Northwestern University (2023-2024)

[ruby ore]

but that’s rly dope hope you have a blast there

yess omg have you seen their breakfast spread?!??!

[unkempt pollen]

that was me tho ong

also my application wasn’t ready

[unkempt pollen]

aww thanks

[hazy belfry]

same

im SO glad

i only applied early to wellesley

[toxic nymph]

Does applying to ISP increase your chances of getting in? Do they think, "oh the fact that they applied to ISP means they're smart"?

[strong flume]

no

Pretty sure it is stated that an ISP application isn't even considered until one is accepted to NU

[analog thunder]

hey, did u ever find anything?

[dense kiln]

nah

not for 2028 rip

[analog thunder]

too bad..

lmk if u find smth

[ember harness]

Yes!!

[wooden swan]

Wow actually no way I applied for the same💀💀

[shut nova]

yall is bienen very hard to get in

[small gust]

its a t10 university, everything is hard to get into

[shut nova]

well shit

i was thinking whether to try applying to the dual degree in the unlikely event i get into nu

[unkempt pollen]

I heard it's the hardest major at Yale 😭

[stuck palm]

not as hard as Curtis/juilliard, but around the same level as shepherd

[shut nova]

What’s shepherd

[stuck palm]

rice’s SOM

[shut nova]

Ah I see

Thanks

[shut nova]

Are you applying for music?

[stuck palm]

no, my rep wasn’t ready 😭

[shut nova]

Damn

[shut nova]

Can I dm?

[stuck palm]

sure

[wooden swan]

real

[fossil warren]

as someone in bienen, the short answer is yes, but it also varies by major

and it changes a lot within a given year for each department

but everyone in bienen also has to go through the same admissions process

so even if ur cracked musically but not so much academically ur prob not getting in

[stuck palm]

Oh interesting

[fluid oak]

Do you need to submit a midyear report for an RD application at Northwestern?

[still elk]

not sure but on my portal it says mid year report checkmarked so maybe

[fluid oak]

On my application its not on the checklist, but theres text underneath saying they haven't received my midyear report yet

So I guess I should send it in then

[dense orbit]

here's what it says on mine

[still elk]

o thats what i meant

[split laurel]

Same

[verbal stag]

When does Northwestern usually release RD?

Need to bookmark the rejection on my calendar

[hybrid lion]

i think it was like march 18 or smth last year

[verbal stag]

[split laurel]

I thought it was 3/24

[verbal stag]

late March is gonna be prime time for me now

My remaining T20s/reach schools

very nerve wracking

Northwestern probably my top choice out of all of them

[solar mural]

Will I be okay with one D+(social studies) with a reasonable circumstance?

My uw gpa is 3.956

[split laurel]

Yes

You got crazy inflation tho

One D+ at my school would prolly put us below that

[rigid verge]

I need to get in here

This is my life’s dream

[toxic iris]

yep it's gonna be prettty traumatizing

[thick helm]

are people still getting interviews for NU or is that over?

[fathom storm]

it’s overrrr

but dw interview does not equal advantage

[thick helm]

thank you!

If any of you used additional files, please could you tell me what kind of additional context did you gave them?

[fathom storm]

additional context should be like severe changes or like

awards

or new accomplishments

[verbal stag]

best of luck to you

[toxic iris]

to you as well

[verbal stag]

https://tenor.com/view/fc-bayern-fcb-bayern-bayern-munich-munchen-gif-14915456

you got RD in the bag

[toxic iris]

thanks
after the unmentionable carnage that was Uch***o ed2 i'm hoping for something good for us

[small gust]

bro literally bagged umich and says "something good"

wait i realized you meant "us" and not "US"

i really should sleep

[toxic iris]

i meant us as in we the a2c populace😭

[toxic iris]

its like 1243 my resolution to sleep by 12 every night has been conveniently ignored every night

[verbal stag]

after uchicago ed2 i kinda just pivoted to loving cwru and berkeley

cause at the end of the day if they dont care about rejecting us, why should we care

cant torture ourselves over a decision they made easily

[toxic iris]

damn

you're kinda right tho

[toxic iris]

i've coped by deciding to never love again

[verbal stag]

gotta open up your heart so you can be excited once again, even if it may hurt you

other than that i hear that people should try to love the fuck out of their target schools

[small gust]

yeah i thought you meant something good in the US (united states 🦅 ) and i was like didnt bro get umich

[small gust]

this is very valid!! i love santa clara university

[verbal stag]

i like temple as well

but its more of a safety

[toxic iris]

inspirational damn

[toxic iris]

that;s actually smart ngl

[toxic iris]

akjsdfhalsd you're right i love only umich rn

i can't open my heart anymore

i've been jilted too much

[small gust]

umich is goated tho

can you afford?

best not to romanticize schools you might not actually attend

(i romanticized usc but its too expensive rip)

[still elk]

oops.

[still elk]

REAL

no bc i didnt think i’d get in

I applied on a whim

and got in and started dreaming

to be crushed by no merit

[toxic iris]

Valid that's smart

[toxic iris]

Money doesn't factor they're all kinds the same to me

[verbal stag]

tbf the best i can do is loving cwru

which isnt a complete reach

but a high target

[still elk]

case?

