<p>Very interesting to compare the credentials of acceptances and deferrals, really a damn shame not all could make it, many seem more qualified than others tbh.</p>
<p>bitter bitter bitter.</p>
<p>Accepted to Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 super score (didnt send)
ACT:33 ( English 34; Math 34; Reading 35; Science 27; Writing 33)
SAT II: 790 USH 750 Literature 630 Chemistry (ouch, didnt send chemistry)
Unweighted GPA 3.9 weighted 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not available-Estimate between top 5-10%
AP: (5) AP Euro, (5) English Language, (5) APUSH
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB; AP English; AP Spanish, Govnt./Econ; Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended; AP Scholar; 2 awards at local film festival (best actress and best drama); lots of other small ones-Scholar Athlete for 3 seasons; Cal High Sports T.V. award for athlete demonstrating exceptional academics and philanthropy; Silver award on National Spanish Exam. California Scholarship Federation 7 semesters to date.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
4 years of volleyball-3 years club and varsity (team captain senior year); Play in an all male rock band (guitar and sing) for 3 years; swimming 9 years;
Job/Work Experience: 2 years as a barista in local coffee shop
Volunteer/Community service: Lots!!!
Tutor at 826 Valencia St. every week For 2 years; Co-founder, VP and President of Room to Read chapter (raised $15,000.00 to build a school); Planned and set up two libraries in two different homeless shelters including gathering donations, transporting books and installation.</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Swim coaching, literacy outreach projects, college Comparative Philosophy class at Berkeley, Barista</p>
<p>Essays: Good but a tad serious for the common app (wrote about religion). Why NU was authentic and direct but also humorous. </p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: Meant to only send 2 but film teacher accidentally submitted his as well—all 3 were excellent Im sure, even though I didnt see them.</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Probably good, but we dont know our counselors very well.
Additional Rec: As I said, Film teacher
Interview: didnt have one
Other: Established a really good relationship with the ad comm for our area and kept in touch with him. Updated him with awards and an activities resume.
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Extremely Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,00.00+
Hooks: None
Reflection:
Strengths: Well rounded, but with good depth in each area. Great teacher recs; a school known for rigor.
Weaknesses: test scores?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think she had a lot of extracurriculars that were all connected in some waythere was breadth, but also depth. Literacy is really important to her, and I think that reflected in every part of her application: schoolwork, essays, teacher recs, extracurriculars. She also had really good relationships with my teachers and the admissions officer for my area.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to my safety schools: Tulane Honors program with scholarship, and Fordham.
General Comments: Essays are the most important thing. But above all, the application has to come together and connect.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the Bienen School of Music and the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (Music performance 5 year double major program) Piano Performance/Undecided</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 33 Composite (33 English, 34 Math, 33 Reading, 33 Science)
SAT: 2180 (I don’t feel like looking up the subscores…)
SAT II: Math II - 800, Literature - 750, Chem - 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: Chemistry IB II HL, English IB II HL, History IB II HL, IB Math Standard SL, German IB II SL, Theory of Knowledge, IB Psychology II HL, IB Music SL (extra area) (Full-IB Diploma Candidate)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (13 years) - won state competition and played with city philharmonic/ church pianist, Violin (8 years) 3 year all-stater, NHS (Treasurer), Key Club, Math Club, etc.
Volunteer/Community service: Helped organize park clean-up program, taught chinese yoyo at local chinese school
Summer Activities: music camps
Essays: Supplement essay - Wrote about the two teachers that inspired me to pursue both music and academics and how Northwestern allows me to have both. Common App essay - wrote about my mother’s death from cancer
Teacher Recommendation: I’m not really sure. I am really close with my teachers, but I had to rush them to send their recs, cause I forgot to ask until two days before… 
Counselor Rec:AMAZING new counselor, really quickly became good friends</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma (I heard that not many people applied from here…)
School Type: Public high school and middle school, 1,200 students total
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > 50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A?</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: My essays and extracurriculars were my strong suit. I didn’t overwork my essays and really just tried to illustrate a picture of myself to the admissions committee. There’s always the advice that you shouldn’t write about [insert event that can happen to many people], for me in this case my mother’s cancer, because so many people write great essays about it. However, I think if you write it in the most honest way possible, it can really strengthen your application.
