You received a likely letter from Cornell? Wow. That is reserved for so few admits that you have to be among the top applicants they have. A 1410 is not a top applicant score, not even close. So you must have a hook and great ECs to be able to not only get admitted to Cornell but to get a likely letter. Congratulations!!
Rejected after deferred
Accepted
White female from NJ
31 ACT
13/208 rank
2 APs
Theater both community and school
President of NHS
No financial aid
College of Communications - Theater major
Accepted:
Northwestern
Boston University
Skidmore
Montclair
Texas State
FSU
TCU
Wait List
Emerson
Rejected
Boston College
Waiting On:
U Miami
Vassar
Wesleyan
Anyone else think “femur breaker” is pulling our leg? The typos, the misspellings etc… it’s someone just goofing around.
Daughter rejected:
35 ACT
1530 SAT (790 Math/740 ERW)
800/740/730 (Math II, Chem, Bio SATII)
7 AP’s - 5 5’s, 2 4’s
National Merit Finalist
4.4 W/4.0 UW, rank 1/580
Genetics internship at local Children’s Hospital
Great letters of rec
Strong EC’s
Accepted: Miami (Ohio), UNC Chapel Hill
Deferred: Yale, UMich
Rejected: Northwestern
Waiting: Vanderbilt, Yale, Duke, UPenn
@hsparent13 Sorry you didn’t get in, but maybe I’ll see you at Cornell since we both got the email.
I am not sure what more the AO could ask.
Waitlisted
- 1590 SAT
- 4.0/4.0 GPA
- Caucasian Female
- 800's on Chem, Molecular Bio, Math 2, Math 1, and Physics SAT II's
- 7 AP's, all 5's (taking 5 more this year)
- Nationally Certified EMT, 40 hours/month
- Two-year Neuroscience Internship; published author on three journal articles and a neuromodulation textbook chapter
- National Merit Finalist
- USABO Semifinalist, National Chemistry Olympiad Participant for three years, a few state-level awards in Science Olympiad
- Captain of chemistry and bio clubs
- Four-year Varsity Sport -Have played classical guitar for 7 years
Accepted: MIT, Rice/Baylor BSMD Program, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, UMD
Waiting on: Princeton and UPenn
Oh well :).
Amazing stats and EC’s. SMH on this whole process.
For those claiming that Northwestern University was his or her “dream school”, if true, then you should have applied ED to increase chance for acceptance.
Ditto as ED acceptance rate is ~22%.
Thank you for your prompt response.
That’s exactly how it happened last night.
Accepted
URM
34 ACT
7 APs
Extracurriculars in writing and social activism
College of Arts and Sciences - sociology major
Accepted:
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Cornell (likely letter)
Vanderbilt (likely letter)
UChicago
WashU
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western Reserve
Wait List
n/a
Rejected
n/a
Waiting On:
7 ivies
Curious, didn’t apply to state school?
no lol
Accepted into Medill
White Female from New York
1510 SAT
Class Rank: 3/255
Took 7 APs before submitting my application: 5 on five and a 4 on two
Currently taking 5 APs
Founder of Robotics Club in my school
President of Science Olympiad
Conducted research on voter turnout
Intern for a local legislator
Attended Girls State
Summer job (4 years)
Play violin and piano
Accepted: Northwestern, Northeastern, Lehigh, Syracuse, American
Waitlisted: UNC at Chapel Hill
Waiting On: Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Vassar
Hope this helps future applicants!
Don’t be dejected. It’s such a random process. Our son was wait-listed at two “lower” rated schools, but last night accepted at NW. You’ve worked hard. You’ll land on your feet. I’ll be anxious to find out where. Good luck.
@Publisher and @PPofEngrDr, there’s the dream school, which Northwestern is for my S, but then there’s that darned financial reality that prevented us from doing ED. As many others, there is no way we could commit blindly to a school without knowing the actual price tag and, quite frankly, the sacrifices the rest of the family would have to make. It must be nice to have the luxury of not having to consider those two factors. However, because it is his dream school, we are going to try to figure out how to make it work, with our eyes wide open.
@Busy_Momma Financial is not a decision factor from college point of view as admission can’t see finanical, rather applicant point of view. Financial situation is non-factor whether you apply ED/RD as financial issues post ED acceptance, always allows to bail out.