***Official Northwestern 2022 ED Results ONLY Thread***

[12Titan]

Decision: Accepted

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34C (34E, 35M, 32R, 33S, 8W)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A (school does not offer AP, but all classes at my school are considered honors)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 1st Sem: Chem, Calc, World Since 1945 (history), Shakespeare (english), Journalism. 2nd Sem: Calc, Intro to Psych, History as Fiction (English), Interdisciplinary Thinking, Senior Project (sort of like independent study), Genetics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended student, Illinois State Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Stage Crew for 3 shows, Piano (achievement in music level 10),
Job/Work Experience: Office tech at doctor’s office, piano tutor
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at neuroscience lab
Summer Activities: Germany trip for my language class
Essays: Why-8/10 (not amazing, but it was accurate to why I liked it). Common-9/10 (passionate about subject, showed through in essay)
Teacher Recommendation: both were pretty good I hope (didn’t read them, but teachers liked me and knew me well)
Counselor Rec: pretty good, but not sure
Additional Rec: (included under teacher reccomendation)
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Intended major(s): neuroscience
School Type: small magnet public high school
Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:>300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not-quite-legacy (my aunt went there for undergrad)

Reflection

Strengths: I was passionate about everything I did and had some things that fed into my intended major. Also I have decently rigorous schedule and my recommendations were good.
Weaknesses: I’m not really underrepresented and I don’t have any good hooks. Also my extracurricular/job/volunteer list is pretty small compared to a lot of people.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly I’m sort of surprised I got in. I think I was accepted probably because I showed interest by visiting campus and had a pretty decent application.

General Comments:
I’m excited to go to college! This experience is sort of insane, though, because I was expecting to do apps over break and have all of next semester stressing about where I got in and stuff, and now it’s all over. It almost doesn’t feel real.

[leslieknope22]

Decision: Accepted
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I: 1550 760M 790R
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 chem, 790 math II, 760 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.7
Rank: didnt report
AP: AP Chem (5), AP US History (5), AP Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Organic chem, AP calc AB, AP Lit and comp, AP Bio, AP Physics 1, AP art history
Major Awards: national merit

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:
-research
-debate team
-tutoring
-volunteering at hospitals

Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: n/a
Summer Activities: college classes

Essays:
-Common App: I’d say 9.5/10
-Why Northwestern: 7/10

Teacher Recommendation:
-AP chem teacher 9.5/10

Counselor Rec:
-prob 9/10

Interview: went really well

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): chem w/ minor in poli sci. pre med
School Type: private, pretty small
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none

Reflection

Strengths: essays for sure
Weaknesses: ECs!!!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i have no clue! i think i showed lots of personality in my essays so thats prob what it was also i had a huge upward trend in GPA

General Comments:
CLASS OF 22 LETS GOOOOO!! go cats! so excited for the next 4 years & grateful to have been accepted!!

[charliefluff]

Decision: Accepted

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (790 M, 730R)
ACT:n/a
SAT II: 720 chem, 750 math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7, weighted:3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis):spanish lang(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, Mass Media, Acc Physics, AP Enviro, AP Calc BC, Spanish Business, Acc Humor in Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis)
Volunteer/Community service:

• People for Animals and Wildlife Club(VP)
• Volunteer EMT
• Future Nurses and Physicians Club
• Volunteer Tutor
• Volunteer at Animal Shelter

Summer Activities:

• EMT school this past summer

Essays:

• Common App: 9/10
• Why NU: 8/10

Teacher Recommendation:

• Latin Teacher: 10/10
• Chemistry Teacher: 10/10

Counselor Rec: probably 8/10

Additional Rec:n/a

Interview:n/a

Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biological Sciences w/ minor in Classics
School Type: one of the top public schools in NJ, about 1400 students, extremely competitive
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $24,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen

Reflection

Strengths: My essays I’d say because they got a better view of who I am.
Weaknesses: ECs and SAT II
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I did not think I would get in but I was hopeful. Freshman and Sophomore year I had meh grades but Junior year I had straight A’s and began to take more challenging classes.

General Comments: SO EXCITED TO BE A WILDCAT!!!

