**Official Northwestern RD Decisions 2014**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
141

<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>SAT I: 2150 - 710 CR, 700 M, 740 W
ACT: 33<br>
SAT II: Chemistry 740, Math II 650
Unweighted GPA: 3.928
Rank: 3/442 (top 1%)
AP: Chemistry (4), Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes + others
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Jazz Band, Praise Band, (Freshman Mentoring)
Job/Work Experience: Daily Newspaper Carrier for 6.5 years
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group Projects
Interview: No
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Arts and Sciences - Undecided
State: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: National Merit Finalist (apparently not)</p>

142

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

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2120 (640 M/740 CR/740 W)
-SAT IIs: 790 USH/ 740 Lit/ 720 Math 1
-ACT
-GPA: 94.2/100 W
-Rank: no rank in school
-Other stats: 5 on APUSH, 4 on AP Comp, very rigorous curriculum</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Common app one was decent, a little artsy and probably not as good as it could have been. Why NU essay was good, I think, but generic.<br>
-Teacher Recs: One probably excellent, one good, never read either.
-Counselor Rec: Very good.
-Hook (if any): Immigrant (Russia), bilingual? Art school. Nothing particularly exciting.</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: NYC
-School Type: Large, competitive public arts school
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: Rigorous curriculum, good grades, however quite average SAT (esp. math) and GPA for NU and just not enough interest.<br>
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Didn’t show enough interest, had very average grades for their stats, and no exciting hooks or notable accomplishments to get me out of the “average” pool.
-Going to attend?: N/A lol</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Karate for 4 years, school art magazine for 3, library volunteer
-Comments: I’m not surprised, and to be honest I don’t care that much. It was my one very reach school and probably the one I was also least interested in attending, so my application was very much on a whim. Congrats to all who got in though, and good luck to all the rest of us! :)</p>

143

<p>I just wanted to brag on my best friend who just got accepted for Trumpet Performance(which if you are unaware is arguably the best in the nation and they only pick 4-5 undergraduates a year)</p>

144

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

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-ACT 33
-GPA weighted 4.3 unweighted 3.9
-Rank: my school doesn’t rank but probably in top 5%
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: my common app one was really strong, the supplement was alright
-Teacher Recs: not sure cause I couldn’t read it but its was prob good
-Counselor Rec: again not sure but probably good
-Hook (if any): not any real hook</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country:CA
-School Type:public
-Ethnicity:Hispanic
-Gender:female
-Major Strength/Weakness:lots of ECs and good essay (strength) but I didn’t think that I stood out that much (weakness)
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: luck and being Hispanic probably helped
-Going to attend?: not sure, Northwestern was my number one for a long time but recently I’ve grown really attatched to Duke. We’ll see what happens. </p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: ballet since I was three, work two jobs, peer tutored
-Comments: I feel really lucky. College admissions are such a crap shoot and my number was the one that got picked I guess. Congrats to everyone else who got in! For those who didn’t get in don’t be discouraged, I got into Northwestern but didn’t get into Claremont McKenna (not disappointed I was never really that attached to the school anyways) which just shows that college admissions are really random.</p>

145

<p>ACCEPTED!
My life = complete.
My future = da bomb.</p>

146

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2380 (780 in CR)
-SAT IIs: Math2c, 800; Chemistry, 800; Chinese, 800; English literature, 790
-GPA: UW, 3.97; W, 4.58
-Rank: 19/300ish
-Other stats: 5s on 5 AP tests, 4 on one</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: decent
-Teacher Recs: not sure, but probably all right.
-Counselor Rec: all right.
-Hook (if any): none.</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: CA
-School Type: public
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: female
-Major weaknesses: typical stats for my demographic, no spectacular awards or extracurriculars
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: good numbers?
-Going to attend?: high possibility :)</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: manga translator, owner of non-profit organization, peer tutor, piano, Chinese violin, badminton, school newspaper editor, cultural magazine editor
-Comments: excited :smiley: :smiley: :D</p>

