**Official NU ED 2017 Discussion and Results Thread**

<p>Did anyone else ED to SESP?</p>

<p>I haven’t heard that from anyone else, Rckchlk, but if that’s true, I still highly doubt it due to Sandy, and they moved when all other materials were due by too.</p>

<p>Actually ove the years NU’s been releasing decisions on the friday before the 15th, and its usually been 5-6 days before the expected date. So with this year, the friday before 15th being just one day before the expected date, I was wondering if…7th December could make or break things.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any idea how much harder it is getting into McCormick than Weinburg?</p>

<p>Hi Crimsonstained7:
Sorry it took so long to reply, but I’ve been inundated with schoolwork. Okay, I just want to correct a few things:

  1. Admissions counselors from some universities absolutely read College Confidential. Please note that I’m not saying that they all do, but when they came to visit my school, they did say they read this site. Some of them even post to it to clarify mistaken info and rumors.
  2. Your info is completely identifiable since you put up a bio.
  3. It is most certainly not against the law for an admissions counselor to deny your application because of something they found out about you that doesn’t fit within the culture of a given university. When Facebook first became big, say around 2007-8, I read stories of kids who didn’t get into a particular college because of the photos they’d posted for all the world to see. </p>

<p>Of course, saying how much you love a university is always a good thing :)</p>

<p>I just think that we need to be careful in what we post as to not mess up our chances of getting in.</p>

<p>Have a great weekend!</p>

<p>@BookishGirl Don’t get everyone too freaked out.</p>

<p>I am a current Northwestern student, and I can PROMISE you that whatever kids posted on here did not by any means affect their admissions decisions. Some of my friends and I have even had a good laugh about the funny stuff we said on here when we were stressed out…
No college admissions counselor is going to take the time to go to someone’s profile on here and try to connect that to a person. That takes far too much effort.</p>

<p>On another note, last year, ED applicants were notified December 9th. There had been a similar “freak storm” situation which caused the application deadline to be pushed back several days, yet they still found out on the earlier side.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you all! Hope I get to meet you next year!</p>

<p>Guys, does having a sister who’s currently a sophomore count as legacy?</p>

<p>Hi JulyAugust:
I guess we have to agree to disagree, which is what makes the world go 'round. The Admissions counselors who told my grade that they go on CC, are not part of the NU Adcom. But they were from high-profile universities. I can’t imagine they would lie about it, right?</p>

<p>BookishGirl, 1) I know about AdComs who correct info, I’ve seen UVa’s forum. A lot do not read this site, however.</p>

<p>2) What bio are you talking about? Scores, and the fact that I’m hispanic? Wow, that’s SO identifiable. I’m sure among the multiple 10,000’s that no one else sounds a lot like me, OH WAIT, someone probably does.</p>

<p>3) It’s not against the law, but most AdComs frown upon doing things like that, unless you find that the person has just been getting drunk every week, isn’t part of any clubs, etc. Same goes for here, unless someone says they lied on their app, but they hope no one finds out, nothing’s going to happen.</p>

<p>Again, it’s completely irrational to not join our group of hopefuls because you think posting some stats could get us identified and discriminated against.</p>

<p>JulyAugust, hmm, I didn’t know that. I guess it could get out early despite Sandy then. The 9th is approaching way too fast, I don’t know if I can handle it being that close :-D</p>