Also, when writing about why you chose Northwestern, I focused on myself rather than the school. I actually had to audition on Piano live, and three of my four pieces were solid, but my Bach was TERRIBLE. I had only prepared it two weeks in advance and I was not ready to play it at all. I think the piano faculty realized this though.</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere else (only applied to Northwestern)</p>
<p>General Comments: Academics are not everything. This is my biggest piece of advice. I know it is incredibly good to have that 4.0. However, if you have other qualities that are great, such as sports or music really highlight those, and it can really make your application stand out. Also, standardized test scores really shouldn’t impede on your decision to apply!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred from School of Communication</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 - Reading 730 Math 760 Grammar 780
[ *] ACT: -
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 790 Chem 750
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Our school doesn’t do GPA on a 4 scale. It’s somewhere around 91.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t do ranks
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, Advanced Logic and Composition
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): video editor/filmer of my school’s film club, church volunteer work as a teacher, internship with a local political coalition
[ *] Job/Work Experience: freelance video editing
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: in extracurriculars
[ *] Summer Activities: community service
[ *] Essays: I had a pretty good essay imo. My english teacher loved in and I had my sister + her husband who both have a lot of experience with college essays go over them
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: From my physics and math teachers.
[ *] Counselor Rec: No clue, but I had a great peer rec + teacher praise sheets that pretty much gave the idea of exactly who I am (hard worker, but fun at heart)
[ ] Additional Rec: none
[ ] Interview: none
[/ul][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public - all of my counselors say that admissions offices know our school name by heart
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Essays, SAT scores maybe
[ *] Weaknesses: Pretty much no extracurriculars and my GPA is pretty weak
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to McCormick</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 600 M: 790 W: 760 (2150)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math II 750 US History 730 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (Doesn’t rank) Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4) Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Psych, AP Chemistry, AP Stats, AP Calculus AB & 2 other subjects
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE (haha)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance Club (Treasurer), Fundraising/Art Club (Secretary), Dance Ministry (President), School Magazine (Editor),
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Architecture Firm (1 week, Summer 2011), Mobile Phone Company (3 weeks, Summer 2011), Summer School Teacher’s Assistant (2 weeks, Summer 2011), English Center Tutoring (Oct 2010 - present)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Around 5 overseas trip, Global Issues Network, and Bonsai Buddies (I am a mentor to a kid in my elementary school)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internships (see above)
[</em>] Essays: I LOVED my common app one (9/10) but I felt my Northwestern supplement essay (WHY NU) wasn’t that good (7/10)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: From my AP Calc teacher who taught me for three years. I was the top in all three of his classes (Algebra 2, Geometry, and AP Calc AB), and I help out in this school camp that he helps lead. From my AP Biology teacher: I don’t really know him that well, but I think he likes me 
but it was probably pretty generic. I didn’t read an of my recs.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know. My graduating class is quite small though (65 students)
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: I was SO lucky. The lady who interviewed me is a parent of a student at my elementary school, and I met her before at my college fair. Apparently, she had a really good impression of my friend and me because we were genuinely interested in NU and stayed at her booth the whole time. The interview was really casual and we ended up sitting at McD. We ended up talking about her kids and the place she works at. It was really fun
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Asia
[<em>] School Type: Private, Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: <30,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None to be honest.
Reflection
[li] Strengths: GPA, class rank, work experience, SAT Math and Writing score, common app essay[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: SAT critical reading score :S,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA. I seriously thought I was going to be rejected…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nil
General Comments: To future NU applicants: APPLY ed. seriously. I doubt I would’ve gotten in to NU regular decision.
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (780 M, 640 CR, 800 W)
[ *] ACT: 33 (34 E, 34 M, 33 R, 29 S)
[ *] SAT II: Math II: 780, Physics 700
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/431
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Psychology SL (7)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball, tennis, NHS, Interact, Mu Alpha Theta
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer work in India (60 hours), other various volunteering (total 40 hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: Boys State
[ *] Essays: They were very introspective and concise. I felt pretty good about them. The Why NU was very specific.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them but I imagined they were good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ ] Additional Rec: none
[ ] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Scores, essays, course load, grades
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am really thankful and excited!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Weinberg</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): not sent
[</em>] ACT: 31 Composite (29 Math, 33 Reading, 31 Writing, 35 Science (all from 2 seatings))
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), APUSH (5), Gov, Lit
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest. 2 APs, 4 Honors Classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): mostly school awards (Several Student of the Years)[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (9- Coalition Rep., 10- Treasurer), Ambassador’s Club all 4 years, JV Bowling, Newspaper Writer, News Page Editor, Social Action Club (11- Public Relations, 12- Secretary) Founded Organ Donor Awareness Week.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work in School Theatre, odd jobs around family business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 75 hours a year with various local organizations.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Odd jobs
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp- Excellent (about my name and who it’s associated with and why it’s awesome). Supplement- Ok (about how I want to be on The History Channel)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but both teachers I’m extremely close with.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic, I think.