147

<p>Congratulations to the acceptees!</p>

148

<p>ACCEPTED to Weinberg!!! Top choice school, I’m so excited and will probably be attending!</p>

149

<p>Decision: REJECTED McCormick</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT
-SAT IIs: 760 math2; 760 chem
-ACT 33 (35E,32M,27R,36S)
-GPA 3.396 UW (freshman year grades sucked)
-Rank: 30ish out of 440ish (not positive, but top 10%)
-Other stats: 5 on AP Chem, 3 on English Lang, and unverified on Env. Science (They lost my score, so I had to retake a different version of the test, and I’m still waiting for my new score LOL).</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Don’t know. I really liked them. I doubt these were the reason they rejected me.
-Teacher Recs: Stellar. I also had a rec from my research mentor.
-Counselor Rec: Stellar.
-Hook (if any): Chemical engineering research in Philadelphia last summer. Very intense course load.</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: IL
-School Type: Large, relatively non-competitive.
-Ethnicity: Indian
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: Extra curriculars and extreme upward trend were my biggest strengths. Weakness was my freshman year grades and possibly my ethnicity (for engineering).
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Freshman year grades for sure. Ethnicity didn’t help I’m sure.
-Going to attend?:</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Community Service Club (vice prez), science olympiad (founder, president, chem lab captain, and env. chem captain), tech club (founder), big bro big sis, and LONG TIME volunteer at local animal shelter.
-Comments: Knew that I was going to get rejected because of freshman year grades. Congrats on everyone who got in though! Looks like I’m probably headed to UIUC to dorm with my friend and have crazy adventures! :-)</p>

150

<p>Accepted: McCormick School of Engineering</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-ACT: 34
-SATs: 2210
-SAT IIs: Math2c, 790, Chemistry, 780
-GPA: UW, 4.0; W, 4.59
-Rank: 13/800ish
-Other stats: 5s on 5 AP tests</p>

151

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED School of Education & Social Policy</p>

<p>wow i dont see any SESP applicants here :-p but i am super excited!!</p>

<p>SAT: 2140
SAT II: Math II - 760, World History - 720, US History - 720
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.375 W
AP: Microecon (4) Macro (5) LAng (4) World History (4) Calc BC (4) Calc AB (5) US History (4), I am taking 5 additional exams this year…</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: LOVED my common app essay. my NU supplement was pretty good too
-Teacher Recs: 100% sure they were fabulous
-Counselor Rec: mine one of the first she wrote so im pretty sure it was good
-Hook (if any): i guess for SESP i had a very defined vision of what i wanted to do with my social policy major… but no hooks really</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country:VA
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity:Asian
-Gender:female</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars/Awards:
Nationa merit commended
Northern virginia senior regional cellist twice
american youth philharmonic co principal cellist
robotics team marketing director
national honor society president
interact community service club
two summer internships
4 years volunteering at disability ministry +TONS of other volunteering</p>

<p>comments: honestly, i didnt think i was going to be accepted becuase SESP is such a small school… but congrats to everyone who got accepted! :)</p>

152

<p>Decision: REJECTED Communication</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT 2110 (690m, 740cr, 680w)
-SAT IIs: 740 French, 710 lit, 690 math II
-ACT 33
-GPA 3.7/4.0 uw/w
-Rank: not ranked
-Other stats: IB diploma student, 4 AP exams (4 on AB Calc, US history, US Gov, 3 on BC calc)</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I thought they were good.
-Teacher Recs: Should have been great. Had a recent alum (and current teacher) write one.
-Counselor Rec: Should be good, don’t really know her.
-Hook (if any): I talked a lot about how much I really love theatre.</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Virginia
-School Type: Small public, suburban
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: Transcript. Could have brought up SATs if I’d tried/retaken, but I didn’t.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I got two Cs last year and averaged a B per semester every other year.
-Going to attend?: Clearly not…</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Ridiculous amounts of them. I don’t actually sleep.
-Comments: I’m pretty bummed, not gonna lie.</p>

