Official Northwestern Class of 2017 Decisions STATS ONLY

statlanta · March 22, 2013, 1:22am

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: McCormick

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): DID NOT SEND 2210: 770 M 750 R 690 W
[] ACT: SENT C: 35 E: 35 M: 36 R: 34 S: 36
[] SAT II: SENT 780 Math II 750 Biology E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/470 (Val going to Stanford, Sal to Notre Dame, rank 3 to Yale - an UNUSUALLY excellent year for our class - last year our Val went to Saint Louis U)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Sci, Biology, US Gov, Comp Gov, US History, Macro, English Lang, Human Geography - All 5s - Taking this year - Calc BC, Both Physics C, Chemistry, Euro Hist
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, Spanish III Honors, Ceramics I
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No MAJOR awards but I’ve won a lot for soccer. Academically, National Merit Commended and National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer - 4 yrs varsity - captain, all sectional, all area, all conference, team mvp, defensive mvp, all state all academic, regional champions x3
[] Job/Work Experience: worked in a warehouse for a year, have refereed soccer for 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: camp counselor at a camp for children with type 1 diabetes (am a diabetic myself)
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering at camp (see above), summer school, summer soccer, vacation
[] Essays: CA personal statement took some harsh criticism from family/friends, but I thought it was well-written. Why NU was very well-written; I did my research.
[] Teacher Recommendation: History teacher - 10/10, Math Teacher 8/10
[] Counselor Rec: 8/10
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: was not offered (to my knowledge)
[] Supplementary Material(if any): did not send any

[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Medium Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): ~$150k, but did apply for FA w/an older brother at a VERY expensive OOS school
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: stressed diabetes, passion for learning, work ethic, quality > quantity
[] Weaknesses: lack of big awards? IDK
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am not a typical nerd. I play sports, I like to go out, I like to hang out with my friends and blow off homework some nights. I ENJOYED high school. To me, high school was not about getting into a good college but pursuing the things that I loved.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: USC (scholarship consideration), university of illinois, UCLA (likely letter)
Rejected: Stanford EA

[/ul]General Comments: Have to hear from other schools. Was not expecting an acceptance, but I will gladly take it! This will only make my final decision harder. FA will be a big factor, but it will be hard to say no to NU.

NUKelloggDad · March 22, 2013, 1:51am

Decision: Accepted (posting for my son)

College and Program: McCormick (Computer Science)

Objective:
SAT I (Composite): 2380 (800 800 780)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 760 Biology, 760 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94, ~ 4.5 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not Applicable - school uses decile rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Over 22 AP and Honors credits. 5’s in all AP tests.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and National AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

President of several clubs (BioTech, Green Youth Alliance, SNHS regional, SNHS local and others)
Editor of peacemaker winning magazine
Blogger with over 9,000 views and 1,000 visitors
Piano level 7 and many others.
Influential in passing plastic bag ban in the city via Green Youth Alliance that he was president.

Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at NASA - published research paper and presented in a conference. Another summer job at an internet startup.
Summer Activities: Summer job, Summer Physics Honors course at Northwester (4.0 unweighted)
Essays: Well written. We think they were great.
Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know - we think they were good.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know. Should be consistent with credentials.
Additional Rec: Supervisor from NASA summer job - don’t know how it was.
Interview: Excellent
Supplementary Material(if any): Research abstract and letter from City Environmental Manager acknowledging the impact on passing plastic bag ban.
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian American
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None other than research and leadership. Had legacy at NU - dad went to Kellogg.

Reflection
Strengths: Research at NASA, scores/stats, leadership, essays, diverse interests.

Weaknesses: Class decile rank. The high school has 50 national merit finalists and ~ 100 kids getting 2,300+ on SAT and over 75 kids getting 3.94+ on unweighted GPA. It was very very difficult to stand out from this crowd which is super competitive. But they all are very well prepared for college.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths above.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UC Berkeley (EECS - regents candidate - waiting for regents), UIUC, UCSD & other UC’s
Waitlisted: CalTech
Deferred: Princeton
Rejected: MIT

General Comments: NU would be one of our top choices but we still need to wait for the rest of the landscape to get cleared.