[verbal stag]

si case

[verbal stag]

dis

[toxic iris]

That's great - if we ignore rankings we can see that many many universities actually have the environment and life we want

[still elk]

I def wouldve applied to case if it wasnt in cleveland

[verbal stag]

i liked case's environment and according to medical professionals and research i could do

in terms of pre-med

what i want

its very good

[still elk]

yeah fs

[verbal stag]

bit competitive but pretty good at what it does

[still elk]

case is rly good for premed

did you apply for their bs md program

[verbal stag]

unfortunately no

[still elk]

ope

[verbal stag]

i didnt know it was an option until too late

but it is what it is

[toxic iris]

You'll get cwru and more for sure

[small gust]

me but it was one of my top choices so i was ecstatic and started dreaming more when i get in

[small gust]

oh thats cool

[verbal stag]

i wish but the academics are lacking for me

im basically relying on the PS i sent in and nobody from my school ever considering CWRU before + demonstrated interest

[toxic iris]

Academics aren't everything!!
My grade 9 and 11 marks both are mediocre at best but my common app essay is pretty excellent and I have a good story

You can succeed without perfect grades

Trust the murky admissions process in at least this that you will never have any idea what they're looking for

[small gust]

yeah my friend got in umich with Ds

[toxic iris]

You and I should both sleep 💀💀💀

[verbal stag]

i did write about a lot of extenuating circumstances in the additional info

so maybe

but we'll see

at this stage in the app process northwestern has gotten my best essays

[small gust]

I KNOW

MY BEDTIME IS 11

[toxic iris]

I hope luck favours you (and the admissions officers also)

[verbal stag]

thanks

[verbal stag]

go to schleep

[small gust]

no im not even doing chem im helping my friend with his college crisis

for context he's an intl asian male cs applying to top US colleges asking for aid and he's worried he's gonna be rejected everywhere and i dont have the heart to tell him he's not wrong

[toxic iris]

That's a thankless task

Just sleep

I'll pray for him😭

[small gust]

are you an american citizen btw?

[toxic iris]

Yep

[small gust]

lol big W

[toxic iris]

Only in name tho, i came to india when i was 4 so im Indian in my head

[toxic iris]

Advantages me in this process for sure
My friends mostly make fun of me for it tho 😭 the amount of oil/firearm jokes are unreal

[toxic iris]

Are you?

[verbal stag]

bro is in a shitty situation

can he apply to non top us colleges?

like decent ones that offer aid

[small gust]

me fr except 7

[small gust]

HAHA SAMEEE

[small gust]

like can you give me an example?

most colleges are need aware for intl

[verbal stag]

unfortunately not off the top of my head

[azure marsh]

deadge

[little burrow]

Bro jee's like 10 times harder💀

[small gust]

exactly ^

bro cannot do jee why do you think he wants US

he got 89th percentile first attempt

[toxic iris]

Because that'll improve his chances??😭

Nahh nahh bro needs to pack his bags for MIT

(Manipal Institute of Technology)

Fair

[small gust]

bro is actually gearing up for mit

(madras institute of technology)

wellllll

you have reservations

[toxic iris]

😤fr bro should keep his chin up

I'm rooting for this guy

[small gust]

haha sure

bro has a 1540

[toxic iris]

Idek him but I am

[small gust]

no 800 math

[dense orbit]

the JEE? it isn't

[small gust]

insta reject

[small gust]

😭 sure lol

i would tell him you're rooting for him but that would mean tellling him i told an entire server of 30k people about him

[dense orbit]

partially, yeah but there are reservations/quota/backward class categories and more

[small gust]

there are reservations

also jee percentile is calculated based on which day you wrote

[toxic iris]

+reservations, which is a hella controversial topic like the other banned topic in this server pertaining to US admissions

[small gust]

like this time there were 4 test dates. on 2 of them, 3 lakh people wrote, on 2 others 75k people wrote. people with lower scores on the 75k day got higher percentiles than people with higher scores on the 3 lakh people day

[dense orbit]

i wd hv given the JEE but the indian govt changed the foreign national OCI rules

[small gust]

to what?

[toxic iris]

It really shouldn't have impacted you unless you were banking on a quota to get you in

[dense orbit]

anyone who had an OCI prior to 2021 will be considered as an indian national and wdn't qualify for the foreign national category

[small gust]

wait really?????

damn

[dense orbit]

well i didn't really plan on applying to india anyway, my parents just told me it doesn't hurt to give it a try

[small gust]

i was banking on nri + girl child quota to get in

[small gust]

^ same

heck im not even doing engineering lmao

but i still wanna try

[dense orbit]

oh yeh for foreign nationals, i don't think the female quota is considered, everyone is just foreign national irrespective of sex

[toxic iris]

A) you have to give mains (which isn't required for foreign nationals but an OCI holder like calc or me would not qualify as foreign)
B) There's a quota for foreigners

[small gust]

oh

i thought quotas stacked

[dense orbit]

yep

[small gust]

i also have oci

so rip

[dense orbit]

i came to india from the US like 13 years ago though so fair enough 💀

[small gust]

lmao me but 11

[toxic iris]

The case was v interesting actually, it was fought BY oci holders against the gvt of India
In neet apparently, the rules actually act counterproductively to OCI holders

[little burrow]

Bro I heard so many stories about kota, I was simply like no

anywhere else is better

[small gust]

kota or quota

[dense orbit]

kota is infamous for something else and it's quite dark

[small gust]

because both are controversial lol

[toxic iris]

Let's not even discuss kota I'll get depressed

[little burrow]

No Kota💀

[small gust]

please tell me you dont live there

[little burrow]

but ya in any case I dont think the education system makes any sense

just prioritising marks is insane

[toxic iris]

No no i go to PACE in mumbai only 😭🫡

[little burrow]

Well I live in a boarding school, its not much of an improvement

but ya its not in kota tho💀

[toxic iris]

For jee coaching?? That's basically like Kota dude

[little burrow]

Not for jee, just for like school

[toxic iris]

Ohh I see

How is it? I've always wondered about the life of indian boarding schools

[toxic iris]

