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

<p>Guys, I think you might be overreacting a bit. I like UChicago, but I want to have options too. Given the difficulty of admissions, it’s just right that I cast a wide net. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Like I said, I already finished all of my applications so I might as well send them to all of my reach schools. I will be okay if I attend UChicago, but I just think I would fit in better at Penn, Duke, Harvard and those other schools.</p>