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

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<p>As decisions have been released tonight for Regular Decision Class of 2018, please fill out your decisions as formatted below. Good luck:)</p>

<p>Here's what the template should look like after you fill in your stats:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective: •SAT I (breakdown):
•ACT:
•SAT II:
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
•AP (place score in parenthesis):
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Senior Year Course Load:
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective: •Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
•Job/Work Experience:
•Volunteer/Community service:
•Summer Activities:
•Essays:
•Teacher Recommendation:
•Counselor Rec:
•Additional Rec:
•Interview:
Other •State (if domestic applicant):
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type:
•Ethnicity:
•Gender:
•Income Bracket:
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection •Strengths:
•Weaknesses:
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>

<p>Template itself below:</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ ] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:*
[ list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:[/list][ b]Other*
[ list]
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection*
[ list]
[ ] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected eng</p>

<p>ACT: 30
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 92.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 on APUSH but didnt submit
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Euro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country 4 years (captain senior year), Track 2 years, Band 1 year, Baseball 1 year
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Almost nothing. Though I do help out on my family’s ranch certain weekends.
Summer Activities: Running Camp, Drivers Ed class
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: 1
Counselor Rec: yes
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Very small private all boys Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mex)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000 +
Hooks: Hispanic, first generation american, can’t think of anything else.
Strengths: Act, Some 98%+ grades in Math and Science semesters over the years, not much else though. Race?
Weaknesses: B in Junior year math, almost no volunteer, not much extracurricular besides sport
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low ACT and GPA, see weaknesses. Also my essays was 649 words out of 650 words…a little too long no?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: St. Thomas, UIUCgeneral studies. Waitlist: Purdue eng, Denied: Northwestern, Wash U, UIUC eng. </p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted Weinberg </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 ( Cr:730 800 800)
ACT:
SAT II: Math II 800 Chem 790 Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not provided at school (approx 3.90-3.99)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not provided at school (approx 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis):not provided at school
IB (place score in parenthesis):confused:
Senior Year Course Load: Chinese National Curriculum Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Aside from a few national/regional Debate/MUN, Nope
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (Director General of Club, Dais head in regional level conference); Debate (Captain, Co-founder of Club, Harvard Debate Council China program, NFL member); Mechatronics Lab work; Student Government Outreach Officer;
Job/Work Experience: NUS Internship, website construction for Social and Mobile Commerce Lab
Volunteer/Community service: Translator at AEOtour college fair for UCs
Summer Activities:, Exchange trip to US, Australia, Switzerland;Business Camp ( Best group of consultants, best presentation)
Essays (rating 1-10, details):8, people who looked at it says it’s awesome. PS about my exchange trip to Switzerland and contrast between life in the Alps and life in Shanghai, and conveys that small things in life should be appreciated. Intellectual Vitality about the digital age and logical relationship between my various ECs. Roommate letter about my quirkiness and Texan accent. What matters and why about my club organizing experience and smart work.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:1
Teacher Rec #2:1
Counselor Rec:1 ( teachers are not devoting time and barely know anything about the US system)
Additional Rec:
The professor I worked with in NUS
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:120000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Nope
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, international exposure, clear major track
Weaknesses:no major awards/ recognition, applying from China
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:No idea… probably because they took a lot ED
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted UIUC, UCI, waitlisted Wustl, REA Rejected Stanford
General Comments:Life goes on and sucks. Luckily I can still pursue excellent CS education in CMU or Berkeley, only with a lot more of frozen rains or much more crowded campus.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Weinberg!!!</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 680/720/740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of community service with a few leadership positions
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Center for Talented Youth
[</em>] Essays: Why Northwestern was ok, common app was really good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: not a clue
[</em>] Counselor Rec: also not a clue
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:none
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): new england
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>]Income Bracket: no financial aid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores and common app essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: gpa, northwestern essay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I DONT KNOW BUT THIS IS AMAZING
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]**General Comments: IM SCREAMING **</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected Weinberg</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800CR, 750M, 760W E:11)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 770 US History, 750 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP Chem (5), AP Art History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP English Lit, AP Physics B, AP AB Calc, Economics, Independent Study in Economics & Public Policy, Independent Study in Financial Markets, Playwriting
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/Honor. Quiz Bowl top 50, History Bowl top 32, History Bee top 60 (all Nationally); Quiz Bowl State Runner-up, History Bowl State Runner-up, History Bee State 3rd Place
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quizbowl (Co-captain), History Bowl (Captain), Mock Trial (Co-Captain), Youth In Government (Associate Justice), Model UN (Security Council), Student Council (Treasurer), Science Fiction Film Club (Treasurer), Varsity Swimming, Crew, Theatre (Director & Playwright)
Job/Work Experience: Interned at an economic policy research firm between Junior and senior year
Volunteer/Community service: Some, mostly unimportant
</code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>Common App Main: One time my father left me on the top of a mountain when we were skiing together. Pretty good. 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #1: Solid. 8/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Could have been really good, could have been okay. 7/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Interview: N/A
State (if domestic applicant): TN
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single-parent family
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: Economics, test scores
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: 1. Didn’t show any DI whatsoever. Honestly, that’s probably what killed me. Beyond that, my “why Northwestern” essay wasn’t all that great. Frankly, I think the fact that I wasn’t feeling that positive about Northwestern showed. Congrats to those who got in, though!
Other places applied to/Decisions: Waitlisted at both Wash U and UChicago, Accepted at Trinity with a full ride, waiting to hear from 17 more schools.
</code></pre>

