**Official Northwestern RD Decisions 2014**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
101

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED (WCAS) **</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT
-SAT IIs: Chemistry: 800; Math II: 800; Math I: 780
-ACT: 34
-GPA: 4.297
-Rank: 1/288
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: really good, original
-Teacher Recs: decent
-Counselor Rec: probably not that great, very general
-Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: iowa
-School Type: public
-Ethnicity: white
-Gender: male
-Major Strength/Weakness: strengths: academics; weakness: barely any community service
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: fairly well rounded
-Going to attend?: most likely northwestern or duke</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: drumline, percussion ensemble, jazz band, show choir band, student council, church stuff
-Comments: sweet.</p>

102

<p>i got in too! and i’m from washington! where are you from?!</p>

103

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Dual Degree Program: Bienen School of Music (clarinet performance), McCormick School of Engineering (chemical engineering)</p>

<p>Numbers
SAT I - 2380 (800 M, 800 W, 780 CR, one sitting)
SAT II - 740 Math II (freshman year), 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Chinese, 720 USH
GPA - Total: 3.96 UW / 4.45 W; 10th - 12th: 3.93 UW / 4.70 W
Rank - school doesn’t rank, but top 2.5%-ish at least in a class of 600-700
APs - 14 AP classes including senior year, pretty much the most rigorous schedule you can take. I’ve taken 9 AP exams for the 9 AP classes I’ve completed, all 5s (Calc BC, Chemistry, Chinese, World History, Biology, Eng Lang, Physics B, Statistics, US History)</p>

<p>ECs
Clarinet (9-12): several regional comp. awards, advancing to state level comp. in april, performed solo at Copley Symphony Hall (where San Diego Symphony performs)
San Diego Youth Symphony (9-12): principal clarinet for one year
Hospital Volunteer (10-12): 200-250 hours, Surgical Ortho, Info Desk, Lobby Musician
Volleyball (9-12): JV co-captain (11)
Summer Internship (12): ~100 hours at DNA sequencing company
Piano (9, 10): completed Certificate of Merit
Electric Guitar (11, 12): for fun</p>

<p>Various other activities for one year: Academic Team, Speech & Debate, Science Olympiad (mediocre awards), club volleyball
Work Experience: I had a short summer job as a TA for a local summer school for kids</p>

<p>Academic Awards
National Merit Semi-Finalist (and Finalist)
National AP Scholar
Qualified for National Chemistry Olympiad (explained citizenship ineligibility in add. info)
National Honor Society (11-12)</p>

<p>Other
Counselor Rec: probably a bit generic considering my school is large and very few people know their counselors well…
Teacher Recs: Chem teacher (one of his top students, academic side of me prob.), US History teacher (good student, but knows a lot about my ECs and still tells me how cool it was that I played Purple Haze dressed up as Jimi Hendrix for a report, probably mentioned in rec…)
Essays: decent I think. main one was about my passion for music and chemistry tied together by a metaphor. supplement was a pretty simple “why Northwestern?” essay about why I liked the dual degree program.</p>

104

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 770 CR 780 M 690 W
-SAT IIs: 730 LIT 750 Physics 730 Math II 760 Math I 780 Spanish
-ACT: N/A
-GPA: 3.2 UW/ 5.3 W
-Rank: Top 2%
-Other stats: none idk lol</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Pretty good, talked about how I came from Cuba on a raft.
-Teacher Recs: One kinda average from math teacher, two excellent from English teacher and Physics teacher
-Counselor Rec: idk, but she likes me so can’t be too bad.
-Hook (if any): born in Cuba, low income, high SAT for hispanic.</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: FL
-School Type: magnet
-Ethnicity: Hispanic
-Gender: M
-Major Strength/Weakness: SAT, hispanic, essays
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: they like me.
-Going to attend?: we’ll see. it’s up there, i still need to visit campuses</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: tutoring. pres. of math club, member of key club, member of several clubs. not extremely impressive, may have been weakest part of my application
-Comments: Congrats to all who were accepted</p>