Canadian112 · March 22, 2013, 2:24am

Decision: Accepted

College and Program:: WCAS

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): single(2300) R:710 M: 800 W: 790. Super (2320) R:720 M:800 W:800 Didn’t send super. so they only know single
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] APs: MacroEcon 5, Microecon 5, Stat5, Chem 5, Calc bc 5
[] IBs:N/A
[] GPA (UW, W):4.0 UW
[] Rank: School doesn’t rank. but most likely 1/150~ish
[] Other stats: What’s this?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: DECA internationals 3rd place, String Orchestra, Head of School’s house, provincially ranked squash player, president of math, computer programming, investment club.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Essays (subject and responses): I didnt submit the optional research. Cause i never done one lol. I think my essay was good. Spent solid time writing it. I wrote about my interest in econ and public policy.
[] Teacher Recs: All 3 were good. I got from AP econ teacher, Ap eng teacher.
[] Counselor Rec: Prob best. my fav person since grade 9.
[] Applied on (EA?): Accepted UChicago EA. Deferred Columbia(ED), Waiting on HYPS, dartmouth, Penn.
[] Hook (if any):International asian student. Not a hook obviously
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]:
[] State or Country: Canada
[] School Type:Private
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[li] Gender:Male[/li] [/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got accepted. Those who got waitlisted, keep your hopes up. Those who didn’t get admitted, patiently wait. There will be a school just right for you. Haha, i have good luck with schools in chicago region.

tjschauer · March 22, 2013, 2:29am

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: Weinberg, Undecided

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370, 800R 770M 800W
[] ACT: None
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/535
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (4), Human Geography (5), Language and Composition (5), Psychology (5), Statistics (5), US History (4), World History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Spanish 5-6, AP US Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature and Composition, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics B
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive cycling until end of 11th grade, Science Olympiad (captain), DECA, UCrew Freshman Mentoring
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Honor Society ~150 hours during high school
[] Summer Activities: nothing
[] Essays: Strong, got feedback from English teacher, English major mother, and MIT student
[] Teacher Recommendation: I know at least one of the two was very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[] Supplementary Material(if any): None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public (Wealthier part of the suburbs)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Higher but not enough to pay full
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academic statistics, I know a couple of my essays were very very good. I also had a diverse array of ECs that I showed a lot of commitment to, and success over an extended period of time.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing particularly notable about me-no outstanding projects or experiences.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: All-around solid student, good academics and strong ECs with good essay writing.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Washington, University of Portland, University of Oklahoma (NMS scholarship option), Waiting on Columbia, Boston University, NYU
[/ul]

Adodie · March 22, 2013, 2:45am

** Decision: Rejected**

College and Program: Weinberg

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (730/740/720)
[] SAT II: 790 (US History) 720 (Math II)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/404
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP GOV (5), AP Calc (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (ASB President, Junior Class President), Elected Precinct Level Official, Youth and Government (Governor), Young Democrats Club (President and Founder), County Democratic Party (Executive Committee), Speech and Debate (won 3rd place in State for my event), Violin (All State Orchestra, Associate concertmaster of my high school orchestra)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship for a state house candidate
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church related activities
[] Summer Activities: Internship and CONA (Youth and Gov)
[] Essays:
I liked my common app one a lot, 9/10
The supplement wasn’t spirited, but it got it’s job done, 7.5/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were very good
[] Counselor Rec: Very good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[] Supplementary Material(if any): None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Above FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, showed no interest
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Frankly, I don’t know. Going through these threads, there are lots of decisions that I wouldn’t have expected to happen – and yet they happened anyway (I don’t mean to devalue the accomplishments of all of those who got in – I’m sure every single one of you deserve it). The applicant pool is just so strong. I think it may have hurt that I showed no interest, but oh well. Life goes on, even though it stings a bit.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: WUSTL
Rejected: Stanford (EA)

[/ul]General Comments:

As I said above, it stings a bit, but I was leaning towards WUSTL anyways. Congrats to all of you who got in!

rishav17 · March 22, 2013, 4:20am

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program:McCormick (Electrical Engg)

**Objective: **[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 Superscore. (M-800, W-730, R-700)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II - 780, Phy - 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Indian system ( Average 85%, 10th ICSE - 94%)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% varying.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None. Will take them now.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard MUN India maybe?(Outstanding Delegate)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football, Basketball, Debates, Science fairs, Photography, MUN conferences, Cricket, Writing, etc. Nothing spectacular. But a LOT of dedication to each activity and minor success in all of them.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: National Cadet Corps(2yrs), National Service Scheme(2yrs) [ India ]
[li] Summer Activities: See ECs.[/li][] Essays: Northwestern supplement showed that I researched about the school; spoke about it’s EWB chapter in depth. Nowhere near brilliant. Commonapp essay - I liked it. Expressed my views strongly(on Environmental degradation). But again, not written well.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Submitted 1 from physics teacher. More personal than generic.
[] Counselor Rec: Again - more personal than generic. It wasn’t glowing with superlatives though.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Only one contact in Mumbai, India - which is miles away from where I live. Requested a skype interview. Request was denied.
[li] Supplementary Material(if any): Abstract of an engineering idea. Not researched upon, just the theoretical brief.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private, non-feeder school. Reputed though.
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Medium? Applied for aid [Haven’t yet received the package, but need at least 25k USD per year.)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Anti -hook of being an Indian male with generic ECs asking ~50% aid.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Really dunno. Well rounded perhaps - juggled sports, academics and other pursuits throughout high school. But who doesn’t nowadays??
[] Weaknesses: mid 50percentile SAT, school marks are nothing compared to those of the “Indian Nerds”, no “Unique” point.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See “Strengths”. Also maybe, just maybe that engineering abstract worked!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Drexel, UIUC and now Northwestern. Waitlisted at Case Western Reserve University(this was depressing news). Rejected at none till now. But expecting 5 of them next week on Ivy day.

