<p>Rejected Northwestern Early decision.
Ouch.
Very depressing. Good luck to my fellow ED-ers out there...</p>
<p>It sucks when you know you'll be the one kid who didn't get into any good schools...</p>
<p>What are your stats? If you post them, CCers might be able to analyze them for you.</p>
<p>Yeah, throw us your stats. Sorry to hear about your rejection.</p>
<p>jerod</p>
<p>stop that stupid 'jerod' at the end.</p>
<p>haha me too man.</p>
<p>What other schools are you looking at?</p>
<p>me...U. Mich, Dartmouth, UPenn, NYU, UMD, and Hopkins</p>
<p>I'm looking for more safety schools..perhaps wisconsin or psu</p>
<p>If you haven't already applied to Wisconsin, that could be tough (regardless of stats).</p>
<p>I've applied to wisconsin a month ago.. still no response.</p>
<p>I'm a lurker of this board...so depressing. I'm sorry to all non-acceptees, but rejectees in particular. I can't help but read all these decisions, yet at the same time, it's so depressing. Like watching a car accident.</p>
<p>your a lurker??you have freaking 2009 posts!(1500 more than me) you are no way a lurker...</p>
<p>I am a lurker on the northwestern boards...I am a devoted columbia board poster, but it is now a dead board it appears</p>
<p>Stats:
Chicago Burbs
Indian Male, middle income bracket, going to a public high school
Major: Looking for either a 7 year med program, or a school that will prep me for one</p>
<p>SAT I: 770 Verbal, 760 Math
SAT II Pending, will have dec. 17th
ACT 36 reading, composite 33
GPA: top 10%, but on the lower side
Most rigorous courseload, will have taken 7 AP tests, 9 AP classes
So far, 4 on US history, 4 on euro history, and 4 on physics B</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Founded the science club,
Captain of academic bowl JV (10th grade) and varsity (12th grade), regional, conference champs
National Honor Society, 12th grade
Boy Scouts, probably going to get my eagle
National Merit semifinalist, probably gonna get finalist
Park District Volunteer</p>
<p>and REJECTED!</p>
<p>Rejected from NU? What????</p>
<p>Did you apply to Medill or WCAS?</p>
<p>the fact that you got rejected is NUTS. College admissions is ********, dude. Don't feel too bad about it.</p>
<p>Your EC's are kinda bad, and your rank is OK, but I still think you have a great shot at other schools all over the nation. Most people(myself included) would kill(figuratively speaking) for a 1530 and/or a 36 ACT(a perfect score!!!!!!!!). That's awesome man, really. Don't get upset about NU. You probably should get out of Chicago to get a real college experience, anyways.</p>
<p>For scholarships, especially for a 7 year med program, George Washington University in DC could be a great safety school for you, and it has an awesome program for that. Also, you stand a good shot at a scholarship there. University of Miami has this option also, I believe.</p>
<p>Also, all the top schools, including the ivies are possibilities for you. Instead of going overboard with reaches, though, I recommend applying to more matches like Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Emory University, Boston College, Wake Forest University, NYU, Michigan, John Hopkins, or University of Southern California.</p>
<p>damn rejected with a 36 ACT...wtf.</p>
<p>36 reading, not a 36 composite.</p>
<p>o true, but 1530? lol...theyre crazy, and im scared cuz i applied there RD and rushed their app</p>
<p>wow lots of responses since i posted this...'mazing.</p>
<p>stats:</p>
<p>760 Verbal
750 Math
GPA: top 10% ~on lower side (My GPA kills me in the end)
1 year of research in biomedical lab at University of Central Florida
Secretary of NHS
Secretary of Interact
Secretary of Science olympiad thing last year
MAO, Academic team - the usual
Tetsujin Human Exoskeleton project - 4th place out of 6 teams nationwide
AP scores:
AP Chem - 5
AP Calc BC - 3/4
AP Englisth Lang - 5
AP World Hist - 4</p>
<p>I took the hardest possible courseload offered (with exception of Physics B my junior year)
Current courseload:
AP Physics C
AP French Lang
AP English Lit
IB Chemistry III (HL)
IB Contemporary History
IB Math HL / AP Calc BC (will take AP exam again)
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>
<p>--------REJECTED FROM NORTHWESTERN------
obviously, it was the GPA issue...</p>