This comment doesn't inspire confidence though💀

[little burrow]

In all seriousness, its a lot of fun. Though experiences differ a lot

[dense orbit]

there are a couple of indian boarding schools that are pretty out of the world, i am not sure about less fancy ones

[little burrow]

Like i mean beacuse u aren't in a protected environement bullying and all can happen

I go to this boarding school called Doon School, so, I mean specifically for me I have learnt a lot

but i feel it can be a bit of an echochamber

At least a far cry from what the rest of India is

[toxic iris]

That's super interesting dude thanks for answering

[toxic iris]

I feel the same way about top schools in Bombay....any person is one degree of separation away from any other person
Weirdly I had a super positive experience when I joined JEE coaching because I learned a lot stepping outside the bubble

[little burrow]

The Bombay School thing I agree with you

I have heard a lot about that where I feel sometimes there only purpose can be to get their students into good colleges

which is pretty sad

[dense orbit]

I have heard of this

there's another boarding school (i think it's known as the best one in india?) called pathways world school (i used to go there but as a day student)

the campus is pretty great and i have heard that the boarding housing is pretty good too

[little burrow]

Ya if we talk about India, there's a struggle happening between old legacy schools like doon and mayo with new upcoming schools like Birla and Step-by-Step and Pathways

Its interesting and leading to a lot of changes in all these schools

[dense orbit]

how old is doon? coz i thought pathways was pretty old too (~20ish years i think)

oh shoot 1935

[little burrow]

Doon was built in 1937

[dense orbit]

fair enough

[little burrow]

Mayo is like 1890 s something

💀

[small gust]

true

[little burrow]

mostly just cause last year I remember before cuet, the requirement to get into some Delhi Univeristy Colleges went up to 100 %

[small gust]

its not just india its asia

to get into NTU singapore you need like 97% iirc

[little burrow]

that's why the US system is better. I mean its v v stressful but at least it looks at u as a person

[small gust]

yeah def but if india creates robots who only know how to grind for exam, us creates robots where people force themselves to do research and summer programs and volunteering and all that for top colleges

[little burrow]

Well then, which robots r better💀

[hybrid lion]

the us because some people are genuine and find success that way whereas india is literally like a factory of test-grinders

[small gust]

most indians are highly technically skilled though

indian 11/12th phy/chem/math is college first year stuff in america

def advantages and disadvantages to both but yeah both have their merits

[limber jackal]

That’s if the press release is a lie.. who knows.

Maybe we don’t have a sample size truly big enough or the earlier sessions had more urban kids

[glacial sapphire]

why are there so many indian non-resident americans (NRAs?) everywhere I thought we were a dying breed

also is anyone here regretting their choice of college/major

[small gust]

because most of them apply to US colleges and this server is mainly for that

[small gust]

im regretting the major i indicated on my northwestern app, not what I want to study in general

[glacial sapphire]

i know like a dozen people who are sitting for the JEE (god bless their souls)

[glacial sapphire]

same

[small gust]

lol same

my friends are doing both

[glacial sapphire]

BOTH?

[small gust]

jee and us college apps yes 😭

[glacial sapphire]

wow

[dim creek]

I don’t think it matters too much, just pick the major that your app is best for and be careful with Econ, theatre, chemistry, and materials engineering as they will a have a slightly higher standard

Oh nevermind apps were due a month ago

*for juniors

[small gust]

yeah i picked English cuz that's what my app is best for but i wanna study journalism but like i researched internal college transfer policies and stuff but also idk 😭

i 💜 medill

[toxic iris]

Yes

For some reason I applied to places like umich and UIUC for cs when I have no interest in doing that (indian peer pressure op)

Not northwestern, though. This is one of the last apps I wrote so I didn't make the same mistake

[glacial sapphire]

I picked CS when I wanna go to law school 🙂

[glacial sapphire]

dont forget the odd comment from relatives

[small gust]

what do you wanna do?

[toxic iris]

i dont know
math? probably???? something with physics in it??? but i also want a job????

ive decided to leave this problem to my future self

[small gust]

lol thats a mood

[hasty dirge]

Anyone knows if an international applicant didnt get interview, is he/she cooked? 💀 Have you heard any international admits without interview?

[ember harness]

when does northwestern rd come out?

[toxic iris]

i hope not damn

i didnt get one

i got the capacity full wala email

[dense orbit]

i think it's based on availability so it shdn't matter + they mentioned that if you didn't get an interview, they will note on ur file that you requested for one but capacity was full

i got an interview as a domestic studying overseas but my friend who is intl didn't get one

[hasty dirge]

Thank you!!!

[hard totem]

wait why chemistry?

[pliant portal]

oops i applied chemistry!

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hard totem]

me too 😔

[pliant portal]

(my essays for this school were kinda ass so idt it matters anyways for me)

[analog thunder]

nu is pretty highly ranked for chem so ig that means its more competitive?

[stuck palm]

they don’t admit by major

[analog thunder]

i dont think thats true

they def consider which college you're applying to

and i believe your selected major can have an impact

[humble pond]

Yeah they might not admit by major but they still want a balanced class

[stuck palm]

idk, that’s mainly a final review thing

[ember harness]

Imagine u got crossed out last minute due to class balancing 😭

[tropic tulip]

no. my fri got in ed last year without an interview

[little burrow]

my friend got in this year in ed without an interview

i dont think they really matter except for harvard s for internationals

[ember harness]

Ok that’s good to hear

[hasty dirge]

Thank you!!! @tropic tulip @little burrow

[bronze granite]

guys NU offers any interview?