[andzig]

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Pick one:
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT:35
SAT II:Math 1 and 2, 780 and 800 respectively
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):APUSH(4) AP Calc AB(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:All AP, Stat Gov Physics C Literature and French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Business club, Math team, FIRST robotics team member, Varsity golf captain
Job/Work Experience:None
Volunteer/Community service: Coach autistic children in basketball
Summer Activities: International program in St Andrews Scotland
Essays:I’d say 6/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10, two teachers who really saw me grow as a student
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 9/10 Went great

Other

State (if domestic applicant): New york
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Economics
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

Reflection

Strengths: Standardized testing and essays
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:

I think admissions liked the fact I had high test scores and that my grades, although low, followed a strong upward trend.

General Comments:

Can’t wait to be attending next year!

[rotkaeppchen]

Decision: Accepted!

Weinberg (physics)

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 overall, 36 E, 36 R, 34 S, 33 M
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.245 (weighted 4.729)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 369
AP (place score in parenthesis): Seminar (5), Lang (5), AB Calc (5), Physics 1 (4), German (?), US Gov (?), Physics C (? And ?), Research (?)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus III through U of I, AP german, AP US gov, AP research, AP Physics C
Major (and minor haha) Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Commended Scholar, will be receiving AP Capstone Diploma, DAR Good Citizen, 1st place German competition, 2nd place German spelling bee, Cedars Torchbearer

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 1700 hrs of theater (several good roles), German NHS (2 years President), Math Team
Job/Work Experience: worked part time as a pool water chemist
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local no kill animal shelter
Summer Activities: work, extra classes at community college, summer camp
Essays: very strong… Why NU was incredibly specific
Teacher Recommendation: I hope strong
Counselor Rec: knew me better than any other adult at my school
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Physics And German
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: lower upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female going into astrophysics

Reflection: couldn’t be happier! Trusted that what was right for me and everyone involved in this process would naturally occur

Strengths: essays, high level of math achievement
Weaknesses: scheduling conflicts didn’t allow me to take BC Calc and physics C junior year but I compensated
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: female going into astrophysics… also I introduced myself to my rep when she was at my high school and I saw an administrator pull her aside after the fact to talk about me with her.

General Comments:
Congrats to everyone accepted! To those deferred, there’s still hope! To those denied, practically everyone who applies has nearly identical credentials, and getting in is really about fit at that school. There’s a better option for you out there!!

[hola1872]

Decision: Accepted

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math 2: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we don’t have this GPA scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): 44
Senior (and junior) Year Course Load: All Ib courses: Spanish language and literature HL, English language and literature SL, Economics HL, Business HL, ESS SL, Mathematics SL, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-(Chief Editor and Director) School’s Newspaper
-(Vice President) Business Professionals of America - honor society
-Co-Founder of School’s Math Honor Society
-(Vice President) of Public Hospital volunteer work

Job/Work Experience: Internship at Microsoft and at Preludio (a cultural association)

Volunteer/Community service:

• Volunteer at Kantaya - teaching less privileged kids
  -Volunteer at Bridges - building stairs and houses in shanty towns
  -Volunteer at Operation Smile
  -Vice President of Public Hospital volunteer work - go to public hospitals and help and entertain kids

Summer Activities: the internships and independent study (computer science)

Essays:
-Common app: 8/10 it was a cliche topic but I manahed to really turn it around, all the people I showed it to really liked it.
-Why Northwestern: 9/10 I researched the university a lot and showed my genuine interest. It was also well written

Teacher Recommendation:
-Spanish teacher: 8.5/10 - she had me three years and the letter showed not only my academic side but my more personal side which I think shows that I more than just a student trying to get good grades.

• 10th-grade Innovation Academy teacher 9/10 (this is a special program in my school that values autonomy and real-life experiences): he was one of the best teachers I’ve had and he allowed me to grow a lot as a person and you could definitely see that from the rec. it also highlighted my best qualities and showed another type of learner.
  -Econ teacher: 8/10 mostly showed that I was a dedicated student and wanted more than just textbook facts.

Counselor Rec: no idea never read it, don’t have high hopes I didn’t really know him just went to his classroom to send things to universities and make sure my grades and everything was ready. Although he based himself on my grades and teacher recs so he had a good view of who I am as a student.

