<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 740 CR, 800 M, 800 W = 2340 superscore
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 4.448/4.0 weighted (straight A's)
[<em>] Rank: 4/372
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: really asian sounding, but cummon we can't really speculate on these
[</em>] Teacher Recs: idk good like everyone else's??
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^^^
[</em>] Hook (if any): United States Senate Youth Program, science bowl champ, we the people champ, speech champ, idk i'm well-rounded i guess
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Nebraska
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: AZN
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: low SAT critical reading score (for ivies), asian-sounding essays, ethnicity/general demographics may work against me.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: transcript, scores, extracurriculars are good i would say
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
not to sound cocky or anything, but i hope one of you highly-qualified waitlisted people gets my spot if i find out i got into an ivy on monday. i got deferred from yale early action and got into WUSTL to put my stats into perspective.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: Math:750 CR: 670 Writing: 730
SAT IIs:MathIIC - 720, Math I - 720, US History 690
ACT: n/a
GPA: 3.7
Rank: Top 5%
Other stats:?
Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: Personal
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: My rave sheet was really detailed so I assume her rec was detailed as well :]
Hook (if any): Audition + Interview.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:NJ
School Type:competitive public
Ethnicity:Chinese
Gender:male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Leadership oppurtunities, Essay, Interview
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Passion, Musicianship, and involvement in music
Other Factors: attended governor's school of the arts, all-state choir for 3 years, regions choir for 4.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!</p>
<p>SAT: M750, CR740, W680
SAT2: Math 2 790, Chem 790, US 760
GPA: 5.6 Weighted (Not sure what it is unweighted)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Caucasian (half 'n half)
School: Public high school in NY
Decent ECs but nothing special.. I liked my essay.. :P</p>
<p>SAT: 780M, 760 CR, 770W (2310 - 1 sitting, 2nd try)
SAT2: 750 MathII, US 760
GPA: 4.36 Weighted (3.6 UW)
Gender: Male
Rank: 3% (23/704)
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
School: Public high school in TX
Most Important EC's: Nationals Qualifier in Debate, won award at State, Varsity Captain of Student Congress, VP of NHS, Senior Class Officer/Executive Board Member, Coordinator of Parties for Special Ed. Students</p>
<p>Essays: About how I coordinated parties for special ed. students as VP of NHS
Teacher Recs: Very good (checked off "best in my career, plus 1 page letters x2)
Counselor Rec: she likes me, ALOT.
Hook (if any): my leadership, plus involvement in debate? Idk tbh. I'm asian so thats a drawback for sure.. </p>
<p>If you didn't get in...I'm sorry. You'll fit in perfectly well somewhere else. So far I've gotton 3 acceptances, 1 rejection (duke). I'm waiting for 6 more letters to come within several more days!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:680v,680m,750w
[</em>] SAT IIs:700french,680bio,650history
[<em>] ACT:33
[</em>] GPA:4.3w,3.8uw
[<em>] Rank:10%
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs:very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any):I started a free after school art program for elementary students, editor of school paper, president for 2 yrs of Building with Books
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:CA
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[li] Gender:Female[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2150 - 700cr/780m/670w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780mathIIc, 760chem
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.25
[<em>] Rank: top 10 percent
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I didn't have my main one reviewed. the supplement one just showed that i did the hw
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't see them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She was new this year.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hmm.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: International
[</em>] School Type: Small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Low low grades in 9th and 10th grade
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My grades improved significantly in the junior/senior year. I think this helped me. And also my main essay.
[/ul]</p>
<p>No offense, but nothing really popped for me from what you posted and the international pool is usually full of people with really high test scores and world-changing EC activities. Unless of course, you decided not to tell us your amazing EC activities.</p>
<p>Well I'll be the one with the balls to humour you with the stats for my much expected rejection.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 700CR 710M 680W
[</em>] SAT IIs: did badly, and thus didn't send them.
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.4UW
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist (I listed NU as my top choice for semifinals; didn't afterwards), 5 APs, a slew of extracurriculars, volunteering, leadership. As a Medill applicant, many were journalism-related such as freelancing, internship, newspaper eic, and many of these involved leadership or self-direction.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good? Writing is usually a strength. Common App was offbeat (thus unique but risky). "Why Northwestern" was the short length (remember that whole fiasco?).