105

<p>i got in i got in! :)</p>

106

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

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2320 (800 R, 800 W, 720 M)
-SAT IIs: 670 spanish, 790 lit, 760 ap us
-ACT: 34
-GPA: 3.6UW, 4.7W
-Rank: 34/800, very competitive school
-Other stats: national merit finalist; IB diploma candidate; 5 on WHAP, AP Euro, AP Art History, AP Eng Lang, 4 on Spanish and APUSH; lots of ECs including spanish and art honor societies, 120+ hours volunteering at a museum, 3 years of varsity lacrosse</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I liked them but I think my “why northwestern?” essay (though totally true) may have come off as cheesy
-Teacher Recs: didn’t see, probably very positive
-Counselor Rec: didn’t see, probably positive
-Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: IN
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Caucasian
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: strong leadership and EC’s, test scores, national merit finalist…but GPA and class rank are negatives
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: because i got a B- in gym. and B’s in really freaking hard ap/ib english classes??? i’m kind of surprised.</p>

<p>-Going to attend?: obviously not.</p>

<p>i got into george washington and american (honors prgm, and they gave me a presidential scholarship of $27,000/year). and IU, but that doesn’t count.</p>

107

<p>aww charlie, i’m sure you’ll have many acceptances! just be patient. good things will come :)</p>

108

<p>Accepted to Medill</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT 2010 one sitting (650 cr, 720 wr, 640 math)
-SAT IIs: 620 us history, 590 Spanish
-GPA: 3.6 unweighted/4.5 weighted
-Rank: 21/577
-4 on Chem SL IB test; IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: really good.
-Teacher Recs: really good.
-Counselor Rec: I have the best counselor ever. Really good
-Hook (if any): LEDA Program. My writing and the help of my writing instructor. Writer for azTeen magazine. Interview was the best. Have a writing website I told my interviewer about (on my business card). </p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: AZ
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: African-American
-Gender: F
-Major Strength/Weakness:
Strength: LEDA. Essays. Recs. Magazine journalist. Interview.
Weakness: GPA and scores perhaps.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I have a lot to offer as far as intellectual diversity. I’m from Gary, IN, and Chicago is like a home to me (it’s so close to Chicago lol might as well put it out there).
-Going to attend?: I’d pick Cornell first. But I do like Northwestern. Still waiting to hear from Columbia, Princeton, Penn, Stanford, and BU.</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Magazine journalist, Model, Wasserstein Project (viewing plays and discussing them), Delta GEMS, I was in a scholarship pageant
-Comments: God is good :-)</p>

109

<p>Waitlisted :frowning:
WCAS
Major: Anthropology</p>

<p>School Grades
4 A* 3A 2B at IGCSE</p>

<p>43 IB points at junior and senior year
Predicted 43 points
Econ HL- 7
Chemistry HL- 7
Film Studies HL- 7
Math SL- 7
English SL - 6
Chinese SL - 6</p>

<p>SAT : 2070 (M720, W670, R680)
SAT II: Math Level 2 800 Chemistry 740
TOEFL 116 out of 120 IBT</p>

<p>EC:
School soccer team + hockey + volleyball team
A month long expedition to Africa for community Service
Thailand Community Service trip
School Magazine HEad of Sports section
Student council events commmitee</p>

<p>Hopefully I’ll get in ffrom the waitlist pool :)</p>

110

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **
Major: Computer Science at Weinberg CAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2210 (730 CR, 740 M, 740 W</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 740 Lit, 680 Math II</li>
<li>GPA: 4.57</li>
<li>Rank: 3</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 on AP US History, 5 on AP English Language and Comp</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>*Essays: I believe pretty strong and unconventional
*ECs: Heavy leadership in several key ECs from sports to newspaper to debate to etc.

  • Hook (if any): Navy ROTC?</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Kansas</li>
<li>School Type: Suburban public that sends a few grads to top schools</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: Being the epitome of pure awesome.
Reaction: Yay! I have a Navy ROTC Scholarship, but color vision problems are making it look like I’ll be medically disqualified. So I’ll probably depend on Financial Aid. Got into Berkeley today too! Good day!</p>

111

<p>Got the email…however the link to view the decision does not open at all !
Any suggestions?</p>

112

<p>alright so i havent been able to bring myself to find out my decision (my guess is a rejection) and if it is what i think it is then i dont want to be sulking in school tomorrow about it. basically im just wondering how harsh the rejection letter is</p>

113

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED(McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science)</p>

<p>If you want to, check my profile history for stats :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Just got rejected by my Safety school. Humiliating and unbelievable. So Northwestern is quite a sweet surprise. :D</p>

114

<p>Decision: WAITLISTED!</p>

<p>McCormick!!</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2000
-SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 MathIIc
-GPA: N/A
-Rank: 2/50</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: India
-School Type: private
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: M</p>

