***Official Northwestern Class of 2018 ED Results ONLY***

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<p>Decision: Accepted WCAS </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33 (E 34, M 35, R 29, S 35, W 9)
SAT II: Math 2: 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP STATS (5), AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE (4), AP COMPUTER SCIENCE (2), AP CHEMISTRY (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP ECONOMICS, AP ENGLISH LITERATURE, AP BC CALCULUS, AP PHYSICS, CHINESE 4 ADVANCED, JOURNALISM 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in) Founder of Toastmasters Club and Muslim Student Association. President of Future Business Leaders of America. Vice President of Investment Club. Volunteered at local mosque for Sunday School. I’m part of a youth group encouraging young boys to be involved with their communities. Features Editor on school newspaper (one of the best in the nation. We win several 1st place prizes in competitions etc. We were ranked 4th overall high school newspaper in the US last year)
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard for a year.
Volunteer/Community service: above
Summer Activities:
Essays: pretty good common app essay. AMAZING SUPPLEMENT ESSAY (this got me in)
Teacher Recommendation: ok/pretty good. Not sure lol
Counselor Rec: pretty good. She worked at NU a few years ago and knew the person reading my application.
Additional Rec:
Interview: not for ED applicants
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private boarding school
Ethnicity: south asain
Gender:male
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: my supplementary essay got me in for sure. I met the NU president at my high school (my boarding school really is trying to be a feeder school to northwestern and has a good relationship with them etc) and that out the cherry on top. I had visited several times and I knew the campus probably better than most other students applying. Again, mentioning that I met the NU President helped me get in because it showed demonstrated interest. Also a strong ACT score should help you get in, 33+. Everyone I know who had a 33+ always got in.
Weaknesses: GPA. Since my school has such good relations with NU, NU knows good applicants. I had a much lower GPA than most other students who got into NU from my school. Definitely applying early increased my chances.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where else yet, but I’m happy I got into NU!
General Comments: write a good supplemental essay. NU really wants people to come. They love demonstrated interest. They hate people who want to come for the name/prestige. If you live nearby and you don’t visit, you won’t get in.</p>

<p>Cats 2018! Good luck future WildCats!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (800M 660CR 690W) - 2nd attempt
[</em>] SAT II:Didn’t take
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Canadian and we dont do GPA 3.7ish?
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 37
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: HL Bio, HL Econ, HL English, SL Chem, TOK
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): PALS (President), Redcross, fighting for the cure, writers guild, engineering club, school band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a Tutor at Kumon
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hours at 3 Hospitals/Retirement Homes
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lab Position at University of Toronto
[</em>] Essays: NU supp wasnt bad but could have been better. Common app one = :smiley:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They should have been good but right before my ECON teacher submitted hers, Common app glitched and removed her and she thought i deleted her from it and approached me asking why I removed her. Not sure if she changed her rec after I explained that I didnt remove her
[</em>] Counselor Rec: UNsure…
[<em>] Interview:NONE[/ul]
Other

[ul]
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): CANADA
[<em>] School Type: Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Average
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE[/ul]
Reflection

  • [</em>] Strengths:Not much
    [<em>] Weaknesses: Low SATs, No SAT IIs,
    [</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International student, not need-blind, Low scores

General Comments:
Really wanted to get in but I guess not everything goes your way. Congrats to everyone who got in. For everyone else in the same boat as me, best of luck with your other apps :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective
• ACT: 31
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.59 (weighted 4.19) (I had a 3.75 prior to junior year, great financial hardship for family so I pretty much took over the role as mom to my siblings)</p>

<p>• AP (place score in parenthesis):APUSH (4)
• Senior Year Course Load:AP Macro, AP Physics B, Pre-calc, Spanish 6, Bible as literature, Journalism, Civics
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Recipient of Dean’s scholarship for Summer at Brown (I don’t think this really counts as an award)</p>

<p>Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>

<p>LEO Club-all four years (treasurer junior and Senior)
Interscholastic Equestrian Team-10-12 (captain Senior year)
Competitive horse back rider (2000-present) (state champion)
Blog about banking (basically a self help thing)
Mock-stock portfolio manager (20+% return)
Italian Language Classes at Yale (10-12) (honorary student)
UCLA Courses (4 online classes about finance/banking/international business)
Cultural program for little kids at my local library (organized it, running it)</p>

