Official Northwestern Class of 2017 Decisions STATS ONLY

deepblue14 · March 23, 2013, 11:34am

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: WCAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310; 750 CR, 770 M, 790 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 740 Bio M, 730 Math 1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 (98/100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/60
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4), English Lang (4), U.S. Gov (5), Bio (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, Religion, Economics, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, AP Calc AB, AP Comparative Gov (self-study)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA (4 years), NHS, Varsity Soccer (4 years), Model UN, All-State Band, tons of music stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mission trips over the summer each year
[] Summer Activities: Hospital Internship, Boys State, various volunteering
[] Essays: Pretty decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read these but I’m assuming they were good (from AP Lang and Gov teachers) 
[] Counselor Rec: I read this one, it was pretty good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[] Supplementary Material(if any): N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): DE
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): ~150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, well-roundedness? Specific Why NU essay?
[] Weaknesses: No major awards and I’m not very unique lol
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Brandeis, William and Mary, Washu
Waitlisted: UChicago
Waiting to hear back from several others

[/ul]General Comments: So happy!

luv2dance1995 · March 23, 2013, 1:42pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: WCAS!

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800 M 800 CR 790 W)</li>
<li>ACT: 36 (35 science)</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Math 2</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/about 900</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych, Calc BC, US History, English Lang/Comp all 5s</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: APs: Micro/Macro, Spanish, Chem, Bio; Honors English electives</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, various NHS, Presidential Scholar applicant</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Dance 10+ hours/week, perform with local company, sent in art supplement
Piano since age 5, School newspaper staff writer (11th), news editor (12th), Founder/co-president of South Asian cultural club this year, Model UN, JV tennis 9th-11th grade</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Paid dance teaching assistant (5th-9th grade), research internship at UChicago science lab (last summer)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: school service club, local food pantry since July 2012</li>
<li>Summer Activities: dance, tennis, babysitting, dance festival tour summer 2010 in Austria, research last summer</li>
<li>Essays: Liked my CA essay, thought the why NU was specific</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: sophomore year English teacher (current newspaper advisor) and junior year APUSH teacher, should both have been good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: huge school so maybe generic</li>
<li>Additional Rec: the professor I did research under and the head of my dance studio</li>
<li>Interview: Nope, the slots they offered were full when I tried to sign up</li>
</ul>

Other:

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): IL</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: large, decent public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Indian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: not sure but didn’t apply for FA</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mom went to grad school at NU (Kellogg)</li>
</ul>

Reflection:

<ul>
<li>Strengths: test scores, well-rounded ECs, maybe essays</li>
<li>Weaknesses: ORM for sure! not a lot of leadership/volunteering</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong stats and well-roundedness? and maybe the kind-of legacy thing</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got a likely from UPenn, deferred SCEA from Harvard, waitlisted by WashU, accepted to UMiami and UChicago. Waiting on Ivy day: Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia</li>
</ul>

General Comments:
Congrats to everyone accepted, and good luck to those waitlisted/rejected for your other schools! Go wildcats! Purple pride :)

berries123 · March 23, 2013, 2:06pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: Medill School of Journalism

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.88
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/370 or something like that
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking tests in May
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB History HL, IB Chem SL, IB French SL, IB English HL, IB Math SL, IB Business & Management HL, Theory of Knowledge
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just school and local awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis (Captain senior year), Key Club, NHS, Track
[] Job/Work Experience: intern/contributing writer for multiple pop culture/fashion websites
[] Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics Tennis (coach), Obama Campaign Fellow, assistant teacher/volunteer for underprivileged children, etc
[] Summer Activities: volunteering, writing
[] Essays: I really loved my common app essay, and I feel like it truly expressed who I am (I talked about my love of words, art, fashion, and culture) and I liked my Why NU essay- it was specific, detailed, and at times funny.
[] Teacher Recommendation: assumed they were good, but I didn’t read them
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Interview went well! I liked my interviewer even though we didn’t have too much in common
[] Supplementary Material(if any):

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large suburban public school with IB program
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): ~100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, some schools consider me a 1st gen college student, others don’t[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Rigorous course load & I feel like my essays were what really made me stand out
[] Weaknesses: my numbers are good, but not super high or anything like that
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think my essays stood out the most!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Ohio State (w/ Morrill Excellence Scholarship), Amherst (early write), Swarthmore (early write), Wellesley (likely and then acceptance), Denison (w/ $20,000 merit aid per year), American (w/ $12,000 merit aid & acceptance into honors program)

Waiting for: Barnard, Yale, and Columbia

[/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy that I got into Medill! For future applicants- make sure you take time on your essays, and that they truly reflect who you are! Don’t try and be someone you’re not.

