wow waitlisted - Page 4

brieb08 · 03-23-2008, 01:54 PM

yeah my cousin got in... with a 3.6 gpa, 1500/2400 sat, and ec's like "ranked #32 nationally at beer pong" lol. no money though.

rade88 · 03-24-2008, 10:52 PM

got in early 1430/2120 4.27/4.33 GPA

you guys just suck at life getting waitlisted on a safety..im kidding honestly

i think breaking 2000 and getting waitlisted is very weird.

molly4190 · 03-25-2008, 05:19 PM

good luck to all of you!
I'm surprised I wasn't waitlisted, because I was using this school as a safety, showed no interest and didn't even pay the application fee...I think they put a lot of emphasis on gpa, but mine was pretty low (like 3.4ish unweighted?)

brieb08 · 03-26-2008, 12:56 AM

lol you didn't pay?

sjw23 · 03-26-2008, 05:18 PM

I applied to the college of business administration and got waitlisted. Did anyone else apply for that and get waitlisted?

molly4190 · 03-26-2008, 06:41 PM

brieb - nope, didn't even bother paying. A NEU rep came to visit my school and it's an excused absense if you attend any college info session, so of course I went to get out of class (I went to like 40 sessions lol). I wasn't even planning on applying, but the info session actually made me really like NEU and so I applied. The NEU rep did an excellent job I think. But I still didn't bother visiting (I'm from NY lol) or paying

taxguy · 03-26-2008, 08:35 PM

Does emphasizing the GPA over the SAT surprise anyone? Most of the waitlist candidates had mediocre GPAs.

Speak_Easy · 03-26-2008, 09:08 PM

No. In my opinion, GPA & transcript is a better reflection of a student than SAT or ACT.

The SAT is not a comprehensive test of a student's knowledge and ability, while from an applicant's transcript and GPA you can see their course load, their strengths and weaknesses, their successes (or failures), the breadth of their academic background, infer about work ethic, and see if they challenge themselves.

A high GPA would indicate consistency and diligence. And it's probably more impressive than doing well on the SAT. Not that the SAT isn't important.

Zamzam · 03-26-2008, 09:47 PM

Consistency, diligence, and/or an ability to suck up to teachers, to have parents whine to the administrations, or to not get caught cheating. I'm just sayin'.

P.S. I had a mediocre GPA (3.3ish), and I got accepted. FA is so horrible though, I very much doubt that I'd go.

Speak_Easy · 03-26-2008, 10:57 PM

Zamzam, you're a glass half-empty type of person, huh?

lol

And what's the SAT? An ability to string together a few coherent paragraphs? Congrats you can read and solve for x using basic algebra...on your calculator.

CommunistHunter · 03-27-2008, 12:16 AM

Essays can do it all.

I have a 3.1 gpa, a 2020 SAT (which is good, but not enough to balance out the gpa). So what did i do? Wrote an essay that will set me apart, an essay they will not see anywhere else.

5/5 acceptances so far

brieb08 · 03-27-2008, 03:17 AM

The problem with GPA is that adcoms don't know every school or every class. They go by the course name, and what the high school sends (if anything).
In my case, sculpture was extremely hard and I got a C. On the other hand, Physics is the easiest class in the school and my grade is 108%. I got a B in PHSCPC my junior year. Who knows what that stands for? Sounds like some graduation requirement, right? Actually, it was a challenging course for those going into the medical field.
It's fairly easy to cheat through high school. Charismatic people can get away with it for years.
I have sucked up to teachers for better grades. My science teacher let me clean her room for an A two years ago. I graded history tests for an A last year.
Also, course rigor varies from school to school. Here, AP Psych is a joke and AP Lit is killer.
Standardized tests are just that- standard. Yeah, you study a bit, polish that algebra and learn some more vocab. If it's as easy as it sounds, how come more people don't get 2400's? I'm not saying the SATs or ACTs are accurate representations of an applicant's abilities, but if I were a college, I'd choose someone with a higher SAT and lower GPA over one with a high GPA and low SAT. Just my opinion.

molly4190 · 03-27-2008, 10:11 AM

Yeah, if the SAT is as easy as readin' writin' 'rithmatic then how come the average score is like around 1500/2400? that's pretty pathetic in my opinion.

I think sometimes gpa is an indicator of how easy your school is. I know people with 2200+ SAT scores, with 3.5 gpa's, because they don't go to an average school. I've met others with 3.9 gpa's and 1800's on their SAT's. the test isn't everything, but sometimes it's an indicator of how hard the school was, because kids in rigorous schools do better on standardized tests. That 3.99 kid with the 1800 might not do as well in another school

woo.designs · 03-27-2008, 04:22 PM

The waitlist has 1,400 applicants on it.

joelgreenberg26 · 03-31-2008, 01:04 AM

my gosh, that's ridiculous. but congrats. NEU is becoming really competitive...it seems as though a waitlist spot is still an honor.

I got in, but it's because my Fresh/Soph GPA pulled my unweighted to 3.8, 2010 SAT, and a very, very lucky ACT score.

I hope to hear from those of you who decide to stay on the list, and end up getting the nod!