<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1490/2230 (760-M 730-CR, 740-W)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2: 790, physics: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish upward trend
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): english lang:3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs, Latin, internship
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars : Varsity sport, therapy dog, in a few clubs, held a few jobs etc. Not much leadership though and not anything too special
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a bike shop and at an ice cream shop, shadowing a doctor right now
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: therapy dog, community garden stuff, <100 hours
[</em>] Essays: Tried to show who I was rather then tell, not that special
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t see should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Assuming it was ok
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Interview, upward trend in grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays, no spectacular ecs or awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing that stood out as very special (major awards, contests, ecs)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (WCAS and honors Integrated Science Program)</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 2160
-SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 740 Physics, 680 US History
-ACT: n/a
-GPA: 3.85 UW, about 4.3 W
-Rank: 3/approx 520
-Other stats: n/a</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Common App was pretty good.
-Teacher Recs: Outstanding from AP Calc and AP English teachers
-Counselor Rec: Unknown, didn’t see it
-Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: California
-School Type: Public urban.
-Ethnicity: Caucasian
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: Strength: Rigor of curriculum (advanced math in Linear Algebra and MV Calculus plus 10 AP classes) Weakness: Leadership.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Rigor of curriculum and some ec activities.
-Going to attend?: Investigating. It’s between NU and USC right now.</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: Majors: Varsity water polo and swim teams, mock trial, peer math and physics tutor, summer research internship in paleoclimatology.
-Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 (M) / 780 (W) / 780 (V)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 790 (Lit) / 780 (USH) / 740 (MII)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5) Euro (5) USH (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all AP/honors but foreign language
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin, orchestra, a couple of school publications w/ leadership positions, some clubs, art
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: dunno
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nada
[</em>] Intended Major: undecided
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] School Type: large competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: DNR
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: dunno
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): nope</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: not much
[</em>] Weaknesses: ecs, leadership, rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Yay :)</p>
<p>-SAT 1420/2110
-SAT IIs: 740 Literature, 750 US History, 710 Biology
-ACT: didn’t take
-GPA: 3.83 UW, 4.33 W
-Rank: school doesn’t rank
-Other stats: </p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Common App one was strange and kind of out there and my Why Northwestern essay showed my passion for journalism
-Teacher Recs: both teachers knew me for 4 years
-Counselor Rec: i don’t know
-Hook (if any): I sent in my newspaper column… don’t know if this helped</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: NJ
-School Type: Public, Blue Ribbon
-Ethnicity: Indian
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: My SATs were kind of weak
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Honestly don’t know how this happened… I was expecting flat out rejection
-Going to attend?: Maybe </p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: Editor-In-Chief of my Newspaper and a few other EC’s
-Comments: I was basically in shock when I got my acceptance email… before that I had already ruled Northwestern out as an option because I knew Medill is very hard to get into but I am of course extremely glad that I have this opportunity!</p>
<p>-SAT: 710 CR, 800 W, 760 M
-SAT IIs: 780 Chinese, 760 Bio M, 700 Physics
-ACT: Did not take
-GPA: 3.65 unweighted (14 AP courses taken in school, top ranked HS)
-Rank: school doesn’t rank
-Other stats: AMC 10 School winner, AIME qualifier, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with distinction</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Supplement not that good, but common app good
-Teacher Recs: Good recs
-Counselor Rec: She loves me.
-Hook (if any): n/a</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: NY
-School Type: small public, RANKED 32 IN THE US AMONG ALL HIGH SCHOOLS
-Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: Strength: course rigor, recommendations,
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Rejected probably on the basis that my GPA was too low for their liking
-Going to attend?: Got rejected.</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: Boy scouts, Religious youth group volunteer, Taught/coached swimming of all levels
-Comments: </p>
<p>-Essays: common app essay 9/10, why northwestern 5/10 (did it day it was due)
-Teacher Recs: pretty good
-Counselor Rec: N/A
-Hook (if any): sentimental, but not sob story common app essay</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: CA
-School Type: Public, underfunded
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: involvement around school, leadership positions, involvement in clubs like mock trial, green club, etc. Class vice president, valedictorian, cross country, interact.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Probably my stats. I feel like northwestern really likes top tier stats and that’s not an issue necessarily, that and the fact that I wrote my why northwestern essay the day it was due probably wasn’t such a great idea.
OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars:
-Comments: Eh, I’m fine with this rejection. However this does come as a morale deflator as I am not optimistic for my other privates on the east coast. </p>