SirCadogan · March 23, 2013, 6:32pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 800, M:730, W:800
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Molecular Bio: 800, Physics: 760, Math 2: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/271
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, including Chemistry, Language, Calculus AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, I guess? (Semifinalist at time of application.)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (VP, then president), marching band, jazz band, honor choir, Rocket Club–and I included NaNoWriMo. There’s probably more stuff I can’t recall.
[] Job/Work Experience: summer school classroom aide, tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer math tutoring (only 1 hr/week, ~10 weeks/year)
[] Summer Activities: Nothing much that’s notable.
[] Essays: Common App essay was about an ethical dilemma I faced with a club. My Why Northwestern essay was one of the essays I felt best about through my whole application process, because I had a lot to talk about.
[] Teacher Recommendations: Pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: I didnt read it, but my counselor knows me pretty well.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Supplementary Material: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, scores, class rank, rigor of schedule, some consistency in my music ECs
[] Weaknesses: lack of community service, no big awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ugh, that’s a difficult question. I went back and looked at my application while I was waiting for my decision, and Im proud of it and I know I did the best that I could. My lack of community service probably hurt me.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I dont think Ill be accepting my spot on the waitlistthe number of students getting in from the list has been getting smaller every year for the past five-ish years, and I want to be fully committed to whatever school I choose. I havent decided completely, though, because I really like Northwestern and I like thinking that there’s still a chance.

infiniteloop12 · March 23, 2013, 10:17pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290; 740 CR, 770 M, 780 R
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 780 MII, 800 Chem, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Chem, AB, US, Euro,
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP: BC, Mech C, English Lit, US Gov. Honors Spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team, Jazz Piano, Spanish Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: I help a CPA
[] Volunteer/Community service: Counselor in Training at YMCA, Helped Soccer Association occasionally
[] Summer Activities: Music Camps
[] Essays: I wrote them quickly, but nevertheless they were unique.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great! I picked teachers who I liked and were also really smart. Two department leaders.
[] Counselor Rec: Meh. I don’t think this matters much
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public HS, Highly ranked
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $250k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none whatsoever
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong upward grades trend (3.96 Junior year), essays,
[] Weaknesses: Extracurricular activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMD, Northeastern, UCONN, UVA. Waitlisted: Northwestern, Rice, WUSTL. Deferred: Columbia[/li][/ul]General Comments: I really liked Northwestern. I don’t know if it was my first choice but it was up there. I thought I showed a lot of interest. But I guess it is getting so much more competitive now…

Vanny8D · March 23, 2013, 10:28pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (single sitting) CR: 800 M: 770 W: 800
[] SAT II: Math II: 680, Chemistry: 720, US History: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/599; top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (4), English Composition (4), Psychology (4), Chemistry (4), Computer Science (3), Spanish Language (2) <— Yes, really.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics C AP, Calc BC AP, Gov AP, Eng Lit AP, Bio AP, Computer Science 3, Choir
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Texas Boy’s State representative, Discus Award Winner, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (president), Model UN (vice president), Key Club (senior representative), Film Club (vice president), Guitar Club (founder & president), Comp Sci UIL, Choir
[] Job/Work Experience: Math and Reading tutor (3 years)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150ish hours?
[] Essays: Probably one of the best essays I’ve ever written. One big extended metaphor on how I was a time traveler because of my cultural tastes and interest in technology.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right to see; probably good.
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic- she knows me extremely well and said she gave me the highest marks in each category.
[] Additional Rec: Waived right to see; okay I guess.
[] Interview: “What do you do on weekends?” “… Are you looking for an answer deeper than ‘hang out with friends’?”
[] Supplementary Material(if any): Highly detailed. I explained why I wanted to go there, including everything from the quarter system to the rock in my essay.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Large competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): Less than 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I WISH[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, leadership in ECs, essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs & APs (should’ve probably studied harder), mediocre interview, lack of major awards, asian
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly? My essays.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far… Accepted: Rice, Brandeis, Middlebury, UCLA/ Waitlisted: WashU/ Rejected: Columbia(ED), Tulane(my backup too LOL)

[/ul]General Comments: Pleasantly surprised that my weaknesses didn’t break me. Congrats to all who got in!

lillyp4 · March 23, 2013, 11:09pm

@meston how could you get regular decision acceptances if you were already accepted somewhere early decision?

