Official Northwestern Class of 2017 Decisions STATS ONLY

AustroHungarian · March 21, 2013, 10:52pm

** Decision: Rejected**

College and Program:

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 USH, 800 World
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) World (5) US (5) Stats (4) Eng Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap latin, ap lit, ap calc ab, ap us govt, ap envi sci, ap physics c
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots, most leadership
[] Job/Work Experience: no
[] Volunteer/Community service: yes
[] Summer Activities: yes
[] Essays: common app was good, supplement was poor
[] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[] Counselor Rec: dunno
[] Additional Rec: average
[] Interview: N/A
[] Supplementary Material(if any): N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian, white
[] Gender: m
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): <50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: 1st teacher rec, test scores, course load
[] Weaknesses: nothing spectacular about me
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay about why Northwestern wasn’t very good
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted UChicago, accepted University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Ohio State

[/ul]General Comments:

barvoets · March 21, 2013, 10:57pm

Decision: Rejected

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

SAT I (by section): N/A
SAT IIs: N/A
ACT: 33 (Composite) 35 (English) 34 (Science) 32 (Reading) 29 (Math)
APs: World History (5) Comparative Politics (5) U.S. Government (3)
IBs: N/A
GPA (UW, W): 3.96 UW, 4.4 W
Rank: 14/~300
Other stats:
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Euro History, AP Spanish, AP Physics, Sculpture
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two-time National debate qualifier; a lot of regional awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), National Honors Society (VP, Exec. Aide junior year), Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Chi Pi, FBLA (Reporter),
Job/Work Experience: Three years summer research at top university, three summer caddying at two Country clubs
Volunteer/Community service: Summer Overland volunteering. 100+ library volunteering, 50+ political campaign
Summer Activities: Summer Overland service, debate camp, science research, caddying
Essays: CA-introspective and thoughtful, Supp-genuine and interesting
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read but I’m assuming they were good
Counselor Rec: ditto
Additional Rec:
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, Extracurrics/Leadership
Weaknesses: Lack of interest? Low ACT? 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably just not good enough for NU
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: WashU, William and Mary (Monroe Scholarship), Colby (Pres. Scholarship), Colgate, Case Western/ Waiting on: Dartmouth, Cornell, Amherst, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Vanderbilt
General Comments: Pretty shocked, honestly. My high school has a pretty good track record with NU, and I expected an acceptance… don’t really know how this bodes for my other schools. WashU is looking like where I"m going right now. Congrats to all those accepted.

allenac22 · March 21, 2013, 11:11pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Economics

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 650 Critical Reading, 720 Math, 700 Writing (1370/2070)
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), U.S. (4), Eng. Lit (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP HUG, AP GOV, AP CHEM, AP CALC AB, AP LIT., intensive three year Architecture program
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a bunch[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot
[] Job/Work Experience: six year stint at insurance company (head volunteer), Fast food, Gas station, and online internship (all at the same time)
[] Volunteer/Community service: a lot
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: They were all very unique and well-planned
[] Teacher Recommendation: one from a department head
[] Counselor Rec: Phenomenal, he and I are very close
[] Additional Rec: two from the CEOs of the companies I intern at
[] Interview: N/A
[] Supplementary Material(if any): N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Low, <30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first-generation and my college was very passionate and unique; I wrote about how I overcame a birth defect, poverty and both my parents falling extremely ill to cancer. I became the one of the main breadwinners for my family at the age of 14. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, URM, first-generation, letters of recommendations and extra-curricular activities
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores and GPA are “meh”
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Penn State (Schreyer Honors College), Baruch (Macaulay honors), and Fordham. I have yet to hear from Cornell, Duke, Columbia and NYU.