<p>-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I expected a flat-out rejection cause of my SAT I but I guess my ECs and SAT II made it a waitlist!!
-Going to attend?: If I get in, then there is a high probability that I might!! still waiting to hear from the ivies and Duke</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Was Good!!
-Teacher Recs: Were EXCELLENT.
-Counselor Rec: I have the best counselor ever. so OUTRAGEOUS Rec</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars:
School Captain of the Swimming Team
District level swimmer (Butterfly)
Member of the senior school debating team
Director and scriptwriter of the schools’ dramatics club
Members of a bunch of other clubs: Maths Club, Computer Club, Social Service CLub!!</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Tutoring
Educating children from marginalized families and slums!</p>

<p>-Comments:
I WANT TO BE OFF THE WAITLIST!!! :&lt;/p>

115

<p>I’m in…I got in…OMG…i’m so excited…GO WILDCATS!</p>

<p>I am soooooooooo excited, I can’t believe it, I got into Weinberg.</p>

116

<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: didn’t take
-SAT IIs: didn’t take
-ACT: 33
-GPA: about 3.9 unweighted, 4.6 weighted
-Rank: 17/776
-AP’s: 5 Macro, 4 US Gov and English Language</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I thought my common app one was good, but I guess my why northwestern was nothing too special
-Teacher Recs: from a teacher/mathletes coach of three years, I would think it would be pretty good, I mean, she told me she wanted her children to be like me…
-Counselor Rec: I don’t know, I talk to my counselor more than some people, I would think it’d be ok, it worked for all my other colleges.
-Hook (if any): nah</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: IL
-School Type: public, large school in a pretty large district
-Ethnicity: White, irish-german, but pretty much like everyone else who lives in my area
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness:I don’t know, I guess I didn’t show a lot of interest in it, if they take that into account.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Not sure, I know there are kids smarter than me, they probably just had better applicants. or maybe always getting that stupid B+ in english up until 1st semester this year when I finally got an A-
-Going to attend?: nah, I’m probably going to Notre Dame, got accepted there early.</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Marching band, pep band, mathletes, JCL, Pi Sigma Pi, NHS, Mu alpha theta, Tri-M, all that stuff…
-Comments: it’s really no big deal, I guess, I wasn’t really planning on going there anyway. kind of a bummer, though, but I’ll get over it. =)</p>

117

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Copied and pasted from another thread…sorry if formatting is weird. “—” means removed for anonymity</p>

<p>Numbers and Numbers:</p>

<p>SAT M: 800
SAT V: 740
SAT W: 800
SAT C: 2340</p>

<p>SAT Math II: 770
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Literature: 720</p>

<p>Class Rank: ~1-2/35
Small, Private School: rarely sends anyone to Ivy’s / any good schools
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Geography: Midwest - Ohio
GPA U: 3.95 / 4.00
GPA W: 4.41 / 5.00
*No honors past 8th or 9th grade, hence low weighted GPA
Commonapp essay: About submitting a position paper to the Ohio Congress and receiving an offer of co-sponsorship of a bill
Activity essay: About my long-held interest in photography, an exhibition I have up, and the success of sales
Recs: Should be pretty great
AP U.S. History: 4
AP Literature: 4
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Psychology: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Statistics: 5</p>

<p>Senior Coursework:
AP Environmental Science
AP Composition
AP Government
AP Physics C - Mechanics
Linear Algebra / Differential Equations
Performance Ensemble Band</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>National Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12) <— SCIENCE COMPETITION
-No officers; Founding member; Regional medalist; State medalist</p>

<p>Environmental Club (11, 12) <— ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM CLUB
-Prepared position paper for Ohio legislature; Presented at International Conference; Founding Member</p>

<p>National Beta Club (9, 10, 11, 12) <— SERVICE CLUB
-Treasurer, President</p>

<p>Varsity Jazz Band (9, 10, 11, 12) <— HIGH SCHOOL’S JAZZ BAND
-First Trombone; Approx. 15 concerts/yr</p>

<p>International Thespian Society (9, 10, 11, 12) <— DRAMA SOCIETY
-Approx. 8 productions/yr; Sound and light design and operation, Honor Bar)</p>

<p>Mock Trial team (9, 10, 11, 12) <— MOOT COURT
-No officers; Founding member, Outstanding Attorney, Student of the year)</p>

