4), US History (4), World History (3), Taking: AP Stat (not going to try…) US Gov (most likely 5, really easy) Human Geography (Also probably 5)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: All honors/APs consisting of Stat, English and a bunch of social studies classes.
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Yeah…no.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (Captain/President, 2 years), Tutor, Baseball, Jeopardy Regional Tryouts twice, nationally recognized environmentalist club member, Teaching Assistant.
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Petsitter for the neighbors…
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Food drives, raise awareness of political issues in town council.
[<em>]Summer Activities: Summer classes…
[</em>]Essays: Probably decent…decent enough to get me onto the waitlist, considering my grades were crap.
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers who wrote my recs liked me a lot, so I assume they were pretty good.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I’ve probably talked with him more than most students in my grade, so I’m sure he had good things to say.
[<em>]Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>]Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Top Public
Ethnicity: Whiter than Snow.
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m about as unhooked as one could be.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: None? lol.
Weaknesses: Grades, lack of great extracurriculars.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure to be honest. I was expecting a rejection after seeing all these over-qualified people getting waitlisted. Thanks?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Bryant, UDenver, Drexel, UNC Charlotte. Waitlisted at Bentley and NEU, Rejected at Babson, Rochester, Ursinus (turned in essay late, had no interest in going really.), Dickinson (not sure why…probably grades). Waiting for American and Boston U.</p>

<p>General Comments: I wish good luck to everyone in their future endeavors. May the waitlist strike gold in my favor, and I guess yours…but not really. I really want to go to Northeastern more than any other school on my list.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (760CR 660M 640W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 660MII, 580CHEM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I took the GCE A Levels…and I have no idea how to convert this.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: GCE A Levels ^^
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Concert Band for 6 years (Section Leader, Treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: nothing when I submitted the application
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: wrote about a band trip to hong kong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: according to my teacher, they were really good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably good as well
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): um idk? i’m an american studying in a local S’pore school and taking their curriculum, maybe that makes me unique</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my background, essay, teacher recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: A Level grades heh
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea to be honest. They actually lost my transcripts and I forgot about it…but hey I guess they found them in the end.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, UofO, University at Buffalo
W: UCONN
R: UCSC, UCD, UCSB, UMass - Amherst, Syracuse </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
This was really unexpected, along w my UCSD acceptance…still hoping for BU tho (:</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Overall: 2060 (M- 700 CR- 650 W-710)
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 (4.1 W)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), US History (4), Lang (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Econ Honors, Gov Honors, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, Law Studies, Holocaust, Astronomy Honors, AP Literature
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NHS/ NJHS
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts, Diversity Council (Historian), Peer Mentoring club-Similar to Big Sister/ Little Sister (Secretary), History Honor Society (Historian), Speech and Debate
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly through Girl Scouts, Library Volunteer work, Teacher’s Assistant
[ *] Summer Activities: Girl Scout Projects
[ *] Essays: I think they were creative. My essay was actually about Harry Potter lol
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I’m sure they said good things but I don’t think the teachers put the time into them that they should have
[ *] Counselor Rec: Meh. Average
[ ] Additional Rec:-------
[ ] Interview: -------
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Nationally recognized/ top school in the state
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ ]Income Bracket: Not sure exactly but like upper-middle class
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): showed strong interest in major and in Northeastern, itself…Girl Scouts was also probably a big hook for me as well as being in a gifted school.
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Test scores, essays, volunteer work
[ *] Weaknesses: UW GPA, probably teacher recs
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea…
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hofstra, Florida Atlantic University
[ b]General Comments:
My first choice school! I’m so excited</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: N/A
ACT: 34
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I have no idea.
Weighted GPA (out of 6.0): 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): all of my tests this year will be IB exams so i will have scores soon
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Mathematics, IB HL English, IB HL History, IB HL Biology, IB SL Economics, IB SL Spanish, IB TOK</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too many to type
Job/Work Experience: Counselor for 2 years at a summer camp
Volunteer/Community service: lots and lots
Summer Activities: counselor for 2 years
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: teacher writes the best rec in the school. only writes 5 a year. im assuming its amazing
Counselor Rec: probably good. she doesnt know me that well
Additional Rec:
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
Accepted: Vanderbilt, College of William and Mary, UF
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: None so far. still waiting on the small envelope for yale and harvard :p</p>

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<p>Hi, I used to teach at NEU and I wanted to offer these reminders to people who are disappointed they didn’t get in, or that they’re waitlisted. Because of the coop program, NEU has a school calendar that’s different from those at other schools. This means that students go to school during the summer term a few times during their college career; they may move off campus to do coop jobs in other cities (or to live at home and save money on R&B); and they get their BA/BS in 5 years rather than 4. All of this affects friendships that students make with classmates/roommates who may have different coop schedules, as well as the time that they spend at home. (That is, they could spend MORE time living at home while working a coop job near home, and they don’t get the full summers off as their friends from other colleges do.)</p>

<p>Of course the coop experience can be helpful to students in terms of giving them real-world work experience, but this depends on your major and the actual coop job you get. I knew some students who had coop jobs that weren’t very helpful to their eventual career paths. I also know (and work with) alumni of other colleges without coop who had really helpful internships during their time in college. If you were really attracted to the coop program, choose a college with good internship opportunities and pursue them, and you’ll do just as well in less time.</p>