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<p>Made an account so people have an idea of who got in.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED - Medill School of Journalism</p>

<p>SAT: 2240 (M - 750, R - 730, W - 760)
SAT II: US History - 750, Literature - 690 (not sure if submitted, taken before I took course)
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): School’s GPA is weird but mostly As and five B/B+s only in APs.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% submitted (school only goes by decile, but actual is 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US - 5, World - 5, English Language - 5, Enviro - 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Govt, Honors Economics, Honors Mock Trial
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Providence Cup Champions (national mock trial tournament), AP Scholar with Honor (I think)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial 4 years (captain senior year), , Pre-Law Society 4 years, WorldQuest Team 2 years (President senior year), Religious Club four years (President three years) Varsity Basketball 1 year, and a few other things.
Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor (one year)
Volunteer/Community service: 450-500 hours total. Various projects (nothing extraordinary though).
Summer Activities: Did recreational summer programs at Northeastern, Yale, and Georgetown
Essays: Main common app essay was relatively good (although I did get rejected from some other great schools so maybe they did not think so). Specific essay for Medill talked about how the media today is often more focuses on ratings and viewership rather than facts and informing the public of the truth.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Probably strong
Counselor Rec: Experienced counselor, probably wrote a great letter
Intended Major: Journalism
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Fairly small private school (130 kids in class)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Interview: None
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Strengths: Solid SAT score. Strong AP scores. Lots of leadership. Active summers.
Weaknesses: I have a couple Bs and B+s but I got 5s in those AP classes so that probably helped somewhat offset that. I didn’t have any real experience in journalism. </p>

<p>Accepted: Northeastern Honors College, University of Miami, UCONN
Denied: Duke University (ED)
Waitlisted: WUSTL, UChicago</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34E, 34R, 34M, 35S, 08W superscored)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Chem, 750 USH, 710 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 (4.3 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Chem, Lang & Comp, US History, Psych
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Anatomy, AP Bio, BC Calc, AP Art Studio, AP French, Honors English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): WYSE, Varsity Tennis (Captain), National Art Honor Society (President), Science Olympiad, Korean Club (Exec), Dance Marathon (Exec)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Hostess
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing significant
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing significant
[</em>] Essays: Cliche CA essay, but I think I had a strong supplement that was very specific & showed my interest in the school
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went really well! My interviewer and I had a fun conversation about future research and our mutual interest in WYSE [/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Large, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, supplemental essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, nothing extraordinary about me
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA LOL. I’m still in shock! I guess I got lucky out of the applicant pool because a lot of my equally qualified friends were waitlisted
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UIC honors, UIUC, UMich; waitlisted at Washu; waiting on Stanford[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone else who got accepted & I look forward to joining you guys in the Class of 2018!</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Rejected[size]</p>

<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 SS (760 CR, 770M, 800W E:12)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), BC Calc (5), Psych (5), Lit (5), Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics, AP Euro, AP Stats, Freedom Honors, World Lit/Philosophy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Tennis Captain, Taekwondo black belt, started Kung Fu
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Student Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: English teacher at Chinese Senior center
[</em>] Summer Activities: Merit International leadership camp
[<em>] Essays: idk
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: didn’t read
[li] Interview: didn’t have</p>[/li]
<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: enough
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
rejected: uchicago
waitlisted: washu</p>