[/ul]General Comments:

This was one of my reach schools so I was ecstatic when I saw the acceptance. I still can’t believe it…

Wendeli · March 21, 2013, 11:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted

College and Program: the engineering one

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2360, 760 writing
[] SAT IIs: 800 math2, bio, 790 chemistry
[] ACT: n/a
[] APs: Art history, Bio, Calc BC, Mando, English Lang, Comp sci (5s) and Chem (4)
[] IBs:
[] GPA (UW, W): 4.41 weighted, 4.00 unweighted
[] Rank:1/306, 10% reported
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Not amazing but decent. Pres French club, Pres Art Club, Sec Model UN club, technovation internship thingy, ping pong, tutoring and stuff like that
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at nanolab
[] Essays (subject and responses): kinda cheesy for the why northwestern, but it wasn’t worse than any of the other essays I wrote. Had a research abstract as well. 
[] Teacher Recs:fine I guess
[] Counselor Rec:so so
[] Applied on (EA?):RD
[] Hook (if any): Girl in engineering?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender:F
[] Accepted/ Rejected schools: UC San Diego (regents), UC Berkeley (Regents), UCLA (Likely), Columbia (egleston scholar/ likely), UChicago, U of M (20k scholarship thingy), Cornell (likely), Rejected: MIT

[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It sounds kinda stuck up, but I was kinda surprised that I wasn’t accepted Oh well. I think this might be because I didn’t get into HPME, but who knows. Kinda worried about my other schools now Thanks a lot Northwestern. Anyways, Congrats to everyone else! :D

kaydsosa · March 21, 2013, 11:16pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Medill School of Journalism

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 650 Reading, 530 Math, 720 Writing; 1900 cumulative
[] SAT IIs: N/A
[] ACT: 31
[] APs: 5 on AP Psych, 5 on AP Lang/Comp, 4 on APUSH, currently taking AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish, and AP Lit/Comp
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.5/4.0, 5.5/6.0
[] Rank: 54/720
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Editor-in-chief of school newspaper, feature editor and writer in previous years. Life-long Girl Scout. Volunteer work at the Humane Society.
[] Job/Work Experience: Reporter at The Mash, the teen publication of the Chicago Tribune.
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App was on growing up biracial, was strong, included some Spanish text, maybe somewhat rushed at the end. Why Northwestern was on reluctantly finding my love of journalism and working at the famed Tribune Tower.
[] Teacher Recs: Good. One from journalism adviser of four years, one from AP Psych teacher, one from school principal.
[] Counselor Rec: Great. Counselor loves journalism, worked at Tribune for years, and felt I was a shoe-in at the school.
[] Applied on (EA?): September 28th
[] Hook (if any): National Achievement Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Black/Mexican
[] Gender: F
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Writing has always been a strong suit for me. Incorporated humor into my essays. Strong background in journalism.
[] Weaknesses: ACT on the lower end of the spectrum, GPA was pretty low for NU. Got one C in my junior year that tanked it.
[] Why you think you were accepted: URM paired with NAF and strong background in journalism. My counselor also wrote a great recommendation.
[] Where else were you accepted: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Loyola University Chicago, University of Missouri - Columbia. Currently waiting to hear back from Barnard College, NYU, USC, and Columbia University.

[/ul]General Comments: Super pumped! If I don’t get into Columbia, I’m definitely going. Wildcats '17!

swimmergirl1012 · March 21, 2013, 11:18pm

Decision: Waitlisted

College and Program: Weinberg

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) US (5) Bio (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, BC Calc, AP Psych, AP Spanish, Industrial Design and Psych and Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student gov (VP), varsity swimming and a bunch of other things…
Job/Work Experience: lifeguarding and working at Mass General
Volunteer/Community service: ambulance corps, president of a club that raises money for orphans, volunteer at day care, teaching english and more…
Summer Activities: Community Service trip one summer and doing research at Mass General Hospital this past summer
Essays: common app was good, supplement could have been better
Teacher Recommendation: very good
Counselor Rec: probably great
Additional Rec: I assume pretty good.
Interview: great!
Supplementary Material(if any): my boss as Massachusetts General Hospital sent another letter of recommendation
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian, white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: activities and grades
Weaknesses: I don’t really add diversity…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT score, NU response maybe?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of Notre Dame, Case Western and SUNY Binghamton; Waiting on: Brown (deferred), University of Pennsylvania and Rice
General Comments: Honestly, I am ok with the decision. I know that there are a lot of talented people that deserve these spots. I am honored to be even waitlisted. The admitted students were accepted for a reason, and I am sure the Northwestern admissions officers chose who they thought would enhance the NU campus the most. To those who were waitlisted: join the club! To those who were accepted: congratulations! you deserve it! To those who were rejected: I wish you the best of luck with the rest of your applications!