Und3rC0ver · March 24, 2013, 8:36am

** Decision: Accepted**
College and Program: Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800,800,700)
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II: 800 800 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5x5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 2 Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Pres. Scholar Nominee?[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quite a few very impressive ones (per feedback from adcoms)
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years of well-respected internships over summer, paper route, professional writing
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100ish hours maybe
[] Summer Activities: Internships, camps, sports
[] Essays:
Why NU? 7.5/10 → May have been a little typical, but was well written
Common App: 9/10 → Impressed quite a few
[] Teacher Recommendation:

9.5/10 → Lit. Teacher who really liked me.
8/10 → Physics teacher who thought I was smart but probably not genius level.
[] Counselor Rec: 9.5/10 ← really know her well
[] Additional Rec: NA
[] Interview: 8/10 (fairly typical answers, but came off as genuine)
[] Supplementary Material(if any):

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket(specify if applied for FA): No FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs were very well rounded and passionate with demonstrated success, numbers matched. Decent essays
[] Weaknesses: Nothing earth shattering about my app
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EC’s + Academics + Essays
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Rice, Caltech, Swarthmore (early write), Northeastern, UVa, UMass
Deferred: Princeton SCEA
[/ul]General Comments:
Things always work out in the end.

guitarkid49 · March 24, 2013, 10:29am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1470/2210 - 780M, 690R, 740W 9E
ACT: 32C (did not send)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Bio M, 710 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/644
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, Honors English IV, AP Stats, AP Econ (Macro+Micro), Honors Physics, AP Chem
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Siemens Competition 2011 Regional Semifinalist, AP Scholar, NMS Commended

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech & Debate, NHS (VP), Bhangra dancer
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer (3 summers), MLK Day of Service
Summer Activities: PTEI High School Summer camp, PFEW, UPCI Summer Academy
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: Great
Interview: Thought it went pretty well - although was late due to conflict, don’t know if it actually was used

Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: 200,00+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lol
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: scores, typical indian kid, maybe to much of a standard essay?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who really knows. at least 16 kids from my school alone who basically have the same stats and ecs were wait listed expected for 3.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Northeastern (Accepted), Rutgers (Accepted), Villanova (Accepted), Temple (Accepted), Drexel (Accepted), Pitt (Accepted), Michigan (Accepted), VCU (Accepted), UNC (Rejected), SUNY Buffalo (Accepted), WashU (Waitlisted)

General Comments: Loved Northwestern when I visited a year or two ago. Guess it wasn’t meant to be. Congrats to those accepted and for those rejected, keep your heads up!

maryroxsox · March 24, 2013, 1:18pm

Decision: Waitlisted

College and Program: College of Arts and Sciences- Undecided

Stats: [ul]
[] SAT I (by section): N/A, didn’st send
[] SAT IIs: 800 (US History), 750 (Math II)
[] ACT: 33 total, English: 30, 36, Math: 34, 35, Science: 35, 30, Writing: 12
[] APs: US History (5), World History (5), Human Geography (5), Calc BC (5), Physics B (4), and English Lang (5)
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA (UW, W): 3.9, 4.6
[] Rank: 13/660
[] Other stats:
[/ul]**Subjective: **[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Speech and Debate (Co-Captain), Literary Magazine Club (Co-Editor-in-Chief), French Honors Society (Co-President), National Honors Society, Key Club, I did Tech Theater for a year
[] Job/Work Experience: Youth Commission, Interning on a Political Campaign, Breif Internship at a Law Firm, Election Judge
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App on my fav book’s influence on me and what LitMag means to me, the University Specific was sorta general why I thought the school was cool and why I was undecided (probably not my best work)
[] Teacher Recs: Pretty good I think, got one from my Calc and one from my US teacher
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good I think
[] Applied on (EA?): Regular decision
[] Hook (if any): Technically a legacy, but I don’t think a grandma who donated nothing and died in the 70s really counts for much
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Colorado
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Eh, c’est la vie. The fin aid probably wouldn’t have been very different from UChicago, and considering I can’t really afford them, getting in here and not being able to afford it either probably would have just been more diappointment. Congrats to everyone who got in!

