<p>Hehe accepted! Lol, all I see are accepted people and almost no rejections and waitlists. Seems a bit odd lol.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED School of Education & Social Policy</p>
<p>SAT:
SAT II:
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.9 UW
AP: US History (5), taking Spanish, Human Geo, Stats this year. Couldn’t take any junior year, long story explained in counselor rec.</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Pretty personal, intellectual Common App. Straight worshiped SESP in supplement
-Teacher Recs: One was good and very flattering, one was blah
-Counselor Rec: super long and detailed. very nice
-Hook (if any): </p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country:CT
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity:White
-Gender:Male</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars/Awards:
Baseball
Football
Cross Country
Choir
Orchestra
NHS
Spanish NHS
Unified Friends</p>
<p>comments: unbelievably happy, but i dunno if it’s realistic financially. Ill have to wait and see, but I’d kill to go here</p>
<p>Decision:WAITLISTED</p>
<p>Copy & Paste:</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 710M 780CR 790W (Total- 2280)
-SAT IIs: 700-Math 2 510-French
-ACT- n/a
-GPA- 3.98
-Rank: 5/45
-Other stats: </p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: common app about heritage and overcoming discrimination. supplement about researching at northwestern and becoming an engineer
-Teacher Recs: haven’t seen
-Counselor Rec: haven’t seen
-Hook (if any): Dual citizen with France, primary language is French, female engineer</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: New Mexico
-School Type: Charter
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: GPA, Heritage, and SATs
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: There were a lot of applicants this year! A 8% acceptance rate - that’s insane for Northwestern! So congrats to those who did get in- it’s really an honor this year
-Going to attend?: Depends if they offer me admission/I don’t get in anywhere else…</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: In A LOT of extra-curriculurs including being President of the Philosophy & Theology Book Club
-Comments: (see acceptance thing)</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul][<em>]SAT: 2100 Composite (620 CR, 750 M, 730 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 710 Biology-M, 760 Math II, 590 Spanish (I didn’t send these to NW though.)
[<em>]ACT: 31
[</em>]GPA: 4.28/4.00 (UW is approx. 3.98? My school doesn’t do UW GPAs)
[<em>]Rank: Valedictorian (Class of approx. 500)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Biology - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: CommonApp was good, but the supplement for NW could have been way better. I went through it really quickly and should have spent more time on the questions. My answers were very cliche
[</em>]Recs: Very Good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: I just attached a resume to the CommonApp
[</em>]Summer Activities: Work for 2 summers, Study abroad for another
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First-Gen college student?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: IN
[<em>]High School Type: Very Average Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Work (4 Years - Crew Leader/Manager) Student Council Rep, NHS, Science Olympiad (A few medals), Spanish Club, Study Abroad (8 weeks), Volunteered at a local hospital in the ER
[<em>]Awards: State winner for a math scholarship, honor’s honor roll, top 5% banquet at our school, award of excellence from study abroad program
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, my supplement sucked. And so did my CR SAT scores.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: NW wasn’t my top choice school. I just kind of applied to it to see if I could get in. Regardless, I’m kind of bummed because it’s my first real college decision letter. (Besides state schools) The other schools I really hope to get into are about the same difficulty level as Northwestern…so I hope this rejection isn’t just a sign of whats to come. Congrats to all accepted - you’re all very deserving. To those denied - no matter where you end up, just immerse yourself in your college experience completely and you will be happy. There are always opportunities for graduate and professional school.[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to Medill!</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 2070
-SAT IIs: 610 (Math 2) and 640 (Literature)
-ACT: 30
-GPA: 3.864 / 4.136
-Rank: 53 / 576</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Oh, gosh. I really hated my common app one. I can barely go back to reread it now without cringing. But my Northwestern one was really very honest and straightforward about what I wanted and why, so that might’ve gotten me points.
-Teacher Recs: Pretty amazing. I got to see one of them, and it made my mother cry.
-Counselor Rec: I’m not sure. My counselor knows me pretty well, but I hear they can be generic.
-Hook (if any): Well, I’ve been taking at least two APs a year since my freshman year at a school that only offers them to juniors and above. I’ve also made kind of a splash in the journalism world, one of my articles going national on CNN.</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: Oregon, baby!
-School Type: Extremely large public school. I think we’re up to 3000 kids now.
-Ethnicity: White.
-Gender: Female.
-Major Strength/Weakness: Rigorous course selection and solid extracurriculars. As for weaknesses, I thought my scores were really going to get me in trouble.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think through my application, it’s obvious that I’m really passionate about what I plan on doing (journalism and creative writing), so that kind of eclipsed any weaknesses of my transcript.