<p>I honestly cannot wait! I’ve been counting down since before November!</p>

<p>Pickle bump: Having a sister is not counted as a legacy</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 Math 730 Reading 710 Writing
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry 780 Math II 720 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57 unweighted at top 10 MA high school
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH, Chemistry, English Literature
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP, 3 Honors, 1 Unleveled
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Al Neuharth Free Spirit Journalism Scholarship
[/ul]
Subjective: [ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Managing Photo Editor, Writing Editor, since sophomore year), Boston Herald Sports Intern, Writers for three different major sports blogs, creator of popular YouTube channel, owner of a sports Twitter account of 2300+ followers, podcasts, Concert Band (Three Years), New England Conservatory Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble, Volunteer at Youth Community Drama Program, Church Missions Trip and Church VBS volunteer, over 300+ hours of community service
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Boston Herald Sports Intern (Two Summers)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ Hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Boston Herald, Church missions, blogs, YouTube tech channel, Al Neuharth Free Spirit journalism conference, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Journalism workshop: Winner of best photo portfolio award
[</em>] Essays: Strong
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very strong (both teachers said the recs were very fun and easy to write!)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very strong (she loves me)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Longtime NE Patriots beat writer
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: $100,000-150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Award-winning passionate sports journalist who is well-rounded. [/ul]
Reflection [list]
[*] Strengths: Journalism resum</p>

<p>You’re supposed to delete the spaces on all of the coding stuff, but welcome otherwise, haha. By the way, “Award-winning passionate sports journalist who is well-rounded” isn’t a hook. It will help a lot, definitely, but a hook is something that students basically have no control over. Legacy, URM, developmental, recruited for sports, etc.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if getting into SESP is harder/easier than other schools? I’m applying ED and the wait is killing meee</p>

<p>NU publishes that each school has the same overall admit rate as the university itself.
So SESP is the smallest school, but it also has the fewest applicants. So it’s just as easy/hard to get in as any of the others.</p>

<p>@Picklebump</p>

<p>Not only is having a sibling who attends/attended NU not considered a legacy, but last year, the admission committee caused quite a stir (at least among some of my friends!) by apologizing for rejecting students “despite [their] slight ties to the University.”</p>

<p>Also, to all those who posit that admission counselors drudge through the multitude of text on sites like CC, FB, and Twitter, searching for justification of denial to a particular school: I think you have the wrong idea. Admission counselors don’t want to keep applicants out of their school; they aren’t working against you. They’re simply trying to fill a limited number of spots with an excessive supply of applicants in the most effective manner possible. Of course, not all are exceptionally competent in accomplishing this task, but I’d say that the majority do their best to legitimately analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each applicant and determine if they would be a good fit for their school, all without turning to the internet and looking for incriminating evidence against acceptance.</p>

<p>I don’t know if there are hard stats out there on siblings’ acceptance rates for getting into colleges, but I know there are many elite colleges that look favorably at sibling Early Decision/EASC/Early Action applicants. </p>

<p>Harvard accepted many siblings from their Early Action Single Choice applicant pool last year. </p>

<p>The trick is that the sibling MUST be competitive enough to get into the school on merit. After that point, the sibling connection is a hook that trumps a non-hooked competitive applicant. </p>

<p>I would think that the hook for NU is also there, especially if the sibling applies ED.</p>

<p>Ohh. chance me?
pfffftt SAT score.</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 600CR 710M 690WR
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: math 2- 730, physics-740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/80
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: the most rigorous offered by my school- Physics, Chemistry, Math and English. (Indian system’s haaard)</p>

<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][/ul]
Subjective:</p>

<p>[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): soccer team (vice captain), represented school in nationals, runners up in state levels, leading goal scorer, selected by Real Madrid coaches to attend an all expenses paid 3 day soccer clinic in Madrid, only one from my city; Physics magazine (founder, editor in chief); state level athlete (school’s sports captain, member of student council), head editor of school newspaper, Mayor’s award for creating awareness regarding fake drugs.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: at JP Consultants assisted in sourcing latest technology products</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: tennis and soccer camp for underprivileged children, worked with an NGO as a soccer instructor(4 years), assisted in a school for the blind (300+ hours)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Crazy, either they’ll be loved or thrown out of the window.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Amazing</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:[/li][list]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant): India</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Tamil</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Income Bracket: $100k-$150k</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): sister a sophomore IF [/li]thats a hook</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[li] Strengths: essays, high school transcripts</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: SATs, SATs and SATs.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>@Picklebump–Good that you are valedictorian, but unfortunately you are an ORM and have a rather low SAT score. it’s a reach.</p>