Interview: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Peru
Intended major(s): Computer Science/ econ
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: I don’t think one thing stood out but the combination of them I think supported each other, you could see the type of a student and person I am as there are patterns from my essays to my recs
Weaknesses: My stats were not amazing but in the lower percentiles, also my classes were not as rigorous
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Combination and balance of everything

[Mangoseed]

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Pick one:
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34
SAT II: 740 chem 720 Lit (Didn’t study, didn’t submit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (6.5 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/506
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang 5, AP Art Drawing 5, AP World History 5, APUSH 4, AP Chem 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art 2D Studio art, AP Econ, AP Gov, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, Spanish 4 Pre-AP Honors, Senior Research and Design (Science & Engineering)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar, BPA Nationals 6th Advanced Interview Skills, Questbridge Quest for Excellence STEM award, National Speech and Debate Association Distinction Degree, and a bunch of art awards that I don’t wanna list here

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Varsity Debate (Captain)
-Advanced Art (Freelance Designer and School competition artist)
-National Honor Society (President)
-Rice University Research Assistant
-Red Cross Club (Founder & President)
-Chem Club (President)
-Polyglot Club (Founder & Prez)

Job/Work Experience:
-Curator/Paid position at a contemporary art museum downtown
-Kumon (Tutor- worst job ever omg)
-Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition (Supervisor)

Volunteer/Community service:
-Red Cross Youth Service Council Executive Chair: I supervise and lead 30+ clubs in the TGCR region
-Red Cross Disaster Relief team and Translation team
-Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition- Presidential Gold award volunteer

Summer Activities: research, volunteer, chill

Essays: 8/10? 9/10? I received a lot of help from my peers and I think that really helped emphasize my voice and character in my essay.

Teacher Recommendation: No clue I decided not to read them.

Counselor Rec: 8/10 Super cute!
Additional Rec:
Interview: nope

Other

State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Neuroscience
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian bby
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

Strengths: I really emphasized my love for art in my app. I used my experience/passion for art to differentiate myself from other STEM applicants that solely based their app on their STEM awards and experience bc I knew it was really hard to get in as an Asian to a STEM major (rip). Classes, scores, rank, ecs
Weaknesses: I wrote my “Why NU” statement in a day- It could have been better! Scores could have been better

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
I think I got in because of my extracurricular activities; my grades and scores helped, but I truly think my love for art and science is what helped me to get in. (and lots of praying :)) Also, I think my essay really helped the admission officers to see my personality and humanistic character (instead of looking at me like a piece of paper.)

General Comments:
Good luck everyone!! Northwestern is just one of the many amazing schools available in the world. Have fun and don’t stress too much. Everything will work out! Merry Christmassss

[hannahjulie1]

Decision: Accepted

School of Communication

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
ACT: 34
SAT II:
790 Math II
750 Literature
770 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t do rankings
AP (place score in parenthesis):
European History (5)
Environmental Science (5)
Calculus AB (5)
US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Lit
AP Lang
AP French
AP Government
Economics
AP Statistics
Drama 4H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
2015 California Arts Scholar
2015 NHD State runner up
2016 NHD State Honorable Mention

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Drama Club
School Spirit
Colorguard
Job/Work Experience:
Part Time Stage Tech at School
Volunteer/Community service:
City Impact
Organization for Special Needs Families
Summer Activities:
2015 CSSSA
2017 Cherubs Theatre
Essays:
-Common App: talked about how I used to be super homophobic until I met my csssa roommate and how I was super scared of her when I learned that she was gay. I talked about how through our conversations, I had more in common with her than the members of my church and their homophobic views were what made me switch churches.
-why northwestern: talked about how I shadowed a theatre major freshman and how I could see myself in all of her classes
Teacher Recommendation:
-English teacher I had sophomore and junior year who used to be a northwestern theatre major (tbh I think this is what got me in because I’m sure she wrote great things about me)
-APES teacher from junior year who I was super close with and loved watching me in my shows
-Drama teacher who’s been my director for the past four years and likes my work ethic
Counselor Rec:
-she seemed to like me a lot I guess but tbh I think she’s closer to my mom than she was with me
Interview:
I was interviewed by a woman who went to my high school. Coincidentally she knew my college counselor. She was super chill to talk to and it felt more like a casual conversation about northwestern than an interview.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Intended major(s): theatre and communications
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian (korean)
Gender: female
Income Bracket: my dad refuses to tell me how much money he makes but we live in a super rich neighborhood

