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

harvardhottie
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:46:00 +0000

Decision: Accepted to McCormick

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 600 M: 790 W: 760 (2150)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 740 Math II 750 US History 730 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (Doesn’t rank) Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4) Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Psych, AP Chemistry, AP Stats, AP Calculus AB & 2 other subjects
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE (haha)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance Club (Treasurer), Fundraising/Art Club (Secretary), Dance Ministry (President), School Magazine (Editor),
[] Job/Work Experience: Architecture Firm (1 week, Summer 2011), Mobile Phone Company (3 weeks, Summer 2011), Summer School Teacher’s Assistant (2 weeks, Summer 2011), English Center Tutoring (Oct 2010 - present)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Around 5 overseas trip, Global Issues Network, and Bonsai Buddies (I am a mentor to a kid in my elementary school)
[] Summer Activities: Internships (see above)
[] Essays: I LOVED my common app one (9/10) but I felt my Northwestern supplement essay (WHY NU) wasn’t that good (7/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation: From my AP Calc teacher who taught me for three years. I was the top in all three of his classes (Algebra 2, Geometry, and AP Calc AB), and I help out in this school camp that he helps lead. From my AP Biology teacher: I don’t really know him that well, but I think he likes me but it was probably pretty generic. I didn’t read an of my recs.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know. My graduating class is quite small though (65 students)
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: I was SO lucky. The lady who interviewed me is a parent of a student at my elementary school, and I met her before at my college fair. Apparently, she had a really good impression of my friend and me because we were genuinely interested in NU and stayed at her booth the whole time. The interview was really casual and we ended up sitting at McD. We ended up talking about her kids and the place she works at. It was really fun 
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Asia
[] School Type: Private, Independent
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: <30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None to be honest.
Reflection
[li] Strengths: GPA, class rank, work experience, SAT Math and Writing score, common app essay[/li][] Weaknesses: SAT critical reading score :S,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA. I seriously thought I was going to be rejected…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nil
General Comments: To future NU applicants: APPLY ed. seriously. I doubt I would’ve gotten in to NU regular decision.