[<em>] Additional Rec: see above
[</em>] Interview: Excellent. Kept saying I reminded her of her daughter.[/ul]
Other
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Small, Catholic, all-girl
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Higher.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy a few times over.[/ul]
Reflection
[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Recs, Legacy (this one’s huge), brought my ACT up pretty significantly, Interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, not enough ECs (in my opinion)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the fact that I’m a Legacy did help a lot
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: only place I applied[/ul]
General Comments: Applying ED is the best thing that could have happened to me</p>
<p>ACCEPTED to WCAS</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED TO WEINGBERG</p>
<p>Objective:
· SAT I: 2260 super-scored (780 Math, 680 Writing, 780 Writing)
· SAT II: U.S. History: 720, Math II: 710
· Weighted GPA: 3.89 (highest in class = 4.15)
· Class rank: Doesnt rank but in top 20%
· AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calculus (5) English Language (5), English Literature (4), APUSH (3)
· Senior Year Course Load: AP Government and Politics, AP Economics, AP Statistics, Ideology, Senior English Elective: Twain to McGuane, Newspaper Production
· Awards: AP Scholar with honor, A lot of county, state, and national Mock Trial awards, a couple awards from my school for certain subjects, and a local colleges theater spirit award. </p>
<p>Subjective:
· Extracurriculars: Mock Trial (team captain and attorney), Journalism (was news editor and now Print-Managing editor), Theater (school and community since I was 8), Student Council (was Junior Class Prez, now Student Body Secretary-Treasurer), my citys Youth Advisory Council (currently the Chairperson), Soccer, and Golf.
· Job/Work Experience: Little League Umpire, gardening service
· Volunteer/Community service: local Humane Society, peer tutor in writing, and a bunch of little projects through my school (like Special Olympics)
· Summer Activities: Before my freshmen and sophomore years I assistant directed two childrens theater shows. The summer before junior year I interned with my local Congresswoman (U.S. House of Representatives). This past summer I did a 4 week program in Washington D.C. called the School of Public Service.
· Essays: In my Common App essay I wrote about how Ive become a better decision maker (I used to be super indecisive) through umpiring and some of my other activities. In my supplement I talked a lot about MMSS but also a bunch of other parts I liked about NU.
· Teacher Recommendation: Never read them. One was from my AB Calc teacher and the other was from my AP Lit English teacher.
· Counselor Rec: Again, never got to read it.
· Interview: Did one in early November with an alumni who graduated in 1970s (wasnt very helpful)</p>
<p>Other
· State: California
· School Type: Private/Independent
· Ethnicity: White
· Gender: Male
· Income Bracket: >$200,000</p>
<p>Reflection
· Where else was I going to apply: Washington University (St. Louis), Duke, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, USC, UCLA, UC Berkely, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Claremont McKenna, George Washington, Emory, UNC, Univ Michigan, Boston College, and Occidental.
· Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ask the NU Admissions Office. Id say my biggest strength though were my extra-curriculars and all my leadership roles. I also felt good about my essays and recs. My test scores were good but not amazing.
· Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Havent heard back from anywhere else yet. Now I will be withdrawing all those.</p>
<p>General Comments: So relieved. Looking forward to next fall already. Cant wait to meet everyone. Go Wildcats!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 mathII 780 chem
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 40
[li] Senior Year Course Load: IB diploma</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays: 20 drafts 
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they liked me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think my counselor liked me :o
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent in three</p>
<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurrics
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Binding, upward trend, extracurrics,
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I only applied to UCs and a saftey I guess I have to take them back now!
