***Official Northwestern ED 2016 Results Thread***

apocalypsenow
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:17:01 +0000

Rejected from WCAS

SAT: 2170 (M 730, CR 640, W 800)
Unweighted GPA: 3.71 (out of 4), 3.93 (out of 4) at a residential treatment center that I went to for 9 and a half months for depression and anxiety (end of sophomore year, beginning of junior year)

APs: US History (1 semester), Modern European History, AB Calc, Statistics (senior year)

ECs: Worked at a frozen yogurt shop in my town, member of an international Jewish youth group, team manager of the varsity basketball team, JV and varsity baseball (sat on the bench haha), babysat, traveled to 6 continents, 20 countries, and 36 US states

Community Service: helped rebuild a school in rural Tanzania, helped clean up a neglected Jewish cemetery in Bulgaria, worked in an office for a non-for-profit organization promoting humanism in medicine, Hurricane Katrina relief work, volunteered in an animal shelter

State: NJ
Demographic: White
Sex: Male

Common App essay: wrote about a combination of my struggle for the opportunity to take APs while at the residential treatment center and my physical struggle to get to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro this past summer

Comments: I wasn’t too surprised when I got my rejection letter. I knew that my SATs were slightly below average, I hadn’t submitted SAT IIs, I took few APs (but a lot of honors to fill that hole) and my GPA was around where it needed to be. I also knew that the fact that I went away for almost a year to work on my issues of depression and anxiety could have either worked for me or against me. But all is for the best. I will end up somewhere where I will be happy and that will be a great fit for me. To all those who were rejected or deferred: keep you heads up and stay strong. You’ll end up somewhere where you will be happy nonetheless. Everything happens for a reason. To those who got accepted: Congratulations! You are Northwestern Wildcats! Get ready for four great years in Evanston. To those who are applying regular: I wish you the best of luck in the upcoming months!