153

<p>^ Pretty bummed here too… Kinda expecting to get in ( :confused: yikes) but ah well… Hoping for some chance at Brown/Duke, but chances are even slighter now that i’ve been rejected at NW</p>

154

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED School of Comm</p>

<p>SAT: 1960
SAT II: Problem with my scores in the Collegeboard database so they weren’t submitted
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.98 unweighted
AP: English (5) U.S.History (4)</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: I feel that both were really great. My common application essay was pretty unique I believe.
-Teacher Recs: I am assuming they were good.
-Counselor Rec: I read it and it was very good.
-Hook (if any): Not really sure</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: NY
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Hispanic
-Gender: Female</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extracurriculars/Awards:
People to People student ambassador program (greece, italy, france)
Mexico Exchange Program for 3 years
Key Club
President of Spanish Club
Writer of a published weekly column in a college newspaper
Literary Magazine
Volunteer dance teacher
Soloist dancer in a ballet company
Two month dance tour at the beginning of this year
Creator of the first charity fashion show at my school
Secretary at a law office
Nanny for a severely disabled child
Worked at a snack bar over the summer too
Jazz band (flute & piano)
National Honor Society
Spanish National Exam Awards (3)
Bryn Mawr President’s Book Award
Junior Merit Award</p>

<p>comments: Excited! At the top of my list right now, I think my EC’s and essays were the key to acceptance for me because I know my test scores are not incredible.</p>

155

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED
to CAS</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 760/800/800
-SAT IIs: 720 lit, 800 math 2
-ACT: nah
-GPA: 3.9 ish
-Rank: top 7%
-Other stats: lots of APs</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: really good :smiley:
-Teacher Recs: good
-Counselor Rec: good
-Hook (if any): opposite of that</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: tx
-School Type: large public
-Ethnicity: the worst one for college
-Gender: male
-Major Strength/Weakness:
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: don’t know
-Going to attend?: maybe</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: run of the mill
-Comments: grats and good luck!</p>

156

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - Weinberg School</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: N/A
-SAT IIs: US History 690, Spanish 660, Literature 700
-ACT 33
-GPA 4.5 weighted, ~3.8-3.9 unweighted
-Rank: unknown, but top 10% in a Catholic school, class size 350
-Other stats: APs: US History 4, US Government 4</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: Personal essay describing an important moment from a justice trip to El Salvador, along with how that trip affected me personally and my goals. My “Why Northwestern?” essay was very well constructed I think, proofread by both my parents and my sister who works as an editor.
-Teacher Recs: Both were very good I think, I got to read them and both teachers did an excellent job.
-Counselor Rec: I spent a lot of time with my counselor, she knows me very well. I didn’t read the recommendation but I’m sure it was excellent.
-Hook (if any): I don’t think so!</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: Minnesota
-School Type: Catholic
-Ethnicity: White, non hispanic
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: Very well rounded student, self-motivated, took the hardest classes my school offered and excelled, chose to take two foreign languages all 4 years of high school as an extra challenge.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think my essays were probably a big help, writing has always been a strength of mine and I put a lot of time and effort into them. That along with a great transcript, good test scores, and a lot of extra curriculars.
-Going to attend?: Still waiting to hear back from Stanford, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Harvard, Columbia, Barnard, Boston College, Tufts, Swarthmore, and Georgetown. I haven’t picked a top choice and refuse to until I know where I get in so Northwestern has as good of a chance as any other school I get into!</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: NHS, Editor of Newspaper, Editor of Lit Mag, Student Council, Mock Trial, Varsity Alpine Skiing, Political Affairs Club, Theater, lots of community service among other things I can’t think of at the moment…
-Comments: Good luck to everyone who got in, I am THRILLED! To those who didn’t, I’m sure you will find another excellent quality school and do very well for yourself. And if your heart is still set on Northwestern, you can always transfer!</p>