<p>General Comments: maybe I just won’t get into college… sigh. </p>

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<p>I thought I had a chance…but waitlisted for Weinberg :frowning:
Too bummed to write out stats right now…does anyone know how many people get waitlisted? sigh</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Weinberg![/size]</p>

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (730R 770M 800W 11E)
    [</em>] ACT: 33 (33E 36M 33R 30S 8E)
    [<em>] SAT II: 780 Chem, 800 Math2, 700 USH
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95? (all A’s, 2 A-'s)
    [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-3 of 208
    [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Chem, APUSH, Stats
    [<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load: APs in Comp Sci A, Eng Lit, Calc BC, Physics C: E&M, and honors French V and physics, plus requisite health class (>.<)
    [<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): noooone - only small school/regional/state recognition awards for academics, gymnastics

Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school math team (captain), academic team (typist), jazz & concert band (section leader), ARML math team, summer intern at non-profit math program for girls, competitive gymnast 6 years, MHS (music honor society) website head
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: cashier/food bagger for 2 summers at chinese restaurant, tutored clarinetists
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: freshman year service learning trip to NYC
[<em>] Summer Activities: work, internship, travel (1000-mile road trip, unsupervised)
[</em>] Essays: common app (9/10) about my struggle to identify with my chinese and american ubringings
NU supplement (6/10): talked about their econ programs, how much i love the posters on the ground and the student-run businesses and clubs on campus; i wrote it last minute - sub par for my tastes
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: math teacher, probs a 7 or 8; english teacher - love her to shreds (9 or maybe even 10); she said “I wrote you a bomb rec letter” to me; apush teacher (7 or 8) he really liked me a student
[</em>] Counselor Rec: a 7 or 8? it was just a reiteration of my ECs plus some nice comments here or there, but i have a good relationship with my guidance counselor
[<em>] Interview: was not contacted for one[/ul]
Other

  • [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): good 'ole Massachusetts
    [<em>] School Type: medium public, top 20 in state
    [</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
    [<em>] Gender: female
    [</em>]Income Bracket: <40,000
    [<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): asian in good northeastern public school? ANTI-HOOK YO

Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores/grades/rec letters, articulate essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: NU supplement sucked, need a lot of aid
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just good overall student who has made it through some internal struggles
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UCHICAGO!!! georgetown, babson college, northeastern univ., fordham, urochester; waitlisted at washington univ. in st. louis[/ul][/li]General Comments: be proud of your accomplishments, whether rejected, waitlisted, or admitted…if you are happy at the end of all this, it’s because you worked at things that were meaningful and worthwhile to YOU, not some random strangers in a conference room.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected McCormick</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800CR, 720M, 800W E:121)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
AP (place score in parentheses): 4 5’s and 5 4’s
Senior Year Course Load: IB and AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, national art and writing awards, some national newspaper awards</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Robotics, Theatre (Stage Manager), Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Science Club (Leader)
Job/Work Experience: Space camp + internship + paid math tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours at local library </p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<p>Common App Main: Saving the school newspaper from failure 7/10 and interdisciplinary learning 8/10
Teacher Recommendation #1: idk
Teacher Recommendation #2: idk
Counselor Rec: idk
Interview: N/A
State (if domestic applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineering</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: interdisciplinary?
Weaknesses: just didn’t package myself well, NU essay was pretty bland…
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not interested enough, I suppose
Other places applied to/Decisions: I got WL at Case Western and rejected from MIT…maybe I’m just not going to college…</p>

