Where else did you get in?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Just out of curiosity, what other schools did you get in to that you passed on for Northwestern?</p>

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<p>UChicago…</p>

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<p>I passed on Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Duke, and Chicago</p>

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<p>I applied ED, but I had also applied to UT Austin. I had planned on Cornell and USC but due to poor planning and stress over ED I missed USC’s scholarship deadline and sort of threw everything on NU.</p>

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<p>I passed on Vanderbilt and Claremont McKenna, and three “safe” schools.</p>

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<p>Cornell, Caltech.</p>

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<p>Penn State, Case Western Reserve, and a safety.
NU was my reach =D
I also applied to Maryland but I had to withdraw my application because of the ED agreement. I’m pretty sure that was an acceptance anyway.</p>

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<p>Maryland (College Park), Vermont, New Hampshire, USC and BU. I fell in love with NU from the start–the only thing that would have held me back would have been getting off the waitlist at Harvard, which didn’t happen.</p>

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<p>Georgetown, WashU, Michigan (Ann Arbor), and UIUC</p>

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<p>Passed on Berkeley (OOS), UCLA, Michigan, Rochester, Full tuition at Pittsburgh and Northeastern.</p>

<p>Northwestern!</p>

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<p>@aequitas17

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<p>I come to offer you my amazements. </p>

<p>!!!</p>

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<p>@ dawncoming
Lol thanks! Choosing NU over Cornell was easy for me, but choosing it over Caltech was very, very difficult… In fact, I literally submitted my decision on May 1st at 11:59 pm haha…</p>

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<p>In many ways, NU is better than CalTech. For example, NU has top-notched industrial engineering and management sciences or material sciences and engineering departments. CalTech doesn’t offer them. Firms like McKinsey recruit at NU but not CalTech. Also, NU is in the Big Ten and students are more social, outgoing, and less nerdy and for many, those are all pluses.</p>

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<p>Haha Sam Lee, I am very aware of NU’s strengths over CalTech. I also think that CalTech is better than NU (and all other peer schools except maybe MIT) for hardcore science research, something I am very interested in. Throw in, also, CalTech’s tiny student body and low student-faculty ratio. Ultimately, however, it was Northwestern’s well-rounded undergraduate experience that could have me both cheering at athletic events, have more extracurricular/job breath, and discuss Sartre and Wilde when I felt like it (which I did on my overnight stay :P). Also, when I visited, the Happiness Club was doing some event that made me think - awesome :).</p>

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<p>I full agree with aequitas’ decision! I LOVE NU,hence I am applying ED!!! :)</p>

<p>I would lovee to post on this thread…but I doubt it would still be alive till December! :D</p>

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<p>Applying ED and being accepted sort of precludes posting anything impressive on this thread…</p>

<p>Just sayin’.</p>

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<p>Wash U of St Louis, Georgetown, USC, Notre Dame</p>

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<p>@TakeItDown: Well it does if you think about it but I would be turning down the EA schools in a way!! I mean the fact that I am choosing ED for NU just shows that if I did get in anywhere I’d still choose NU!!</p>

<p>I know it isn’t the same thing, but Just sayin’</p>

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<p>Duke, Cornell, USC, UIUC, Berkeley, UCLA.</p>

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<p>Duke, USC, UCBerk, UCLA, Boston C, NYU</p>