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn't see them, but I can confidently say at least one of the two was absolutely golden.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Colorado
[<em>] School Type: suburban, private Catholic prep. Of the five who applied to NU last year, only one was accepted. We're new, so it's hard to read competitiveness.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipina
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Clearly the GPA was definitely, definitely a weakness, and my most dismal grade was in a junior year AP course. My other numbers, as I recall, were pretty middle-of-the-road. And to top it all off, I applied to Medill! On the bright side, I thought my strengths lied in more of the secondary factors (ECs, recs, interview). But in fact, those are secondary.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See above.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I knew this was a reach for me and expected nothing. Congrats to everyone, no matter what the result! I'm sure you'll all go on to fantastic paths, and, hey, at least it's over.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:770 W 770 CR 710 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Math II 750 Lit
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.7 w
[<em>] Rank: 4/427
[</em>] Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, got to talk about my extended essay with "outside research", also got help from siblings/parents for edits
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One good, one very good: also sent in 2 supplementary letters that were really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not great: new counselor, told me I was by far "the most academic" student she was working with and made 2 spelling errors....yikes
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northern California
[</em>] School Type: big and public....pretty mediocre, except for the IB program
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: very high GPA and ACT score, did a lot with Speech & Debate, have stuff in every category (service, sports, academics, extracurriculars) because of IB
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: great interview, had a lot in common with my interviewer and/or her children
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>SATs: 2220(790M, 630CRouch, 800W)
SATIIs: 800 math 2c, 710 bio m, 680 ush
GPA: 4.76 wighted
Rank: 6/154
APs: 5s on calc ab, bio; 4 on AP stat-self study - taking 6 this year</p>
<p>Essays: I thought they were good, a tad shaky on the why NU one
Recs: confident in them, counselor rec was pbly just average
Hook: none
indian male from nj...
ECs: lots of religoius/cultural work, lots of academic ECs showing interest in BME, president of some clubs/honor socieites, MUN...pretty good on the whole</p>
<p>this sucks, i thought had NW relatively secure, but you can never be too sure..</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2230 (780M, 740C, 710W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MII, 800 Bio, 670 Lit (lmfao....)
[<em>] ACT did not take
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 uw
[<em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[</em>] Other stats: nutin rly
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was excellent, other was pretty good i think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good (was one of her "best students", her best got into MIT and Caltech early......)
[</em>] Hook (if any): tennis, volunteering, some extra currics Anti-hook: asian male
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: pretty good public
[<em>] Ethnicity: azn
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: not too much leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no clue, but im happy
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>SAT I: 2150
SAT IIs: 800 on Math II, 770 on Chemistry, 730 on US History
ACT: 33
GPA: 5.6122 out of 5.000
Rank: 1 out of 700ish
Other stats: President of medical club, psych club, karate, piano, lots of ec's
Essays: Decent main essay, not really sure about the rest
Teacher Recs: one amazing, one ordinary
Counselor Rec: pretty awesome
Hook (if any): My essay was about how I love jam and rice pudding (Arcadia).
State or Country: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weaknesses-Standardized tests, strengths-grades and ec's
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Visited the school, interview</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 750 CR/750 M/670 W
SAT IIs: 750 CHEM, 780 math II, 730 Literature
ACT: 34
GPA: ~ 4.1/4.38
Rank: in Top 10%
Other stats: 4 year all state in violin, varsity swimming, National Merit finalist, and etc.
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: must be good
Counselor Rec: must be good
Hook (if any): accelerated course load
Location/Person:
State or Country: Iowa
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
weaknesses: GPA/ranking/lack of science classes</p>
<p>Accepted [McCormick School of Engineering (ChemE)]</p>
<p>SAT I: Bad... I didn't send them anyway.
SAT IIs: --
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0UW
Rank: 4/551
Other stats: VP of SNHS, NHS, Tennis, Science Fair, random science extracurriculars.
Essays: Crappy, I'm not much of a writer.
Teacher Recs: Decent
Counselor Rec: Don't know.
Hook (if any): None...
State or Country: IL
School Type: Semi-decent public school in IL
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Weaknesses- Probably essays. Strengths-GPA.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably because I'm a girl in engineering.</p>