***Official Northwestern ED Class of 2019 results***

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[ *] ACT: 35 35 35 32 (34 composite) 10 writing
[ *] SAT II: 750 math 700 chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem (4), Calc AB (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Lang, Leadership, Teacher Assistant
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:
[ list] National Merit Semifinalist
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Common App was good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: DEF strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Generic
[ ] Additional Rec: Pretty good, from tennis coach
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian American (Indian)
[ *] Gender: M
[ ]Income Bracket: $100,000 or so I think
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection
[ list] Dad went to Kellogg for MBA
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong recs and ACT score
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments: GPA GPA GPA

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: Math II 780, Biology E 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (W 4.182 - 4.25 Max at school)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/330
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): ESS (6), Math SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: HL 2 English, HL2 History, SL Spanish 5, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, HL2 Art, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Global Visionaries Travel Scholarship to Berlin (I doubt this is major, but it was a national applicant pool), NSLI-Y Semifinalist (Hearing back about finalist status in a couple of days!)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ambassadors (District Representative and Trainer), Global Visionaries-service and travel group (Executive Board Member and Communications Director), NHS-comparitively active in my school (President), Founded tutoring program at nearby K-12 school) Service Club (Service Coordinator), Investment Club (Founder and President), bunch of other minor stuff
Job/Work Experience: 2 years at fast food place
Volunteer/Community service: Probably a total of 1200ish hours or more
Summer Activities: Work at a fast food place, Trip to Guatemala
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Commonapp Essay was really good (9-10), the “why Northeaster” one was weaker (6-7)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher (10 - was incredible)
Teacher Rec #2: Bio and ESS teacher (8-9)
Counselor Rec: I don’t know. Somewhat generic I’m sure, but I know my counselor well (7?)
Additional Rec:Chem teacher (8-9) - All the teachers let me read them
Interview: Really good, he told me he was very impressed and I enjoyed it a lot.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Relations or something in the natural sciences
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope

Reflection

Strengths: My general essay and maybe community service
Weaknesses: ACT score, it’s not as great as others’. SAT II’s were also comparatively weak. No national awards, Not really recognized ECs
Why you think you were rejected: There were a lot of really great applicants this year! I also should have made my “why Northeastern” essay more unique.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: BU with Presidential Scholarship and Kilachand Honors College, Northeastern with Deans Scholarship, URochester
Rejected: UChicago and Columbia ED

General Comments: Congratulations to all who got in! I’m sure it’ll be a great experience.