@soorvora Scale is 1-4. 1 is the Max
My act composite is 27
English-26
Math-34
Reading-25
Science-24
I am an international student from India who recently graduated with 86% Avg(CBSE).
I also applied to schools like penn state,Virginia tech,Purdue,UIUC.I consider these schools as safety schools for me,correct me if I am wrong.I want to study industrial engineering here.Affordability isn’t really my concern.Anybody chance me plz
You should use the “Chance me” thread for those schools. But you ACT is very low for even your safety schools.
@Srijith97 I agree with @HRSMom.
Your ACT of 27 is too low to say UIUC is a safety in any engineering discipline. Middle 50% for UIUC CofE is 31-34. Saying UIUC is a safety with an ACT of 27 is like saying Angelina Jolie is your safety for senior prom in case it doesn’t work out with the girl who sits in the back corner in physics class. It probably isn’t going to happen.
Don’t get me wrong. I hope you do get in because UIUC is an excellent school for engineering but for expectation management, the news may not be good.
Fortunately, UIUC results come out tomorrow so you won’t have to wait long.
Good luck!
Hey everyone. I got rejected from Northwestern ED a few months ago and was completely devastated. However, I did get into UMich CoE and Gatech EA. I guess all I’m saying is that Northwestern isn’t everything, and don’t get depressed if you get rejected - other great schools can’t wait to accept you :’)
Guys does Northwestern send out likely letters?
Hi McKilla99,
Congratulation! you got into UM CoE and GA Tech! Those are all top engineer programs in the country. My son did similar applications like you and he also got into UM CoE , UIUC and Purdue. Because Northwestern is his top choice, he wish he could got into it in the RD. Since you have gone through Northwestern in the ED, Can you help to evaluate his chance?
SAT: 2280 (R: 770, M: 780, W: 730)
SAT II, Math2: 800, Physics: 750
GPA: 3.7 UW, 3.9, W
10 APs
2year JV baseball, 2years Varsity Baseball
Asian male
some community service
Does anyone have any speculations as to what the release date might be?
@52balletvieta This is what it has been in the past couple years so it would probs be around the same time
Northwestern: (2015: emailed & online March 23 at 5 pm CDT; 2014: emailed March 20)
@easyparent His SAT scores are acceptable although the physics score is kind of weak (in terms of percentile). I am not sure what your son’s GPA means. What kind of high school does he go to? Where does he rank in his class? How many students from his high school go to Northwestern every year? In addition, from the information given, he seems to have a fairly bland EC’s (given that he is an asian student applying to an engineering school doesn’t help either). It’s hard to just give chances when there are so many unknowns such as the strength of this year’s applicant pool, especially at competitive schools like Northwestern. I can give an arbitrary percentage, but just know that he has a shot.
Hi i’m majoring in CS at Northwestern next year and I was wondering if i should get the Mac or a PC
@XAtlas dude, as long as his score is >700, Northwestern won’t look at it a 2nd time - although I didn’t get in so who knows. @easyparent I’d say he has a shot, even more so if his GPA has an upward trend
@McKilla99 Yea, you are right. 700+ scores are good, but you have to take into consideration that each subject test is not necessarily the same. Percentiles matter because applicants are competing against each other rather than a standard set out by specific universities. Sure, a 750 Physics SAT score is great, but you have to look at the percentiles (or rather how the student did compared to others) in order to see how much “value” the score has. You cannot just see it as 750/800. Of course, the difference between a 750 and a 800 in physics may have negligible difference or even be the breaking point. In my opinion, it’s not a big deal but to “evaluate a chance” (whatever that means) you should take into consideration every aspect of an application. Since the student is applying as an engineer into a competitive school, I feel as though there is some kind of weight in the aforementioned difference.
Thanks! Mckilla99 and XAtlas
My son went to the best public high school in our state. His school doesn’t rank and our guess that he is in top 10%. His school has 2 students got admitted to Northwestern in ED. Yes, you are right, my son don’t have a good EC. Because he play two sports, baseball and football, in high school, he does not have extra time to do other things. Anyway, we just hope if he is lucky. He already satisfies with UM and UIUC
Hey guys just dropping by. Applied to mccormick
NU is significantly increasing financial aid
It’s high time they did. This would give a tough competition to the ivys.
Does anyone have admission stats on regular decision medill?
when did they release last year?
does NU have an admission portal where decisions will be posted? or are they all sent out via email?