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<p>Reporting for my D.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted, McCormick Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (M-800, CR-720, W-710)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (E-36, M-35, R-35, S-34)
[<em>] SAT II: Math2-800, Chem-800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Chem (5), AP English (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, Humanities Literature AC, Humanities Social Science AC, Web Page Design, Symphony Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMF, Outstanding Piano Soloist in Michigan, NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): M.U.S.I.C. Club, World Hunger Project, World Vision Famine 30, Violist in Symphony Orchestra, Piano level 10
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Customer service at bakery, Pastry maker
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours (Lifechangers at Detroit, Food Bank, Community Food Garden, etc)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lifechangers at Detroit, Music Camp at Interlocken
[<em>] Essays: Above average
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: No[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: not disclosed
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores and GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of sport and leadership role, weak EC.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Test score, GPA, recommendations
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMich CoE, UIUC, Purdue, U Wisconsin-Madison, UMN-TC (all EA); Rejected: Stanford REA
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
Aiming for merit and need based aids. UMich, UMN, and Purdue offered decent to good scholarships. Need based aid from NU is expected. Intend major is Chemical Engineering.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 33
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Calc AB (5), Bio (4), World (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP chem, AP micro, AP stats, AP german V, AP lang
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): got a stipend to go to Germany, scholarship to attend Planned Parenthood Youth Leaders Summit in Washington, DC</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of political and social issue-related activities.
-Leader of Gay-Straight Alliance
-Founder/co-leader of TPAC (focused on getting comprehensive sex ed into schools)
-member of Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (lobbied and lots of educational activities about sexual health/reproductive rights)
-debate
-mock trial, team went to state last year
-Poetry Out Loud, 2nd at regionals
-Girl scouts
Job/Work Experience: interned at a biotech company over the summer
Essays: Wrote about my political work and some realizations I made about politics and passion. I thought it was good.
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good, I’d say. I got one from my german teacher and my ap psychology teacher
Counselor Rec: very strong, I think</p>

<p>Other
State: Missouri
School Type: public, was number one in my city one year
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: girl
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): maybe being LGBT, not sure, though</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, test grades
Weaknesses: no subject tests, my transcript has some b’s on there
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Eh, I dunno, there was a lot of competition this year. Maybe my ECs weren’t appealing to them. I didn’t show a lot of interest, though, and my interview was pretty meh.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMich – Ann Arbor, WUSTL, UC San Diego Waitlisted: nowhere, rejected: Well, now Northwestern</p>

<p>**General Comments: ** No biggie, I have other options, which I’m very thankful for. Good job to everyone who got in! And to anyone rejected/waitlisted, don’t worry! You’ll be fine :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected (Weinberg for Urban Studies/Economics</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (620 M, 650 R, 790 W)
•ACT: 28 (didn’t submit)
•SAT II: none
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
•Weighted GPA: 4.20
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
•AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (4), English Language (4), US History (4), Psychology (5)
•IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
•Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP Econ (Micro), AP Gov, Advanced Math for Decision Making, Associated Student Body, Culinary Arts, College Apps Seminar, Business Management
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No national ones</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (commissioner), Volleyball (JV Captain, Varsity Player), NHS, Spanish NHS
•Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs 1 during fall, 1 during summer
•Volunteer/Community service: only what I had through ASB
•Summer Activities: Job
•Essays: good, probably the only strong part of my application
•Teacher Recommendation: really good
•Counselor Rec: decent
•Additional Rec: N/A
•Interview: Went really well actually, better than I expected, but it doesn’t factor much into decisions</p>