<p>• Job/Work Experience:
Teller at Local Bank (10-present)
Groom at local horse farm (responsible for the care of the horses)</p>

<p>• Volunteer/Community service:
Habitat for Humanity
Operation Shoebox</p>

<p>• Summer Activities:
Brown Pre-college study abroad (summer between 10 and 11)
NYU SCPS Wall street Finance program (summer between 11 and 12)</p>

<p>• Essays: Common app one was fabulous, supplement was goodish</p>

<p>• Teacher Recommendation: I think it was good</p>

<p>• Counselor Rec: Awesome. </p>

<p>Other• State (if domestic applicant): CT</p>

<p>• School Type: Public school…extremely competitive.
• Ethnicity:White
• Gender:Female
•Income Bracket: low enough that I had to pay for all my extra classes/programs</p>

<p>Reflection•
Strengths: extracurriculars<br>
• Weaknesses: GPA. scores were decent</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to all the wildcats that are in! If allowed, Im going to apply regular decision. fingers crossed :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Medill</p>

<p>Objective
• ACT: 33 (Reading 35, English 36, Math 29, Science 33)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0 (weighted 4.18) </p>

<p>• AP (place score in parenthesis): 3’s in AP Gov, AP Lit & Comp and AP World…our school doesn’t teach to the exams as very few students take them.
• Senior Year Course Load: AP US History, Chinese 1, AP Calc AB, Madrigal Choir, Chamber Choir, Varsity Show Choir, AP Chemistry, Varsity Orchestra, Newspaper (I took all of the English and Spanish courses my school offers by junior year)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honorable Mention in the National Federation of Press Women’s High School Communications Competition, AP Scholar award, accepted to Barnard’s Pre-College Summer Program (does that count? Who knows.)</p>

<p>Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>

<p>Varsity Show Choir (section leader) – this is a pretty Midwestern thing…show choir is crazy here.
Tennis
Member of an elite competitive Dance Team
Member of All-State Choir, finalist at State NATS competition
School Newspaper (Editor in Chief, Copy Editor, Photographer, Reporter)
Theatre Productions (lead roles in three musicals and other plays, cast in myriad community theater productions and other school productions)
Student Council (VP)</p>

<p>• Job/Work Experience:
Columnist for local newspaper with a circulation of over 50,000 (pretty good for Nebraska! Haha)</p>

<p>• Volunteer/Community service:
Concession stand worker at non-profit movie house
Read to/with elementary school students at the puli library
Created a weekend youth retreat for kids sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska</p>

<p>• Summer Activities:
Barnard Pre-College Program…took a class in Cognitive Science. </p>

<p>• Essays: My strong point…I’m going to Medill, so I’d like to think they were excellent :slight_smile: </p>

<p>• Teacher Recommendation: Written by my boss and mentor at the newspaper and teachers from my strong and weak classes alike…I believe they were pretty awesome.</p>

<p>• Counselor Rec: Awesome. </p>

<p>Other• State (if domestic applicant): Good ole Nebraska. Yes, we have running water. No, I don’t drive a tractor to school. </p>

<p>• School Type: Large Public (2200+)
• Ethnicity:White
• Gender:Female
•Income Bracket: Middle to Upper Middle Class </p>

<p>Reflection•
Strengths: academic rigor (relative to what I was offered), essays, teacher recs
• Weaknesses: AP scores</p>

<p>General Comments: The fact that I was accepted still hasn’t quite sunk in. I seriously cannot wait to meet all my future Cats! Congrats to all!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - SESP</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but I took every advanced course offered to me every year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, Honors English, AP Bio, AP Psych, History Elective, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Numerous writing and film awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leadership positions in literary magazine, yearbook, newspaper, and business club, varsity XC, track, and fencing
Job/Work Experience: 2 public relation related internships as well as started my own business which I ran as a summer job
Volunteer/Community service: taught english to adults in hispanic communities, founder of a non-for-profit which donated school supplies to schools
Essays: Good, I think. My “Why Northwestern” was a little over the word limit but otherwise really strong.
Teacher Recommendation: Supposedly, good.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Interview:NONE
Other
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private School in northeast
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: top 1 or 2%
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays
Weaknesses: Maybe my GPA? I felt pretty solid applying.</p>