CharlieKringas · March 24, 2013, 4:50pm

** Decision: Accepted**

College and Program: WSAS. Hopefully Pre-Med with Spanish and Psychology. Might end up in Film, Television, Radio. Who knows.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Math II (750), Spanish (720), Lit (680).
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank. Top 5% if we did.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), Spanish Language (4), English Lang (5), English Lit, Physics C Mech, Calc BC all TBD
[] Senior Year Course Load: Religion, AP Lit, AP Physics, Select Ensemble class, Cultural Anthropology and Modern World History, AP Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Princeton Book Award Nominee, AP Scholar (aren’t we all, haha)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrote a musical that my school put on (music directed it, but I wrote the script and orchestration. This is likely what got me in), tons of theatre (over 15 productions, in and out of school), Pep Band, founded Ultimate Frisbee Team with friends, Spanish Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Professional (paid) theatre work. Worked at ice cream shop summers. Internship at hospital.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours appxmt. Month long period helping special needs kids at local school. Didn’t really mention these.
[] Summer Activities: Professional theatre and work.
[] Essays: Really proud. Common App was about my struggle to reconcile my need for a creative side with my need for the intellectual stimulation that comes from math, science, etc.
[] Teacher Recommendations: Both fantastic. Did not read, but me and these teachers are personal friends.
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic. Good friends with counselor.
[] Interview: Amazing. Guy and me were practically twins in every aspect.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] School Type: Private Catholic (100 per grade)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket (specify if applied for FA): $100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Wrote a musical, essays, recommendations, interview
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, AP scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really emphasized the fact that I wrote a musical from scratch. I think my essays were very true to who I am, really put me out there, vulnerable.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: University of Tulsa (Pres. Scholar), Southern Methodist University (Pres. Scholar), University of Oklahoma

Deferred Early Action: Yale

Waiting on: Yale, Harvard, Vanderbilt

[/ul]General Comments: Was shocked, and still am as I look at the stats of other accepted and denied people. In awe.

Avalde4 · March 24, 2013, 5:11pm

Decision: Accepted

School of Communication as an RTVF major, indicated wanting to double in Weinberg

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110
(CR710/W720/M680)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: US history 770 WHist 750 Lit 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school does it on a 100 scale, but I believe it would be a 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/542
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH(5), Lang(4),Psych (4) Env. Science (4) WH(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP calc bc, AP eng 4, AP macro eco/AP US gov, AP Bio, 2 creative writing courses (required for my magnet program), Latin Word Power and team sports
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national Hispanic scholar, AP scholar with distinction, silver key in poetry from scholastic alliance for young artists and writers, directors award at regional science fair, school representative at state poetry out loud contest 9th and 12th grade year, Texas high school aerospace scholar (required congresswoman’s nomination), 4 of my poems out of 55 Selected published in city public library anthology out of 2000 entries, poem was chosen to be on the city buses for the month of April 2013 for national poetry month

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lit mag (co editor-in-chief-12) (contributor 9-11), spoken word and performance poetry events for creative writing department of my magnet program, film appreciation club, north east school of the arts representative forum (senior creative writing class rep), model un, Spanish honor society (historian), animal society (co founder and treasurer), earth club, national honor society, social studies UIL,
Job/Work Experience: waitstaff at a soup/salad buffet, secretary and Internet advertiser for my dads real estate business
Volunteer/Community service: young writer’s camp (team leader for screenwriting group), church group (occasional playwright for skits 9-10), chandler nursing home, miscellaneous book fairs, writing workshops and plays at nearby elementary and middle schools

Summer experiences: young writers camp mentioned above, working for my dad, summer school in order to make room for more AP classes I was interested in, national student leadership conference for theater at Fordham university, Dartmouth bound summer program