[/ul]
General Comments: YAYY
Join the Facebook group for Class of 2016 I’m so relieved everything is done and I don’t have to write anymore apps! Good Luck to people who haven’t gotten an email yet and to RD applicants! I can’t wait to wear Northwestern purple…well I already have 20 purple things. For those who didn’t get in, you’ll find a better fit somewhere else and have an awesome time in college like everyone does :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted WCAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 710 W; 670 M; 650 CR
[</em>] ACT: 31 (34 E, 32 R, 31 S, 27 M) 10 Writing
[<em>] SAT II: 640 M1, 610 Bio E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93, 4.08 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc AB, AP English, Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, Spanish 4
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (9, 10, 11, Captain 12); United States Tennis Association Masters level tournament play (from ages 8-18); National Honor Society (11, Senior Representative 12); Spanish Club (11, 12); Senior Homecoming King
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Customer Service at local bakery since November 2009
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[<em>] Summer Activities: Led tennis clinic for 1st-5th grade kids over the summer for 2 weeks
[</em>] Essays: Very good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 was OK, 1 was amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100,000-140,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Star tennis player of my area
Reflection
[li] Strengths: Teacher rec, essays, overall emphasis of how much I wanted to go there and specific details about Northwestern in my app[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteer work, test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I am overall pretty well rounded, my essays were very specific towards NU
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to MSU
**General Comments: I am very surprised I was accepted. I did not think my scores were high enough or I had enough ECs. Northwestern has always been my first choice and I am thrilled to be part of the class of 2016. **</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by Weinberg College of Arts & Science</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):R 700 M 800 W 690
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: Math 790 Physics 750 US History: 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): None
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Not Available
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Roots&Shoots in SFLS (vice president), Band (Leading vocal), School events host, Journalist for Shanghai Students’ Post
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Expo performer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Roots&Shoots, Expo Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: ESL Program in McMaster University, Expo Volunteer and performer
[</em>] Essays: Just something about my Roots&Shoots experience
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:Very good. (I don’t think NU take rec from international schools for consideration)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. She knows me very well.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Didn’t apply for FA
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Very deep interest in NU & Care more about achievements and contributions rather than test scores (I think this sets me apart from other Chinese)
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing really extraordinary.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Our school has students accepted every year. I am the only one applied under ED from our school this year.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None[/li][/ul]General Comments: It’s just like a dream. I think I am the lucky one coz our school has a good reputation among top colleges. Anyway, see you guys there next year.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO SESP! Too excited/busy to post stats :)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 M, 660 CR, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Four 5’s and One 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Above Average
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Two Pre-College Programs
[</em>] Essays: Unique
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted WCAS</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (M-780,W-720,R-700)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 94th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), European History (5), Stats (5), Language and Composition (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Economics (micro and macro), AP Literature, College in the School French
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National qualifier in speech (extemp. speaking)
[ list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (captain), speech, NHS, French Honors Society (senior officer) [/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hour of service total
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: Supplement was really specific to NU. Talked about my visit to NU a bit. Common App essay was solid.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Did interview with NU alum. Everything went well.
[ list]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): MN[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul][ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurricular activities, solid in all categories (GPA, SAT, class difficulty)
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not spectacular in anything specific.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed passion for NU in my essays. Had solid stats.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to WCAS</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): none
[</em>] ACT:33 (36 english, 30 math, 36 reading, 30 science, 8 writing)
[<em>] SAT II: 710 chemistry, 750 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.950, 4.2 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 11%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4) Chem (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Orchestra, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, French 4, College Writing
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Vice President), Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra, NHS, French Club, Robotics Team, Varsity tennis team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Teach tennis to elementary school kids over the summer.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Work with children with autism to help teach them social skills, I run a charity organization for a local teen grief center.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interlochen Arts Camps for vocal studies a few years back
[</em>] Essays: Really good and unique, showed my personality. They were quirky, for sure.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see it, but she’s known for writing good ones.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t see.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Really good letter from the director of the teen grief center.
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t do it. [/ul]Other
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Fairly competitive, small public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: Above $400,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really[/ul]Reflection
[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Decent ACT score, volunteer work, essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not so great on SAT II or AP scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, my “Why Northwestern” essay was pretty good, it was very personal.
