Northeastern University Class of 2012 Decision Thread

truebeliever367
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:34:32 +0000

Decision: Rejected

Stats:
SAT: 1770
ACT: N/A
GPA: Around a 3.5-3.7 (I’m homeschooled so it’s hard to calculate. I’ll know for sure by the end of this year)
Rank: We don’t use rank :
Other stats: Average grades, took a lot of AP & honors courses

Subjective:
Essays: Yes, I submitted. It was pretty unique, haha.
Teacher Recs: Really good
Counselor Rec: Really good
Hook: A lot of EC’s that aren’t school-sanctioned; I take my courses online so that requires me to be able to be extremely responsible and use my time wisely (I don’t have due dates, or anyone telling me what we’re going to do in class today, etc)

Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Cyberschooled, was traditionally homeschooled part of 10th and all of 11th grades, attended public and catholic school during 9th and 10th grades
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Major strengths/weaknesses: Strengths - I’m able to manage my time without someone telling me what to do when, I’m a really good writer/great at English, took AP courses (including Anatomy & Physiology and I’m entering college as a nursing major). Weaknesses - math, switched schools a lot (not due to problems with me, but rather problems with other kids and teachers not doing their jobs).

Other:
Honors: I was on honor roll a few times
Financial aid?: Didn’t get in, so N/A
Attending?: No, I’ll be attending Simmons :)