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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>SAT I 2320
SAT II - math2 790, literature 740
APs - four 5’s, one 3 (Spanish … Didn’t report)
GPA- 4.3 weighted, 3.92 unweighted
Summer junior college class GPA- 4.0
CURRENTLY- taking 5 APs & leadership class (have taken literally the max rigor …, bypassing PE period by participation in school sports)
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ECS & Leadership …
Class president - Frosh thru Junior yr, currently Student Body President
-Mock Trial - defense attorney 4 yrs, (president /Captain 2 yrs)

  • CSF, deca
  • Volunteer Hours - approx 200 hrs thru school extracurricular and membership in National Charity League
  • internships (3 summers) with law firm and private practice immigration lawyer
  • current internship with the District Attorney
  • part time job at Nordstroms & fashion board internship
  • Awards - no major NHS, John’s Hopkins center for talented & gifted
    county best defense lawyer, School award for outstanding involvement/ citizenship student of the year (school of 2700)
    – UCSB & Stanford enrichment programs,
  • Athletics- basketball 1 yr, lacrosse 3 yrs (Captain on JV)</gold></p>

<p>-Essays - I thought were solid albeit not creative

  • RECCS- great and very good</p>

<p>Hooks - none
Gender- female
Ethnicity- white
Financial Aid - yes
Income- complicated </p>

<p>Why I didn’t get in? I don’t know - maybe presented myself as too normal / ordinary </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted! (Medill School of Journalism)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted/ 4.54 weighted
SAT: 2290 (770 reading, 770 writing, 750 math)
SAT IIs: US History- 800, Chemistry- 770
Current year courses: 5 APs (Calc BC, AP Lit, AP US Gov, AP Physics B, and AP Art History), one honors-level choir class, one regular-level theatre class
ECs:
-Theatre: all four years. Really heavy involvement–currently in my 11th production.
-Academic Team: current co-captain, starting player since freshman year. Went to states sophomore year.
-National Honor Society
-Mu Alpha Theta
-Science National Honor Society
-Tri-M Music Honor Society
-Thespian Honor Society, Vice President
-CenterStage (top choir), Vice President
-School Newspaper (Guest Writer)
Awards:
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Merit Finalist
-Several school awards for “Outstanding (insert subject here) Student”
-Attended Governor’s Latin Academy (summer residential program run by state, only 45 students selected statewide)
Recommendations:
-Hopefully, and very likely, “glowing”. One is the math teacher I had for both my freshman year and my first year of Calculus, who has a reputation for writing great recommendations and who I’ve done service projects with. The other is my Academic Team coach, who I’ve known for all four years and took my freshman history class and AP Euro with.
Essay:
-The topic for Medill (and I think the school in general) is pretty straightforward/no-nonsense. I mostly put how impressed I was with Medill’s internships and education, as it seems impressively career-minded.</p>

<p>Comments:
I’m thrilled to have gotten in! I was just rejected from my top choice, University of Chicago, so I was feeling a little pessimistic about my chances elsewhere. This is fantastic news, and definitely gives me a lot to think about. (Other acceptances: Fordham University, UVa, and American)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
International Student accepted at Weinberg for Economics</p>

<p>OBJECTIVE:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 - 800 (CR) 700 (M) 760 (W)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 700 (Chem), 600 (Math - yeah I dont know what happened)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6-7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 43 - HL: English, Math, History, Econs (7,7,7,7) SL: Mandarin, Chemistry (7,6)
Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest, 4HL - counselors didn’t allow me to take AP CompSci :frowning:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (at different times) Key Club (VP), H4H (Executive), Green Council (President), Extemporaneous Speaker, Editorial Board (Editor-in-Chief), Debate, JV Soccer
Job/Work Experience: Finance and Investor Relations Internship, Sales & Marketing Internship, Nestle promoter
Volunteer/Community service: English Coach for ESL kids in rural areas, English tutor for refugees, Various environmental fundraisers etc
Summer Activities: Internships
Essays:
CA - Reflections on my life growing up in a fractured country (racially) as I stood at a rally for democracy (9/10)
NU Supplement - Generic essay (6/10)
Teacher Recommendation: Economics and English Teachers - Fantastic - didn’t deserve their praises, honestly (9.5/10)
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Went almost perfectly, really clicked with interviewer as she just graduated and our aspirations and line of thought was in sync, really got a feel for Northwestern and I think I communicated the type of person I was very clearly to her as well. </p>