[south oak]

yes

[fathom storm]

yes but interviews for this admissions cycle have ended

[azure marsh]

its northwestover

[split laurel]

Ye

[glad fossil]

not receiving an interview isn't indicative of any admission decision!

especially at northwestern -- a school that very explicitly states they "extend interview invitations based solely on alumni geography, availability, and capacity—not based on the strength of an application."

so don't worry at all!!

[full zinc]

and im pretty sure that they stopped doing interviews a month ago bc they're at full capacity

[toxic granite]

I've seen some posts today abt ppl getting into NU

Just out of curiosity is it for like a special program or are they just committing now after being accepted through ED

[analog thunder]

where?

[toxic granite]

Noethwesterb

[analog thunder]

where did u see the posts is what im asking

[toxic granite]

Oh just on onsta

The ppl that I fillow

[robust surge]

shoutout to NU for always making me think their emails are from northwestern

😭

[naive escarp]

I have heard (unofficially) that northwestern is trying to aim for mid March decisions this year

[stuck palm]

from who

[naive escarp]

my sister 👀 she’s working for the admissions office

[stuck palm]

at least somewhat credible! Ty for letting us know

btw when does mid March qualify as in general since last year it released 3/24

[naive escarp]

no idea but I think they’re trying for an earlier date this year

[stuck palm]

northwestern and jhu on the same day would be crazy

[safe spoke]

hopefully i get one that day lol

[split laurel]

congrats on northwestern '28

[stoic pebble]

hope its that early

hope its like uchi early actually

or like early march

i j want my decisions back 😭 i wont have time to breathe the last week/third week of march bc they'll just keep coming back to back

[pliant portal]

nice ill get my rejection earlier for this school

[small gust]

BROOOOO earlier decision would be sick

my dream school from 10th fr 😭

[naive escarp]

Naw

[rigid verge]

Hey guys I missed the whole discussion. When do yall think the decision is going to be posted?

[glad fossil]

last year was 3/24

it'll probably be around that tine

[small gust]

yeah the discussion was that we might get earlier decisions this year so around 3/15-3/24 I'd say

[tall mantle]

If we're thinking about the same person (HOSA), she actually got into Southwestern University and another person thought she got into Northwestern lol

[analog thunder]

damn, auto admit?

[naive escarp]

no def not lol

[obtuse agate]

az is nu your first choice?

[naive escarp]

tied for second

[fathom storm]

r u tryna like ask her to get me in or what 😝

[naive escarp]

💀💀💀

shes not an ao

[split laurel]

lol

but thats cool fr bc i thought my first decision would be NU or CMU on 3/24

and now i might get one earlier

[stuck palm]

no JHU?

goof

[split laurel]

jhu? 💀

baltimore + depressing ahh toxic school + not allat for ib/consulting

hsxd i have some standards

[still elk]

where have you applied

[split laurel]

a lot

lol

[still elk]

oops

[split laurel]

wbu

i assume nu is your top pick

did you ed?

[still elk]

nah i didnt ed anywhere unfortunately

[split laurel]

same same

[still elk]

it was copium after i got deferred ea uchi

[split laurel]

i couldve but

[still elk]

🤡

[split laurel]

i didnt want to

i dont like ed

[still elk]

my parents didnt want me to

[split laurel]

would u have ed nu

or uchi

youre from chicago i assume?

[still elk]

prolly columbia tbh

uchi ed2

nah im from the middest midwest state

[split laurel]

oh ok

i hope NU comes out earlier than it usually does

[still elk]

whats ur top choice?

same

im actually so bored w/o decisions

[split laurel]

i think its usually around 3/24-3/26

[still elk]

opening them is thrilling

regardless of the result tbh

[split laurel]

but i hope its like 3/15

[split laurel]

honestly it depends

[still elk]

ur from texas right ?

[split laurel]

for my school if someone gets in before you, you know ur done for lol

bc we're so small

[still elk]

yikes

[split laurel]

yep

[still elk]

no one from my minr goes anywhere except our state school

[split laurel]

from what i got into or overall

[still elk]

overall

[split laurel]

prolly penn or stanford

[still elk]

the best we had was 1 cornell 1 dartmouth 1 uchi

1 washu

[still elk]

i regret not applying to penn

but i was lazy

[split laurel]

this year in the EA round we have rice, ut (8), uf (2), umich (2), unc, gtech, usc, georgetown

[split laurel]

whats ur top pick

[still elk]

dang yall are cracked

[split laurel]

only this class lol

[still elk]

rn probably columbia

[split laurel]

we usually dont get many top schools at all

havent had an ivy since like 2018

usually 2-3 t20s per cycle

[still elk]

better than us

99% state school

basically

[split laurel]

whats ur top of what u got into so far

[still elk]

USC

but im also slightly poor

but waitng for fafsa

[still elk]

this was over our entire school's history too 🤡

[split laurel]

ayyy W

[split laurel]

honestly thats better lol. the less comp the better

[still elk]

love usc but def not going there full price

diabolical

[still elk]

true

[split laurel]

i was deferred from usc but i was only gonna go if i got the fullride

wishful thinking IK

[still elk]

same tbh

as soon as i didnt get the interview

i stopped being

delusional

[split laurel]

see the thing is, i get the half ride auto from national merit

[still elk]

oh dang w

[split laurel]

so the only thing i could do better is get the fullride

well first id have to get in

tbh

but yk what i mean

[still elk]

i didnt take the psat seriously

def regret it

[split laurel]

sadly cali influencer dream is p much over

[still elk]

rela

real

[split laurel]

(stanford is impossible)

[still elk]

im pretty sure i qualify for columbia full tuition so im onto my next delusion of getting in

[split laurel]

haha nice

unless i get into and ivy/stanford/duke im p much set

[still elk]

same if nothing happens during rd round im going to my state school

[split laurel]

im going to gtown/ut

[still elk]

pog

[split laurel]

depending on fin aid

kind of like u w/ usc

i cant pay allat

at a private

[still elk]

real

[split laurel]

bro i got in 12/15

still no aid estimate

or package

😭

[still elk]

yikes \

i only got my usc one like two weeks ago

[split laurel]

is it good

i assume not

usc usually has pretty shit aid

[still elk]

nah its awful

3k fin aid

87k vs 90k

so much more afforadble

[split laurel]

💀

[split laurel]

whats your sai

[still elk]

it was 100% accurate to my net price calc

[split laurel]

what the fuck

they only gave you 3k aid?

for a 9k sai???

