Top student (2300, top 5%) denied at Northwestern ED-- what went wrong?

<p>wildroses2017, I think it’s rather amusing that you were bummed out when your first love rejected your advances, but now that your second has said yes, you’re not satisfied with her. </p>

<p>I can understand spreading a wide net in RD when you only have one shot – but why apply EA/ED to a school that’s your fifth choice? Is this one of those Groucho cases where you don’t really want to join a club that is willing to accept you as one of its members?</p>