HONORLIONS · March 21, 2013, 11:24pm

Decision: Rejected (WCAS for Economics)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 740M, 790W (superscore)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math II, 760 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 (a couple Bs in my senior midyear =/ )
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Lang. (5), US Govt (5), Macroeconomics (5), World History* (4), European History* (5), Psychology* (4), Comparative Govt* (5) (self-studied APs)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Environmental, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit., AP Latin, AP Human Geography, Photography Skills, Gym/Health
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Commended PSAT Scholar, silver medal for National Latin Exam, cum laude certificate for National Latin Exam, and honorable mention for an essay contest hosted by an organization with whom I volunteer
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Small Service Club (Vice President), Latin Honor Society (Vice President), Academic Team (Captain), 3 years of JV Bowling, FBLA (Treasurer; cancelled this year), NHS, school committee to improve school performance
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon (3 years)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hindu rights group volunteer (50ish hours?), Hindu Youth Group (200ish hours?), head teacher for afterschool program chess class (50ish hours?)
[] Summer Activities: Hugh OBrian Youth Leadership Seminar NJ (10th), Boys State (11th), Ivy Scholars at Yale (11th), internship at a prestigious publication (11th)
[] Essays: CommonApp was memorable, albeit somewhat facetious at times; kind of recycled my Duke essay for the supplement
[] Teacher Recommendation: TBH no idea
[] Counselor Rec: Umm?
[] Additional Rec: my boss from my internship (likely very strong)
[] Interview: Good not great. 
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Run-of-the-mill public
[] Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $120k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Beautiful hair?
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My internship (had my own article published), self-studying APs (never done in my school)
[] Weaknesses: GPA, mid-term senior grades (ended up with a B- and B+ for calc/physics)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades are bleh Slew of A-s all over, along with that the two Bs for senior midyear. Looking back at my supplemental essay, it couldve been a lot better. Nothing I can do now.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred from Princeton SCEA, accepted to Rutgers Honors College (safety), waitlisted at WUSTL, rejected from UChicago =/, accepted to UVa! (rest out in a week)
[/ul]
General Comments:
Congratulations to those that got in. I really felt good about Northwestern but oh well. Really saw myself going here too! Best of luck to us rejectees/waitlistees!

TheWingless · March 21, 2013, 11:27pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: WCAS Math (waiting on MMSS)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section):
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II 740 Chemistry
[] ACT: 34 (35E, 36M, 32R, 34S, 11W)
[] APs: 5 - Euro, Calc BC, English Lang 4 - Stats, Chem, US History 3- Physics C M&EM
[] IBs:
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.61, 4.35
[] Rank: Top 10%
[] Other stats: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] ECs listed on app: Math Team (Junior Representative Junior Year, Captain Senior Year) ---- ton of individual and team awards, state qualifier for 2 years; Business Professionals of America ---- top 10 at Nationals, 2nd place at state; Scholastic Bowl (Varsity) ---- Varsity Regionals and Conference champs, placed at other tournaments too;
[] Job/Work Experience: Museum Intern, Teaching Assistant at Chinese School, Research at Pritzker (UChicago) School of Medicine
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App EC - talked about Scholastic Bowl and how I became more confident, Common App Fictional Character - Anne of Green Gables and how she was a role model, Why NU? Symbolism of North and West in Feng Shui and applied that to aspects of NU I really liked
[] Teacher Recs: English teacher IDK, but she really liked me in class; Math teacher, generic, but good; Professor from UChicago, amazing
[] Counselor Rec: Generic
[] Applied on (EA?): Nay
[] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li]
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted — University of Illinois UC - Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota - Chemical Engineering (with Merit Scholarship), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Civil Engineering, University of Rochester - Biology (with Merit Scholarship), Northwestern University - Math (YAYAYAYAY); Waitlisted — University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, Case Western Reserve University
Rejected — Columbia University (ED)
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone!!! To people who will be applying to college (especially Asian males): Low UW GPA won’t kill you!