<p>OTHER
Country (if international applicant): Malaysia
School Type: American International School in Malaysia
Ethnicity: Malay
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nationality? Not sure. [/list][ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Essay, Interview, Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Weak GPA, a C+ one sem in Math HL, Weak SAT Subject Scores, Lackluster NU supplement</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think what really changed their minds was me showing I was passionate in certain areas (environmentalism and education) and that I planned on bringing that quality to NU. I also really emphasised me being in an international school and observing the differences in culture with the traditions of the society that I grew up in.</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - various UK unis, UCLA. Waitlisted - UChicago (of course)</p>

<p>General Comments: Hope this helps! I was very unconvinced I would get in because of my GPA but I think the best thing to do is just to be yourself and show what you can bring to the University</p>

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<p>Wow</p>

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<p>Result: Accepted into Weinberg</p>

<p>SAT I: 800 Math/800 CR/720 Writing
ACT: 36
SAT II: 800 Math 2/700 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank: Top 5%
AP: BC Calculus (5), Biology (4), US History (5), Environmental Science (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Organic Chemistry, Computer Science Electives, Ecology</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: President of 3 Clubs, FPS State Finalist
Job/Work Experience: Student Researcher at Fermilab
Volunteer/Community service: 800+ Hours
Summer Activities: Research, Teaching Summer Class at High School
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, close relationships with teachers as they are advisors for clubs that I am president of, as well as having taken multiple classes from these teachers.
Counselor Rec: Excellent, close relationship with frequent meetings.
Interview: None</p>

<p>State: Illinois
School Type: Math and Science Magnet School
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Hooks: None
Reflection
Why you think you were accepted: Standardized test scores, extracurriculars, leadership, rigor of courses
Where else were you accepted: WashU, UCLA, UCSD, UIUC</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Weinberg and Bienen</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send it
[</em>] ACT: 34 (E:33 M:34 R:36 S:36)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II : 800 US History : 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8&
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World history(5), AP Calculus BC(5), Human Geography(5), English composition(5), US history(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Band / Physics C / AP Statistics / AP Government / AP Macroeconomics / English (regular)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards. Multiple small awards from school band(freshman/sophomore/junior of the year), awards from musical(clarinet) competitions, and honors(3-years in top placements in state level with one year being the 1st chair in state and some…)[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4-year band (section leader), one or two clubs, few honor societies, Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra - somewhat prestigious YO - for 3 years
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Involved in church weekly (1 yr) / volunteering at kids’ music camps / little bitty ones I don’t specifically remember
[<em>] Summer Activities: -
[</em>] Essays: Common app essay was quite well written I thought. Spent some quite time writing it and had some amazing people proofread on it.
NU statement essay was almost blunt. Other than having few personal examples, It was very straight to the point. However, I did try to strongly convince that NU was the only place I could pursue my both passion with top-notch education without letting one go(clarinet performance and economics).
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
Band director: He absolutely loves me and cannot imagine him writing a mediocre rec. letter for me. It had to be either great or superb.
Math teacher: I believe I made some good impressions on him and he did write decent or better letter.<br>
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Honestly don’t know.
[<em>] Additional Rec: -
[</em>] Interview: - [/ul]
Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~ $45,000 (for this year)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Other than having very few people applying to NU from my school (-800 per class), I can’t think of any hooks. Ethnicity may count as an anti-hook?[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT score / somewhat strong music EC / essays / rec. letter / audition(Bienen)
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA / Ethinicity / lack of club activities
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First for Bienen, solid audition. Clarinet professor emailed me only few days after the audition that I have made the studio and just has to let the university look at my scores.
For Weinberg, ACT score and essays seems to pushed me up top despite low GPA.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted : UT Austin. Still waiting : NYU, Columbia [/ul]General Comments:[/li]Congrats to those who were accepted! Hope to see you guys there!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted McCormick</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 2150 didn’t submit (660CR, 730M, 760W)
•ACT: 33 (36E, 34M, 31R, 30S)
•SAT II: 760 Chem, 720 M1
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/340
•AP (place score in parenthesis): World (2) Euro (4) Chem (4) Spanish Lang (4) USH (5) Lang (5)
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Senior Year Course Load: Math Functions & Analysis, AP Lit, AP Micro/Macro, AP Gov, Hon Physics, Engineering Design, Computer Skills
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really.</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of a few major clubs at school, photographer, etc.
•Job/Work Experience:
•Volunteer/Community service: going to the same retreat center for 5 years to volunteer.
•Summer Activities: 2 internships (dentist and engineer)
•Essays: Common app was alright. Why NU was pretty good.
•Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem teacher and AP Lang teacher, didn’t read either.
•Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, probably good though.
•Additional Rec: Volunteer center mentor
•Interview: Didn’t get one</p>

