Guys my father is on the admissions committee and he finally told me how they do the admissions process. He said they lay out ten applications in a circle and place a banana on each of them. An adcom then places a blindfolded monkey in the middle and whatever banana the monkey finds, the applicant under it is accepted. Hope this clears things up. 
@shivaya Or⊠the so called âbetterâ applicants just werenât good fits for the university? Shocking, isnât? :))
@HomieDogPlaya This has made my day. Thank you.
Accepted at UChicago and wait listed at Northwestern.
I think the thing to remember is that none of you are âjust numbersâ. The problem is, you have to make them see more through a very limited platform. My sonâs numbers arenât as impressive as many Iâve seen rejected, but he has done amazing things under circumstances that would make your heads swim. The thing that sticks out to me is the insistence by universities that youâve made the most of what was available to you. Youâre all amazing and therein lies the problem. What one adcom finds impressive, twelve others think is mediocre.
Hi all - I, too, was waitlisted at Northwestern. How many of you that were waitlisted are planning on accepting the spot on the list?
@alamom - I can dig that! Relativity, subjectivity⊠I think that Trump is a clown and yet he keeps âwinning, winning, winning?â Canât make sense out of that. :-/
Whats the ETA on financial aid letters?
How does an applicant âacceptâ a spot on the waitlist, is there a deadline to âacceptâ a spot, and if a spot is accepted, is there any sort of commitment associated with that acceptance?
ETA on aid letters is about a week.
Rejected but not too sad or surprised hahah. CONGRATS to everyone who got in!!!
my first rejection 
ACT: 31 C
UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.25
rank: top 10%
really good ECs and common app essay, but I wasnât really expecting anything
Iâm starting to see a trend regarding test scores and acceptance, based on the results page. It looks like students with high test scores (35+ or 2300+) got waitlisted or rejected.
Just for confirmation: Did anyone with an ACT score of 35 or 36, or SAT score above 2300 actually get in?
If you were accepted with high test scores, did you demonstrate a lot of interest or do you have another possible explanation?
yes 2360
@neededucation. I got accepted with a 2290. Donât know whether thatâs helpful.
@Hoorent @DominicBayer Yes these are helpful statistics! Did you do something to demonstrate interest and why do you think you got in?
@neededucation. I think I wrote pretty good essays. My mom also is a Northwestern legacy. Iâve never visited campus and did nothing to demonstrate interest except signing up for a mailing list. If youâd like to see my essays, just PM me.
@neededucation Keep in mind that (at least for the ACT) the middle 50 percentile is 31-34, so 25% of students here received a 35 or 36. I doubt that would decrease this year.
Oh ok thanks everybody!
@theeendofbananas I hadnât considered that. Thatâs true thanks
@neededucation - did you hear that 80% of those scoring 2400 are rejected at Stanford?