nantucket95 · March 21, 2013, 11:28pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Weinberg for mathematics

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT I (by section): 2090 comp 700W/630CR/760M (didn’t send)
[]SAT IIs: n/a
[]ACT: 33 comp 32E/33R/34M/34S
[]APs: currently taking Calc BC, Psych, & Spanish
[]IBs: n/a
[]GPA (UW, W): 3.56 UW/ 4.66 W
[]Rank: n/a
[]Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: choir all four years, actively involved in theater department,
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at pizza place since junior year, camp counselor for 4 years
[] Essays (subject and responses): Why Northwestern, solid, but not outstanding
[] Teacher Recs: probably good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Applied on (EA?): regular
[] Hook (if any): I don’t know if this is what you mean, but I have legacy. I believe that that is a huge factor into why I got in. Nothing else makes sense.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m astonished to be frank. At most, I thought I was going to be wait listed, so to be accepted is amazing. I feel like I’m dreaming right now. Clearly my stats and ecs weren’t amazing, so I didn’t really think I stood out, but I’m happy. Congrats on all those who got in, and for those denied, it sucks. I know how it feels, but the universe has a plan, so you’ve got to trust it.

thechor346 · March 21, 2013, 11:33pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: McCormick Biomedical/Chemical Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didnt Report
[] ACT: 35 (E 35, M 34, CR 33, S 36, W 9)
[] SAT II: Math II 770, Chem 730, Bio 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Chinese (5), Calculus BC (5), Stat (5) (I took MANY more AP classes, but couldnt afford the tests)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Linear Algebra, AP Physics Mechanics, AP Physics E&M, AP Psych, AP Euro History, AP Lang
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (Captain), Varsity Rifle (Senior Leadership)
[] Job/Work Experience: Waitress
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours, 180 volunteer research
[] Summer Activities: ^Volunteer Research + Biomedical Internship
[] Essays: Decent Idea, not amazingly well written (but my teachers said it was good so…)
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was AMAZING the other was definitely good but maybe not as well written
[] Counselor Rec: She LOVES me. I’m in her office every other day.
[] Additional Rec: Internship Person
[] Interview: Good. The guy was awkward and asked about the rifle team and then gun control issues (this was about the time of those shootings) which I had a tough time answering, but he ended up saying that the kind of student that would be happy at NW was like me.
[] Supplementary Material(if any): None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): High, Very little aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research, GPA, Test Scores? Maybe the odd extracurriculars?
[] Weaknesses: Essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The summer research DEFINITELY helped. The rifle team thing kinda catches people’s eyes, too.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMich, Cornell (Likely Letter), Pitt (Full Ride) - Waitlisted: UChicago, Wash U - Denied: MIT - Still waiting: Many Many More…

[/ul]General Comments: I really LOVE Northwestern and Evanston, but the Engineering program isnt quite up to par with Michigan’s or Cornell’s, so I probably wont be attending. (And the tuition is MUCH higher) I’m really glad I got in though, its a nice ego booster and I was definitely MOST passionate about my “Why NW” essay.

Congrats to those who got in and those attending, Good luck to those who are looking at a different school, and May the FORCE be with you to ALL on the waiting list. (You’re gonna need it)

ScienceGuy12 · March 21, 2013, 11:46pm

** Decision: Waitlisted**

College and Program: McCormick Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (770M, 730CR, 740W)
[] ACT: 32 (36 reading and 35 math)
[] SAT II: 650 MAth II, 740 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Lang. (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Lit, BC Calc, AP Spanish, AP Bio, Acc. Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Spanish NHS[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strong (Multiple President positions - Environmental, Debate)
[] Job/Work Experience: Caddy 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Strong
[] Summer Activities: Engineering Camp
[] Essays: Average to Strong
[] Teacher Recommendation: Strong
[] Counselor Rec: Average
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Went well.
[] Supplementary Material(if any): None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): $100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Slightly disappointed. I thought NW was an upper tier safety for me. A few kids from my school with lower stats got in ED - I feel like NW takes a lot of their class from the ED pool. I am still waiting to hear back from Penn, Columbia, Duke, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt. I hope that NW is not a bad omen for me.