-Going to attend?: It’s one of my top choices, but I’m waiting on financial aid. I may end up at Northeastern U. I’m really interested in their co-op option, as it would give me the same sort of experience as Northwestern’s Journalism Residency, AND I would get paid for it. I’m not exactly the most well off person, so. We’ll see.</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: I was honest about the fact that journalism and theatre take up most of my life. Between that and working, I don’t have time for much else, because I try to be involved in those things in every way possible. But I also was a member of Schools for Schools for two years, the president the second, and organized a city wide book drive.
-I also represented my state at a semi-prestigious journalism program in Washington DC called the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Journalism conference. He’s the founder of USA today if anyone has trouble placing him.</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT 2330
-SAT IIs:Physics-800 MathII-800
-ACT N/A
-GPA 4.0
-Rank: about top 2%
-Other stats:</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: I would say mediocre, I wrote about an activity, and how I made a difference in the activity.
-Teacher Recs:I would say awesome,with lots of vivid details.
-Counselor Rec:Awesome.
-Hook (if any):Nothing.</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country:China
-School Type:Public
-Ethnicity:Asian
-Gender:Female
-Major Strength/Weakness:My grades are good/I really made a difference in my extra-curricular and bragged about it in the essay.
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
-Going to attend?:probably not, but thinking about it</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars:workshop on life planning, exchange year in America, class president, etc.
-Comments: that’s pretty good!</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT 2250 (740W 750M 760R)
-SAT IIs: Chemistry 770, US Hist 700, Math II 730, Chinese 760
-ACT
-GPA 87.12, but the average for acceptances from my school is 86.something
-Rank: top 25%
-Other stats: AP Calc 5, AP Chem 5, APUSH 4, AP Lang 4, AP Lit 4, course load very rigorous</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: really good, it was one of my best “why ___” essays
-Teacher Recs: amazing
-Counselor Rec: really really good
-Hook (if any): lived in Shanghai for 8 months freshman year</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: Massachusetts
-School Type: Top ranked small boarding school
-Ethnicity: Asian
-Gender: Female
-Major Strength/Weakness: my grades sophomore year were really mediocre but they took a big jump up junior year and stayed that way
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: with such mediocre grades sophomore year it would be a risk to accept me but at the same time I do have potential
-Going to attend?: If I eventually get in, most likely yes. I have to hear from some more schools, but I really loved Northwestern.</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: Drama/singing, community service, silver presidential award in community service, National Merit Finalist
-Comments: a little sad</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED to Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT 2180
-SAT IIs:World Hist:750 US Hist: 720
-ACT N/A
-GPA 3.99
-Rank: top 10%
-Other stats: AP Eng Lang: 5, US: 5, World: 4</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Probably one of the best out of my canned essay of “Why_______”
-Teacher Recs: Amazing
-Counselor Rec:Probably better than average, but nothing amazing.
-Hook (if any): Nothing.</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: NY
-School Type:Public
-Ethnicity:Caucasian
-Gender:Male
-Major Strength/Weakness:
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Probably should have been waitlisted. Didn’t visit and my interview time got messed up and the interviewer never called me back.
-Going to attend? Probably 85%, depending one what happens with the Ivies</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED (Weinberg)</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT 740 CR, 690 M, 800 W
-SAT IIs: 800 USH, 800 World, 750 MathII and 730 Lit
-ACT: 34
-GPA 4.47/4.5 UW, 4.8 W
-Rank: about top 2%
-Other stats:</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: I liked them.
-Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
-Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
-Hook (if any):Nothing.</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country:Connecticut
-School Type:Public
-Ethnicity:White
-Gender:Female
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Grades? Either way, I’m just grateful to be accepted.
