**Official Northwestern RD Decisions 2014**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
61

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!! Medill School of Journalism</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2150 (730 M, 670 R, 750 W)
-SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 720 Biology, 800 Chinese
-ACT: n/a
-GPA: 3.9
-Rank: 10/520
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Comm app was good, but I kind of threw together my supplement at the last minute
-Teacher Recs: Excellent rec from my newspaper advisor (probably helped tons) and one from my AP bio teacher
-Counselor Rec: good
-Hook (if any): I’ve moved a LOT (China, California, you name it) and so I have a bunch of different experiences</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: MA
-School Type: public
-Ethnicity: Chinese
-Gender: F
-Major Strength/Weakness: strengths- lots of journalism-related EC, such as translating articles and Harvard and writing for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
-Going to attend?: Probably not. Kind of far, and I’m not completely sure if I want to major in journalism.</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: school newspaper, other journalism organizations, piano, softball team, tutoring, hospital volunteer</p>

62

<p>EFF YEAH</p>

<p>ACCEPTED </p>

<p>I’ll come back to post stats later…I’m more friggin excited than you could possibly know. Unless you do know.</p>

<p>:D</p>

63

<p>Decisions are in your e-mail. Good Luck.</p>

64

<p>Decision: REJECTED McCormick</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2380 (800 CR, 780 M, 800 W)
-SAT IIs: 710 Chem, 720 Lit, 800 MIIC
-GPA: 91.6/ 100
-Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I thought it was original. Who knows what they thought.
-Teacher Recs: Waived the right.
-Counselor Rec: Waived he right.</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: NJ
-School Type: Magnet
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: M
-Major Strength/Weakness:
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I certainly hope it wasn’t because of my looks. Man, would that be a blow to my ego…
-Going to attend?: Maybe forcibly, but probably not. </p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars:
-Comments: I’m bitter and wish</p>

65

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Engineering)</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: N/A
-SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 770 US History
-ACT: 35 Composite (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
-GPA: 4.35 weighted
-Rank: N/A</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Excellent Common App, Decent NU supplement
-Teacher Recs: Excellent
-Counselor Rec: Probably very good
-Hook (if any): Female engineer?</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Georgia
-School Type: Private, very competitive
-Ethnicity: white
-Gender: female
-Strengths: testing, EC’s
-Weaknesses: freshman grades
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: i’m not sure, maybe because i applied for engineering
-Going to attend?: not sure yet!</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: yearbook, swimming, science research, math programs, published writing, tutoring, etc.
-Comments: SO EXCITED!!</p>

66

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT 2000 (CR 650 M 740 W 610)
-SAT IIs: Math IIC 740
-GPA: 5.8/6 (97%/100%)
-Rank:n/a</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: aa I guess ok
-Teacher Recs: only great stuff
-Counselor Rec: only great stuff
-Hook (if any): not really</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Bulgaria
-School Type: public, math orientated
-Ethnicity: Caucasian
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: won several math and physics Olympiads, participated in the national Olympiad, high-school basketball team won 3rd place on a national competition, participated in a few local tennis tournaments(but no medals or anything), I have also been in 3 theater plays from my drama club
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: low scores, probably the essay issue, I have never been a good writer, being international, requiring a loooot of aid</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Basketball(4yr), Tennis(4yr), Latin and Standard Dances(3yr), Drama(3yr), some sort of a class representative, Advanced Math, Physics and Astronomy courses at school (4yr, 2yr, 2yr), over 1300hrs of work + another 1000hrs of social work, rebuilding orphanages, teaching English in orphanages, organizing games, etc, etc
-Comments: aaaa I kind of expected it, just wanted to try, so that at least I can say I tried and that I have not been a coward applying even though I knew it’s high-reach for me. Sincere congrats to everyone.</p>

67

<p>I haven’t gotten an email from them…my best friend got rejected, i know her SATs were ~2000 and her ACT was a 34, she was trying to do theatre.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if they send them out in batches or all at once??
i’ve only gotten one email from NU and it was back when i submitted my application.</p>