[/ul]General Comments: Miracles do happen!!
I was expecting a rejection, especially after I found out that NU has a pretty stringent aid policy for Internationals and the fact that I’m just an average applicant - makes this acceptance all the more WONDERFUL. Congrats to all those accepted and hold on to all those wait listed. To those rejected, don’t worry - there are many awesome colleges out there and just like NU felt that I’d fit in, you guys will fit in someplace else!!

To all those future International applicants looking for aid - HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAMS. If I can receive aid at a top university, anyone can!! Haha!! :D

NorthwesternDad · March 22, 2013, 7:10am

Congratulations rishav17.

rishav17 · March 22, 2013, 7:22am

@NorthwesternDad - Thanks! Your advice helped me!! :)

NorthwesternDad · March 22, 2013, 7:48am

@rishav17, Not me…there is someone out there who decides!!!

jak321 · March 22, 2013, 7:49am

Congrats Rishav.
See you at Chicago in a few months :p

awkwardpenguin13 · March 22, 2013, 8:21am

Decision: Rejected

McCormick

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 29- 33M, 27S, 30E, 26R, 10E
[] SAT II: 730 Chem, 670 ML1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8 (93/100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/241
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc, AP Govt, AP Eng Lit, Robotics, Psychology, Spanish 4, Sociology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Finalist
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Technology Entry Program (Student Ambassador + Science Bowl Team Captain), Robotics Club (President 11/12), FIRST robotics (Student rep 11/12), Science Club (President 11/12), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (President 12), Marching Band (Treasurer 11)
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting for 3 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Medical Explorers
[] Summer Activities: E2@MIT, CURIE Academy
[] Essays: Thought my essays were actually good. Ah well
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good/Great
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: didn’t have one.
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <30K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, QuestBridge
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Subjective Stuff
[] Weaknesses: Numbers.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Expected.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell (likely), UVa, and Wellesley. Rejected at MIT, UChicago, and obviously Northwestern. Waitlisted at Colorado College and Bryn Mawr.[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:**
Kind of hurt, but it’s okay. I probably would have gone to Cornell anyway.

MaR00n · March 22, 2013, 8:59am

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 680 M 720 WR 750 (2150 superscore)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Chem 760 Bio E 780 Math1 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): fluctuated, but not too bad
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): in my dreams
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UNESCO club (sec.), basketball, Religious, and about three others
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at oil company
[] Volunteer/Community service: orphanage, five days a week, a lot of hours a day over summer
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: my ‘why northwestern’ essay was good i guess but i didn’t really like it…my commonapp essay was what people will call ‘trite’ but it worked! (I also liked it)
[] Teacher Recommendation: okay
[] Counselor Rec: he didn’t really like anyone…so i don’t even know
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: ? no
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: can’t recall
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Nigeria
[] School Type: hard to get in, Catholic
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: idk
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays?
[] Weaknesses: rank?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my EC’S were lovely
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]accepted: Fordham (early letter), Uva, UIUC
Waitlisted: Uchicago
Rejected: March 28th is still to come, but none for now.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m SO freakin’ happy, after getting waitlisted at u of c this is just exciting! and also advice to future applicants to college: don’t apply to soo many schools, not only is it a waste of money, but you’re also reducing other people’s chances!

samcollege · March 22, 2013, 9:49am

** Decision: Accepted**

**College and Program: Arts and Sciences! **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2180 (770/650/760)
[] ACT:didnt take
[] SAT II: math 2: 740 physics: 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (4.3)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CALC AB 5, Lang: 4 Psych: 4 World: 5 US GOV: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 Aps, journalism, 3 electives
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national hispanic scholar, ap scholar with distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swim team 4 years, lax 2, various other sports mostly
[] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
[] Volunteer/Community service: preteam swim coach, counselor at summer camp
[] Summer Activities: last summer i took an econ course at brown
[] Essays: Not the best writer
[] Teacher Recommendation:generic probably
[] Counselor Rec:generic probably
[] Additional Rec:none
[] Interview:none
[] Supplementary Material(if any):

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OOS
[] Country (if international applicant): Merica
[] School Type: Pretty good public school
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): >300,000 but still yes
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Sat scores, URM,
[] Weaknesses:gpa
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UMD, Ohio State, UCSB
Rejected: UVA, Vandy (applied with a 2040 sat score)
waiting on duke and umich and usc!