-Going to attend? Maybe. I’m hoping to go to Accepted Students Weekend, whenever that may be.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):Writing: 720, Reading: 730, Math: 680
[</em>] ACT: Math: 36, Reading: 32, English: 34, Science: 35, Composite: 34, Essay: 12
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US History: 720, Biology: 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/557
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Biology (4) Euro (5) English Language (5) This year: Calc BC, US Government, Comparative Government, Physics C
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: as hard as possible
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really…AP Scholar with Distinction though…
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Speech, Debate, Student Congress, Student Government, Girl Scouts
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Piano Teacher, work in ITC at high school during summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts, Feed My Starving Children, Usher at plays
[<em>] Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): It was ok…not my best essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): both fantastic
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see it
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one
[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[</em>] School Type: high-level public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): would be the first in the family to graduate from college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: my numbers
[<em>] Weaknesses: my essay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no particular reason
[/ul]General Comments: I’m just gald to have gotten in so that I can have choices. I’m already into DePaul, UChicago, UWisconsin-Madison, UMinnesota-Twin Cities, UMichigan-Ann Arbor, but I really like to choose and this is a great!</p>
<p>Good luck to all on the waitlist though!</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>IB Predicted: 41/42
SAT 1: 2000
SAT 2: 700 MATH 2 650 BIO </p>
<p>Extras:
Very Good - Prefect, Student Councul President, Founder and President of two other clubs, a lot of community service, a lot of theatre.</p>
<p>Essays: pretty goood; long Common app was really funny, about me living in a joint family.</p>
<p>Yeah, so Im pretty bummed out</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT N/A
-ACT 34 (35E, 35M, 32R, 34S)
-GPA 3.9
-Rank: Top 10%</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: Probably Average
-Teacher Recs: Decent
-Counselor Rec: Average
-Hook (if any): Nothing Really</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: MI
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: ACT Score, GPA
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Nothing stands out, didn’t take SAT Subject Tests.
-Going to attend?: Probably not.</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: Varsity Soccer, Track, Key Club, NHS.
-Comments: A little surprised.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 2350 (superscore), 2330 (one sitting)
-SAT IIs: Math I- 730, Math II- 800, Lit- 750
-ACT: didn’t take
-GPA: 9.8/11
-Rank: school doesn’t publish
-Other stats:</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: my common app essay was bombin’. my “why NU” essay was average.
-Teacher Recs: good
-Counselor Rec: amazing
-Hook (if any): </p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: live in MA, go to school in NH
-School Type: private (boarding)
-Ethnicity: half asian, half white (put “multiracial”)
-Gender: female
-Major Strength/Weakness:
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: scores, GPA (good for my school), and my common app essay was pretty good.
-Going to attend?: depends. Still waiting to see on aid packages.</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: tons of leadership roles in my ECs, and lots of displayed passion towards community service/helping others/being involved. Also ride horses and started a competitive horseback riding team at my school
-Comments: the cold is a big deterrent for me. However, I did like everything else about NU (including Chicago!!) and if I receive good aid it will get a strong consideration.</p>
<p>decision: Decision:ACCEPTED McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 2370 800M 800CR 770W
-SAT IIs: US800 Chem800 BioM750 Math2-800
-ACT: why take it?
-GPA: prob 3.7 UW
-Rank: 8/352
-Other stats:</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: i’m an informal writer. i mean i guess they liked my essays
-Teacher Recs: my english teacher who i’ve known for 5 years and whose daughter i tutor in math wrote probably wrote me a great one. as did my ap chem teacher from last year
-Counselor Rec: she loves me, i talk to her on a daily basis so must have been good.
-Hook (if any):</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: NEW YORK
-School Type: public
-Ethnicity: asian
-Gender: male
-Major Strength/Weakness: great at math/sciences. not so hot at english/humanities
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: no dieaaa
-Going to attend?: 20% chance</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: jazz, marching band. treasurer and vp of student government. varsity letter in track and soccer. area all state band. played piano for 14 years.
-Comments:</p>
<p>^ oh and i took the SAT once</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>
<p>STATS:</p>
<p>-SAT: 2200
-SAT IIs: 790 Math 2, 770 Physics, 680 Spanish
-ACT: 33
-GPA: ~4.1
-Rank: 27/313
-Other stats: (moved to a public school for my senior year. thats why my rank is so low)</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE</p>
<p>-Essays: meh. i know im a good thinker, but im miserable at expressing my thoughts.
-Teacher Recs: didnt read, but probably good
-Counselor Rec: didnt know me at all. probably bad
-Hook (if any): nope</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON</p>
<p>-State or Country: Colorado
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
-Gender: Male
-Major Strength/Weakness: i have ok ECs. my essays probably werent good
-Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: no interview. i applied to the Honors Medical Program. essays probably werent good
-Going to attend?: possibly</p>
<p>OTHER FACTORS</p>
<p>-Extra-curriculars: violin, tennis, speech and debate, slam poetry, tons of community service, math competitions
-Comments: still waiting for any one of my top choices…</p>
<p>How did you get the decisions? Email or is there a log-in?</p>
<p>E-mails were sent out yesterday; a number of people have called the admissions office to ask for theirs to be re-sent. Check your spam folder first (it <em>is</em> a mass email, so even if you don’t normally lose important things in there, now is a good time to check), then consider calling (keep in mind that they won’t tell you the admission decision over the phone). At worst, you’ll get some paper mail next week.</p>
<p>I received nothing. Did people receive rejections?</p>
<p>People got rejections, if you’ve received nothing it just means the e-mail got lost. Get on the horn.</p>