<p>General Comments:
Congrats to everyone else who got in! For anyone who didn’t, I don’t believe there’s one right school out there, and I wish you good luck.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted McCormick **</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 770; Biology 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4); English and Composition (5); Calculus AB (4); US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, AP Statistics, Honors Calculus C (half-credit, 2x/week, prepares for AP Calc BC), Organic Chemistry (half-credit, 3x/week), US Government and Constitutional Law, AP Literature and Composition, Orchestra, Science Research and Engineering Seminar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, PSAT National Merit Commended Student, 2nd place some piano concerto competition, Policy Debate district champion, state qualifier, 1st Pre-District Qualifier: Quarter Finalist (qualified for states at first tournament of the season as top 25% of all teams competing)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): policy debate (team captain), piano, flute (principal flute school orchestra), Case Western Reserve research assistant throughout entire year: biomedical engineering (completed 3 published works for project and presented at Ohio Academy of Science and AAAS conference in Chicago); Business and Finance Scholar–working with 3 other people on starting up a proper student-run coffee shop to be built in our school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Piano service church, summer middle-school piano and flute volunteer teacher assistant and school library organizer
[</em>] Summer Activities: work at Case Western Reserve-5 days a week, 7 hours a day for 3 months; summer piano camp at Oberlin College, also summer classes for course credit (physics/honors econ)
[<em>] Essays: Not bad, I guess? Commonapp was about my love for piano (place of contentment) and I think I answered the prompt pretty well; my Why NU was pretty enthusiastic about the school as well
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably stellar recommendations from my favorite people–Calculus AB & AP English teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably fantastic
[</em>] Additional Rec: debate coach–he offered to write a rec, so it’s probably quite stellar as well
[li] Interview: n/a[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private, all-girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: probably somewhere near the bottom
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: several strongly pursued interests, extracurricular leadership, extensive lab experience, great recommendations, ACT score, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: could have done better in SAT II, GPA, AP
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea why Northwestern wants me, I’m still trying to get over my surprise…[/li][/ul]
**General Comments: ** I’m very excited to meet everyone!! I’m probably not as smart or talented as everyone else here so it can only be an enriching experience!</p>

<p>Prospective students: Try your hardest in school and do what you love to your best ability. Make the most of every opportunity so you can bring your best to each college you apply to.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800R/710M/680W/2190 overall/1510M+R
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 USH/ 740 Lit/ 710 French Language with Listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 228
AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), English Language and Rhetoric (5), French Language and Culture (5), Microeconomics (5), Chemistry (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature, AP BC Calculus, AP Biology, AP European History, Honors Speech and Debate, a couple semester electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Public Forum debate state championship qualifier/Octofinalist at Yale and Manchester-Essex tournaments[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Public Forum debate (team captain), founder of our school’s satirical newspaper, Lifesmarts academic competition (captain, state champions two year running), High School Quiz Show (captain), National Honor Society, French club (President)
Job/Work Experience: Spent the past three summers volunteering at a local summer camp-wrote a pretty stellar essay about it.
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: ^See above. I also have few hours spent volunteering at local food shelters and doing NHS activities.
Essays: I think they were solid. I wrote my common app essay about how my time spent volunteering changed my world view, and I wrote my NW essay about it’s unique combo of academic opportunities and campus location next to but not inside a major city
Teacher Recommendation: Absolutely stellar. From my junior year history teacher and english teachers, both also my debate coaches. I have great relationships with both of them. I was able to read the letter from my english teacher, it was ridiculously good. I believe at one point he said he was the best student he’d ever taught and that I was doing a better job mentoring novice debaters than he was.
Counselor Rec: Not sure, I didn’t know her too well. I assume it wasn’t bad.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Didn’t interview
[/ul]Other