TeamJamesIII · March 21, 2013, 11:54pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Weinberg for Economics

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2290 (800 Math, 720 Reading, 770 Writing)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Biology Molecular
[] ACT: 35 (35 Math 35 Reading 35 English 36 Science)
[] APs: Physics B (5), Calc BC (5), APUSH (5), Biology (5), Chinese (5), Human Geograpy (5), English Language (5)
[] GPA (UW, W): 4.0 (4.74 weighted)
[] Rank: Top 10%
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, AP Physics C, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Macro & Micro, AP English Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (research coordinator), NHS, KIVA Club, Edufund, Swimming, Volleyball, Peer Tutor, Peer Helper
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: University of Florida volunteer, Student Teacher in China
[] Essays: Really good. I wrote about my involvement in debate and my passion for it, my student teaching in China and my goal to inspire future generations, and my Why NU was about how much I loved growing up in Chicago.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them. Perhaps a little generic? Idk, my teachers liked me though.
[] Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t see. Hopefully good.
[li] Interview: Went really well. I visited the campus and talked to a rep about the MMSS program for an hour and a half lol[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):IL
[] School Type: Large school (1000+ class), Top 100 in nation so VERY competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): $250,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My connection with the school and its city Chicago.
[] Weaknesses: Not enough leadership positions in my co-curriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted: Passion and knowledge for the school. I contacted them endlessly and knew what programs and extracurriculars I wanted because I grew up next to the school.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Michigan Ann Arbor, Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Southern California
Waitlisted: University of Chicago, WUSTL

[/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy, I needed some good news from all the waitlisted decisions. This is my top choice, so I’m definitely committing once the server traffic dies down! Congratz to everyone to got accepted, I look forward to meeting you all next year! To all whom didn’t get accepted, keep your chin up because there are tons of amazing schools that are dying to admit you =]

Gold1e · March 21, 2013, 11:57pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: Weinberg CAS

Objective:[ul]
[* ] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 Superscored
[* ] ACT: 34
[* ] SAT II: 800 Math II, 690 Lit
[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.956
[* ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/600+
[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP U.S. Government - 5
[* ] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB SL Economics - 6, IB SL Math - 5
[* ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, IB Chemistry HL 2, IB French 5 SL, IB English HL 2, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History HL
[* ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student Award

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[* ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis (4 years), Speech and Debate (3 years), NHS, Various student-organized clubs
[* ] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[* ] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ Hours various organizations, mostly tennis-related
[* ] Summer Activities: Athletics, volunteering
[* ] Essays: I thought they were good
[* ] Teacher Recommendations: Must have been good
[* ] Counselor Rec: Must have been good
[* ] Additional Rec: N/A
[* ] Interview: N/A
[* ] Supplementary Material(if any): N/A

[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[* ] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[* ] Country (if international applicant): USA
[* ] School Type: Public, High-Quality
[* ] Ethnicity: White
[* ] Gender: Male
[* ] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Upper middle class
[* ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (Grandparent, uncle)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[* ] Strengths: ACT, GPA
[* ] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars (no leadership except tennis)
[* ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure
[* ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: CU Boulder, University of Denver. Waitlisted: N/A. Rejected: Yale EA. Waiting on 7 others.

[/ul]General Comments:

mybest · March 21, 2013, 11:57pm

Rejected. I was waitlisted as ED and i didnt really care since then. Good luck guys!