Essays: I think my common app essay was absolutely terrible. Some people have liked it, but I think it was kind of pointless and whiny and I don’t like it at all in retrospect.
Teacher Recommendation: one was probably good and one for sure was very strong
Counselor Rec: not too shabby, we have a nice relationship
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: RTVF, (also listed interest in poli sci and Env sci)
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, with an arts magnet program
Ethnicity: Hispanic, Mexican
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 20,000 <
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: extra curriculars, GPA, sat IIs?, URM
Weaknesses: sat score, essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I guess URM status helped me, but hopefully it wasn’t all about that and being versatile and having multiple passions in different fields (but I could be wrong), and the big one could be that I applied to the School of Communication
General Comments: Extremely happy! I love this school. It’s beautiful and perfect and definitely a top choice.

Where else were you accepted/denied/wait listed:

Accepted: Iowa state, northern Arizona, ut austin, Fordham, Hofstra, Arizona state, mills, Tulane, Williams (early write), Wesleyan (early write), Wellesley, northeastern, duke (likely with LSRW invite)

Wait listed: University of Chicago

Quentin614 · March 25, 2013, 12:49am

Decision: Rejected

College and Program: School of Communication, Theater major

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): (750 CR, 660 M, 700 W) 2110
[] ACT: N/A
[] 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): AP Lit: 5, AP Euro: 4, AP US: 4, AP German: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Physics, two choirs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Principal roles/leadership in theater, Varsity Choir (Vice President), Show Choir (Vice President), German Club (Officer), private voice lessons
[] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Hallmark store
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters
[] Summer Activities: Community theater
[] Essays: Personal essay was a humorous piece about my name (Nicholas). Likely the strongest part of my application, writing is my strongest skill. Supplement essay was not as good, but showed great interest.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was fantastic, the other was very bland, and in my opinion, awful.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably above average. She did tell me she ranked me in the highest categories.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Fantastic! We talked for about an hour and a half. He told me he would give me the highest score he could give me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: College of Arts and Sciences, English or Linguistics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Ranked top 10 in state, fringe rural.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <20k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, extracurriculars, GPA.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores.
[] Why you think you were waitlisted: I am really not sure. If anyone has any input, please let me know.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Denison University (full ride), St. Olaf College, Ohio State, University of Texas at Austin.
Waitlisted: UVA.
Waiting to hear from William and Mary, Vanderbilt, and USC.
[/ul]General Comments: Northwestern was my number one choice, I would love to hear input as to why I was rejected! I am not angry, I would just really like to know so I can strengthen my application for transfer admissions.

illuminescent · March 25, 2013, 6:52am

STATS ONLY PLEASE. Keep the discussion to the discussion threads.

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]College and Program: College of Arts and Sciences[ /b]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2120 CR: 660 M:710 W:750
[ *] SAT IIs: Math: 760 Chinese: 800
[ *] APs: English Lang and Lit, APUSH, Psych, Chinese
[ *] GPA (UW, W): 3.61 (Terrible freshman and sophomore year but with sharp upward curve)
[ *] Rank: top 30%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
Helped American sunglasses company BluBlocker (the sunglasses the dudes wore in HANGOVER) enter the Chinese market by organizing people and selling their sunglasses at the largest mall in Shanghai. In return, we used 100% of the profit to fund cataracts surgeries for the elderly poor. We raised approximately $13000 one summer.
Co-founder and editor in chief of a student run psychology website
Only junior volunteer/assistant researcher at the largest psychiatric hospital in Shanghai
Director and Anchor of School Media Department
President of Class
Organized students to provide counseling services on AP, SAT, colleges that my highschool failed to provide
Varsity swimming team and football team
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
Marketing and PR at a fast growing startup company
Marketing at a college consulting company
Finished a 3000 word entrepreneurial business plan of my own
Marketing at a listed company
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): How I did the BluBlocker project. VERY well polished and executed in terms of emotion, achievement, and narration. However, now I feel like it lacked personality. I should have wrote about my unique upbringing instead of playing it safe and trying to show off my ability.
Supplement was very well written and thoroughly researched to which classes I would like to take and how I thought of the research direction of a specific department.
[ *] Teacher Recs: AP Eng teacher and AP Psych teacher. Very solid.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very solid, talked about my growth since my sophomore year.
[ *] Applied on (EA?): RD
[ *] Hook (if any): Bi-cultutal background
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: From NY, but lived in China for the past 10 years.
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