157

<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 2140 (710CR 740M 690W)
-SAT IIs: 700 Math II, 670 US History
-ACT
-GPA: 3.73ish
-Rank: really bad. Out of top 10%, possibly even top 15%
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: My Common App one was one of my best, and I put a lot of time into it. My Why Northwestern was more rushed, and therefore probably just ok.
-Teacher Recs: One from chemistry teacher,one from college English/Lit teacher
-Counselor Rec: Cookie Cutter, very dry
-Hook (if any): Sister goes to NU law school. </p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: OR
-School Type: Public, not many APs offered. On average we send about 2-3 to top schools
-Ethnicity: Indian
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: SAT scores were competitive I thought, but SAT II’s were bad. Rank and GPA probably killed me.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: See above.
-Going to attend?: I will be attending UChicago in the fall!</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>

<p>-Extra-curriculars: Student Government secretary, VP of math honor society, played varsity soccer, volunteered at hospital, couple other steady volunteering
-Comments: No biggie. Honestly, NU was my second choice; UChicago has always been my number one. But after I got deferred EA from Chicago, I started liking NU more and more. If you dont know, UChicago had a MASSIVE spike in apps this year, so I was almost certain I would get rejected. I thought my chances were better at NU due to the legacy(ish) connection. I love the social atmosphere at NU, and I hear the girls are pretty good looking as well (ha). But, alas, I got into UChicago RD(!!!), so the NU rejection didnt hurt in the slightest. At least we will be close, right NU? We were meant for other people it seems; our relationship had so much potential, but so it goes…</p>

<p>To you '15ers who are reading this thread: learn to love your local state flagship. Look up the frats/sororities at your state school, or the other student organizations if greek life isnt your thing. Really, its important that you try to pump yourself up for your safety school, it will make rejections and the wait itself much more bearable. About a month before decisions, it helps to have the “Whatever happens happens…[insert state flagship] isnt so bad anyways…I am sure I will like it” attitude. Really. Stop reading CC and go to your safety’s website. Like, do it now. Srsly. Right now.</p>

158

<p>Decision: Accepted to Weinberg</p>

<p>Stats:

[ul][<em>]SAT: 800 M 800 CR 800 W / e11 (2400)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Chemistry 800 World History 800 Math 2
[<em>]ACT: didn’t take
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: Class Not Ranked
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Chemistry 5 World History 4 English Language
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent. I guess better than I thought back when I was deferred from Yale, at least my CommonApp one. But I liked it. I talked about inventing a fictional country and writing a book about it. My Northwestern one was pretty straightforward.)
[</em>]Recs: Waived, but probably good.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Summer Activities: Internship, teaching underprivileged city children, traveling
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Karachi, Pakistan
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Didn’t state, but Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:NHS Pres, FHS Pres, French club, drama - actor, costume designer, set designer, pit orchestra (6 plays, lead actor), Green club, community choir (international conference member), THIMUN, and others.
[<em>]Awards: None too significant
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I guess an overall solid application in terms of SAT scores and grades, and an interesting essay?
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I don’t feel like bragging, my friends got different decisions and it hurts. I’m sorry. :([/ul]</p>

159

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>-SAT: 690 CR 790 M 800 W = 2280
-SAT IIs: 780 USH 780 Math II 670 Physics
-ACT: 35
-GPA: 4.36 weighted
-Rank: 13/340
-Other stats:</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>

<p>-Essays: My common app one was really good. Wasn’t as confident in the why Northwestern? one.
-Teacher Recs: unsure
-Counselor Rec: unsure
-Hook (if any): first gen student</p>

<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>

<p>-State or Country: NJ
-School Type: Large Public ~1400 kids
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: Essay, test scores, upward trend in GPA; ECs were a big weakness
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: The above reasons
-Going to attend?: Not sure. So far here and U Chicago are my only acceptances. That’s going to be a tough choice but I’m leaning towards Chicago at this point.</p>

<p>Yay!</p>

160

<p>Accepted!!</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85
Rank: 100/650
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math 740, USH 720, Bio 750</p>

<p>ECs: Varsity swimming (captain)
Awards: Multiple all American, All State, All Conference, Letters.
Race: Asian
Essays: NW one was good, common app was about “true” diversity</p>