Buttafly13 · March 22, 2013, 12:12am

** Decision: Rejected**

College and Program: Weinberg CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (740 R 620 M 760 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 630 (Spanish), 670 (Literature)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Language (5), US History (4), European History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 4, AP Macroeconomics, Ap Government, AP English Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics, Academic Decathlon, Black Student Union, Drama/Theatre
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Community Outreach (VERY INVOLVED), Humanitarian Day
Summer Activities: Community Outreach, CC Classes
Essays: Everyone said they were excellent, made people cry
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Made me smile, very very nice
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other:

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity:Black
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM

Reflection:

Strengths:Rank, SAT, EC’s, Essays, LoR
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: State schools, Privates

General Comments: I was not surprised! I was not very invested in this school because I knew that I had a very slim chance of getting in. Congrats to those admitted Good luck to everyone! You will do great no matter where you end up!

acastila · March 22, 2013, 12:14am

Decision: Accepted

**College and Program: Weingberg College of Arts and Sciences **

**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (by section): 2200 (780 M/710 CR/710 W)
[] SAT IIs: 770 US, 720 Math I, 700 Lit, 690 Bio M
[] APs: AP USH 5, AP English Language 5, AP Euro 5
[] IBs: Taking these in May
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.96, 4.56
[] Rank: Top 10

[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] ECs listed on app: Cross Country, Photography Club, Student Government, Speech and Debate, National Honors Society
[] Hook (if any): URM, First Generation
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[] State or Country: Maryland
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m so happy right now. So far I’ve been accepted to UMD, Fordham; rejected to MIT. Still waiting on Stanford, Tufts, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, and Brown next week :)

thatrunnerkid · March 22, 2013, 12:14am

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Weinberg CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[] ACT: 34 (34/35/36/29/8)
[] SAT II: 790 US History, 780 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/407 (top 4%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Three 5’s, One 4, Taking three more this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Three APs, One honors, Two academies
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional/state DECA, FBLA, etc awards; Film Festivals, Rotary Student of the Month[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country / Track (Head Captain), Environmental Club (Co-VP), DECA (Co-President), Video Production, Robotics, Link Crew, FBLA
[] Job/Work Experience: Lawn mowing (I turned it into a small business)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Composting for Environmental Club
[] Summer Activities: Cross Country, Part-time interning
[] Essays:
CommonApp was darn good, everybody who read it loved it 9.5/10
Why NU was decent, I mostly addressed what I wanted to do academically at NU without talking much about specific “unique qualities” 7/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: From video production, US History, and LA teachers; read one and it was fairly good, didn’t read the other two ?/10
[] Counselor Rec: Did not read, but she loves me, I think 8/10
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Awesome
[] Supplementary Material(if any): No research abstract submitted, seeing as I haven’t done any formal research

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA! USA! USA!
[] School Type: Public, large for my state but small by other states’ standards
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): > $200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mom and paternal uncle)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, ECs, maybe essays
[] Weaknesses: Less rigorous schedule than I could have taken, Recs?, Essays?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of stats, ECs, and legacy
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admitted to Michigan, U of Washington, Colorado - Boulder, Willamette; No Waitlists or Rejections yet; Haven’t heard from Stanford, Claremont McKenna, USC

[/ul]General Comments: WHOOOOOHOOOOO!!! Assuming I don’t get into Stanford, I’ll be at NU next year!

