Northwestern Class of 2023 ED Results Thread

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Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:21:32 +0000

Decision: Rejected
School: Weinberg

Objective:
SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1530 (780M/750RW)
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 34C
SAT II (Type, Score): 730 Math 2
Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.84/4
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History – 5, US History – 5, Human Geography – 4, European History – 4, English Language – 4, Psychology – 4, Art History – 4, Chemistry – 3, Spanish Language & Culture – 3, Statistics – 3

Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Macro, AP Gov, AP Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/Distinction, National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (parliamentarian/historian, 2 yrs), alto saxophone (7 yrs)
Job/Work Experience: cardiologist shadowing (40 hrs)
Volunteer/Community service: CPR certification initiative (50 people certified so far), cardiovascular rehab center volunteer (40 hrs), Key Club (3 yrs)
Summer Activities: STEM Research (320+ hrs), various summer programs at T20 schools
Essays: Common app was pretty unique imo; Why NU was specific and showed my fit; EC essay was about my CPR initiative and really personal
Teacher Recommendations: Chem - average/generic; Spanish - not the best probably, English is her second language
Counselor Rec: pretty good, we had a friendly relationship and she knows me on a more personal level

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: public
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 500k+
Extenuating Circumstances: none
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: I was most likely rejected because of my low UW GPA, which was mainly caused by a drop in grades junior year, as I had taken 5 AP’s and did not handle them well. I learned too late that it is the unweighted GPA that counts more than the weighted.