My main failure was my GPA and judging from the competitiveness, I guess my ECs and essay cant make up for a poor freshman and sophomore year. Good luck to everyone! :-)

mgporter · March 25, 2013, 5:28pm

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Communications (Theatre, intending to double up with International Studies)

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 800, 670, 790. Top 25% on two, Bottom 25% on one.
[] ACT: 35, 29, 36, 30 and 35, 27, 35, 36. Both come out to a composite of 33, with a 34 superscore.
[] SAT II: 800 on US History and Molecular Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) Biology, U.S. History, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language.
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Student Assistant (think like a high school T.A.), AP Psychology, Chorus, AP US Gov, AP Latin, AP English Literature, Honors Physics.[/li]
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars: Theatre/Drama Club (Officer), Male A Capella Group (Founding member/Secretary), Young Democrats (Vice President), Latin Club (Officer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community Theatre and Political Volunteering. Presidential Service Medal recipient for Sophomore year.
[] Summer Activities: Northwestern Pre-College Program
[] Essays: Not as good as some of my others, but definitely good. I used a lot of humor in this one.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I assume they were pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Absolutely incredible.
[] Additional Rec: One from my Drama director of four and a half years.
[] Interview: Declined. I already knew enough about the school and knew I wanted to attend.
[li] Supplementary Material(if any): NU doesn’t take theatre supp’s, so none.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Whiter than wonder bread. My melanocites are lazy.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000. Applied for financial aid. A lot of that money is eaten up by medical bills and home repairs.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single Parent, estranged from my father.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Verbal Scores, Essays, Demonstrated Interest, Counselor Rec (She’s on the advisory board for NU), broad transcript.
[] Weaknesses: Math Scores, White Male.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably a mix of all factors. The Summer Program probably helped, although only about a third of us were ultimately admitted.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far Accepted at UVA (Legacy) and William and Mary as a Monroe Scholar. Waiting to hear from Williams, Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth.

[/ul]General Comments:
Words actually cannot express how excited I am right now. I had a feeling I’d get in, but I know that with a school as tough as NU, nothing is for sure. Good luck to everyone else in your future endeavors!

flower161 · March 25, 2013, 10:01pm

Decision:Rejected

College and Program:
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Biological Sciences
Stats:[ul]
[]SAT I (by section): 2070 superscore (680-M, 720-R, 670-W) (did submit)
[]SAT IIs: U.S. History 670, Bio E 680 (did submit)
[]ACT:29 (didnt submit)
[]APs: AP Biology (3), AP Statistics (3), AP Art History (2 but didnt submit)
[]IBs: N/A
[]GPA (UW, W): 3.2 UW, 3.5 W
[]Rank:N/A School doesnt rank
[]Other stats:none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]ECs listed on app:African American Student Organization (9-12 but officer 10-12), Academic Team (9-12 but officer 10-11), Model UN (10-11), Science Explorers (9-10), NHS, Nutrition Committee, Hospital Volunteer since 10th grade, Volunteer at organization for debt counseling during 10th grade, Library volunteer during 9th grade
[]Job/Work Experience:none
[]Essays (subject and responses):Common App Essay was about my rekindled love for reading which was pretty interesting imo as well as from others who read my essay too; Supplement was about how attending Northwestern will be the perfect way to spend my four years of college
[]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[]Counselor Rec: Amazing
[]Applied on (EA?):Regular Decision
[li]Hook (if any):URM[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li]State or Country:NY[/li]
[li]School Type:Public[/li]
[li]Ethnicity:African-American[/li]
[li]Gender:Female[/li]
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone who got admitted!! Also dont be afraid to any college including top schools cuz admissions can be unpredictable at times (not so much for me but definitely for others).

