<p>On Princeton Review, I read that 73% of NU’s incoming students are public school kids. I am applying RD and I feel that my chances diminish in the sense that I will be applying in a much more competitive pool similar to that of applying to a top notch school such as Stanford, Duke, or Penn. I say this because I attend a competitve private, boarding school and I have a 25-27% chance already because I am a private school kid.</p>
<p>any tips on this? Northwestern reminds me of dartmouth too who accept only about 30% of private shcool kids…</p>
<p>well it could have something to do with the fact that Northwestern’s student body is more midwestern. We don’t really have the boarding school/prep school thing here. I don’t have any statistics and i’m not going to look for them, but i’d bet that far more kids in new england and cali go to private school than in the midwest.</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure I follow what you are saying… proportionally, the number of private school students is not nearly as great as the number of public schoolers; thus, it would be unlikely for a school like northwestern to accept a majority of it’s class from private school students… it’s not that they “hate” them. And, if you did in fact get a 2400 on your SAT’s as your name suggests (and you have the credentials to back it) you should have no problem getting into NU.</p>
<p>i don’t think your observation is very significant. public school applicants is always > private school applicants… by a lot. they’re not prejudiced against private school applicants at all if that’s what you’re thinking. why would they be? if you were to say some sort of statistic in regards to the private school applicants tend not to be urm or something like that, then it would make a BIT more sense that private school students are not as favored, but that has no direct connection with whether or not you attended a prive school…</p>
<p>hm. i can see that’s a big difference and where your concern comes from.</p>
<p>but again, i don’t think whether you attended a private school makes a difference. the fact that northwestern’s standards are just as high as the schools you noted indicates that the students they accepted from public schools are well-qualified, so there shouldn’t be any speculation that it is because they’re favoring one over another. also, i believe the percentage given on the princeton review is the percentage of the student body (specifically the freshmen class) that comes from public schools, not the percentage that was accepted, which means it’s possible that there is less of a discrepancy in the acceptance rate of public school students between these schools. it may be a geographical influence or the type of students that northwestern attracts that has led to the high percentage of public school students attending. just a side note, i attended a “magnet school” in illinois that is considered public. i know 10 other people from my class that is going to be attending NU next fall, so that accounts for .5% of the public school profile. i think about 20-30 people from my school were accepted. haha . anyways, don’t worry sweetie, just have a good application.</p>
<p>I’ll be attending Northwestern next year from a private school. I believe that of the ten applicants to NU from my school, six or seven got in. Of the three or four that were rejected, um, their stats were lower than those of the admitted students. So there ya go. You’ve got as good a shot as Joe Public Schooler. But looks like you have your sights set somewhere else?</p>
<p>i still feel like its mo hard. I went to boarding school in the Northeast. A girl got rejected from my school ED. I think we only send a kid or two each year.</p>
. anyways, don’t worry sweetie, just have a good application.</p>