<p>same. you know what, it's not meant to be.</p>
<p>Haha - maybe Karma will kick in and get me into one of my waitlist schools.... [please God, I'm praying to you on college confidential, please hear me.]</p>
<p>I don't get it. I have better grades and similar test scores as people admitted and I wasn't even waitlisted? </p>
<p>this is probably the biggest disappointment I've ever had. Oh well, Madison here I come...</p>
<p>Bad essays can do you in crixx, perhaps that was it? Ironically, I had paid the least attention to my NU essays and looking back, they were far and away my best (probably because who I am came out more since I wasn't trying as hard to be taken seriously- I'm not a serious person.) Don't sweat it though! I'm sure you'll do fine at Madison if you try to!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.4 W
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't openly rank, but im 14/ 116
[<em>] Other stats: all 5s on the four APs i've taken
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: they were decent, but i think the "why northwestern" killed me
[<em>] Teacher Recs: really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, first- gen, low- income
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: private, catholic all- girls school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: there was some pretty stiff competition from my school (3 other girls besides me applied, and all were accepted).
General Comments: im content with the decision. congrats to all those admitted!</p>
<p>^^i am surprised i was accepted over you... you deserved it and ur a URM. wow</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: None, ACT 27
[</em>] SAT IIs: None
[<em>] GPA: 5.00/5.00, or 4.0 was the higher one, the other was 4.77/5.00, I don't remember which was which
[</em>] Rank: At the time 32/535
[<em>] Other stats: Umm... Student Ambassador (people to people), active participant in band, NHS, stuff like this?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I loved mine, it was very personal and everyone who read it loved it/was touched
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I'm pretty sure they were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same
[<em>] Hook (if any): Not really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American and Puerto Rican
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
*General Comments: Yay! *</p>