Northwestern Class of 2023 ED Results Thread

lancmom
Fri, 28 Dec 2018 17:16:46 +0000

Decision: Accepted
School: Weinberg

Objective:
SAT: 1520 (790 math, 730 reading)
ACT: n/a
SAT II (Type, Score): 760 Math 2, 720 Biology
Weighted GPA: school doesn’t weight gpa
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (3), Calc AB (5), Biology (4), Eng Lang (5), US History (3)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, Calc BC, Spanish, Eng Lit, Statistics; MUN; Shakespeare; chorus

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government, 4 yrs (class president senior year); Spirit Club, 4 years (head senior year); Drama Council, 4 years (VP senior year); Student Ambassador, 3 years; Varsity tennis, 4 years (captain jr and sr years); take ASL classes outside of school

Volunteer/Community service: camp counselor at summer camp for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities; community youth tennis leadership team and camp counselor; Special Olympics tennis assistant coach (received 3 Outstanding Community Service awards from school for 50+ community service hours/year)

Essays: 9/10, Why NU focused on research opportunities
Teacher Recommendations: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10 she knows me really well

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Extenuating Circumstances: none
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): most likely wasn’t a factor, but my grandfather earned his MBA there and I attended an InFocus seminar this past summer (which helped with my Why NU essay)

Why do you think you were accepted/not accepted?
Honestly, I am surprised I was accepted, but I do think I have a lot of depth to my extracurriculars and am very focused on working with youth with special needs (I applied with an intended major of neuroscience).