68

<p>Decision: Accepted (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320, one sitting
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2 780, Bio 770, USH 760, Lit 700
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.9/4.0
[<em>]Rank: 5/176 at top competitive public high school
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): about 10 APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: too lazy to list - but very engaged, showed strong leadership/initiative and passion
[</em>]Awards: too lazy to list, but nothing amazingly spectacular
[<em>]Essays: creative, catchy, maybe a little taboo?
[</em>]Teacher Recs: excellent - “best I’ve ever written”
[<em>]Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research abstract of genetic research done with a UC professor
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[</em>]Interview: nothing spectacular - very very very informal interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: No.
[</em>]Intended Major: Religion
[<em>]Location: Orange County, CA
[</em>]High School Type: public, extremely competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[</em>]Gender: F
[<em>]Income Bracket: $180k+
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: test scores, GPA, essay
[li]Weaknesses: the quality of the supplementary “Why Northwestern” essay - the tone I used was VERY playful, not formal at all. But maybe the adcom saw that as something refreshing?[/li][*]General Comments: I’m feeling pretty good about this! NU is the first private college I’ve been accepted to. I’m really excited! Whether or not I will attend depends on the other decisions that will be coming my way next week. But I’m really just counting my blessings at this point. ( :[/ul]</p>

69

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 760 M, 720 W (2250 total).
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5).
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, French IV, 2 history classes each semester, Environmental Chemistry, Web Technologies, Theater, World Fiction.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (opinions editor), Writing Center tutor, Senior Class Representative, piano, Neuroscience Club (board), Drama Club (4 leading roles), National Honor Society.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours from tutoring a residential summer school program at my school.
[<em>] Essays: Good I think. I don’t remember, to be perfectly honest.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been good, if a little impersonal.
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[</em>] Intended Major: English.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois!
[</em>] School Type: State-sponsored competitive public boarding school.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m currently involved in a yearlong research investigation through my school that focuses on writing historical fiction.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, recs, essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea![/li][/ul]General Comments: Wow! I’m so pleasantly surprised. NU is pretty close to home for me, and I’m actually leaning more toward out-of-state schools, but wow! Since almost half of my class applied here (no joke), I’m a little shocked to have been accepted, but I’m happy! Congratulations to other accepted students and good luck to those waitlisted.</p>

70

<p>

</p>

<p>YAY</p>

<p>Accepted - Weinberg CAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>[ul][li]SAT: 2200 - 740 M, 730 CR, 730 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT II: 720 Latin, 780 US hist</p>[/li]
<p>[li]ACT: 32 comp, didn’t send</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA: 4.0</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Rank: 2/242 or some such</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): [AP] Human Geo (4), Calc AB (4), Chem (3), Latin:Vergil (3), APUSH (5)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Essays: I thought they were good, but I like everything I write, because I’m horribly narcissistic.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Recs: Good, I guess.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material: Nope.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Summer Activities: Volunteering, work</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 1st gen, but I didn’t play it up.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Location: TN</p>[/li]
<p>[li]High School Type: Med/large public, rarely sends grads to ‘top’ schools</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Ethnicity: Half white, half Korean</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Gender: F</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Extracurriculars: Spotty, too lazy to list.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards: National Merit Finalist, National Latin Exam - gold medal for 3 years</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: :)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good luck to everyone else; everything will work itself out.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>:)</p>

71

<p>REJECTED</p>

<p>whatever, I’m going to washu top choice anyways :slight_smile:
check my stats if u care</p>

72

<p>Decision: Rejected (SESP)</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2260 (M 720, CR 740, W 800)
-SAT IIs: Literature 770, US History 670
-AP’s: English Language 5, US History 5, Macroecon 3, US Gov’t 3
-ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
-GPA: ~3.4
-Rank: No rank
-Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honors</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Quite good (common app and supplement)
-Teacher Recs: Very good
-Counselor Rec: Very good
-Hook (if any): Went to NU debate institute; and this isn’t of my own making, but grandparents gave them a bunch of money a while back (this was acknowledged in the rejection letter. Thanks NU)</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Wisconsin
-School Type: Private, competitive, lots of applicants to NU
-Ethnicity: Caucasian
-Gender: Male
-Financial aid?: No
-Major Strength/Weakness: Strengths: essays, recs/Weakness: grades
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Grades, I guess.
-Going to attend?: Evidently not</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Pretty good: policy debate, Fed Challenge, Spanish Honor Society, political campaign work
-Comments: A little surprised. Probably would not have attended, but would have liked to have the option.</p>

