EA Class of 2022

Colleges & Universities Northeastern University
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[ color=green]**Decision: Accepted, Engineering **[/color]
Dean’s Scholarship, $80k

Objective:
SAT I : 1580= 800M / 780CRW / 17 Essay
SAT I superscore: same as above
ACT: 34= 33E / 35M / 32R / 34S
ACT superscore: only took it once
SAT II: Chemistry, 800; Math 2, 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: 4.42
Rank: 7/287 (top 3%)
AP: Chemistry (5)
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC AP, Physics C Mechanics AP, French V AP, Human Geo AP, English 12 H Global Literature, Concert Band H, Chamber Choir H
Number of other EA applicants in your school: not sure
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nah
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Honor roll, National Merit commended student

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Concert Band (9-12, Section Leader 12), Flute Choir (6-12, outside of school), GSA (9-12, Co-President 11-12), Math Team (9-12, Captain 12), Chorus (10-12), Wind Ensemble (11-12, same outside organization as Flute Choirs), NHS (11-12), Drama (11, named role in one musical), Flute Ensemble (11-12, this was new my Jr. year and through my HS)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: insignificant music things and NHS
Summer Experience: Woodwinds (Music camp) at NYU Summer 2017

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays: For my Common App essay I wrote about the idea of “fitting in” and comparing myself to others, and how my identity transcends relation to others (I’m queer and Filipino and my HS is 97% white), 10/10.
Teacher Recommendation #1: From my beloved Chemistry teacher, whom I had for 2 years (Honors then AP), we got along really well and I worked really hard in her class, 10/10. (didn’t read)
Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t send one
Counselor Rec: My school’s guidance dept isn’t that great and my guidance counselor didn’t actually know me that well, but she did like me a lot and thought highly of me so 7.5/10
Additional Info/Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Art Supplement: N/A

Other
Date Submitted App: 10/29
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 80-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Single parent (idk if that says anything), self identified as gay in my essay

Reflection
Strengths: GPA and Test scores, personal essay, extracurriculars, teacher rec
Weaknesses: SAT essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Overall strong student with good grades and test scores and strong extracurriculars
What would you have done differently?: Maybe get a second teacher rec, or try for a better SAT essay
Where else did you apply? UMass Amherst (accepted, Honors College), BU, Brandeis, Brown, Columbia, NYU, Syracuse, Tufts

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Nothing (other than the SAT) I did was to make me look better for college apps, I did everything because it was what I wanted to do; I feel like colleges can tell when you’re being fake. Also, keep your grades up!

1402

NOTHING UGHHHH

1403

@siw0300 honestly I’m not sure; I had a 1530 and 99.4 UW gpa and was deferred. Good luck.

1404

Accepted - College of Engineering

80k dean’s scholarship over 4 years

CA
34 ACT, 790 Chem, 800 Math 2
4.19 WGPA, 4.0 UWGPA
Lots of honors and AP’s (all 5’s)
Countless ECs and leadership positions, research and internship
Wonderful recommendations from teachers, lab mentor, and robotics coach

Good luck everybody!

1405

[ color=green]**Decision: Accepted, Engineering **[/color]
Dean’s Scholarship, $80k

Objective:
SAT I : 1580= 800M / 780CRW / 17 Essay
SAT I superscore: same as above
ACT: 34= 33E / 35M / 32R / 34S
ACT superscore: only took it once
SAT II: Chemistry, 800; Math 2, 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: 4.42
Rank: 7/287 (top 3%)
AP: Chemistry (5)
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC AP, Physics C Mechanics AP, French V AP, Human Geo AP, English 12 H Global Literature, Concert Band H, Chamber Choir H
Number of other EA applicants in your school: not sure
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): nah
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Honor roll, National Merit commended student

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Concert Band (9-12, Section Leader 12), Flute Choir (6-12, outside of school), GSA (9-12, Co-President 11-12), Math Team (9-12, Captain 12), Chorus (10-12), Wind Ensemble (11-12, same outside organization as Flute Choirs), NHS (11-12), Drama (11, named role in one musical), Flute Ensemble (11-12, this was new my Jr. year and through my HS)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: insignificant music things and NHS
Summer Experience: Woodwinds (Music camp) at NYU Summer 2017