[still elk]

ya

[split laurel]

HUH

oh no

i might be cooked

[still elk]

my assets are kinda abnormal bc my parents own businesses

SMALL businesses

[split laurel]

oh ok

[still elk]

but businesses regardless

[split laurel]

praying for an ivy

i need that fin aid

[still elk]

real

[strong flume]

same man, idk how Dartmouth is less for me oos than UMich in state

[still elk]

my friend got into umich

with 0 aid

[split laurel]

ayy umich W

what major

[strong flume]

yeah i got into umich cse

[still elk]

and a negative SAI

[split laurel]

thats an amazing backup

[strong flume]

fr

[split laurel]

umich instate is p cheap?

[strong flume]

yeah but some how dartmouth oos is even less

[split laurel]

btw dartmouth doesnt have instate/oos

its a private

same for everyone

[strong flume]

oh well yeah

either way it is less and i even got a 10k/year scholarship @ mich

[still elk]

pog

[split laurel]

W

[still elk]

my uchi net price calculator is actually reasonable

[split laurel]

t20 instate

[still elk]

so im praying for that too

[split laurel]

lmfao

[strong flume]

but no additional finaid :(, umich's finaid calc was way off

[split laurel]

i doubt im getting anything at UT

[strong flume]

said id get 10k/year in finaid and i am getting effectively 0

[split laurel]

unless i get a cbhp merit scholarship

but honestly idc

parents said its reasonable

price

[strong flume]

yeah i got regents scholarship at umich too but that is only a one time 1500 XD

[split laurel]

mhm

[strong flume]

compared to your regents at other schools which are like full rides

[small gust]

i swear😭😭😭😭 the agony is killing me

[toxic iris]

agree

its very adrenaline inducing and very fun

[thick helm]

in application portal you can upload additional materials. What “Score report” stands for there? Is it only for sat/act, or can I also send my national exams scores & anything like that?

[naive escarp]

i thought it was for like school grades lol

might be wrong though

[solar mural]

hi guys im 3.5 gpa 1540 SAT good ec's good awardss good essays am i gonna get auto rejected bc of my gpa

northwestern is my dream school and i got deferred ED

[small gust]

i heard they deferred only 1-2% so a deferral is really good!!

[solar mural]

im pretty sure i only got deferred cause since my gpa is so low they just wanted to see my mid year

[small gust]

is your mid year good?

[solar mural]

yes

my low gpa is cause of family issues during sophomore year but i've had 4.0 from junior to senior year

but i got rejected or deferred from all 9 of my early schools

0 acceptances

so i just feel like i get filtered bc of low gpa

[small gust]

then that's great

if you're deferred early and have good mid year, you should be fine

[small gust]

which, if you don't mind me asking?

[small gust]

did you explain the issues?

also i love your pfp

[plain gale]

Northwestern is planning to release on March 27th

There’s a letter to counselors on their website

https://admissions.northwestern.edu/docs/winter_2024_counselor_update.pdf

[small gust]

BRUHHHHHHH

THAT'S SO LATE

NO

I NEED MY NORTHWESTERN DECISION

BRUH THAT MEANS I'LL GET 5 OF MY REACHES IN 3 DAYS MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THAT MANY REJECTIONS IN A ROW

[verbal stag]

you will be fine

[robust surge]

[still elk]

27

[strong flume]

did guys you see Northwestern's recent Emergency Alerts? 😬😬

[split laurel]

I get 17 in a week 😭

All extreme reaches

[toxic iris]

For the sake of my own sanity (and to avoid shit like this) I've elected to simply n o t pay attention to when the results of RDs are coming out

I will open them when my ancestors tell me to open them

[stoic pebble]

noooo

Don’t even pay attention to it

But just come on the server and if you see #💪-chad-rejects or #✨-celebration-station then j check

[toxic iris]

Smart
I'll do that

[stoic pebble]

What I’m trying to do, limit my time on this server

[split laurel]

!northwestern

Bruh

Day before ivyday

[safe spoke]

you gotta request the command through modmail

theyre not automatic

[split laurel]

Ok

[hexed heart]

@everyone Northwestern RD set for March 27th (see message I replied to)

[hexed heart]

Not until there’s a time with the date

[celest atlas]

that’s soon

[zenith kayak]

We’re cooked

[celest atlas]

too soon

[upper lion]

😭

[stuck palm]

later than last year that’s a scam

[still elk]

a day before ivies yikes

!ivyday

[deft ravine]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 2 days and 1 hour until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[still elk]

[verbal stag]

Can’t wait for probably my top 2 favorite schools rn Northwestern and Berkeley to give me back to back rejections

https://tenor.com/view/i'm-finished-gif-17887737772087676423

im finished

[peak abyss]

Yay y’all got this!!!

[hybrid lion]

ooh ooh ooh thanks chloe

wait no carly

whats ur name bsfr 😭

[hexed heart]

I use both

[fathom storm]

my friend's birthday

😭😭

[glad fossil]

3/27 is a Wednesday!

