<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2220
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History-800, Lit 760, Span 590
[<em>] GPA: 4.6 ish
[</em>] Rank: 20/750
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ehh average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): not at all
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: socal
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: lots of leadership?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: prob good ecs
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Didnt think I would actually get in but so excited I did!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 740 CR, 800 M, 770 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 800 M2, 720 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.5714 W
[<em>] Rank: 3/171
[</em>] Other stats: AP US History-5, AP Music Theory (sub-scores and composite)-5, AP English Language-4 (retaking), AP World History-3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: CA- I thought it was good, Why NU- very specific
[</em>] Teacher Recs: waived right
[<em>] Counselor Rec: waived right
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends many grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: not sure, took a shot in the dark I suppose
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't know, but I'm really happy!
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
SO HAPPY!</p>
<p>I'll do one for my friend. He will be known as "RG".</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted- Music Composition</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 CR, 680 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 790 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.5192 W
[<em>] Rank: 5/171
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: okay, Why NU pretty generic
[</em>] Teacher Recs: never saw
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never saw
[</em>] Hook (if any): musical composition
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends many grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: audition on cello, AMAZING composer
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
He's pretty happy.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: n/a
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 BioM; 790 MathIIC; 700 ELit
[<em>] ACT: 34 comp; 35 avg
[</em>] GPA: 5.3 w; 5.0 uw
[<em>] Rank: 1
[</em>] Other stats: AP (current): Calc AB, Bio, Chem EC's: Varsity Tennis and Track; NHS President; Peer Leadership Club (Team Leader); Euchre Club; Capture the Flag Club; Tenor Sax Section Leader band (x4); WYSE (1st in Biology regionals and sectionals); JETS TEAMS; Math Team; Musical Orchestra. Work at doctor's office and camp counselor, volunteer often
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent, about farmlife. i didn't like that one about why NU though...i kinda researched a little and wrote a lot of really random things
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one great, other ok...i've realized he's not a good letter writer...
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): female in engineering, i'm going to be 16 year old freshman
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public, pretty decent
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: test scores were ok, i guess the fact that i do a lot of ec's and varsity sports helped
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: personal wit and charm?
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:go purple?</p>
<p>not sure if this means anything or is even right, but i've counted 51 acceptances, 11 waitlisted, and 8 rejected people that reported their full SAT stats.
average accepted: 2210
average waitlisted: 2286
average rejected: 2224</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2300 (730 CR, 780 M, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Bio, 780 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 4.56 weighted
[</em>] Rank: In the top 10 but we dont know exact rank
[<em>] Other stats: 5 APs this year, 6 APs in past years combined
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My big essay was really good, my Why NU was a little short because i thought we could only use up the 1000 character thing on the CA
[<em>] Teacher Recs: waived the right to view
[</em>] Counselor Rec: waived the right to view
[<em>] Hook (if any): can't think of any...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i'm a good creative writer so i think my essays were good...
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: idk... right now im too happy celebrating to think about that :)[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who made it!!</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 800M 710CR 740W
* SAT IIs: Math II 800, Chemistry 760, Math I (no idea why i took it) 770
* ACT: 35
* GPA: 4.0 UNW
* Rank: School doesn't rank (in top 5%)
* Other stats: AP Chem, Microecon, Macroecon - 5 AP Gov- 4
4 more AP tests to come
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Let's not talk about that :)
* Teacher Recs: idk
* Counselor Rec: idk - ha i dont know anything
* Hook (if any): i guess... im kinda well rounded? i have no idea
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Bloomfield Hills, MI
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weaknesses (SAT scores, subjective stuff, and me being an asian male) Strengths (academics, ACT, well roundedness?)
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i have no idea how how i really got in, this admissions process is kinda whack... im happy tho
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: whoo... i was gonna wait for the mail to arrive but cracked...anyways...the most important thing is that those who are rejected... its Northwestern's loss in the end
i got two more schools coming up: hopkins and UPenn... geez... the waits not any easier</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 700 CR 780 M 800 W (2280)
[</em>] SAT IIs: chem 700, 730 ush, 750 math ii
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.2 W, 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: 14/500ish
[</em>] Other stats: ap ush 5, ap chem 5, ap euro 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i didnt think my main one was that good and i didnt really show anyone so idk but my Why NW one was pretty specific and showed that i knew a lot about the school
[</em>] Teacher Recs: um they prob werent amazing, but decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she really likes me for no apparent reason me so prob good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none. many anti-hooks though
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: ohio
[</em>] School Type: public, pretty decent
[<em>] Ethnicity: indian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strengths are probably act score and course load which was the hardest. weakness is essay (to me at least) and unfocused ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: really no idea. came as a big surprise
[/ul]Other Factors:
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: * definitely not going here, not really sure why i applied. ill let them know as soon as i get official notification though so someone on WL who really wants to go can</p>
<p>same thing for me... if i get into my other top choices (and get a nice FA package)...
