Northwestern Class of 2023 ED Results Thread

pillow234
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:55:04 +0000

[ size=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
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[ *] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): N/A
[ *] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 34 (34, 10, 35, 31, 34, 34)
[ *] SAT II (Type, Score): N/A
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.36/5
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97/4
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/486
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Calc AB (4), Physics 1 (3) (I took these all sophomore year so these weren’t very good)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chinese SL (6), Math SL (6)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB History HL, TOK, IB Biology HL, AP Statistics, IB Business Management HL, IB English HL
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
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[ b]Subjective:**
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (Chapter Officer) 8th at ICDC, 1st & 4th at State, FBLA (Chapter Officer) 2nd & 3rd at State, NHS, Model UN, Unified (mentors sped students for sports),
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor practice (10+ clients)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching assistant at non-profit that works to improve tech literacy in underprivileged schools, bluebird monitoring watch volunteer, volunteer tutor at school
[ *] Summer Activities: Northwestern CPP program (took a macro class there), internship at consulting firm junior year summer
[ *] Essays: Why NU?: 10/10, very specific and well written Common App: 10/10 unique and about my background connecting to what I want to study
[ *] Teacher Recommendations: 7/10: history teacher, knows me but not super close 8/10: english teacher, knows me well-ish and is really eloquent in her writing
[ *] Counselor Rec: 7/10: didn’t know her super well but I did know her but it probably wasn’t very personal
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[ b]Other**
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[ *] School Type: Public (about 2000+ people)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: ??
[ *] Assets: ??
[ *] Property: ??
[ *] Extenuating Circumstances: N/A
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
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[ b]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:**
I think my Why NU essay was really specific and my common app was pretty strong. Not sure what would’ve made my application particularly stand out