(in case you were curious)

[strong flume]

thanks :)

[glad fossil]

how are you doing?

any fun things to distract from the next month?

[strong flume]

im doing good but can feel my anxiety mounting

i do have business professionals of america states like second week of march

and UM campus day on the 22nd, so i have a few big things (for me) to kinda distract me

otherwise i got nuthin

[glad fossil]

i definitely understand... the last week of march is definitely a busy time for admissions

[strong flume]

dual enrollment college work, calc 2 will keep me busy

[glad fossil]

hopefully this will be a distraction? is it something you enjoy?

[glad fossil]

yes!! integrals >>

[strong flume]

yeah it is, made it to nationals past two years

really hoping to get a 1st @ nationals this year

was up on stage past two

[glad fossil]

oh that's awesome

i believe in ya

[strong flume]

thx :)

yeah i havent really had much time to study but my events are CS stuff so I kinda am always brushed up in them

C++ i just gotta make sure i have syntax down

been working in python too much

[glad fossil]

did you apply to northwestenr as a cs major?

[strong flume]

ya

[glad fossil]

very nice

[glad fossil]

yea c++ syntax is rough

[strong flume]

yeah i hope i can distinguish myself from the 1000s of others applying into cs for the money

i have a passion i swear

[strong flume]

yeah i mean i do kinda like it but when working with python for a while, switching back to c++ is a little goofy

i kinda like dynamic declaration of variables, dont needa pre define everything

as long as you have documentation it all makes sense anyways

[glad fossil]

sure

and the first language is always the hardest

(even though c++ and python definitely aren't similar)

well they're both object oriented :D

[strong flume]

yeah i think i "learned" python first because that is what i got into in middle school but ive actually learned C++ before python

[glad fossil]

sounds like you'll have a lot to do

NU decisions will just be a blip in the grand scheme of things tbh

a genuine passion for CS (not j for the money as you said) will let you succeed anywhere you end up

[strong flume]

yup, i already have UM CSE on the table so that is a great back up compared to wherever else i am hoping to get into

i didnt really apply to too many schools like most do

less than 10 in total

[glad fossil]

awesome!!

and 10 is a good amount

the average A2Cer college list is very different

[strong flume]

yeah i see people who have applied to like 30 schools and im just bleh

could never do that

[glad fossil]

it's good not to fall in the "all 20 t20" trap

[strong flume]

oh yeah, i recognized early on that there is so much more to look at than rankings

[glad fossil]

one person is definitely not a fit at every single t20, yes

[strong flume]

ik that the schools i am looking at would give me a good education in cs whether they are t10 or t150

[glad fossil]

very very true

[small gust]

@naive escarp lied to us fr got us all hyped up with an earlier decision

[small gust]

😭😭😭 good luck man

[small gust]

yeahhh this is what I usually do but I also stare at my email for hours manifesting a likely :)

[split laurel]

Real

[split laurel]

Northwestern will either be a good boost for ivy day or just a mehh wtvr moment

[naive escarp]

mb

[stuck palm]

it’s alright, maybe they meant mid April

[naive escarp]

💀

fr

[small gust]

id take northwestern over ivies😭

ok no I'd take it over penn and maybe Columbia but Columbia's fin aid is goated

[small gust]

BUT

THAT'S WORSE

[still elk]

I would love northwestern if the cost wasnt crazy

ivies would give more aid

[small gust]

FR

my dream school since 10th grade

PURPLEEEE

[floral saddle]

me too bro

me too

[split laurel]

Yea i wouldnt

[floral saddle]

what about over a snickers bar

[verbal stag]

idk snickers are pretty good

[split laurel]

Que

[small gust]

kellogs is p goated tho. you wouldn't take nu over non penn/Columbia/harvard ivies?

[wooden swan]

agreed, but me saying stuff like this is beyond ambitious, its borderline ridiculous. I know damn well ill lose all senses the very moment i get accepted to any elite school AT ALL

[small gust]

LOLLLL this is so true😭

personally for me i wanna go to a T20 like im def a prestige whore but admist the T20 I'll def choose the one i like best like I'd prolly choose UCLA/uc berkelry over northwestern even tho northwestern is better

[wooden swan]

northwestern has a ton of prestige too and if you even have a minor from like the 2nd best business school in the world, it aint shabby
but i get it, going to ucla/ucb sounds ELITE

[small gust]

northwestern wont give me aid😭

it's been my dream school for 3 years lol but unfortunately i can't afford

cal/UCLA is instate

[wooden swan]

frick yeah it is expensive deffo

[small gust]

yeah

my top ivies and ivy+ unis are stanford Columbia and uchicago solely because they have great aid

i love brown as well but their aid ain't great either :(

[wooden swan]

for me everything is expensive af(intl) but its worth moving halfway across the world for these unis imo

[small gust]

true lol im also intl (from India) and i haven't even applied any Indian unis💀

[wooden swan]

same same i flunked my jee main haha

got into one of my uk choices in oct(t30 school) and stopped studying for jee altogether

[small gust]

rip

cbse?

[small gust]

LOL valid. which school?

[wooden swan]

wait but hows cali instate for you if youre intl i didnt get it😭

[wooden swan]

manchester

[small gust]

uh yeah it's complicated😭

[small gust]

oh congrats!