<p>Other
•State (if domestic applicant): FL
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Private
•Ethnicity: Hispanic
•Gender: M
•Income Bracket: 200,000+
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: not sure.
•Weaknesses: haven’t taken calc yet - I’m going to take it this summer. Scores could’ve been better.
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UofMiami (merit scholarship), UF, Georgia Tech (merit scholarship), UMich CoE. Waitlisted - NU, UVa. Rejected - MIT (deferred from EA).</p>

<p>General Comments: I really liked NU. Oh well, we’ll see what happens. Congrats to all accepted! You guys deserve it :)</p>

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<p>Where can I check my admission decision? its there some sort of Applicant link or something?</p>

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<p>There is a link in an email they sent you. Check your spam folder/junk mail if you didn’t see it in regular email. If you can’t find it anywhere, call the admissions office tomorrow. </p>

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

<p>College: McCormick School of Engineering</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 720 Math, 650 Writing (8 essay), 620 CR (Total = 1990, 1 sitting)</p>

<p>[ *] SAT II: 700 Physics, 780 Math IIC
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: Think it’s 4.5 or more (I take the IB)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking finals in May, but my predicted are as follows</p>

<p>Physics HL = 7
Economics HL = 7
Geography HL = 7
Mathematics SL = 7
English SL = 6
Spanish SL = 6</p>

<p>[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Same as above
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Freestyle skiing - I do double flips and rotations on big jumps for those who don’t know what it is (placed top 10 nationally various times, and 1st regionally), also a quite solid golf player
Student Council (Vice president)
Model United Nations Participant
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Norway’s largest trampoline distributor as a “handyman” - I help with everything from sales to storage to demonstration of how the trampolines work
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: KRIK - A Christian sports activities organization (Supervisor and leader) - I am in charge of a club where 20 kids meet weekly to play different sports. I was also leader at one of the biggest national camps hosted by KRIK
Interact → fundraising club
Went to India with my class to work on community projects for a week
[ *] Summer Activities: Traveling, working, attending camps (as well as having leadership positions at the camps)
Attended the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship (PSGE) at Lehigh University in the summer of 2013 (4 week program) - I was elected leader of my project group and was asked to be one of the 4 (out of 76) to hold a reflection speech at the end of the program
[ *] Essays: 8/10 - I am Norwegian, so not an excellent writer, but I felt the ones for Northwestern were one of my better ones
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 for both teachers who know me well, haven’t seen the recs, but my counselor said they were beyond great!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome, she loves me
[ *] Additional Rec: From the PSGE admissions-person. Have no idea about this one, but think it was pretty ok as I connected well with her at the camp
[ *] Interview: None
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Norway
[ *] School Type: International (IB)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasean
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: $200,000++
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college in the US, nationally competitive freestyle skier, determined and passionate about what I do
[ *] Strengths: IB grades, diverse and difficult course load, extracurriculars, freestyle skiing
[ *] Weaknesses: the SAT is my official nemesis, wish my english was better. SAT 2s weren’t particularly great either (but I can live with those). No special awards (but it is difficult to get those in Norway (very few competitions)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted because I have strong IB grades, but not enough to cover up for my low SATs. Also I don’t have any major awards, and I might just not have exactly what the school is looking for.</p>