[/ul]**congrats everyone, i will probably see you there! **

ykknip321 · March 22, 2013, 10:39am

Decision: Accepted
College and Program: Weinburg (Statistics)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): didn’t take
[] SAT IIs: Math II - 750, Biology E -750
[] ACT: 34
[] APs: Statistics, Calculus, Biology, Environmental Science, Language, Literature, French
[] GPA (UW, W): 4.19 weighted, about 3.9 unweighted (two A-'s)
[] Rank: I’d estimate 8/220
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Girl Scouts (gold award), 4 years in a varsity sport, Math Club President, French Club President, Science Olympiad
[] Essays (subject and responses): Not-so-hot
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent content, but one teacher spelled my name incorrectly
[] Counselor Rec: Default
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Midwest US
[] School Type: Public School in wealthy area
[/ul]

Liaaa33 · March 22, 2013, 1:50pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: Medill/journalism

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 superscore (750 M, 750 CR, 770 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 760 Math II, 740 US History, 730 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~4.0 UW, don’t know weighted, school calculates on a different scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/276
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Latin, US History, English Lit, Stats, all 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP English Lang, AP Latin, AP Gov, creative writing at local college
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, 4-time National Latin Exam gold medal, Scholastic Art/Writing Gold Key, honorable mention in local writing contest, winner of regional speech contest, Harvard Book Award[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): field hockey, indoor/outdoor track, Key Club (board member), editing service for other students (founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: jobs past two summers and this winter, last winter interned at a local newspaper and published a few articles
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 150 hours through Key Club, another 50ish through helping out with a youth field hockey league
[] Summer Activities: working, nothing
[] Essays: really good, I think
[] Teacher Recommendation: one from the English teacher who edits a lot of my writing and helped me start the editing service, the other from my Latin teacher who I’ve had all four years, didn’t read but I’d assume good
[] Counselor Rec: average probably, didn’t read
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[] Supplementary Material(if any):

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): ME
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: average public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): $150k, applied for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, experience at newspaper
[] Weaknesses: lack of leadership positions
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted: U. Maryland (honors), Boston U. (trustee scholar)
still waiting on Brown, Yale (deferred SCEA), and Stanford

[/ul]General Comments: so happy! Made an account just to post this. If next Thursday goes as I’m expecting it to, then I’ll see some of you in Chicago in the fall!

FawkesGoldman · March 22, 2013, 7:15pm

** Decision: Accepted**

**College and Program: Weinberg **

Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 single-sitting (CR: 800; Math: 750; Writing: 800, with an 11 essay)[/li]
[li] SAT II: Biology: 800; Math II: 720 (took twice with the same score); World History: 770[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable, but definitely in the top five of a 430-person class[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (sophomore, 5); English Lit (junior, 5); Statistics (junior, 5); Biology (junior, 5); Human Geography (junior, self-study, 5); Microecon (junior, self-study, 4)[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Top orchestra and choir, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Physics (course is B, with C Mechanics portions self-studied)[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Ambassadors (President; student liaison to new students); NHS (Officer); Orchestra (Council president); Model United Nations; spring musical (stage, moderate role)[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: N/A[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: About 1.5 years as a reception volunteer at a local hospital (5 months in ER); former church A/V volunteer (about 500-600 volunteer hours given freshman - junior years); tutoring; orchestra mentoring[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: 2012 - Legal Administrative Assistant (unpaid intern) for two months[/li]
[li] Essays: My CA essay was well-written but not outstanding, and my Northwestern one felt canned, at least relative to some other application essays I’ve written.[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Two, both of which were junior-year AP teachers whom I got along with very well[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: We barely know each other, but it wasn’t negative.[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: N/A[/li]
[li] Interview: It was very informal, but fairly informative, and I felt it went well.[/li]
[li] Supplementary Material(if any): N/A[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]

[li] State (if domestic applicant): Iowa[/li]
[li] School Type: 1800-student suburban/rural[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: White[/li]
[li] Gender: Male[/li]
[li] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Upper[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li][/ul]