nickfaj123 · March 26, 2013, 2:21pm

ACCEPTED
SAT: 2110
SAT 2: Math 2- 730 Literature-680 US History-600
GPA: 4.0
AP’s: US History-4
Senior Course Load: TA, Spanish 3, AP Government, AP Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Economics
EC’s- 4 years on varsity Mock Trial (1 year as captain), founder/president of Movie Club.
Work Experience- Associate at local Williams-Sonoma store
Volunteer- volunteered for 2 political campaigns.
Essays- CA: Talked about how I used to get bullied and discovering the music of Lady Gaga has really helped me with my confidence. Excellent essay if I do say so myself. Supplement- Eh, neither here nor there.
Recs- Teacher recs were awesome. Haven’t read my counselor’s rec yet.
Interview- never offered me one
State: California
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Male
Income Bracket- ~200k (with severe debt which was explained)
Hooks- First generation college

bonzobv · March 26, 2013, 6:16pm

Decision: Rejected
Objective:
ACT: 35, 36SS: E:36 M:36 R:36 S:33 (one question off, 35 different sit)
SAT I (breakdown): 2120, didn’t submit
SAT II: none, school didn’t tell me they existed and I’m stupid for not realizing until too late
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 something
Rank (percentile if rank is
unavailable): 6/500 but 4 before midyear
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3), AP US History (4), AP Compski (not a spelling error, we call it that because it sounds cute 5), AP Lang (4), physics (3) psych (5)
Senior Year Course Load: calc bc, ap lit, apes, and AP Chinese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nada
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I was involved in theatre both as an actor and techie. Directed my own shows, did ADing as well. NHS Officer but I don’t think I even included that. Link Crew Leader up until this semester (I needed to to switch into newspaper-- I figured I wanted to do this before high school ended and was left with no other choice), other stuff but I left most random stuff out-- theater is one of my passions, and I’d rather that shine through. Then comes Chinese, I took several outside classes at DePaul during summer and got As in them. Was in a million bands, have a vinyl collection still growing, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Work at this local donut shop about 20 hours a week. Wake earlier on weekends than weekdays, typically 4 am.
Volunteer/Community service: Though an atheist I did a lot through my church, but I mainly helped with stuff like theatre-- ie directing or tech for young uns’ shows. Will never forget warming up the munchkins on singing in Wizard of Oz! Don’t think colleges care about generic stuff too much so I kept it at that-- I didn’t raise $8000 for cancer.
Summer Activities: more theater, Chinese.
Essays: Good writer but with this ego-inflating thought In mind I tend to write lower than I’m capable of, other than for ND because nothing was at stake. My NU essay was atrocious. Long-winded, silly, generic. I expected rejection on that alone.
Teacher Recommendation: Id say generic but not at the same time? One was from a Chinese immigrant so I think, aside from being simply adorable, it held slightly more weight.
Counselor Rec: Annoyed her with my woes constantly-- therefore she addressed my weaknesses and strengths and that probably means it was good. Could not read it, right waived!
Interview: No interview.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Public, pseudo-rural wannabe-suburb
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college,
etc.): I’d say the Chinese thing is a hook.
Reflection
Strengths: really nothing. QuestBridge, 5 years of Chinese I suppose but not quite obviously.
Weaknesses: Stats dead-bottom of people accepted, horrendous essay, white male from Illinois. Had I applied living somewhere else, may have stood a chance.
Why you think you were accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Hoards of what my application represented me as applied, my essays were just pathetic, and I’m a white male from Illinois. Also my school never has had anyone get in. Also, everyone thinks they wanna go to NU for some reason, especially around where I come from.
Where else were you accepted/
waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Carleton, DePaul, Minnesota, and Notre Dame. Rejected at Northwestern and Rice. Waiting on Wesleyan, Brown, NYU, USC, and Stanford. Expecting rejections from all except hopefully a small chance at Wesleyan and USC, and praying to be accepted to Brown but certainly not expecting it.
General Comments:
Despite a shred of hope, I got what I expected. Wouldn’t have been able to afford it either way is my euphemistic coping excuse. I wish everyone else who applied the best of luck, and if I seemed mean anywhere in this thread, it’s because I typed this on a phone because I don’t own a computer.

Cheers!!

NorthwesternDad · March 26, 2013, 6:35pm

@bonzobv, I wish you the very best.

bonzobv · March 26, 2013, 6:43pm

@NorthwesternDad, Thank you so much! It means a lot.

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