<p>Other
•State (if domestic applicant): CA
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: White
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: Lower middle class
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing that stands out</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Essays and GPA
•Weaknesses: Definitely test scores; probably community service too, but I think with the quality of this years applicant pool it was all about GPA and test scores, so my test scores were definitely the downfall
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores haha
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was my first rejection actually. I have been accepted to 7 other schools including Cal Poly SLO where I plan on attending, but I’m waiting to hear back from BU and Cal.
General Comments: This decision was completely expected, so I wasn’t really phased by it at all. It would have been cool to have the opportunity to go to NU, but I visited in February and coming from Southern California I think it would have been too cold for me anyway! Northwestern is clearly a great school, and it’ll be even better with the quality of this year’s applicant pool. Since I already had my heart set on Cal Poly, I know I’ll be at a place where I’m happy next year. Good luck to all of you with your collegiate endeavors!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected Weinberg**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 math, 690 critical reading, 720 writing (2180)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 770 for math 2 and bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio and mechanics C (4), English lang (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Calc, chem, gov, literature, Honors: french, ceramics
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar
[/list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): some clubs with leadership, stanford summer, self-taught piano, and some other stuff (don’t feel like typing)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hrs
[ *] Summer Activities: stanford physio
[ *] Essays:Good, common app was approved whole-heartedly by English teacher, supplement was written with a lot of info on NU
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: haven’t read them, but pretty good I guess
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as above
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: good [/list][ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern, so white
[ *] Gender: male
[ ]Income Bracket: 65K
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation American who had to deal with ESL all his high school career, if that counts. [/list][ b]Reflection
[ list]
[ *] Strengths: nothing
[ *] Weaknesses: everything I guess
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t think I was going to get accepted. I couldn’t send in my art portfolio, which showed my dedication to art.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: so far, accepted to UCSD and UCD. Waiting for 8 more colleges[/list][ b]General Comments: NU was a long shot. My first rejection (from the many that are coming probably in the next two weeks). Best of luck to future applicants. It’s a crapshoot, so don’t count on getting in in order to save yourself a headache. **</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 but didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 English, 35 everything else with a 10 on the essay)
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96 average, straight A’s with about one A- every six weeks.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, since it’s extremely rigorous and well ranked, but I was 22/210
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English (4), AB Calc (5), Human Geography (5), Physics B (didn’t list)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English IV, AP Psych, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, multivariable calculus, linear algebra, PALS, dance, literary magazine
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards, but awards for the National Spanish Exam every year I took it, AP Scholar With Honor, National Merit Commended[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater (stage manager, assistant costumer), Amigos de las Americas (assistant training director of my chapter), mentoring group at my school (vice president), (not putting for privacy) Rollergirls (photographer), Humane Society (Cat and sick cat volunteer), NHS, another volunteer organization through my school, peer math tutor, peer English tutor, PALS, Model UN, and I think that’s it?
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none until January 2014
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: see extracurriculars, everything but theater, the mentoring group, and model UN is a volunteer organization.
[<em>] Summer Activities: community college classes and Amigos de las Americas
[</em>] Essays: commonapp was really good (at least my English teacher and college counselor though so), Northwestern supplement was ehh. I thought I would be going somewhere else ED but then couldn’t afford it, so I spent less time on my supplements than I should have.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: extremely good
[<em>] Additional Rec: also extremely good, written by a designer/rollergirl about my professionalism and work with the marketing team.
[</em>] Interview: I was hyped on caffeine and very nervous and I think she thought I was a lil bit weird when I started going off about eastern European history. Honestly, probably my worst interview [/ul]
Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: highly ranked magnet school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender:gender
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~50,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: all academic related, rec letters
[<em>] Weaknesses: essay, interview
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Smith ED but couldn’t afford it, University of Minnesota CBS (the one that’s actually hard to get into), Tulane with a full tuition merit scholarship (where I’ve committed), University of Texas, Austin, another in state school, University of Alabama, Southwestern University. [/ul][/li]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I wasn’t expecting to get in, and I’ve received three full tuition merit scholarships so I’m not too worried. I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford it anyways. Good luck to anyone who accepts a place on the waitlist!</p>

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<p>Rejected,
4.1Weighted
3.9UW
2180 SAT
Not going to post anymore stats because lazy.
Not the least bit surprised nor dejected </p>

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<p>Template itself below:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>McCormick School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 M and CR, 760 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (Can’t remember breakdown, 35 M and 36 S tho)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math 2, 800 US History, 750 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does it weird, 98.01 weighted (out of 100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, defs top 3% of 410
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, Stat, Bio, US History
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Enviro, AP French, AP Physics B, AP Lit, Creative writing and Sociology
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nah
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity lacrosse and field hockey 3 years each, captain both senior year, student council, class officer, IEE, Science Bowl, some other little things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none on my apps
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring and coaching for charity, Girl scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Brown summer program, helping out a summer enrichment, volunteering at animal shelter
[<em>] Essays: Ehh they were decent. I really read the college propaganda and tried to incorporate that into my essays.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: IDK waived FERPA but probs decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good she liked me
[</em>] Interview: It was actually kind of bad but at least I did it.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other

  • [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
    [</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
    [<em>] Ethnicity: White
    [</em>] Gender: Female
    [<em>]Income Bracket: around 180-200K
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): women in engineering? IDK

Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:High objective stats, good essays, women in engineering, I actually visited campus and got an interview.
[</em>] Weaknesses: not a lot of hooks/ real awards?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays really showed demonstrated interest and I visited campus and I know they’re big on demonstrated interest.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