[wooden swan]

oh alr

[wooden swan]

hey thanks but now unless i get imperial uk is rather unlikely, since i got into urbana champaign ea

[small gust]

ooooh that's good

i love uiuc

10/10 would've committed if I didn't get cal

[wooden swan]

yeee(and im a bit biased towards usa)

[wooden swan]

ooh thats really nice tho

[small gust]

yeah usa>>>>>

[wooden swan]

altho tbh almost my entire rd list is above uiuc so if i make it to even one then who knows👀

[small gust]

damn that's nice

What's your top

[wooden swan]

in rd or so far?
so far its either warwick in the uk(pure math) or uiuc(math)
in rd its like all ivies+stanford, caltech, northwestern, nyu, uwash seattle, UCs(la, berkley, sd and davis)
so in rd's theres hard to pick a best really

objectively id say stanford?

[small gust]

yeah same😭

i love cali sm

[wooden swan]

I got like 6 Cali schools so guess same for me too haha

[small gust]

yeah i was born in cali and grew up a bit there (which is how the instate) plus i went there for vacation last year so i just love north bay sm

i feel like I'll be happy anywhere tho (although i can't do cold weather but oh well) like i like cali because I've lived there but i haven't explored so

[wooden swan]

Aha I get it

[wooden swan]

Yeah I mean

Spending most of the summer in India and boom

[ember harness]

!northwestern

[split laurel]

NU isnt really up there for ib compared to the ivies/some other t20s

Also they dont have undergrad business lol

[small gust]

oh i didn't know that

purple tho 💜

some of us care about more important things about a school like their color not whether they set you up with good careers ew

[toxic iris]

so true
do you care about whether the recruiting is good, are there research opportunities, good professors....NO that's crazy talk
give me a color to put on a hoodie pls

[small gust]

REAL

this is why I'll choose berkeley over UCLA

Navy blue>>>>>>sky blue

[ember harness]

Finally smrithi got to her senses

[toxic iris]

wait sorry you made a typo
sky blue>>>>>>navy blue

[small gust]

EWWWWWWWWWWW

we can no longer be friends

im blocking you

bye

[split laurel]

Navy blue on top

[small gust]

at least you have good taste in colours

[toxic iris]

wtf guys

sky blue?? exists??

why yall stumbling around picking up navy blue like a pack of half blinded otters in an unfinished dam?

[small gust]

i have a preference for dark colors

[toxic iris]

i have a preference for being right

[split laurel]

i have a preference for your mom

[toxic iris]

🙇‍♂️ 👑

[ember harness]

Mom:

[solar mural]

umich usc northwestern uiuc gtech uflorida umiami case western

[analog thunder]

if u want purple and undergrade business go to nyu stern

[small gust]

im not doing business but i did apply to nyu yeah

northwestern cooler tho

[analog thunder]

yessir

[small gust]

you got in ed? or are you manifesting

[small gust]

dw you'll def get into them rd!

[wooden swan]

Guess then I should consider manchester seriously 💀

[small gust]

OOOOOOOOOOOH ITS PURPLE

[wooden swan]

oh yeah man i was so pumped when i saw the logo after getting my offer, like im royalty or sum😭💀

[split laurel]

1 month until NU decisions!

[stuck palm]

Thank you, noted.

[stoic pebble]

nu man

[ember harness]

North north westie

[celest atlas]

uiuc has awful colors but if they let me in I’m going

[wooden swan]

yo orange and blue aint bad whaat

[celest atlas]

eh

[drifting lark]

when do we think its coming out

[pliant portal]

was confirmed for the 27th

[drifting lark]

oh fr

[naive escarp]

!northwestern

aw

[steep venture]

Where did u see this

[pliant portal]

here

scroll up

[stoic pebble]

So late man

😪

[small gust]

I SWEAR

LAST YEAR IT WAS 3/24

[glad fossil]

Here is a Winter 2024 update that Northwestern sent out to counselors:
https://admissions.northwestern.edu/docs/winter_2024_counselor_update.pdf

They plan to release Regular Decision results on Wed, March 27th.

[stuck palm]

Why did they have to be goofy in that intro

[glad fossil]

haha maybe they’re trying to be less intimidating

[steep venture]

tyty

[drifting lark]

that was good

[tame mason]

Does anyone know CS acceptance rate

[analog thunder]

it's probably about the same as the overall acceptance rate. the rates dont differ much by major at NU, pls just apply to what you want to do

[stoic pebble]

do the acceptance rates for certain schools differ?

[analog thunder]

i think the music school or journalism school might be more competetive, but I wouldnt worry about McCormick or Weinberg, they're about the same

marginal difference I imagine

not enough to alter a decision

[stoic pebble]

what about education?

[dull field]

Is there a Northwestern class of 2028 discord for accepted students?

[dense kiln]

make one

[stuck palm]

why did they request finaid documents from me

😭😭 I did everything

[strong flume]

!northwestern

!nw

[stuck palm]

!nu

[strong flume]

i assume they are like 28th?

[stuck palm]

Confirmed 27th

[strong flume]

ahhh ok

[karmic crest]

A day before ivy

[still flicker]

That week is going to be one big rollercoaster

[shut nova]

yall does nu do likelies

[plain gale]

no

[dense kiln]

What’s likelies?

[dense orbit]

An early, unofficial notice of one’s admission to the university by the Admissions Office given to the top applicants

[dense kiln]

Ahh

[exotic granite]

am i gonna get into NW

[toxic iris]

indubitably

[native dawn]

Give me my chances I'm a regular decision applicant asking for aid as an intl student

[dense orbit]

low, non-zero

[peak abyss]

nu*

[fresh torrent]

Does northwestern have some kind of fin aid portal?

I applied for aid but have not recieved any checklist or anything at all with regards to that

[full zinc]

https://ugadmission.northwestern.edu/apply/status?cmd=fin_aid

[fresh torrent]

It's not showing any checklist for me

Should I mail them?