<p>[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Middlebury College, UC Davis (with scolarship, 1/3 ride), UC San Diego and Pepperdine
Waitlisted: Northwestern and UCLA
Rejected: Stanford REA (obviously)</p>

<p>Still waiting to hear from Berkeley, USC and Lehigh</p>

<p>[/list][ b]General Comments: Congrats to all those who got in! And to those who didn’t… don’t worry you’ll end up where you’re meant to be</p>

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

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Superscore composite 2290 (790R 790W 710M, best of each category from 2 tests)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Bio 640 US Hist 600 World Hist
[</em>] GPA: 3.96 (full IB unweighted)
[<em>] Rank: like 15/300 (don’t remember exactly)
[</em>] AP: nope
[<em>] IB: Diploma. So far only actually tested in SL Mathematics (5) but will test in HL Bio, HL English, HL Hist-Americas, HL Film, SL German
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB w/ Film as 6th subject
[li] Awards: SkillsUSA - 3rd state Broadcast News, 1st state Quiz Bowl, 5th nation Quiz Bowl[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (not including stuff not mentioned in my app): SkillsUSA, Boy Scouts. I did a bunch of clubs for like 1 or 2 years sporadically throughout HS just for fun but they were never really a part of my app; focused on out-of-school/volunteer stuff there. </p>[/li]
<p>Sports announcing probably falls in this category. Baseball, basketball, football, volleyball; various levels. Favorite thing to do so I do it a lot.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: not really
[</em>] Volunteer: Founded issues campaign promoting transportation package (mainly light rail); a VP in Young Dems of Clark County; education volunteer at OMSI (science museum) for last few years doing various stuff; managed social media & web comms for a city council candidate; volunteered for youth collective at community radio station in PDX
[<em>] Summer Activities: interned at sports radio program; interned with Obama campaign; interned with news department at radio station in PDX, actually got to do the news there and once got to substitute co-anchor the evening newscast
[</em>] Essays: killer common app essay about being content behind the microphone, solid NU supp (concise, clear, well-written, heartfelt, but nothing super original or interesting)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read it but based on the teacher herself it was probably good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I really don’t know if this even matters that much; didn’t read it but I’m sure it was fine
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope
[</em>] Interview: Went incredibly. The interviewer was a fairly recent Medill grad living in PDX and we just had a great chat about pretty much everything.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>] State: WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: Upper-mid
[</em>] Hooks: I think this is kind of a strange idea, isn’t the application the “hook”?[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Volunteer/EC/Summer activities; solid GPA/SAT/courseload; common app essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: haha SAT subject tests in history were goofy because they pretty much were designed for AP students and I’m IB so
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid overall application, demonstrated focus/drive, had pretty unique ECs that came to me as the result of simply getting involved and taking initiative and demonstrated this pretty well. Overall my “strategy” has always just been try hard and do what you love, that worked out really well. My only essay “strategy” was to answer the question honestly and then write well. I didn’t try to show anyone what I thought they were looking for, I simply talked about what I like to do and who I am.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Marquette, Seattle U, and Univ. of WA. Still waiting on GWU, UNC, Stanford, and Penn but this was my top choice.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: Super happy and excited! :D</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size] to MEDILL!!</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800, 620, 800
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] SAT II: Lit 800, Spanish 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A- Canadian system
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A- top 5-10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 40
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: Higher Level English, History, Economics, Standard Level Peace and Conflict Studies, Math Studies, Environmental Systems
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] N/a
[ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Magazine (Editor in Chief), Prefect (student life and major events), rugby, Recreationally licensed pilot, World Affairs Club, recreational lacrosse and curling
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Cent Magazine, summer 2013
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 450 community service hours-- 30 hour famine, Chairing 30 hour famine, service trips to Bhutan, South Africa, Tanzania
[ *] Summer Activities: Service trips, Columbia University high school program (journalism), internship
[ *] Essays: strong?
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: both great and particularly well written
[ *] Counselor Rec: I assume positive although it was written by an English teacher
[ ] Additional Rec: N/A
[ ] Interview:[/list] Yes
[ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket: 500000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] none [ b]Reflection
[ list]
[ *] Strengths: essays, challenging courses, multiple leadership roles
[ *] Weaknesses: Math SAT, lack of science/math in course load, lack of academic awards
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list] accepted to northeastern, wait listed at BU, rejected from Penn [ b]General Comments: GO 'CATS :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted! (School of Education and Social Policy) </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I: not taken
ACT: 33
SAT II: 770 Spanish, 700 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Spanish (5),
Senior Year Course Load: Ap statistics, AP english, ethnic studies, facade of perfection, PE, Physics, Global Economic Justice
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit Finalist, Dean’s Award, </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
-Friends of the Poor nonprofit student president
-board member of small, elected membership philanthropic board [student-led, raised individually over 100K in three years]
-huge hobby for drawing
-400 hours a year of community service