73

<p>Acceptedddd! :D</p>

74

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT 2330
-SAT IIs: 780,770,740
-ACT n/a
-GPA 3.9ish
-Rank: n/a
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: idk… applied last minute, not much effort i guess.
-Teacher Recs: awesome
-Counselor Rec: awesome
-Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: east coast, USA
-School Type: charter
-Ethnicity: asian
-Gender: male
-Major Strength/Weakness: upward trend
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: idk… BSed my essays?
-Going to attend?: guess not :(</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: above average
-Comments: i got accepted to berkeley today, so this rejection sorta hit me in the gut after feeling so happy lol. i was waitlisted by chicago also… accepted to washu. we’ll see where i go from there. congrats to everyone else who got in!</p>

75

<p>has anyone else not received an email??</p>

76

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2280
-SAT IIs: 730 Chem, 780 MathIIc
-GPA: N/A
(IB score: 43/45)</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Canada
-School Type: private
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: F</p>

<p>-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Kellogg legacy (if that even counts), grades, ECs?
-Going to attend?: first choice as of now!
still waiting to hear from the ivies</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars:
-Comments:
yay! I predicted that NU decisions would come out on the same day as Berkeley!
(compensates for being waitlisted by Uchicago)</p>

77

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2340, M: 780 CR: 790 W: 770
-SAT IIs: MIIC: 800 Lit: 790
-ACT: didn’t take
-GPA: 3.98
-Rank: school doesn’t rank</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I like writing a lot, so I hope they were good.
-Teacher Recs: good
-Counselor Rec: good
-Hook (if any): nope</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: the mountain west
-School Type: small, private. sends one or two kids to top schools each year.
-Ethnicity: ORM
-Gender: F
-Major Strength: essays, GPA, scores
-Major Weakness: there are lots of people like me
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I love NU and I put a lot of time and thought into my “Why NU” essay.
-Going to attend?: Don’t know. April 1 is a very important day for me.</p>

78

<p>I cannot believe this is my first one!!! Baahh!</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED
WCAS</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT 2350 one sitting (M: 770, CR: 780, W: 800)
-SAT IIs: Math II: 790, US History: 770, Lit: 630 (That wasn’t a good day)
-ACT
-GPA: We rank out of 5.0: 5.3
-Rank: 20/728
-Other stats: NMF</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Good, I guess?! I reread them a few days ago in anxiety and thought them to be really labored, wordy and self-conscious, but I really liked them at the time…
-Teacher Recs: One splendid one, another good one
-Counselor Rec: Great, she knew me and could make it relatively personal
-Hook (if any): None…</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: TX
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: M
-Major Strength/Weakness:
Strength: Test scores, dedication to some of my ECs. I think my supplement essay, although I thought was that original, showed that I really knew what I wanted to do at Northwestern, and what I wanted from that school, not what I thought I wanted.
Weakness: That Sat II score!, save for one service project, most of ECs were pretty run of the mill, I thought (at least compared to some of you guys!)
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: see strength above about my passion. I really made it clear why I wanted to major in what I wanted to (though I’m already thinking of changing that)
-Going to attend?: Maybe?! Gosh, I cannot process this. I have a hard decision ahead of me with two schools left to make decisions, one of them, which became my absolute, has to be top choice…</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Pretty good, sorta, editor of newspaper, a culture club, student leadership things, good service project, volunteer work
-Comments: This is surreal because I just never thought… Like it really is hitting me that I could go off to this really different place for the next four years. And to all rejected, seriously, don’t fret. It’s a crapshoot out there and this decision doesn’t define your character. I always thought that was bullcrap but really, not to get all wisdom-y, I’ve thought about it, college is what you’re going to make of it. Think of all the influential people in the world. Maybe they went to great grad schools, but their undergrad were great state schools people don’t care to talk about, sometimes something even smaller. However, they made themselves get to where they wanted. It’s something that is making this choice so much harder!!</p>

<p>Anyways, enough rambling. Thank god I have no homework tonight!</p>

79

<p>i haven’t gotten an email!!!
but i got into my #1 (george washington) tonight so i’m good :D</p>

80

<p>rejected :frowning: i know it’s not but I keep feeling like this is an indication of my admission chances at my more competitive schools. who knows though. every school looks for something different :slight_smile: i also just thought about something do you think applying via questbridge could negatively affect admissions? whereas if my app was reviewed need-blind admissions wouldn’t have known i needed a lot of fin aid?</p>

<p>congrats to those who did get in though!!! :)</p>