Official NU '11 Decisions!!!

<p>rejected, engineering</p>

<p>SAT- 630,700,650</p>

<p>GPA- 3.8/4.1</p>

<p>MD, white male</p>

<p>kind of disappointed, but i got into michigan which is better for engineering anyways</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800CR 710M 800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750, 730, 710
[<em>] GPA: 3.75 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one good, didn't see other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: congrats to all the admitted students and good luck to the rest of you</p>

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

<p>GPA: 3.7ish
ACT: 33 (34 w/ superscore)
School: State math and science magnet
Intended major: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience</p>

<p>Thank you NU! Good luck to you all!</p>

<p>REJECTED comm.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED, engineering! i cant wait to meet everyone next year!</p>

<p>Accepted !!!!Yeah!
I found out online and I am so excited now since NU is the most school I wanna attend!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!! (Weinberg)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130 (640CR, 780M, 710W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math IC, 800 Math IIC, 690 Korean w/ Listening
[<em>] GPA: 3.771 UW
[</em>] Rank: 15/379</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Passionate
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Rec1- Short & Good Rec2- Long & Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent, not the best.
[</em>] Hook: 1st Generation college student, Trilingual, Small town, Skipped grade, Took all AP courses offered at my high school</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Great EC's. I also pretty much created our school's speech and debate team.
General Comments: March 31st, 2007- The first day I cry from happiness. Things really do pay off. Best of luck to everyone.</p>

<p>Accepted to the Northwestern School of Communication! Wooo!!!</p>

<p>Northwestern is/was my number one, so I'm completely stoked that I was accepted! =]</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!! (McCormick)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1470 (800 M 670 V)
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2c, 770 Chemistry, 740 Biology M, 730 US history
GPA: 3.61 UW
Rank: 70/550</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Ok
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: Solid
Hook: Fought off severe medical illness during HS and attended NU's Center for Talented Development Summer Camps and did well
APs: Eng Lit, BC Calc, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics C, US History, World History </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Solid ECs and mainly fighting off illness
General Comments: I yelled in happiness because our school always had trouble into getting NU and we are one of the respected schools in the Philadelphia area.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=purple][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED MCCORMICK! [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2180
[ *] SAT IIs: Chem, Math2, Phy: 800,800,800
[ *] GPA: NA
[ *] Rank: NA
[ *] Other stats: A lvls - AAAB
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: so, so
[ *] Teacher Recs: no idea
[ *] Counselor Rec: not great
[ *] Hook (if any): NA
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: singapore
[ *] School Type: independent
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese
[ *] Gender: F
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] :) just happY! and good luck to those on the waiting list!!!</p>

<p>[size=+1][ color=purple][ b]Decision: Accepted to Weinberg[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2150 (700CR 800 M 650W)
[ *] SAT IIs:790 Math1 800 Physics
[ *] GPA:Our school doesnt have it
[ *] Rank:top10%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:I think they are great especially the why NU essay
[ *] Teacher Recs:Great I think Teachers love me
[ *] Counselor Rec:Great
[ *] Hook (if any):[ /list]
[ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Asia
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Female[ /list]
[ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:So excited I am definitely going to enroll ![ /b]</p>

<p>Accepted to Medill! Stats later, maybe.</p>

<p>omg i cant believe I got in!!!!
it's so weird b/c 2 days ago I was feeling like crap and now I have to choose between 2 awesome school!</p>

<p> *Decision: Rejected...AHHHHH *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1860
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] GPA: 3.8UW/4.07W
[</em>] Rank: top 15%
[<em>] Other stats: I don't care :</em>(
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I thought they would be good, but i snuck one open and it was HORRIBLE.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): The one that's closing my coffin!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pittsburgh (the pitt,) PA
[</em>] School Type: Public (bah says the sheep!)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Cupcake (white! what else)
[</em>] Gender: ... confused
[/ul]Other Factors: Naaw, none others
General Comments:Yes, I am kind of heartbroken, I loved northwestern and auditioned for voice performance with the hopes to get in. I have loved the school ever since setting foot on it. I still have yet to hear from McGill. I'd go there over NU, but i still was seriously hoping to get in. Oh well! Community college is still education, isn't it?!</p>

<p>how did it turn out??????</p>

<p>*Decision: Waitlisted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170 (760 math, 710 Literature, 700 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] GPA: 4.2 weighted, 3.7 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Major: Engineering
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Solid
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Honestly probably not outstanding, only did one and it was given to my teacher with limited time.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: To all others who were waitlisted: Don't fret, your chances just went up by one person! I sent the postcard in today saying not to put me on the waitlist because I'm just going to go to UIUC.</p>

<p>[ b]Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1490/2160
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 math 1/700 bio
[<em>] GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank: top 10%????
[<em>] Other stats: Im your usual do-it-all. Pretty much involved in everything and am usually the leader. I also do a lot of community service and have taken the hardest curriculum of anyone in my class
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I'd say pretty good, although rushed
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I didn't read them, but I get along really well with them so I guess they were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it, but he said it was very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): hispanic female majoring in math? don't know if that is a hook
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[li] Gender:female[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:**
General Comments:</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: n/a
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 bio 760 math ic 740 math iic (not sent)
[<em>] GPA: 3.975 uw 4.625 w
[</em>] Rank: 5/343
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 32
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: ok
[<em>] Teacher Recs: ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WI
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:YAYYYY</p>

<p>ACCEPTED TO MEDILL</p>

<p>Stats</p>

<p>SAT: Didn't take it
SAT IIs: Didn't take them
GPA: 3.95
Rank:4 of 132
ACT:30 (35 on English, 34 on Reading, sucked in math and science)
Other stats: nope</p>

<p>Other Junk</p>

<p>Essays: Good (I wrote about being an Atheist)
Teacher Recs:They should've been good. I didn't read them.
Counselor Rec: I don't think I had one
Hook (if any): Outstanding Extra Curriculars</p>

<p>Location</p>

<p>State or Country: Ohio
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male</p>

<p>I wasn't as excited as I thought I'd be...</p>

<p>ITS MY BIRTHDAY...SOMETIMES ITS GREAT BEING BORN AROUND ADMISSIONS TIME</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED (WEINBERG) *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math IIC, 730 US His, 680 Eng Lit
[<em>] GPA: 3.7/ 4.0 (UW) 4.15?/4.0 W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] Rank: 22/535
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Okay.. weren't fantastic but not a hindrance
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was from an alum, the other was kinda standard
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, he loves me
[</em>] Hook (if any): 1st gen?, fantastic interview with a guy named Cosmo
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL (live 15 miles from campus)
[</em>] School Type: Public (historically poor but my class is something else)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: I truly believed my interview pushed me into the accept pile, my best one by far. I am so happy that I now find it hard to pick which college to go to.
General Comments: Choosing between UIUC (honors business), USC (business), Michigan (LSA), and now Northwestern. GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFT TO ME... i was so scared that the opposite would happen and it didn't. woohooo</p>

<p>what the heck, I got waitlisted
OH WELL
STANFORD HERE I COME</p>