<p>A bunch of other crap…</p>

<p>Awards and Distinctions:
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
AIME Participant and School Winner
International Thespian Society Honor Bar Award (Highest level of distinction)
Front page article in — for photography exhibition
Completion of the Suzuki method of Piano Instruction
Ohio Mathematics League Certificate of Merit for Superior Achievement (9, 10)
— Scholar Award (9, 10, 11, 12; School-awarded merit-based $500 scholarship)
Bunch of Departmental Awards at School…</p>

<p>Science Olympiad awards:
TONS OF REGIONAL MEDALS
State Competition - 12th place team overall (11)
State Competition Personal Medals - 5th place Chemistry Lab (11)</p>

<p>Non-Scholastic Education:
Junior Statesmen of America Symposium, Columbus, OH
National Youth Leadership Forum on Law, Washington, D.C.
Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference, Washington, D.C.
— Environmental Conference, New York City, NY</p>

<p>Service Activities:
Peer tutor in: Algebra II, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics (Fall 2009)
Volunteer staff for Vacation Bible School, (Summers 2003-2009)
— Mission Trip, —, OH (Summer 2008)
Mission Trip, — School, Honduras, C.A. (October 2009)
Total volunteer hours throughout high school: 550</p>

118

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2050 one sitting.
-SAT IIs: 760 lit, 720 spanish (took it on a whim. sort of native speaker, not really. see ethnicity.)
-ACT: 34
-GPA: 3.9something.
-Rank: 20 something?/ 460
-Other stats: aps and such. national hispanic scholar.</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I’m a fairly good writer and I took a risk for the common app. I guess it paid off. NW supp essay I liked a lot despite being totally uninspired by the prompt.
-Teacher Recs: never saw them, but I loved both teachers and I would hope they loved me.
-Counselor Rec: she loves me.
-Hook (if any): URM</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: MI
-School Type: huge public (three schools in one, so my official grad class is 460 but my unofficial is 1500.)
-Ethnicity: Hispanic –> brasilian.
-Gender: F
-Major Strength/Weakness:
strength: essays and ECs.
weakness: GPA/SATs.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: idk. probably because I’m hispanic. now I feel sort of guilty.
-Going to attend?: maybe, depending on other decisions/financial aid.</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: buttload.
cello (10 yrs: private lessons, first chair, highest school orch, school quartet, pit orchestra, 129847278298 solo & ensembles, sent in music supp)
XC (4 years, varsity all four, captain)
T&F (2 years, varsity both, distance and PV)
congress (3 years, VP)
NHS (2 years, VP)
student ambassador
100+ hrs community service.
-Comments: woot! acceptance feels nice! next week I’ll be slaughtered by ivy decisions! congrats to others accepted, to those who weren’t, you’ll find your place and I’m sure you’ll succeed (:</p>

119

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

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2200 (800 M, 680 CR, 710 WR)
-SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 680 Bio M, 650 U.S. History, 540 Literature LOL…
-ACT: 34 (35 M, 35 SCI, 33 ENG, 33 WR)
-GPA: 4.52 W, 3.9 UW
-Rank: 21
-Other stats: took 2 community college courses this past summer just for kicks</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: im pretty protective of my essays, so i’ll just say that it was…different
-Teacher Recs: great not excellent
-Counselor Rec: great not excellent
-Hook (if any):</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: CA
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness:
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ESSAY
-Going to attend?: probably not</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Journalism (editor 2 years), Dance Team (4 years), ASB (2 years), National Honor Society, school related community service, nonschool community service (400+ hours)
-Comments:</p>

120

<p>Accepted to Medill!!:-)</p>

<p>STATS:
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 371
ACT: 34
SAT II Literature: 680
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 710
SAT II Spanish: 710</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Distance running, Student Council, formal piano lessons (12 years), Newspaper, NHS
Leadership positions: National Honor Society Class Secretary/Treasurer,
Co-Editor of School Newspaper
Athletic Status - 7 Varsity letters, 4 track and 3 XC. School record holder in 3200 m relay. Would go out for Cross Country team if attended NU.
Volunteer/Service Work: Appalachia Service Project, 1 week each summer.
Honors and Awards: National Council of Teachers of English national winner, among others.</p>

<p>Last hook: Great essays. Legacy, and with good connections. So excited about it! Good luck to everyone else!</p>