  • ACT: 36 (35 on Math, 11 on essay)
  • SAT II: 800 US History, 760 Bio E, 740 Math II
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/app. 320 - #1 already got into MIT EA, to give context
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on World History, US History, AP Eng Lang, AP Eng Lit, Psychology; 4s on Bio, European History, Human Geography
    IB: 7 on Geography SL, 6 on Spanish B SL
  • Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish V, IB Biology IV HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Mathematics SL/AP AB Calculus, AP Macroeconomics/AP United States Government and Politics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold and Silver Keys, some History Fair stuff, school stuff</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    300 hours of volunteering, mostly in animal rescue
    NHS, Co-President
    Spanish NHS, Co-President
    Academic Team, School and County, President
    Literary Magazine, Editor-In-Chief
    Drama Club/International Thespian Society, Publicity Team</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: Common App 10/10, Northwestern was maybe 6/10? Love the school but struggled with the essay</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 1st was Bio teacher and NHS sponsor who loves my animal rescue work, probably 9-10/10, second probably a 9/10</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea, probably a 7-8/10</li>
<li>Interview: didn’t have one</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: No
  • Intended Major: Economics
  • State (if domestic applicant): FL
  • School Type: Public with high-performing IB program inset
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket: do not need FA
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none.</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: 36 on ACT, very passionate about my ECs, essay was great - my CA essay was about an activity that probably made me stand out. Not a sport or anything that could sway my decision or bring attention to the university, but it was funny and probably made me memorable because I doubt many teenagers do it. I also named Northwestern my college choice for National Merit, and they particularly like to compete to be one of the schools with the most (the NMSC is based in Evanston, for pete’s sake).
  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My Why Northwestern? essay wasn’t great. Not that it was terrible, just that in this day and age it needs to be more than a standard “this is why I like your school” essay to stand out and mine didn’t. I just couldn’t find a way to put on paper everything I love about the school.
    Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to UVA and UNC OOS, WashU, an elite UK school conditionally, and a few safeties. Applied to 17 colleges so I won’t name them all, but still waiting on Stanford, Yale, Penn, Georgetown, and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>General Comments: Further proof that essays are what make an application, in my opinion. I didn’t expect to get in because of my essay and I have some great other options so I’m not upset. Congrats to everyone who was admitted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (CR: 800, M: 680, W: 800, E: 11)
ACT: 35 (35 CR, 35 M, 34 W, 31 S, 11 E)
SAT II: 770 US, 760 Lit., 700 Chem.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 taken junior year, scored 5s on all (taking 6 this year)
Senior Year Course Load: all APs - English Lit., Physics B, Bio, Spanish, Stats, Euro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): JFK Courage Essay contest winner, Harvard debate tournament finalist, states for tennis, national spanish exam - gold all four years (gold predicted this year), other smaller stuff…
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mostly ESL tutoring, tennis
[ *] Job/Work Experience: nada
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ESL tutoring mostly
[ *] Summer Activities: traveling, college classes (for future applicants, I suggest taking actual college classes from a more prestigious college rather than a community college - it just looks better I think)
[ *] Essays: common app essay = creative, different, and overall quite good, supplemental = ehhh, above average
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see, assuming above average
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn’t see, assuming above average
[ ] Additional Rec: definitely good, she knew me well and recommended me for a lot of leadership positions
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other nope</p>

<p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): East Coast
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: large public
[ *] Ethnicity: —
[ *] Gender: —
[ *]Income Bracket: upper middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): being a nice, honest person (I actually do think that admissions can tell if you’re being legit…)
[ *] Strengths: writing abilities (essays are IMPORTANT - I cannot stress this enough…I know genius kids that took the essays as a joke and didn’t get admitted to where they should have been admitted…in my opinion)
[ *] Weaknesses: math sux
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: COMMON APP ESSAY
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list] Accepted: UPitt, William and Mary, Wash. U in St. Louis, UCLA (likely), Notre Dame, UMich Anne Arbor, waiting for ivy day/other colleges. Waitlisted: UChicago (probably due to math score on SAT) Rejected: Columbia ED (idk why I was outright rejected…whatevs)
[ b]General Comments: if I had to give advice to any future applicants, it would be to NOT SLACK OFF DURING SENIOR YEAR (at least first semester). people think that, if they had a 4.0 going into senior year, a drop in GPA due to senioritis during the 1st semester will not be looked upon too poorly. THIS IS A LIE CONTINUE WORKING HARD PLEASE I WANT YOU ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUT YOU GOTTA WORK FOR IT MAN. this being said, whence you becomest a 2nd semester senior, enjoyeth the rest of senior year</p>