im not going here and gladly giving my spot to anyone on the WL</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 700 CR 650 M 740 W (2100)
SAT IIs: chem 670, spanish 640, writing 630
GPA: 4.3 W, 3.7 UW
Rank: top 10%
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: statement of research was very good, regular essay ok
Teacher Recs: good i hope
Counselor Rec: who knows
Location/Person:
State or Country: washington
School Type: private, competitive
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strengths were my gpa and my extracurriculars, weaknesses were my test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: extracurriculars
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i was really surprised...it shows you dont need amazing sats or sat IIs</p>
<p>Accepted to Weinberg
31 ACT
5.2 GPA out of 5.0
Hook: took a gap year after high school to intern for Barack Obama. I'm the youngest paid employee of the campaign (18 years old), campaign manager wrote me a rec.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2320, 1520 CR + M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Lit, 690 US History, 650 Spanish
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.9
[li] Rank: 34/ 800</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App; "Why Northwestern" rather specific.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Lit Teacher (2 years), Spanish Teacher--nice.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't see it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Governor's Honors? Lots of activities.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia.
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White-- 1/4 Japanese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength: SAT, Extracurriculars; Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Luck.
[/ul]Other Factors: None. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to those on the waitlist! Hang in there!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 750CR, 780M, 770W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MathII, 780 Bio-M, 710 Lit
[<em>] ACT: too lazy to take
[</em>] GPA: 4.22/4.0 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 12/426
[</em>] Other stats: APs: 5 CalcBC, 5 Bio, 3 Latin Lit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: common app essay about art, optimism, & perspective. got great reviews from Eng. teacher. Why northwestern essay was written very last minute, something cheesy about the color purple lol
[</em>] Teacher Recs: don't remember who i got these from, didn't read.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good adjectives lol
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: ohio
[</em>] School Type: public, fairly well-off school district
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: test scores, passion for ECs, talent (music, visual arts)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i don't even want to try and dissect college admissions haha
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: now to prep myself for upcoming rejections...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: none
[</em>] SAT IIs: not the greatest, I'm sure I was accepted for other reasons.
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: UW: 3.9 W: 4.1
[<em>] Rank: 7/292
[</em>] Other stats: Junior APs: AP Biology, AP English Comp, AP US history Senior APs: AP Chem, AP English Lit, AP Psychology
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I really liked them, so did the other people who read them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): I sent in a CD, very active in the arts.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Wisconsin
[</em>] School Type: non-competitive public, 1300 kids
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: hmm...not sure. Good test scores, good grades, I'm a good kid. why not?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I had a VERY strong interest in Northwestern, and I think it showed. I put a lot of hard work into my application.
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm soooo excited! I was too nervous to check online, so I was thrilled when the acceptance packet came in the mail today! Congrats to all other acceptances, and good luck to those on the wait list!</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 35 Composite
SAT I: did not send
SAT IIs: did not send
GPA: 5.4 W, 3.9 UW
Rank: 99% percentile
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Both were good
Teacher Recs: decent
Counselor Rec: nothing special
Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: public, huge
Ethnicity: indian (asian)
Gender: male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strengths are my gpa and ACT score, weaknesses were ECs.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: sister also goes there
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Relieved</p>
<p>Daughter Accepted to Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 700 CR 790 M 770 W (2260)
SAT IIs: Chem 660, Spanish 740, Math Level II 780
GPA: 4.4 W, 3.9 UW
Rank: top 10% (HS doesn't rank)
Other stats: National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
Essays: did not read
Teacher Recs: did not read
Counselor Rec: did not read
Location/Person:
State or Country: Indiana
School Type: Private Catholic, Competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: National Merit, theater experience, Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: won the coin flip.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1520/2200
SAT IIs: Math II-780 Chem-780 US History-760
ACT: -
GPA: 4.0UW/?W
Rank: 2/180 (W)
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Cute. Main one about a calculator and why NU showed interest
Teacher Recs: Good I suppose? Never read
Counselor Rec: ^
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person:
State or Country: LI, NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: I suppose academics are my strength. ECs were mediocre, but they got the job done.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I don't know :o I guess I showed interest by visiting 2 times and a nice essay.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in. Hope to see you at NU :)</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted * - McCormick School of Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: math 650, CR 630, writing 630
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem 660, MathII 660
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.77 (UW)
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good, or at least I think so...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 2
[<em>] Counselor Rec: yes
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type: very small private- less than 250 kids!
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong ECs, including student body president, county youth commissioner, model un, blahhh... also participated in the US national chemistry olympiad
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I def. think my ECs and coursework were strong, and I think my essay was pretty solid :)
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everyone who got in!</p>