<p>Rejected.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>*Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2300 (770 CR, 780 M, 750 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2C: 780, Physics: 760, Latin: 690
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.3 W
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: poor APs (4,4,3,3)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): will be delegate to DNC
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OH
[<em>] School Type: Average public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weakness- AP's
[li] Why you think you were accepted: stats and EC's[/li][/ul]Other Factors: no interview
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone else who got good news! Now I am just helplessly hoping for my friend who wants northwestern soooooo badly. I hope so much that she gets in!!!</p>
<p>Yeah, my best friend who I thought would get in no problem got waitlisted. He has far better grades than me and a comparable test score, and he really has better ECs. I don't know how he was WL'd when I got in. Granted, he's already got into some other good schools, so he's really not that bummed.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (WCAS) </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I:
SAT IIs:
ACT: 33 34 E/34 M/33R/31 S/ 11 W
GPA: 3.7 (UW) 4.2 (W) (end of junior year)
Rank: doesn't rank but top 10%ish out of 776 kids
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Unique and very stylized; I was definitely nervous how admissions would react to them
Teacher Recs: don't know, didn't see them
Counselor Rec: again didn't see them
Hook (if any): No clue
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL, chicago suburbs
School Type: very competitive public
Ethnicity: korean
Gender:female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: EC's were strong, and I guess my essays stood out.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Although I had strengths, my grades are definitely not those of a typical CC overachiever. I mean, I did relatively well in high school with A's and B's (<em>Ahem</em> and a couple of C's senior year...) but I was by no means the cream of the crop of my school grade-wise. I knew my gpa was my weakness, so I made sure that every other aspect of my application was solid and it paid off in the end I guess. </p>
<p>GOOO WILDCATS!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! Weinberg, Chemistry</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800M/690CR/650W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800MII/740BioM/630Physics
[<em>] ACT 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.85uw/4.51W
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think what set me apart was definitely the WHY NORTHWESTERN essay, I talked about their Global Health minor.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably not spectacular
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Less spectacular than teacher recs
[</em>] Hook (if any): nothing? I dont know.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: public competitive (usually sends a couple to NU - we're about an hour drive from Evanston)
[<em>] Ethnicity: korean
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: my weakness is definitely my sat scores...and my uwgpa
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: because college admissions is a crapshoot. But my essays were genuine, no bullcrap.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 800Math, 740 Verbal, 690 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math, 600 Lit, 780 Chem, 730 Bio, 740 US History
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] GPA: ~3.8 UW, hardest courseload in school
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Fine
[ *] Teacher Recs: Never saw
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never saw
[ *] Hook (if any): none, your usual/typical asian american
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: IL
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Bad grades (6 B's junior year, 4 B's in one semester alone!); no interview though probably not a weakness
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: decent stats..essay perhaps
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>accepted..2110 sat (lol), 4.6 weighted gpa, extremely good EXTREMELY good extracurrics, and REALLLY good essays. it's all about those essays.</p>
<p>friend's sister got into Duke but not Northwestern</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED McCORMICK!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: never took :)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750/Math IIC, 730/Chem, 630/World History :|
[<em>] ACT: 34!
[</em>] GPA: 4.0/4.8 (about, we have a weird scale)
[<em>] Rank: doesn't rank (i'm in top "decile")
[</em>] Other stats: AP World:5, APUSH:4, AP Spanish:4, AP Chem:5, now taking ap physics, ap spanish lit, ap calc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good...not the best writer lol
[</em>] Teacher Recs: amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk my couselor was new this year
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm only 15 years old...been dancing all my life...amazing interview, we connected...did summer program at northwestern, smith, and columbia twice, current internship at u of minn. with pediatric oncologist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[</em>] School Type: Pretty competitive public (top 100 high schools)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: outside advanced research is biomedical engineering and medicine
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: great interview, summer programs, and internship at u of minn.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Was so depressed because was denied at brandeis?!?! was sooo confused and though no one would admit me because i'm only 15...this is soooo reassuring for me....will sor sure be able to enjoy my upcoming cruise!</p>
<p>for my son:
*Decision: Denied *</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 600R, 680W, 760M
ACT: 33
SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 670 Physics
GPA (uw/w): 3.72/4.18
Rank: Not ranked, top 10% perhaps
Other stats: Natl Merit commended, Eagle Scout, varsity soccer, 4 APs (5 on two), 2 college courses by grad
Subjective:
Essays: Represented accurately who he is
Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but probably pretty good
Counselor Rec: Presented him as all-round good kid
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: Top 100 public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other Factors?: Summer camp counselor, Leadership role every year in Boy Scout troop with Senior Patrol Leader the final year</p>
<p>Accepted! </p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 35
SAT IIs: Math 2C: 800, Physics: 780, Chemistry: 780, Chinese: 790, Literature: 790
GPA: Homeschooled...