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to MSU, applied to U of M but now withdrawing app. [/ul]General Comments: I’m in shock! So excited.</p>
<p>@CollegeChica12 I completely know how you were feeling. I’m also really interested in journalism, and while I was thankfully accepted, it’s not the end of the road for you, I promise! It’s difficult to find schools that are really strong in journalism and also have that extra spark that capture your attention. </p>
<p>I also applied to the University of Missouri, which although not many have heard of it, has an incredible journalism program and an absolutely gorgeous (and HUGE) campus in Columbia, MO. The buildings and especially the journalism section (7+ beautiful buildings) were really great, and I was seriously considering going there if I was not accepted to Medill.</p>
<p>I applied to UNC Chapel Hill, which is probably harder to get into as an out-of-stater than Northwestern. But you might want to try there as well because of their really strong communications/journalism program.</p>
<p>Other schools that might interest you are the University of Florida, which although it is a HUGE state school, has recently become rather selective and has a really great communications/journalism department. University of Miami might also be a good fit, and even though I’ve never been there, it was an option for me. Boston University also has a strong comm/journalism department. I also was thinking about Duke, Wesleyan University (in Connecticut), and William & Mary, but those schools don’t have a journalism major.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t end up going to a university that features a really strong Jschool you can still be involved wherever you end up. Almost every university has some sort of publication, many have multiple. And to be a journalist doesn’t necessarily mean that you HAVE to go to a Jschool. Maybe majoring in something that really interests you that you could potentially write about as a journalist or a certain part of the media industry could be really fun and make for a good career. </p>
<p>All I can say is don’t give up on it, although you’ve probably heard that a million times before. I was really nervous about majoring in journalism because of all the people who say it’s dying industry, but it’s really not! It’s just changing for the better. So many different types of media have popped up in the last decade that it would be impossible for “journalism” to die out. </p>
<p>With the stats you posted, I’m sure that you’ll have a fabulous time wherever you end up.</p>
<p><em>hug</em> (:</p>
<p>Deferred to School of Communications </p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2210 (780w, 690cr, 740m)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 760 Math 2 650 Lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 3, Lang &Comp 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, Ap Lit, French 9/10, Econ/Gov, Physics, Honors Theatre Directing, Theatre Productions 1/2, Advanced Drama 7/8
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):State Semi-Finalist for History Day
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):a lot of Theatre based programs: Cherubs at NU for Theatre and Musical Theatre, NYU Summer Abroad in Paris for Experimental Theatre Workshop
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Great
[ *] Counselor Rec:Good
[ ] Additional Rec: Theatre teacher: Great
[ ] Interview: N/A (tried to get one, but they said they couldn’t accommodate me.)
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths: SAT
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA/ Grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
My grades Junior year decreased because my chronic illness flared up. They want to see if they will go back up.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:**Hope I get in</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to WCAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 not superscored (770m, 700cr, 750g)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34 math, 34 reading, 33 grammar, 33 science)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 math II, 800 chinese, 710 us history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on all: psych, us history, micro/macro, chinese
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 7’s: mandarin b hl, film hl
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap lang, ap calc ab, ib film hl, ib mandarin b hl
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): high honor roll[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): film club (co-president), national art honors society, the other clubs that everyone else does.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutored local child english, produced documentary film for another school.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not a lot: habitat spring break trip and other minor things.
[</em>] Summer Activities: english tutor, interned at a microchip company, lounge around.
[<em>] Essays: very strong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: my film teacher wrote a specific rec just for nu, i assume the other one is good as well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: i’m guessing its good. i bothered/talked to him a lot about college stuff.
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope.
[li] Interview: nope.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other
[ul][<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): china
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>]Income Bracket: midrange
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[ul][<em>] Strengths: definitely my writing (supplements and especially common app), i also submitted film supplement, in the ‘additional comments’ section of common app, without applying to communications school. i have a lot of passion for film and i think it really came through. i also had an upward trend in grades.
[</em>] Weaknesses: very little extracurriculars, only took two aps each year and they were the easier aps.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: definitely my essay and my writing in general, also my passion for film that came through the application as well as the film supplement i sent them.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: only applied to UCs and got into my safety.[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I was under the impression that decisions are not till next week, so i was completely surprised to even find the email, let alone the fact that i got in. I actually got up to check my email for my safety school’s decision, but found NU instead.</p>