Official Northwestern class of 2017 RD thread

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<p>We got the email about 30 minutes ago and via gmail.
We are in California - for people who are trying to analyze the email delivery pattern ;)</p>

<p>My son got into Mccormick school of engineering for Computer Science.</p>

<p>For those who want more info - here you go:

  • GPA: unweighted 3.94, weighted about 4.5
  • SAT: composite 2380 (800, 800, 780)
  • SAT II Subject: Math 790; Chem 760, Bio 760
  • AP and Honors: Over 22 AP and honors credits so I can’t remember and list those
  • Summer Job: Research at NASA - published research paper - presented paper in conf
  • Summer Job: An internet startup
  • Summer school: Went to NU for Physics honors course and got 4.0 unweighted
  • Lot of extracurriculars and leadership (President, founder etc) on many clubs, editor of peacemaker winning school magazine and lot more.
  • Most noteworthy extracurricular: Instrumental in passing a plastic bag ban in the city via campaign launched by the club he is president. Gave speech on city council etc
  • Award: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, Top 3 national videos at NASA etc
  • NU Interview: it was fantastic - the interviewer told me (after seeing my NU gear in the waiting area) - “you have a very impressive son!”
  • Essays: we think they were great
  • Recommendations: We don’t know - we think they are consistent with his credentials</p>

<p>So far - this is how our landscape looks like:

  • UC Berkeley (EECS) - ADMIT with regents candidate - waiting for regents confirmation
  • All other UC’s he applied - ADMIT so far (UCSD, UCD etc)
  • Northwestern - ADMIT
  • UUIC - ADMIT (with Jacobs scholar)
  • Caltech - Wait listed
  • MIT - Reject </p>

<p>We will have to wait out for rest of the landscape to be clear by April 1st.
I wanted him to get NU so bad - dad’s school after all ;)</p>

<p>And yes - the admissions person trolled even their own alum in the morning - too bad! :wink:
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!!</p>

782

<p>just got the email!!! it wont load though, it says it’s not available</p>

783

<p>Rejected… 4 rejections and 1 wailtlist in a row so far. Now I have no backup schools</p>

784

<p>Got mine. Rejected!</p>

<p>I’ve heard back from 5 schools and was rejected at 4, waitlisted at UChicago. Things are looking pretty bleak. : /</p>

785

<p>Rejected… Now I really am kyakka sareta…</p>

786

<p>From the Northwestern 2011-12 Common Data Set</p>

<p>C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)</p>

<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 3537
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 1605
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 14
Is your waiting list ranked?: No</p>

787

<p>All the inaccurate speculation/assumption really needs to stop. If you don’t know it, don’t post it.</p>

<p>Congrats to the admits though! Woohoo!</p>

788

<p>SO I applied for the double degree in music bienen and weinberg… and my email said I am sorry we cannot offer you a place in northwestern’s freshman class…</p>

<p>Im assuming its safe to assume I got rejected from both…</p>

789

<p>I got the email 10 minutes ago but i keep getting 2 different error messages every time i try to load it. anyone else having this problem?</p>

790

<p>rejected but kind of liberating at the same time so it’s all good</p>

791

<p>So frustrating- this is the worst way to try to find out your fate. It could be hours before we know,I can’t get it to load and with 1000s of app, who knows how long it could be. I don’t even know if I want to look! I also applied to Bienen and WB- I may be getting the same letter. So scared, but at this point would just like to know.UGG</p>

792

<p>Accepted! So surprised and so happy</p>

793

<p>Does anyone know the admissions percentage for the class of 2017?</p>

794

<p>rejected. 2170 SAT, 3.8 GPA, good extracurriculars, a great essay, a good interview. guess the fact that i didn’t really stand out. thought i was pretty solid all around but i guess not</p>

795

<p>@gbaby
I had read that the acceptance rate overall of 2017 was estimated at 13 to 14 percent- so I guess it will probably be somewhere around there. My sister has a friend that got in in 2010 and the rate was just above 25% then; now it is expected to be 10% less!!! They took about 43% of students in ED- I still can’t get on, but after reading all the rejections with great stats I am not too hopeful.</p>

796

<p>When I check the box for receiving my decision letter via mail, it asks me for a code…</p>

<p>What code does it want???</p>

797

<p>my S got an email, but it won’t load.
Same thing last year with my D when she applied. You would think they could have come up with a better plan this year. It actually took several days last year for her to get in to the page to see her letter. Best of luck to everyone!</p>

798

<p>ok, last year the code was sent in the hard copy of your letter. Just FYI</p>

799

<p>accepted, i’m so excited! very good possibility of being in/near chicago next year</p>

800

<p>No but here you’re supposed to write the code to get a hard copy of your letter!</p>