  • Job/Work Experience: Sprout Cafe, Anthropologie, Camp Counselor at a swim club</p>

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

<p>Common App Main: 10/10 because it was more personal than most. It explained the difference in grades
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9-10 Spanish Teacher
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9-10 Science Teacher
Counselor Rec: 10/10 - have a very good relationship with her
Interview: N/A
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $500,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college (both parents born in other countries)</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: test scores and relationship with teacher recommendations
Weaknesses: GPA is low, not too many APs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I applied early decision and was deferred. They knew it was my #1 choice. I was more than my grades. I had a lot of extracurricular activities</p>

<p>Other places applied to/Decisions: </p>

<p>Accepted at USD, BU, Fordham, Puget Sound, University of Washington
denied at Wash U St. Louis
Waitlisted at BC
waiting on Tufts, McGill, University of Michigan, Duke, Stanford, Williams, Amherst, Vanderbilt, NYU, Brown</p>

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<p>I still have not received an email – should I contact admissions? I’ve checked my spam folder mutiple times every day since people first began to hear from Northwestern. </p>

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<p>@ronanicus My daughter did not receive an email either, but she was lucky enough to get an acceptance packet in the mail yesterday. It seems that some people did not get emails, I would definitely contact the admissions office. Good luck!</p>

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<p>@1hpfulparent Thank you very much! I’m out of town right now so I’ll check the mail as soon as I can!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (Economics)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (720 CR, 690 M, 740 W, 11 Essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 710 Math Lvl. 2, 710 Biology - Ecological, 720 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/95
IB (predicted scores in parenthesis): Predicted 45/45 in total - 7 HL Biology, 7 HL Literature, 7 HL Psychology, 7 HL Economics, 7 SL Mathematics, 7 SL Chinese (final)
Senior Year Course Load: HL Biology, HL Literature, HL Psychology, HL Economics, SL Mathematics, Theory of Knowledge
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council (Secretary/VP), Executive Council (Secretary), Orphanage Outreach Club (Leader), National Honor Society (Officer), APAC/Advanced String Orchestra (Violin 2 Section Leader/Soloist), APAC/Varsity Forensics Squad (Captain), APAC/Varsity Tennis, School Magazine (Editor), JV Track and Field, Gawad Kalinga Tutor
Job/Work Experience: Worked for investment banking advisory firm over one summer as a research assistant
Volunteer/Community service: Gawad Kalinga tutoring for young kids, monthly orphanage outreach visits
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays: I would say my Common App essay was pretty strong (9/10). I wrote about how I overcame “living for the applause” by working hard for my own passions instead of praise. My “Why Northwestern” essay was pretty decent, but nothing unique (7/10).
Teacher Recommendation: I know that the one written by my psychology teacher was excellent for sure, but I have no idea about the biology one.
Counselor Recommendation: My counselor was new this year, so she didn’t know me all too well. I wasn’t allowed to read any of my recommendations!
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): N/A
School Type: Christian private international school in the Philippines
Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths: Plenty and diverse extracurriculars with achievements in most of them (including international recognition in the APAC activities), relatively strong and personal essays, maximum school GPA and predicted IB scores
Weaknesses: No interview, comparatively average SAT scores,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My Common App essay really gave insight into the insecurities that plagued me as a child and how I was able to overcome them. I think this is what really helped the admissions officers connect with me personally. Other than that, I am so shocked and grateful to have been accepted! I really wasn’t expecting much at all, given how competitive Northwestern is.
Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: (Accepted) Yale-NUS College, (Rejected) Stanford University</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (CR 760, M 770, W 660) - not reported
ACT: 36
SAT II: don’t remember, I took some but they weren’t all that great, and I didn’t report them
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian, out of about 360
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 5
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calculus, Dual Credit Oral Communications, Dual Credit English, French 2, Band, AP Euro History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless these count:

  • National Merit Finalist
  • Presidential Scholars Candidate
  • Kentucky All State Musician
  • Kentucky Governor’s Scholar
  • Kentucky Ambassador of Music</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 9-12 (Section Leader 10-12), Percussion Ensemble 9-12 (Section Leader 10-12), Louisville Youth Orchestra 11-12 (Co-Principal 12), NHS, Beta Club
Job/Work Experience: None, except for one week of house sitting in summer 2012.
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring (20+ hours), various others (40+ hours)
Summer Activities: KY Ambassador trip, KY GSP, Band camp
Essays: Common App was very well done, the Northwestern essay decent.
Teacher Rec: I didn’t read them, but I expect 10/10 and 8/10
Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it, but I expect 8/10
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~ 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Tests, grades, musical activity
Weaknesses: Course load, volunteer time, I had a minor disciplinary violation
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, but I’m really glad. Hopefully the Fin Aid will make it affordable for my family.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UK, Centre, RPI, U of Illinois at Urbana, U Rochester
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown</p>

<p>General Comments: I was hopeful to get into an Ivy League but not expecting it, and am nonetheless really happy to have been admitted to Northwestern. At this point I’m fairly nervous about how the Fin Aid will turn out however.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted Weinberg</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (710 M, 740 CR, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 770 M2, 730 Lit, 760 USH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.2 W, not sure what UW is
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), World History (4), English Lit (5), taking 4 this year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Art History, AP English, AP Spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Cum Laude Society
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Public Forum Debate (captain), writer for newspaper (editor), secretary of class
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: ice cream job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at inner-city school, nursing home
[<em>] Essays: Pretty passionate. Talked about my tour of Chemistry of Life Processes Institute and mentioned the professors I talked to and the labs I saw.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know. One loved me and was my advisor.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t really know me/like me.
[</em>] Interview: Thought it went well. Connected with interviewer about high school experience
[/ul]Other

  • [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
    [</em>] School Type: private all-girls independent
    [<em>] Ethnicity: white
    [</em>] Gender: F
    [<em>]Income Bracket: <100,000 K
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

  • [<em>] Strengths: grades, EC’s
    [</em>] Weaknesses: SAT math score, no hooks, no research
    [<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected because my scores were super high and I had a couple B’s. I didn’t have anything super interesting about me.
    [</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: OSU Honors, Case Western Reserve, Fordham and Georgetown EA; Waitlisted: WUSTL; Rejected: UPenn, Columbia, JHU

General Comments: Honestly happy I was even wait listed considering this cut throat year. NU only accepted 11% regular, 12.9% overall, lowest in history by far. I love NU and would definitely seriously considering attending if taken off the wait list. But for now, I’ll probably deposit at Gtown. Congratulations everyone who was accepted!</p>

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

<p>Objective:
•ACT: 31
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
•AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Physics B (didn’t take yet), Literature and Composition (didn’t take yet)
•Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Weight Training, Comp Apps, Wind Ensemble, Econ, AP Physics, Pre Calc, LIFE Team
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UMN Presidential Award, some Marquette sccholarship
Subjective: •Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis, marching band, concert band (section leader), science olympiad, math meet, athena, NHS
•Job/Work Experience: Dietary Aid at Nursing home
•Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Athena, volunteer regularly at local hospital
•Summer Activities:volunteering
•Essays:I don’t remember
•Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read it
•Counselor Rec: didn’t read it
•Additional Rec:
•Interview:n/a
Other •State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
•School Type: public
•Ethnicity: white
•Gender: female
•Income Bracket: upper middle class
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, woman in engineering
Reflection •Strengths:GPA
•Weaknesses:ACT
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: week ACT, unimpressive essays/recs
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UW-Madison (accepted), UMN - Twin Cities - CSE (accepted), Marquette (accepted)</p>