Rank: Homeschooled...</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs: Really good
Counselor Rec: Good (but by my dad, as i'm homeschooled)
Hook (if any): Lived three years in China
Location/Person:
State or Country: China (US citizen)
School Type: Homeschooled
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong test scores, experience in China... Weaknesses are possibly a messy application
Why you think you were accepted: Test Scores
Other Factors: no interview
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm so so so relieved. After getting rejected from Chicago and WashU, I was really worried... But so happy now! I love the city of Chicago, and I always really liked NU too! =D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to School of Communcations</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2110, 2180 superscore
[</em>] SAT IIs: bio 760, US 730, Chem 720, Math II 720
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.72 UW, 4.28 W
[<em>] Rank: top 10% (school doesn't rank)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good-ish? I picked teachers who liked me the most, not neccessarily the ones who could write the best
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I dunno but I guess it was good since I got in...I switched counselors this year so I only knew her for two months
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: my why I want to go to Northwestern essay was pretty good
[/ul]Other Factors: NMF, some ECs
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: pretty happy, I was bitter for the past few days bc UCLA rejected me, but now I'm like boooya</p>
<p>A summary of this thread, if anyone's interested. No clear trends. A lot of high scores are getting rejected and waitlisted.</p>
<p>Accepted
2110, Indian, Weinberg
2360
2240, Asian, communication
2230/33, white, McCormick
2180, asian, Communication
2250, asian
2290, asian, Weinberg
2190, white, Medill
2210, half filipino, Weinberg/Music
2150, white, Weinberg
2130, pakistani, medill
1960, white, Mccormick
2290
2160, indian, weinberg
2320, indian, weinberg
2230, indian, weinberg
33, pakistani
2310, SESP
2090, asian, medill
2260, white, weinberg
2360
2200, hispanic, medill
34, asian
2350, asian, weinberg
33, white, communic
2100, indian, medill
2370, white, weinberg
2310, asian
2250, hispanic/white, weinberg
2130, white, mccormick
2110, asian, weinberg
2260, white, mccormick
2110/34
34
2290, white, mccormick
2300, white
33, asian, weinberg
2140, asian, weinberg
2230, asian
2110
34, white, mccormick
35, asian
2110, asian, communic</p>
<p>**
Waitlisted
**
33, white, McCormick
2270, white
2320/35, white, McCormick
29, white, Medill
2330, asian, weinberg
2340, white, weinberg
33, asian
2320, asian
2230, white, weinberg</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**
2310, asian
2340, asian, Weinberg
33, white, medill
2340, weinberg
2250, white, mccormick
32, white
2040, white</p>
<p>Accepted! </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2120 (M770, R740, W610 I hate Writing !)</p>
<p>SAT IIs: Math 2C: 770, World History: 800, US History: 720</p>
<p>GPA: 3.49 UW</p>
<p>Rank: 34/126</p>
<p>Other stats: AP Statistics 4, AP World His 5, AP Micro Economics 5</p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<p>Essays: Okay</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: Good</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Good</p>
<p>Supplementary Material: Music Recording</p>
<p>Hook: None, basically</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: International</p>
<p>School Type: International school</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>Gender: Male</p>
<p>Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: GPA is definitely my weakness. I so flunked in my Grade 9 and 10. (2.9 and 3.05 respectively). Strengths? I don't think any of my other stats stand out as my SAT scores are on par.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted: I want to ask adcom: "How and Why was I accepted?"</p>
<p>Other Factors: None</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: University of Chicago waitlisted me, but Northwestern got me in. Now I'm so, so in love with Northwestern right now. I will definitely attend here.
To freshmen and sophomores: don't mess up with your GPA, seriosuly!.</p>
<p>** Decision: ACCEPTED to WCAS!! **</p>
<p>** Stats: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800M, 660CR, 750W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800M2, 700Span
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.81 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>] Rank: 22/315
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Common App=fine, Why NU= really focused, I think that put me over the top
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I imagine good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I aide in Guidance so I know my counselor well which must have helped
[</em>] Hook (if any): None I can think of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I think all my stats were "pretty good" to be honest but I showed a strong interest
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Honestly, because of my interest--visit, tour, interview, etc. My advice to juniors interested is to SHOW YOUR INTEREST. NU obviously gets a lot of apps from Ivy kids so they want to see that you are interested.
[/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Extremely happy after smelly Rice waitlisted me. Congrats to everyone else!!</p>
<p>Waitlisted!
Too sad to write.</p>
<p>Accepted. I'm too lazy to post my stats. You can find it in my profile anyway.
Once that I'm confirmed to go there, I will post then
Congrats to everyone who got in</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to WCAS!! </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 710 M, 690 CR, 720 W superscore
SAT IIs: 720 M2, 690 Bio
ACT:
GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.8 W
Rank: school doesn't rank .. top 10 percent though
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays:Common App= i thought it was alright - other people liked it,
Why NU= I'm surprised this didn't get me rejected
Teacher Recs: Probably good, they both like me
Counselor Rec: Probably standard - there's about 500 seniors in my class
Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: My SATs are low for Northwestern, and my why NU thing was under par. Also I showed no interest (no interview, visit, etc.)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't know, but I'm thrilled</p>
<p>Other Factors: </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: extremely happy, and even moreso surprised. Congrats to everyone</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted to McCormick Engineering: Biomedical *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2250 (700M, 790W, 760CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math2, 770bioE, 800chem
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 4.00 UW, all AP/IB honors classes
[<em>] Rank: does not rank, top 1%
[</em>] Other stats: 225 PSAT.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one great, the other unsure, but prolly good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: eh doesnt know any of us THAT well but im sure it was fine
[</em>] Hook (if any): medical experience.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: iranian (middle eastern)
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: nothing particularly weak...nothign UBER strong.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: looks.:)
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: HPME interviewee</p>
<p>For daughter: Waitlisted WCAS</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT II: 780 (Lit) 770 (Spanish) 740 (Biology)
ACT: 33/34
AP: Three, all 5's Psychology, World History, Biology
GPA: 5.4/5.0 weighted 4.0 unweighted
Rank: Top 2% </p>
<p>Common App Essay: Top notch, by all standards
Why NU: Thoughtful, specific, on target
Teacher recs: Didn't read, but best writers on high school staff, according to GC
Counselor rec: Didn't read
Hook: Music, legacy</p>
<p>Location: Chicago suburban</p>
<p>School type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Strengths/Weaknesses: Not sure
Why this decision: Too many Caucasian females from Chicago suburbs</p>
<p>General comments: Not too surprised, but mom (involved NU alum) is not a bit happy!</p>