Official NU '11 Decisions!!!

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180/1440
[</em>] SAT IIs: didn't take them
[<em>] GPA: 3.7
[</em>] Rank: top 10% I know
[<em>] Other stats: NM commended, ... I don't know.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Quite good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I don't know. I did interview the dean of admissions once but I didn't think he liked me. I was a Journalism cherub.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Wichita, KS
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Who the hell knows how I got in, but I'm glad I did!</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED! McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science!! *</p>

<p>I can't believe this is happening to me! Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Emory, and now, Northwestern. Pinch me! :):)</p>

<p>Accepted!!!!!! Going to Duke.</p>

<p>If you guys are sure you're going to NU make sure to join the Facebook NU class of 2011 group! =)</p>

<p>They are offering to pay for my airfare and travel costs to visit them. Is that standard for all acceptees?</p>

<p>Accepted!! Will post stats later</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740 M 740 CR 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs:790 Physics, 750 Math II, 750 Biology, 680 Latin
[<em>] GPA:3.97 UW
[</em>] Rank:24/~500
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Good
[<em>] Hook (if any):Cancer Survivor, 9-fingered piano player
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender:M[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Mediocre ECs
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] I want to know my fin aid! Where did they tell us to submit a verification worksheet? gah!</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 770 Math 700 Verbal 710 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: -
[<em>] GPA: 3.93 UW 4.0 W
[</em>] Rank: 30 of 541
[<em>] Other stats: Cellist, Lab Assistant, Tutor, Taekwondo & Mixed Martial Artist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very personal, definately my best ever
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): ECs and essays
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Atlanta, Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Rigorous courseload, great essay, and fine ECs
General Comments: So excited!!! When do we find out about Financial Aid? I can't seem to access mine...</p>

<p>Rejected
GPA: 3.9, 4.6W
SAT: 2250
ECs: Good stuff
National Merit Finalist?</p>

<p>Doesn't matter, I guess...</p>

<p>rejected..oh well didn't expect to get in anyways. now i can just finally mail in the deposit to my other school i've put off because i wanted to see what could happen here.</p>

<p>Rejected. I'm worthless.</p>

<p>*Decision: ADMITTED! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800W, 780M, 720V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Biology-M, 750 Math IIC, 740 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.5W, 3.9UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: They were all really good...I'd say Northwestern's short answers were overall my best out of all the schools I applied to, and the essays I reused I think were creative.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Only read one, but it was stellar, and the other was written by a teacher that really liked me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read, but my counselor and I get along well.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Violin for 15 years and piano for 14 years.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public, medium-sized
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Wow...Northwestern was amazing when I visited over the summer, and now I've got a hell of a choice to make. Four schools to decide from over the next month...</p>

<p>to find out your financial aid, activate your netid first then you can login CAESAR to check your package</p>

<p>Is there any way to see if I got in if I haven't gotten THE email?</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Waitlisted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:-
[ *] SAT IIs:-
[ *] GPA:4.25 weighted
[ *] Rank:2/185
[ *] Other stats: ACT 27, small public school and I took the majority of APs that were offered.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:i liked them?
[ *] Teacher Recs:eh..ok
[ *] Counselor Rec:better
[ *] Hook (if any):interview was amazing. i'm a debater, and i'm extremely passionate about it. I wrote about how i wanted to debate on their team.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:California
[ *] School Type:Small Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Vietnamese
[ *] Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] I had an amazing interview
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]it was probably the low ACT score and the fact that i didn't send in my SAT or SAT 2's (but they were really bad.) i don't consider this bad news, i am still hopeful, and i'm grateful that i atleast was considered with my horrible scores.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to School of Comm</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 USH, 740 Spanish, 740 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Rank: top 7%
[<em>] Other stats: AP USH (5), AP Engl Lang (5); six AP classes in sr yr
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: introspective, highlighted creativity and independent thinking
[<em>] Teacher Recs: strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very strong
[<em>] Hook: URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I feel very fortunate and am elated that all this hard word in HS so far is paying off.</p>

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

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* ACT: 35
* SAT: 2300 (800 M, 740 CR, 760 W)
* SAT IIs: 760 USH, 790 Chinese, 800 Math 2
* GPA: 4.00
* Rank: top 1%
* Other stats: AP USH (5), AP Engl Lang (5); AP Euro (4); four AP classes in sr yr
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: i thought they were pretty creative
* Teacher Recs: strong
* Counselor Rec: very strong
* Hook: None
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: MI
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: F
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Congrats to everyone; i need my financial aid status!! i didn't turn in the verification worksheet either... :(</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170 (800 math, 680 reading, 690 writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math level 2, 670 physics, 540 US History (oops)
[<em>] GPA: (5 point scale) 5.30 Weighted / 4.70 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 18 of 500 (weighted), 54 of 500 (unweighted)
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 35
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: last minute lol
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably really helped me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don't even know
[<em>] Hook (if any): no idea
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type: Public, 2000 students, NW suburbs
[</em>] Ethnicity: Garbage question, but i'm white.
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: extracurriculars - math team oralist and varsity quizbowl captain
General Comments: hooray!</p>

<p>Hi, My son has been accepted to Weinberg. He had applied to and interviewed for the HPME program. Does this mean he is in or will he receive further notification on that? Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>I believe your son has been admitted to NU, but not the program.</p>