savart · March 22, 2013, 12:34am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I: 2340[list][/li][li]760 CR, 800 Math, 780 Writing[/ul][/li][li] ACT: 35[ul][/li][li]One sitting: 36E, 34M, 36R, 35S; 36 Superscored[/ul][/li][li] SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 World[/li][li] GPA: 4.54[/li][li] Class Rank: Top 10-20%[/li][li] AP: 5s on 7 exams, and 4s on 2 exams[/li][li] Senior Course Load: Close to the hardest possible (6 APs)[/li][li] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Gold on National Spanish Exam, AP National Scholar[/li]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars: Some in-school leadership, a couple sports, no need to elaborate[/li][li] Job/Work Experience: Paid summer internship[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service: Average; 300 hours total[/li][li] Summer Activities: Internships and travel abroad[/li][li] Essays: Above average[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: Above average[/li][li] Counselor Rec: Average[/li][li] Interview: Pretty good[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[li] School Type: Private[/li][li] Ethnicity: White[/li][li] Gender: Male[/li][li] Hooks: None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: Did pretty well in the hardest classes, good test scores, solid essays, I applied to an unpopular major[/li][li] Weaknesses: ECs, I haven’t really shown a passion for anything (including my intended major), grades could be better[/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[list][/li][li] Accepted: Wash U, University of Michigan / Ross Pre-Admit, UNC Chapel Hill[/li][li] Waitlisted: Northwestern[/li][li] Rejected: Penn ED[/ul][/li]
[/list]General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted, it looks like RD was really competitive this year. I hope this isn’t a preview of what’s to come next week.

chess2520 · March 22, 2013, 1:07am

** Decision: Rejected**

**College and Program:[Weinberg/b]

Objective:[ list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 Reading, 770 Math, 790 Writing)[/li]
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math Level II

[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87/4[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/1130[/li]
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 7 subjects, including AP Chem
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[li] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs and Varsity Swimming[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Chemistry Olympiad Finalist, paper published in Welch Foundation volume, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Year Varsity Swimmer (Team Captain), Chemistry Club (Vice President), Biology Club (Founding President), 4 year Varsity Water Polo, Junior World Affairs Council (Fundraising Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: EdGurukul Math Tutor for 4 years - around 200 hours, Jasper High School Math Tutoring Program, Dallas Children’s Medical Hospital Volunteer
[] Summer Activities: Welch Summer Scholars Program for Chemistr, Expense Paid
[] Essays: Decent, or at least it thought so, not so sure now
[] Teacher Recommendation: Think one good, one mediocre
[] Counselor Rec: Very good for a large public school, im friendly w/ my counselor and she wrote a personalized rec
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: requested but didnt get, ad officer said she would put a note in my file saying i tried my best to get an interview
[] Supplementary Material(if any):

[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): 100-150k, no FA on app but applied later
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, chemistry focused ec’s
[] Weaknesses: gpa, rank, though not terrible
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul][ b]General Comments:** really thought i had a chance

anything that ppl see that would make NU reject me over other ppl?
did everyone else show interest in the school (ie visits/info sessions or other)?

willhunting56 · March 22, 2013, 1:07am

** Decision:Accepted**

**College and Program: Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (Economics) **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (680 Writing) (650 Math) (650 CR)
[] ACT: Didn’t submit
[] SAT II: 760 - US History , 670 - Spanish , 630- Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/338
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4- Eng Language, 4- US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Geography, AP euro, Speech, Art I, AP Cal BC, AP GOV, AP Econ, AP Spanish IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 0 awards lol[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing Crazy, Mostly just really involved in school, but what I invested of my time was in debate, (farthest I’ve gotten into in persuasive was regionals)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS hours
[] Summer Activities: Texas Boys State
[] Essays: I felt good about them, i recycled the supplement from other college supplements. My “Why NU” was about meeting everyone there. My common app was about How awful Grades are (probably made my bad GPA look good )
[ ] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t Read, I expected them to be decent
[* ] Counselor Rec: Generic
[* ] Additional Rec: None
[* ] Interview: None
[* ] Supplementary Material(if any): None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): US of A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Dominican, probably helped)
[] Gender: XY 
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): About 70,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM,[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays,
[] Weaknesses: Uhh, idk maybe some of my SAT scores? But I definitely need more extra curricula’s,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM with good essays, I really don’t know, I’m still surprised after seeing people with such good stats Rejected/ WL
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Swarthmore (early write) , everywhere I’m waiting on. Rejected at UChicago

[/ul][ b]General Comments:** I’m soo happy right now, like this is crazy. After getting straight out rejected at UChicago, I didn’t expect to have a chance at anywhere big and that Swarthmore (although I love this school) would be my only good school I’d get into. But now I’m hopeful with the Ivy ! I’m coming ! watch out !

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