Reflection

Strengths: my application showed a lot of interest in the school
Weaknesses: not a lot of impressive extra curriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
-1. One of my rec letters was written by a teacher who majored in the same major I applied for
-2. I met the admissions director for my area when she visited my school and kept hounding her over email to send me a physical copy of the ED form so she probably remembered me.
-3. The summer program I attended after junior year. Literally so many of us who went to that program and applied ED got in.
General Comments:
Find people connected to your ED school and ask them to vouch for you. There were only two other people from my school who got in for ED; the one who is majoring in cello had the cello teacher personally save a spot for her, and the one who is going for soccer was recruited early by the coach.
Good luck!!!

[skolesar]

Decision: Deferred

Dual degree program, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science/School of Communication

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
ACT: 33C (35M, 35R, 32E, 33S super score)
SAT II: 730 Math II, 730 Physics, 750 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.77 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Music Theory(4), Physics 1(4), Physics 2(4), Language and Composition(4), Chemistry(4), BC Calculus(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government and Politics, DE Calculus III/Differential Equations, DE British Literature I/Literature 2000, Organic Chemistry, Jazz Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater (historian for three years, senior year president, directed a bunch of plays), Speech and Debate (co-captain for duo interpretation), Boy Scouts (Eagle rank, SPL)
Job/Work Experience: Employee at AMC Theaters, full time during breaks, 10-18 hours per week
Volunteer/Community service: Intern/Camp Counselor at a local fabrication laboratory, charity theater work for a school in Haiti
Summer Activities: Full time job, theater
Essays: personal essay 9/10, discussed my failures and challenges acting onstage, “Why Northwestern?” 7/10, I was not too thrilled about this one I think I could have done better
Teacher Recommendation: Physics teacher 9/10, has had me for three years and writes good recs, English teacher 7/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10(?), he has to write a lot of them but he knows me pretty well
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): FL
Intended major(s): Chemical engineering, theater
School Type: Public gifted school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars, personal essay

Weaknesses: Scores, supplemental essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: there were a total of four extremely qualified ED applicants from my school this year, one got in and the rest were deferred

General Comments: Congratulations to all that got in!

[bayreal]

Decision: Rejected

Pick one:
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1450 (730 Math, 720 English)
SAT II: below 700, didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable
AP (place score in parenthesis): no APs offered (small school)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: tripling in science, honors physics, honors english, community college dual enrollment english class, calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4year varsity baseball (current team captain), 1 semester science journalism program @ Cal Academy of Sciences, freshman soccer, piano & guitar for years independently, city wide technology contest for carbon emission reduction (3rd place, most skilled team), 2 years 18u travel baseball, 2 years 19u summer baseball, street skateboarding (labeled as art lol), community college dual enrollment English class
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: probably 250+ volunteer hours (environment & youth outreach related), 1 semester middle school tutor, 1 semester peer mentor, volunteer assistant Little League coach
Summer Activities: listed in ECs
Essays: common app could have been better, crammed my apps, were much more refined for winter deadlines
Teacher Recommendation: environmental science teacher – excellent, 1 english teacher – very good)
Counselor Rec: mediocre
Additional Rec: physics teacher – very good
Interview: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
Intended major(s): environmental engineering
School Type: private
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: very good ECs, painted solid picture/worked with my essays
Weaknesses: sophomore year 3.3 gpa otherwise 3.8, didn’t study for SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA but mainly needed 800s in physics, math II SAT subject

General Comments: really want to be an environmental engineer, chances would have been much higher if i applied for environmental science

[Tifejjewel]

You inspire me. My stats r close to yours so i hope I can get I too. It’s my dream school. What was the financial aid like?

[Justinzp]

Hi! I’m applying to SESP this year as an international student, and I have two questions:

1. is it relatively easier to get in as a social science major in SESP than College of Arts and Sciences?
   2)what are some tips for the Why NU essay?
   thank you so much!