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays: For my Common App essay I wrote about the idea of “fitting in” and comparing myself to others, and how my identity transcends relation to others (I’m queer and Filipino and my HS is 97% white), 10/10.
Teacher Recommendation #1: From my beloved Chemistry teacher, whom I had for 2 years (Honors then AP), we got along really well and I worked really hard in her class, 10/10. (didn’t read)
Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t send one
Counselor Rec: My school’s guidance dept isn’t that great and my guidance counselor didn’t actually know me that well, but she did like me a lot and thought highly of me so 7.5/10
Additional Info/Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Art Supplement: N/A

Other
Date Submitted App: 10/29
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 80-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Single parent (idk if that says anything), self identified as gay in my essay

Reflection
Strengths: GPA and Test scores, personal essay, extracurriculars, teacher rec
Weaknesses: SAT essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Overall strong student with good grades and test scores and strong extracurriculars
What would you have done differently?: Maybe get a second teacher rec, or try for a better SAT essay
Where else did you apply? UMass Amherst (accepted, Honors College), BU, Brandeis, Brown, Columbia, NYU, Syracuse, Tufts

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:
Nothing (other than the SAT) I did was to make me look better for college apps, I did everything because it was what I wanted to do; I feel like colleges can tell when you’re being fake. Also, keep your grades up!

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@ewkb296

Northeastern CS and UMass CS are actually pretty close - many rankings are primarily based on grad research reputation of the past or even old opinions if you look at USNews.

http://csrankings.org/#/fromyear/2007/toyear/2018/index?all

Looking here and even moving around options shows they are pretty similar in research these days.

In addition to co-op’s, the program is also pretty unique in its teaching approach, which you can read up on here:

http://felleisen.org/matthias/Thoughts/Developing_Developers.html

They are both great options for CS, so congrats! You really can’t go wrong between them. I would focus on fit here a lot.

1407

Thanks @TomSrOfBoston! Any idea on standard test score range EA vs RD acceptances?

1408

Hey all - current student here - congrats to all accepted and don’t lose hope those deferred! For those rejected, know that admission to one school reflects on the school’s admissions process, not you. Good luck at all your other schools!

Some notes from going through the thread:

First, as mentioned, a deferral is not a rejection, and people can even get merit/honors after being deferred. Northeastern usually defers a lot of people given how big the applicant pool is, usually being bigger than RD.

This year seems pretty in line with other years. Admission within the northeast region is usually pretty brutal, again particularly in EA. That is also probably where yield protection comes into play the most, since it’s likely just another application for many in the region who see it as a good local school to have in their back pocket and perhaps not a top option.

What also should be noted is that if you look through the thread, stats is certainly not everything. Admissions is a bit of a black box, and there’s some level of yield protection, but particularly in EA, I’ve seen that they tend to accept people all over the place based on far more than stats, and then RD becomes a bit more predictable based on stats.

As far as Honors, while it may feel like a nice ego boost / bruise, honors programs vary widely between colleges. At Northeastern, it’s primarily a few housing perks and a few smaller classes in the first year or so. I would not put too much stock into not getting into honors.

Feel free to mention me in any reply and I’d be happy to answer any questions!

1409

[ color=green]Decision: Accepted, Business Administration and Political Science [/color]
Honors Scholarship, $60k over 4 years

Objective:
SAT I : 1430= 680M / 750CRW 14 Essay
SAT I superscore: 1460= 710M / 750CRW
SAT II: Spanish: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
Weighted GPA: 4.97
Rank: (top 10%)
AP: Spanish (5) U.S History (4)
IB: Currently taking IB
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Global Politics, IB HL Econ, IB HL English, IB HL Spanish, IB SL Math, TOK, International Business H
Number of other EA applicants in your school: around 15
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): n/a
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Honor roll, 3 school awards (for excellence in certain classes), County Essay Award (1st)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Club and Varsity soccer (9-12) President of World Cinema Club (9-12)
Job/Work Experience: Internship in Spanish Consulate
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered in various school and community clubs. Started my own club that helps children expatriates to get involved in their community.
Summer Experience: 2-3 week summer programs in Europe to learn German (9-12) Attended Business Course at Cambridge University (11) Attended mission trips to Ecuador and Nicaragua (11,12)

