<p>Hey Everyone,</p>
<p>With only a few months to apply and decisions coming out shortly after, feel free to use this forum as an outlet to vent your frustrations, share your stress, and discuss things you are unsure of! Also feel free to share your stats so we can get an idea of what the competition may be like this year!</p>
<p>Good luck to us, and lets all help each other through the next few months of anxiety and torture.</p>
<p>Lol well not much point to this thread since in a few months a new thread like this will pop up and this one will be forgotton :(</p>
<p>Early Decision Applicant</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0/96.18%</p>
<p>Rigor (transcript is also supplemented with 8 honors courses):
AP World History (3)
AP US History (3)
AP European History
AP American Government
AP Microeconomics
AP Statistics (4)
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology (3)
AP Environmental Science (4)
AP Chemistry
AP English Language and Composition (2)
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Spanish Language and Culture (3)
AP Spanish Literature and Composition</p>
<p>Rank: 2/312</p>
<p>Scores:
Sat Math: 620, SAT Critical Reading: 520, SAT Writing: 540
ACT Composite: 25, ACT Math: 24, ACT: English 26
SAT Biology E: 580, SAT Mathematics II: 640</p>
<p>Activities (Leadership Experience):
-Committee Chair, Georgia State Superintendent Student Advisory Council (11,12)
-Delegate, Douglas County Superintendent Student Forum Council (11,12)
-Co-Founder and Co-Captian, Science Olympiad Team (11,12)
-Founder and Lab Safety Manager, International Genetically Engineered Machine Team (12)
-Ambassador and Mentor, STEM Magnet Academy Ambassadors Program (10,11,12)
-Captain and Competition Director, Reading Bowl Team (10,11)
-Vice President, Mathematic Team (12-seniors only)
-President, Spanish Honor Society (10,11,12)</p>
<p>Academic Accolades:
-State of Georgia and University of Georgia Certificate of Merit Scholar Award Recipient
-International BioGENEius Challenge Georgia Regional Finalist
-Georgia Science and Engineering State Fair First Honors (Top 10%) & Best in Category Winner
-Emory University’s Confucius Institute Study Abroad Scholarship State Winner to China
-DECA State Competition Fourth Place Winner in Job Interview Event & International Competition Qualifier Georgia -Governor’s Honors Program Semi-Finalist in Biology
-Presidential Youth Service Award Winner
-Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl First Place County, Regional, Divisional & State Champion</p>
<p>Summer Enrichment:
-Studied Chinese Culture and Language in Henan China with merit scholarship
-Studied environmental sciences in the Galapagos Islands with merit scholarship from the Frank Ski Kids Foundation
-Conducted scientific research at the University of Georgia’s Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Lab with research research being published by the Journal of Emerging Scholars</p>
<p>Hooks:
-African American/Black
-$25,000>Income
-Father not present in life (if that matters)
-Attend underperforming school were average sat score is in the low 1200’s out of all three sections</p>
<p>Basically, I love research and I know attending Northwestern will give me access to perform world-class undergraduate research and participate in prestigious internships relating to my true passion: biology. Any advice you guys could give about improving my application would greatly appreciated. And please do not make fun of my scores as I have truly tried to improve them but this is the best I can do and I don’t think this matters much. Thanks!</p>
<p>I am really really unconfident into applying to NU ED, but I just love the school! Do I even have a chance? :(</p>
<p>Here are some of my stats:</p>
<p>SAT: approx 2350 (retaking in Oct)
SAT II: Chinese (first language…) 790, Maths II 760, Chem 720
2 self studied APs: 5(Music Theory), 4(Calculus AB)
No GPA in school, but my raw scores are actually pretty bad. Top 25-30%
School ranks top 5 in country, VERY competitive</p>
<p>Straight As in Stanford EPGY/OHSx English Lit and Maths courses
7A<em>3A1B for GCSE, 3A3B for GCE AS level, 2A</em>A for GCE A level
(People said GCSE results =3.9, and GCE A level=3.85 on CC)</p>
<p>EC:
<p>Applying to School of Communication + Bienen School of Music (Dual Degree)
Pretty confident that I will get into Bienen, not much of a concern. But I’m a little worried what my school grades might do to my application to communication.</p>
<p>That said, I’m aware that I’m an international student on full pay, so I really have no idea what chances I will have for the top schools. YET I have the music hook…</p>
<p>Anyone have a guess at what day decisions will come out?</p>
<p>@squid97 I’m a student at NU, our finals end Dec. 12 and last year decisions came the Thursday of finals week, so probably Dec. 11 but I am not 100% sure. Good luck to all! </p>
<p>Good luck everyone. I’m applying from the UK, both my sisters went to NU, not applying for aid. Got a peculiar email saying good job on my ACT score… If I don’t get an acceptance then that email will annoy me for a long time </p>
<p>@lellywang You got a full mark on ACT? Why would they send particular emails directed to people? :(</p>
<p>@lellywang I got the same email! Hopefully they actually mean it and aren’t just trying to boost our confidence only to reject us haha</p>
<p>@alafae nope i just got 33
@scar1234 yeah exactly!!! haha </p>
<p>@lellywang Yea I got that e-mail as well. I’m pretty sure it was just another generic message that they sent out to everyone that got above a certain score. But I’m trying to convince myself that it means something lol.</p>
<p>I got a perfect score on the ACT and did not get any such email…</p>
<p>that is weird…</p>
<p>I’m guessing that they’ve already accepted those students who got these scores?</p>
<p>i received the same email… what did you guys score on it and how heavily is the act weighted in the decision do you guys think??</p>
<p>also, how are you guys coping with the anxiety hahaha it’s all I’ve been thinking about since I submitted my application!</p>
<p>Make sure you check your junk mail and search your entire inbox for “Northwestern”! It didn’t show up in my inbox so I naturally started freaking out, but then I searched for it and it showed up. I feel like it doesn’t mean much though, so don’t sweat it :)</p>
<p>@gkfc13 saaaame… I’m so nervous to get my decision and I’m actually counting down the days until Dec 15th. Last night I had a dream I got in and woke up super sad because it wasn’t real :(</p>
<p>yeah guys, as much as I’m hoping the email means I’ll be accepted, it’s probably just an automated message they send out. Wouldn’t worry too much if I were you :)</p>
<p>I wonder if they sent the email out to people who didn’t apply early…? If so, then it definitely means nothing. </p>