<p>I just wanted to add some perspective, because not being accepted to NEU (or any college that’s your dream college) is not the end of the world! NEU has been after students with higher GPAs and SAT/ACT scores for the past 10 (or more?) years, and its popularity during a recession, when people are more focused on how college can help them get into a job, has allowed them to become even more selective AND popular. It’s a nice school in a nice location, but it’s not the best match for all students.</p>

<p>Best wishes to you all!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Superscore: 2070 (650 CR, 660 W, 760 M)
[</em>] ACT: not taken
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 640, Math I 690, Spanish 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.33
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, Spanish, PR History, Ethics, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Micro, AP Macro, Calculus, and a community service class (intense)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Class Coordinator, School Coordinator) Entrepreneurship Club (Co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer) Model United Nations, Peer Minister (retreats), Math Club (President), Spirit Committee (President), Engineering Club, Presidential Scholar nominee
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 weeks at a cheese factory in Colombia
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Constant community service since 10th grade, about 50+ hours per semester. Also spent a summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil teaching English to kids
[<em>] Summer Activities: Northeastern College Credit Courses ← definitely helped a lot
[</em>] Essays: pretty good, was about my experience in Brazil
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul][ b]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Puerto Rico
[<em>] School Type: private, Jesuit
[</em>] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Reflection
[li] Strengths: SAT (for Puerto Rico, it’s pretty good), senior courseload, community service[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: GPA (a bit of a downward trend)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lucky me :stuck_out_tongue:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted : PSU, Purdue, Catholic, Babson, UMass Amherst. Deferred UMich
General Comments:
Major Applied to: Industrial Engineering</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted!!**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (CR 640 M 680 W 660)
[ *] ACT:28
[ *] SAT II: MII 700 Lit 640
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.47
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Psych: 5,
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: taking AP Stat, AP Calc, & AP Lit (Senior year UW GPA: 4.02)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Started SADD chapter, interned at MIT
[ *] Job/Work Experience:worked at bakery for 2+ years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life
[ *] Summer Activities:Intership/work
[ *] Essays:Good. Wrote about baking my first apple pie :wink:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec:very good
[ ] Additional Rec:none
[ ] Interview:none
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):MA
[ *] School Type:Nationally ranked public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:female
[ ]Income Bracket:don’t know
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:Started a club, very good senior grades
[ *] Weaknesses:SATs, GPA
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:no idea!
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Rejected NYU. Accepted: Northeastern, American, Babson, UMass Amherst, Pace
[ b]General Comments: I didn’t get any money… but I still really want to go!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 M:690 R: 680 W:680
[</em>] SAT II: Math I: 700 Math II: 580 Chem: 610
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 47/352
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 so far, 4 this year. (self studied 2 last year and took one soph year which usually isn’t allowed), AP Scholar Award
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: hard ■■■■■
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NYU-poly inno/vention 3rd place
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST robotics team captain/creator, NHS and Key Club officer, misc
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked in the govt for 2 summers, weapons software
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS and Key Club
[<em>] Summer Activities: see jobs
[</em>] Essays: about tech club and text
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good I suppose
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): pfft</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: female? I liked my essay…
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa/rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: :))
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at drexel rejected at MIT and Columbia, waiting for all the others next weeeeeeek</p>

<p>General Comments: 12K connections scholarship~~</p>

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<p>Accepted with 42k a year! SAT: 2280, GPA: 4.92/5.0, first gen student, plenty of extracurrics</p>

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<p>I agree. It seems that a lot of people who were waitlisted had significantly higher stats than some who were accepted…it just doesn’t make sense to me.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 770 W, 700 M - 2140
SAT II: Spanish 760, Latin 730
ACT: 30
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25 out of 402
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang Comp (5) US History (3) Latin Vergil (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit Comp, Physics, View of Spain, Advanced Latin, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, Precalc BC, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold/Silver Medals on National Latin Exam, Outstanding Achievement in Algebra I, Spanish IV, AP Latin
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Latin Honor Society (treasurer), National Spanish Honor Society, International Club
Job/Work Experience: Delta Sonic
Volunteer/Community service: US Census, Latin American Institute, nursing homes, church
Essays: Good, how growing up in a small town has influenced my interest in other cultures
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Average
Interview: No.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Spanish, International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female.
Income Bracket: ~35,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): ?
Reflection
Strengths: SAT Scores, Essay, Letter of Recommendation
Weaknesses: GPA, Extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know. Not enough extracurriculars?
Accepted to: Ithaca College, University at Buffalo
Waiting for: Boston University
General Comments: I really thought I would get in. Northeastern was first on my list.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):750 Critical Reading 750 Math 700 Writing
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II:780 Biology, 700 Chemistry, 720 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.39
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):my school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Bio (5), APUSH (5), AP Eng Lang (4), AP World (3), AP Chem (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, Statistics, AP Govt, AP Econ, Intro to Law
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):speech/debate, writing club (treasurer), science olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:nursing home and interned at a research lab
[</em>] Summer Activities:volunteer activities
[<em>] Essays:i thought i wrote a pretty decent essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations:no clue, didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec:didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec:none
[li] Interview:none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):canada
[<em>] School Type:large public school
[</em>] Ethnicity:asian
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>]Income Bracket:middle to high?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none that i know of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths:essay, SAT score, SAT IIs
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA, extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:i really have no idea. i really thought i was going to get rejected or waitlisted so getting accepted is a happy surprise :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted at SDSU, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, Syracuse, SMU, USF, U Denver, American University, waitlisted at case western reserve</p>

<p>General Comments:
congrats to everyone who got in and i hope to maybe meet some of you! :D</p>