Reflection[ul]

[li] Strengths: I felt good across the board[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: For this application, I didn’t have an outstanding essay, and I thought that might hurt me.[/li][/ul]

loki2016 · March 22, 2013, 10:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[li]SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (720 Math, 780 Critical Reading, 800 Writing)[/li]
[li]SAT II: 750 US History, 800 Math II[/li]
[li]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li]
[li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/417[/li]
[li]AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5’s, Two 4’s, One 3[/li]
[li]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP World, AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Gov[/li]
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NHS, National Merit[/li]
Subjective:

[li]Extracurriculars: Student council, intern for local campaign, performing (guitar/singing) at local restaurant, ultimate frisbee, History club and literature club (I’m an officer for both of those)[/li]
[li]Volunteer/Community service: local schools (science projects), science museum[/li]
[li]Summer Activities: Most of the volunteer/community service stuff was a “summer activity”[/li]
[li]Essays: My NU essay was pretty good, I think. had a list of reasons I should go to Northwestern made by my 6 and 8 year old cousins. [/li]
[li]Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them (there were two), but I have good relationships with both teachers, I expect they were very good recommendations.[/li]
[li]Counselor Rec: Probably also pretty good; I had the recommendation from my counselor who just retired instead of the new one who just took over, and she was awesome.[/li]
[li]Interview: did not have[/li]
Other:

[li]State (if domestic applicant): Mountain West[/li]
[li]School Type: Public[/li]
[li]Ethnicity: Very, very white[/li]
[li]Gender: Female[/li]
[li]Income Bracket: Did not request financial aid[/li]
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have an uncle who works there… Not sure if that counts.[/li]
Reflection

[li] Strengths: Academic rigor, recommendations, essay[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: Maybe showing more commitment to some of my extra curriculars.[/li]
[*] Where else you got in/waitlisted/rejected: In to UVA, William and Mary, WashU, Bowdoin, Wesleyan. Likely from Colby and Trinity. Deferred SCEA from Yale

Saxprover13 · March 23, 2013, 2:36am

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Weinberg

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 31 (eng: 32 mat: 32 read: 32 sci: 26) superscore 33 (eng: 34 mat: 32 read: 32 sci: 33)
SAT II: 710 chem 700 math I (didn’t send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis):10 APs. So far I only have scores for 5 of them: (5,5,4,3,3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap Spanish, ap micro, ap physics, honors band, ap calc bc, honors english, government, ap music theory
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not many. Illinois state scholar, ap scholar with distinction,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching band (drum major, section leader, 1st chair), NHS (Secretary), Scholastic Bowl (VP, National Competition), Improv Troupe (audition required), Improv Club (club leader), Spring musical as both a lead and pit orchestra member, some other ones too!
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: ~400 hours
Summer Activities:music camps
Essays: I didn’t think it was great but my English teacher liked it a lot
Teacher Recommendation: from chem and calc teachers. I think they weren’t too shabby
Counselor Rec: I don’t think my counselor knows me too well but I don’t think anything bad was written in it.
Additional Rec: from music teacher and spanish teacher. I saw the one from my band director and it was excellent!
Interview: no
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: about 1450 students, public school. Pretty decent school.
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation college student
Reflection
Strengths: idk, nothing! Leadership maybe? Maybe essay?
Weaknesses: grades, test scores, a lot haha
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Iowa, UIUC Jacobs Honors, WashU, UChicago
General Comments: I was not expecting this at all! I didn’t know they would be released on Thursday until I randomly checked CC and people were posting their decisions. I can’t believe this is happening. Congrats to those accepted! To those deferred and rejected, no matter what happens, you will all go to amazing schools! To everyone, the college process is nearly over so let’s all pat ourselves on the back! :)

meston · March 23, 2013, 6:40am

Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): 2270 M: 760 R: 740 W: 770
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.11
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile
Senior Year Course Load: IB Mandarin B HL; IB Physics HL; IB History HL; IB Economics HL; IB English Lit HL; AP Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Founder and president of a club to address migrant worker issues; Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship
Job/Work Experience:internship as part of PSGE
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Country (if international applicant): US citizen
School Type: international
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores, class rank, GPA, teacher recs, and essay
General Comments:
Accepted: Tulane (EA); Illinois(EA); Villanova (EA); UCSB; UCLA; USC (EA); Notre Dame (EA); Northwestern (RD); Vanderbilt (ED)
Wait listed: none
Rejected: none

Very fortunate to have these results. Congratulations to all 2013 grads no matter where you attend college!

schoolfees · March 23, 2013, 7:17am

My child got in but we are still waiting for Scholarship/FA.

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