[ul]
State: Massachusetts
Country: USA (I would hope)
School Type: Average sized, pretty reputable public high school known for its french program. Nothing too special though, no admissions tests required to get in. We usually have a few students each year get into the top dozen universities nationwide but not nearly as many as competitive private schools.
Ethnicity: As white as a sheet of paper, but I didn’t list my ethnicity on my application.
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k-200k combined familial income a year (so not getting financial aid but also not rich enough for my parents to front all the costs… yay)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
Strengths: Extremely rigorous course load. Otherwise, my essays and recommendations were definitely strong. The other parts of my application are consistent with the average admitted student.
Weaknesses: I definitely don’t have any hooks and lack a particular E/C strength. My UW GPA might be a bit underwhelming?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m extremely happy that I got in considering I was lacking particular hooks and my SATs weren’t ridiculously good. Strong academic focus probably carried my application. The class rank combined with rigorous courseload at a HS that’s not a blow-over, as well as my ECs focused on academics (academic competitions/debate) might have impressed the ad coms. Super happy that I got in!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else![/ul]General Comments: I’m super excited to meet all of you! I can’t wait to see what awesome people NU admitted, I’m a bit ashamed that I don’t have any super talents or anything. Congrats to everyone else who got in!!!</p>

<p>Prospective students: Once you get into one of your reaches or matches, the college application process will seem much less important. Once you submit your apps don’t stress out too much over them! Start to get excited for college!</p>

<p>P.S. I created this account to make this post! Absolutely ecstatic</p>

<p><em>Edit</em> Any reason the tags won’t work?</p>

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<p>when you’re filling in the template, just erase the space in things like [ <em>] so its like |</em>| (but with brackets). Don’t erase anything with brackets around them (except at the top, pick one of the 3 responses and erase the other two)!! Also, if you can find them, you can also add an extra line of space after anything that ends with |/list| to separate the different headings. :)</p>

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<p>Objective: Accepted
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 (35 English 34 Math 34 Reading 32 Science)
SAT II: 730 Math I 770 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank: 20/407
AP: World (5) US History (5) Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Lit, Syracuse University Course (Public Affairs)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All-County Scholar Athlete Nominee, NHS Member, Sage College Award Recipient, Scholar Athlete, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Athlete, Dancer, Club President, Student Council Member, School Pride Club President
Job/Work Experience: Internship, Summer Job
Volunteer/Community service: Board of Directors for local charity, 100+ hours,
Summer Activities: see above
Essays: Common App was good, Supplement was very personal to school
Teacher Recommendation: strong
Counselor Rec: strong
Additional Rec: from NU biology professor
Interview: yes
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public–competitive
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle classe
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection: ED really kept me in the running. Everyone at NU is smart. You need to go above and beyond–pull out all the stops.
Strengths: GPA, test scores, EC
Weaknesses: ethnicity, demographics, common app essay
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores, leader in all EC, interesting family dynamic (twin sister, brothers in their 50s), visited campus twice
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Duquesne
General Comments: NU really focuses on school pride, and ED is a great way to convey your enthusiasm for the school! Take SAT II tests. My cousin did not take them and was rejected from NU though extremely qualified. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to WCAS </p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): n/a
• ACT: 33
• SAT II: Math II 730; Lit 770
• Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 90
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Latin (4); Statistics (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: Calculus AB, AP Biology, Bioethics/Constitutional Issues, AP English Literature, Chamber Choir
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PSAT National Merit Commended Student, Summa Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam.</p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chamber Choir, Varsity Cross Country; Spoken Word Poet (performed piece entitled “Not a Feminist” at State Capitol and for PPVNW Website)
• Job/Work Experience: work as a paid writer for Scarleteen.com, highest-ranked sex ed website online.
• Volunteer/Community service: Peer Sex Educator with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest for three years; Lobbied every year since 2010 for reproductive rights legislation at State Capitol; worked as Community Outreach (unpaid) intern for Planned Parenthood Votes.
• Teacher Recommendation: one was very good, presumably (written by my Precalc/Calc/AP Stats teacher), and one was absolutely stellar (written by my AP Latin teacher, who said “my rec was so good, I don’t know how they could not let you in”)
• Counselor Rec: presumably good, I have a close relationship with my counselor
• Additional Rec: written by my mentor at Planned Parenthood. It was “spectacular”, according to her.
• Essays: both Personal Statement and Supplement were very strong. I worked with a writing expert and my college counselor to fine-tune and perfect them.
• Interview: with an old friend of my dad’s, an NU alumni and staff member. Went very well. </p>

<p>Other
• State (if domestic applicant): Washington State
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Private, rigorous college-prep
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: 200K +
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