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays: For my Common App essay I wrote about being a twin and how my brother’s presence has helped develop both as a student and a person etc… I made it creative and added humor into it.
Teacher Recommendation #1: From my Spanish teacher whom I had for 2 years, we got along really well and I worked really hard in her class and had a strong relationship with her.
Teacher Recommendation #2: From my junior year teacher. It was my worst subject throughout high school but I did it to show that even though I didn’t excel in it, I worked hard.
Counselor Rec: I’ve had a different counselor each year, but my school’s counseling department is pretty good
Additional Info/Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Art Supplement: N/A

Other
Date Submitted App:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Florida
School Type: Private / Prep.
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: n/a
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): Development. I feel like I really improved my grades and challenged myself each consecutive year.

Reflection
Strengths: GPA and personal essay, extracurriculars, teacher rec and summer enrichment
Weaknesses: SAT essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I expressed great interest and overall I feel I was a well-rounded applicant.
What would you have done differently?: Try for a better SAT essay or improve SAT score
Where else did you apply? Northeastern, BU, NYU, GW

Other Factors: Visited campus and attended info. session.

General Comments & Advice:
Try to get good SAT and show personality in your essay. Also, I feel like my summer enrichment helped me a lot.

Goodluck to everyone applying in the future.

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is there any real advantage of being a deferred applicant in the RD pool?

1411

@abc201822 Send a really good letter of continued interest. Should help

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@PengsPhils Thank you for the info regarding Honors Program at Northeastern

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Typically there’s no advantage having applied EA vs RD @abc201822. As posted above a really nice ‘continued interest’ letter to admissions office could help and is something that schools typically add to your file. That’s what another selective school my daughter applied to last year confirmed after she sent a similar email. In her case unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to get accepted. YMVV.

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@WilliamNYC Northeastern has never broken down those stats between EA and RD.

1415

Deferred EA?

GPA 4.0/4.97
ACT 35
SAT 1550 superscored…1540 highest single test
14 AP’s at graduation…so far, all 4’s and 5’s
Nat’l Merit SemiFinalist
NHS president, Band VP
Essay about chronic illness and obstacles overcome
Teacher Recs should be very strong

Did not show any demonstrated interest. Was that driving factor?

1416

idk if this is helpful for anyone but I was accepted last night and here are my stats!

1540 SAT, 93.1/100 GPA (we don’t do 4.0 scale)
we also got rid of AP classes so I took 3 APs last year but now they are not offered at my school so I’m in all honors classes this year. applied as a Sociology major. Hope this is helpful and good luck to everyone!

1417

i got deferred - 94.66 w gpa and 1550 sat score. was so sure i would get in bc naviance shows that everyone with same/similar statistics as mine got in. idk hopefully rd will be better

1418

Hey, RD applicant here… congrats to all those admitted. To those rejected or deferred, I understand that feeling. Quite often we learn a lot from our failures and there’s always a silver lining.

1419

I was accepted last night with a 20k/ year dean’s scholarship… wonder why I didn’t get into the honors college. Oh well. 34 ACT, 1500 SAT, 96 GPA, lots of music and the arts, lots of volunteering, research, not much leaderships, Common App Essay was a 8/10. Good rec letters… good luck to everyone who was deferred or applied RD!

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Just to give you guys an idea for those who got deferred, I’m not sure ho they calculate merit or Honors’s. I got 18k merit and honors program with a 32 10APs and a 3.8 GPA but some people with 35s and 4.0s got in, it leads me to believe even merkt and honors may have been holistic. I also saw some others with stats similar to me with merit and honors. And I also heard people who got deferred still got merit and honors if that helps. I think it’s important to remember the early group is usually much more competitive in terms of stats so the regular field may make it easier to stand out, but who really knows.