How good is this school?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>1500/750/700/760/4.26/3.92/waterpolo, swimming/303hrs community service</p>

<p>I live in California and I am unfamiliar with schools on the other end of the country. Does this university compete with such schools as UCLA, brown, UC Berkeley? Are my stats good enough to even match the competition?</p>

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<p>Good. Good chances. Northwestern is not on the other side of the country.</p>

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<p>You have better chance of getting into Berkeley/UCLA (I’d be really surprised if you don’t get into UCLA) than Northwestern given you are from Cal. Brown and Northwestern have similar test scores/class rank but Brown’s acceptance rate is substantially lower (16% vs 29%).</p>

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<p>yeah berkeley is my #1. but i might get rejected…</p>

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<p>really? i’d say you have a good chance at berkeley since you actually live in cali. but for out-of-staters like me, :frowning: ho hum</p>

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<p>Northwestern is a really great school… it is #10 or 11 in the country… i bet you could get into northwestern with great essay/recs (stats seem about on par with most applicants, in my opinion, which is good)</p>

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<p>Yeah it’s definitely one of the top schools in America. The top 10-15 are pretty much equal for undergraduate education.</p>

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<p>well, it’s just the #11 school in the nation…and it’s ahead of UCLA, Brown, and Berkeley…and this is coming from a person from California</p>

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<p>Northwestern isnt that great its mediocre</p>

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<p>lol…and u got accepted to?</p>

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<p>Haha, its mediocre. That’s a good one.</p>

<p>That calls for another laugh.</p>

<p>Haha.</p>

<p>Note: Sempitern seems to have a problem with the elite schools of America. See: Princeton.</p>

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<p>He said this about Columbia: “although I don’t know why you would even apply there. I visited it . It SUCKS. VERY ARROGANT + restrictive core curriculum. Plus the people are stupid(at least the student tour guides)”</p>

<p>This about Princeton: "So far Pton isnt looking too good in eyes and heres why

  • overly snobbish and preppy atmosphere
    -dorms suck ie have to up or down a few flight of stairs to go the bathroom+ crowded
    -lets face it Pton, NJ is not a typical college town. It is a few streets of gingerbread houses around the campus. Typical suburbia mixed with mid atlantic snobbery - not a good combination. Plus , when you get to the highway there’s nothing there. Just a gas station and some low income housing
    -rationing of grades is completely unfair and unjust"</p>

<p>This about Amherst: " I visited amherst. Its not that great. SO what if they discuss philosphical stuff, we do that in ap english already. It just does not stand out."</p>

<p>Haha.</p>

<p>So Sempitern, what school are you going to?</p>

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<p>haha i already go there :)</p>

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<p>actually, sempitern, what school do you LIKE?</p>