<p>Reflection
• Strengths: strongly pursued interests, extracurricular leadership, great recommendations, ACT/SAT II scores, essays
• Weaknesses: GPA (I had a dip in grades at the end of Sophomore/beginning of Junior year due to an eating disorder)
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied to NU, a very pre-professional school, as a gender studies major. I think this, paired with my strong EC’s in the field of gender equality/sex ed/reproductive rights, set me apart. In addition, I also have fairly good grades and strong test scores.</p>

<p>General Comments: I’m absolutely thrilled that I got in!! I can’t wait to be a Wildcat next year :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (760 CR, 730 W/M)
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Biology E, 720 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4), AP Psych (5), AP Enviro (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Moderate, 5 AP’s
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics (captain), debate, golf, karate (instructor), Link Crew, Latin club (several awards from national exam and state convention), school newspaper (managing editor), NHS, International Quill and Scroll
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Not paid, but I think this counts. Neuroradiology research at UW Madison (co-investigator, my name will be on the paper)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring African refugees (PACA), karate instruction, Salvation Army food pantry
[<em>] Summer Activities: NSLC at Northwestern
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were fantastic. Several adults thought so as well.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two were stellar, one was great but somewhat generic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: TURNS OUT HE DID NOT WRITE IT
[<em>] Additional Rec: Good
[</em>] Interview: none.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: One of the best public schools in the state (which is not saying much, to be honest)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (haha, anti-hook)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: upper-middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I have some fairly unique extracurriculars, somewhat decent test scores and GPA. The essay was good (so I thought), recs were good (except the counselor’s… which did not exist), I showed a LOT of interest toward the school.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Asian, test scores and GPA were not exceptional, no prestigious awards, leadership is not outstanding
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above. On the bright side, the counselor has now written a rec and it’s great.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don’t know yet[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m pretty bummed. Now I have to do my other apps. My Christmas present this year is the money to pay for application fees and test reports. :frowning:
Congratulations to those who were accepted! But do I even have a shot at JHU, Duke, and Wash U if I got rejected from NU early decision?</p>

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<p>So going around trying to find dorm recs. I remember seeing these when I first came looking for info, might as well give some back…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT: Nope.
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Completely forgot. 3.7~3.8 range.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20% percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Don’t know my predictions, aside from a 7 in math.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: HL Math, English, Chemistry. SL Econ, Psych, Chinese.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:
Nope. China don’t have em :frowning:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Editor in Chief for school newspaper
Team captain for Forensics team
Middle school math coach
Taught a programming class in 9th grade
Various charity stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two internships the past two summers at China Media lab doing tech stuff
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: founded own charity 10th grade
[<em>] Summer Activities: sat on my ass
[</em>] Essays: Literally my babies.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decisively mediocre.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Oh my lord this was terrible. Apparently my counselor had a mandate to report all my disciplinary history because that office just hates me for some reason :frowning:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Nope[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[<em>] School Type: International School
[</em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Reflection

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[</em>] Strengths: Essay, SAT score
[<em>] Weaknesses: Really anything that came from my school.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m awesome dude.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uchicago with a 5k scholarship[/ul]General Comments: CATS</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred from WCAS</p>

<p>Objective:

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[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150: (640 CR, 770 M, 740 W)
[</em>] ACT: 31 (not submitted)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math, 700 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Physics (5), Latin (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, Economics, AP Biology, Astronomy, AP Calculus AB, Jazz Band, English IV: Non-Linear Narratives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:

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[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics (President, Chief Financial Officer), Political Mania Political Magazine (Editor, Writer), Piano, Drums, Boy Scout (Eagle Scout)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Robotics Teacher for Summer Camp, Camp Counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mentor at Project Excellence for Underprivileged Students, Volunteer for St. Vincent de Paul, Upper School Ambassador (Counselor for 8th graders)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Microeconomics at Brown
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were decent although since Northwestern’s is shorter, it may have been less compelling.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I did not see any of them but I assume they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:[list]Other

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[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: English/Filipino
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

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[li] Strengths: Extracurricular Activities[/li] [</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades towards the end and SAT were not the best they could have been and therefore they wanted to wait to see if I could improve my grades by the end of first semester.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: Accepted at ASU/Barrett and University of Michigan and rejected from Washington University</p>

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@afroalabama How do I submit my journalistic exploits in my NU application?