<p>Who are you turning down for Northwestern?</p>
<p>i know there is another thread---but it was very short, just curious, the ppl who didnt post on the other thread</p>
<p>post here</p>
<p>georgetown...</p>
<p>WashU and Emory (the only ones comparable)
was waiting on Columiba SEAS program...double waitlist!</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna, Wesleyan, Vassar</p>
<p>University of Washington--Honors Program + NASA Space Grant Scholar (full tuition)......this was sooooo hard to turn down!
UCSD
RPI
waitlist at Cornell University</p>
<p>Emory and Tulane are the only ones in Northwestern's league.
But I also passed on GW Honors and UT-Austin (I nearly went for their forensics team, but opted to go with Northwestern's forensics)</p>
<p>brown university</p>
<p>well, I'll be soph this year, but last year I turned down USC, UNC Chapel Hill and UW Madison.</p>
<p>cerebral...i'm a member of NU's forensics team! glad to see we'll have someone joining us! what events r u in?</p>
<p>princeton. and a few others.</p>
<p>but nu's hpme is pretty hard to turn down... even if it's going to cost my family a fortune.</p>
<p>you're in hpme? i'm going to apply for it next year. do you mind telling me your stats (by PM, if you want)? thanks</p>
<p>I did extemp and impromptu in high school. I also plan on picking up ADS, and maybe oratory, persuasive, and informative. But I'm really uncomfortable with the fact that I will have to write and memorize a speech. I'll certainly miss using wit as a crutch in case I forget what I'm saying.</p>
<p>bing, i tried to pm you but your mailbox was full or something, and i didn't want to retype all of this. so here it is. maybe the info will help someone else as well.</p>
<p>like most top schools, hpme looks at test scores before they even consider looking at your application; hence the whole apply for an application thing.</p>
<p>so here are my test scores:</p>
<p>Standardized Tests:
11/2005 SAT Subject Tests
Chemistry 800
06/2005 SAT Reasoning Test
Critical Reading 800 Math 800 Writing 790
05/2005 SAT Subject Tests
Math Level 2 800 Physics 800 Spanish 800
03/2005 SAT Reasoning Test
Critical Reading 680 Math 760 Writing 740
03/2004 SAT Reasoning Test<br>
Critical Reading 730 Math 800 </p>
<p>02/2005 ACT
English 34 Reading 35 Math 35 Science 35 Composite 35<br>
Writing 09
Combination English/Writing 32
04/2005 ACT
English 34 Reading 35 Math 34 Science 35 Composite 35<br>
Writing 10
Combination English/Writing 33
04/2003 ACT
English 31 Reading 36 Math 31 Science 36 Composite 34</p>
<p>05/2005 Advanced Placement Tests
Calculus BC 5
Physics C Mechanics 5
Physics C Electricity & Magnetism 5
05/2006 Advanced Placement Tests
English Language 5
Chemistry 5
Spanish Language 5
U.S. Government & Politics 5</p>
<p>but there's a lot of people who will have similar scores or better... so you really need to find a way to set yourself apart.</p>
<p>i consider myself extremely lucky to have been accepted. i had no research experience (which they relaly like), but what i did was go out and find a job shadowing opportunity with a neurologist last summer. i also volunteered in a local hospital for 3 years and spent a few weeks at a local vet. clinic learning about the different fields of veterinary specialization.</p>
<p>EDIT: oh, i forgot the most important thing (maybe). i spent 3 summers at northwestern through the center of talent development. i think they really liked that during the essays and interviews because i could show that i had a close tie to the memory; it convinced them i would go if i were accepted.</p>
<p>in terms of coursework, take the obvious courses like anatomy & physiology, pathology, microbio, basically the advanced sciences. but go as far as you can in math. i took multivar. at a local university which both earned me credit (well, i hope. the application is pending) and helped get me in.</p>
<p>you need to show them in your essays that if you are accepted to nu you will accept. the program seems to be really cracking down on admissions because the med school wants to rise to the top ten in the near future.</p>
<p>i hope that helps. if you need any more advice, feel free to pm me. i completely sympathize with your situation and wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>when that letter came in the mail.. it was a small envelope. but i bent it a bit and there were 2 sheets of paper and not just one. pretty intense moment of letter opening. haha.</p>
<p>so...alexanderthegr8 has AMAZING stats. Mine were definitely not as good and I got in. (and I'm not a URM, no research, etc.) Don't get too discouraged. Just apply, and hope for the best. I think as long as you have 700+ in each section, you'll be fine. The rest has to do with your essays, recommendations ,and interview abilities. I also think that maturity is a big factor. They are taking a risk letting a 17/18 year old in to medical school and if they think you still have a lot of "growing up to do" they won't want you. </p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>wow THANK YOU SO MUCH for both your posts, alexanderthegr8 and ellen.</p>
<p>another question, for hpme admission, is it by the same undergrad admission people?</p>
<p>no, there's a committee made up of various people at northwestern (chicago and evanston campuses)</p>
<p>bingcold:</p>
<p>also, be sure to check out this thread:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=2378%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=2378</a>
it's super long (several admission cycles worth of info) and has like every HPME question you could possibly think of answered (as well as lots of stats of admitted and rejected students.</p>
<p>wow, thanks again to both of you for those helpful links!</p>