<p>Does anyone know how easy or hard it is to get into this school? How hard is it to get into compared to other schools within Northwestern? </p>
<p>And does Northwestern accept by school? Excluding the school of journalism because that is much more competitive from what I know.</p>
<p>Also, any other information about SESP anyone would like to share? It can be about anything relating to the school.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m applying to SESP this year, so I’ve done quite a bit of research. Northwestern does accept students by school. However, SESP only has like 400 students total… so they’re only looking for about 100 students a year. I’m thinking that SESP is probably easier to get in than Northwestern’s other undergraduate programs, but that one would only stand a chance with a clear dedication to the field one is applying for in SESP.</p>
<p>I was accepted ED to SESP. I want to double major, one in SESP and one in Weinberg, and was told by multiple NU employees to apply to SESP, because it’s the smaller of the two and there’s less competition. But aigiqinf has a point in saying that you have to display a real dedication to your field. That goes for any school, though, really.</p>
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<p>Congrats, and Happy Early Birthday. :)</p>
<p>Stats for SESP are no longer substantially different than the rest of NU undergrad. Engineering’s a bit of an exception with slightly higher median SATs. I wouldn’t think about gaming the system here. Apply to SESP if it’s what fits and you can demonstrate that on an app.</p>
<p>Only about 50 per year are accepted into SESP, not 100 - there are lots of transfers in from other schools when people realize that HR/business/policy related programs are great options there.</p>
<p>Classes are small, the school is intimate with great advising and caring profs. A gem.</p>
<p>I did apply to SESP and I’m crossing my fingers to see if I get in! I’m really interested SESP and I really hope I showed that in my application.</p>
<p>Yay SESP applicants! Which program did you apply to? I applied to the LOC program and am feeling pretty nervous about applying to the smallest school; LOC seems to be a very attractive option for pre-business majors. I had a nightmare the other night that everyone from my school who applied to NU got in except for me and I’m feeling pretty nervous about my application to SESP, but it’s such an awesome program and I’d be so happy if I somehow managed to get in.</p>
<p>I applied for the Social Policy concentration. I’m pretty sure no other student at my school has even heard of Northwestern. lol</p>
<p>Haha-- we had four kids apply that I know of (including myself) and then I’m sure there were more I didn’t know about. One kid is a terrific musician and is applying to Bienen and another girl’s dad lives in Illinois so that’s how they heard about it; my sister and I happened to visit the school when we were in Chicago for a family vacation and fell in love, so that’s why we both applied. I think I’m so nervous because my twin applied to WCAS and I applied to SESP, and NU is the only non-safety school that both of us applied together. We had different scholarship results at the two safeties we both applied to together, but I’m hoping we don’t have different results from NU. I think I’m so nervous about NU because I’m waiting not on one but on two results–I know colleges usually turn twins the same decision, and it would stink if either one of us was rejected based on the weaknesses of the other’s application, but it would equally stink if one of us got in and the other didn’t.</p>
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<p>I don’t know if the same rules apply when they’re different colleges/schools at the same university. Did you two do about the same on the SAT/ACT?</p>
<p>I e-mailed Northwestern. Apparently, their intent is to enroll between 30 and 40 new students in the School of Education and Social Policy this year–they recruit more than half of their students from the other NU schools/colleges later. I’m waiting to see if they’ll tell me how many SESP applications they receive in a given year.</p>