[full zinc]

there's nothing at the bottom?

[fresh torrent]

Nothing at all

Look

[full zinc]

yeah def email them

[fresh torrent]

very strange

done

thank god i asked

I was wondering since it's only for harvard which has no fin aid checklist but it was written on their webstie but i was not able to find anything like that for northwestern

[native dawn]

reading this bs paragraph about how they help students from everywhere makes me wanna smack an admissions officer in the face

🤓 yeah yeah we will help of course with our 0.3% acceptance rate for intls looking for aid

of course we wont prefer you to that kid with a 1250 sat from qatar that can actually pay for the school

[rain tundra]

can you send me the email template? lol I am also in the same situation...

[limber jackal]

Wait northwestern is suppose to have some checklist?

Their finaid process is so weird

[fresh torrent]

Hello

Just recieved an update from them

No checklist for international students

so it's chill

[rain tundra]

did you submit tax docs btw? do they ask for it?

[still elk]

yes thru idoc

[normal forge]

I would honestly be shocked if I got in I did so shit on my interview 💀

[small gust]

lol i had no interview

[frail fulcrum]

guys wait when does acceptances come out?

[small gust]

march 27th

i mean

decisions come out then

[frail fulcrum]

wait wat

fr??

[small gust]

will you get accepted? wait and find out

[small gust]

yeah

check pins

[frail fulcrum]

didnt they say mid march why is it so late

ohh hm

[small gust]

delays due to fafsa processing ig

[frail fulcrum]

mf fafsa kms

[solar mural]

who names schools after directions

[small gust]

what else would you name them after? toothpaste???

[solar mural]

they should have random names

like a020202bcc

[small gust]

lmfao

[copper breach]

colgate

[split laurel]

unironically northwestern is one of the better names

[native dawn]

100% at least most people can pronounce it right

[small gust]

LMAO

what university names are hard to pronounce

Hahavahd maybe

[native dawn]

Bowdoin

[split laurel]

Dartmouth

Is it dartmith

Or dart-mouth

[native dawn]

Dartmouth is pretty easy its 2 words put together

Dartmuff

Dërtmêf

[split laurel]

Its pretty contested

[small gust]

i say dart-muth

[small gust]

how is it pronounced

[split laurel]

Bowdin

[small gust]

damn

not bow dow in?

[split laurel]

Tf

No

!northwestern

Bru

[small gust]

no specified time

i didn't know the existence of Bowdoin until a2c ngl

most LACs tbh

[split laurel]

Oh yea bough din

I pronounce bow as bow like the hairtie

Not bow down like the sign of respect

Lol

[azure marsh]

isnt bowdoin pronounced like "how the bowl doing"

[small gust]

💀

[native dawn]

Everyone asks how do you say bowdoin

No one asks how is bowdoin

Thats deep

[thick helm]

just say that it rhymes with exploding

[small gust]

????

[safe spoke]

bowdoin just sounds like bodun but honestly don’t blame ppl for saying bawdoyn

[native dawn]

that makes 0 sense bro

what if i say exploding like a mid white girl

[native dawn]

tbh atp i give up i really dont care i aint gonna show effort to learn its name unless i get accepted

im the dude that called tufts tofu for 2 months

[small gust]

lmfao

[native dawn]

this text also calls maine "beautiful" hence it is invalid

get gud son

[thick helm]

maine IS beautiful 😠😠😠😠

[native dawn]

no

maine is like uk but more depressing

oh you live in new england? thats super cool which state? maine 💀

[median palm]

Wait guys

Does everyone get an interview? Did I miss the email?

[glad fossil]

you had to request an interview towards the beginning of the year

but it’s strictly based off availability, so you wouldn’t have received the email to request an interview if you aren’t in an area with alumni interviewers

[median palm]

ohhh phew...

thanks

[glad fossil]

even if you are, however, and still didn’t request an interview, it won’t hurt you at all

[fading iron]

saw my northeastern portal update email and i thought it was northwestern 😭😭😭

got so excited for nothing

[small gust]

😭😭😭😭

[shut viper]

whens this guys

[glad fossil]

most likely 3/27

is when they plan to release

from their winter counselor update

[plain gale]

it also says it on the portal

[livid ridge]

wait what

oh yeah they do

just realized that

[cyan orchid]

i requested one, but there werent enough available in my area

[lean thistle]

Same

[floral saddle]

Northwestern, save me

[verbal stag]

https://tenor.com/view/praying-gif-3348052254980566268

[edgy blade]

Are decision dates out

[stuck palm]

3/27

[edgy blade]

ty

11 days smh

March 28 cannot come fast enough

[lucid ocean]

!northwestern

Where is my goddamn command

MODS!

[split laurel]

I dont think theres a confirmed time

[soft monolith]

ED came out 4 PST

[finite delta]

!chance Northwestern

[quasi verge]

@finite delta i hate you

[finite delta]

do u just live on discord?

unblock me

[quasi verge]

ok 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊

[primal forge]

Dbsncnsns

[solar mural]

NEU

[granite olive]

Is switching to cs or computer engineering (from Weinberg) difficult?

[rough mist]

nah its rly easy to switch your major at NU (besides bienen bc you have to audition)

you need a certain number of credits in some areas though

[granite olive]

I see thanks that’s what I thought too

[shut nova]

yall when nu coming out again i forgor

[verbal stag]

March 27

It comes out March 27th, 2024

[shut nova]

ok thanks

[solar mural]

!northwestern

[gleaming turtle]

me when i get a northwestern rejection to prepare for ivy day

[shut nova]

apparently its supposed to be a secret

[floral saddle]

its finally that time where i start tweaking again

IM GONNA CLUTCH!!!

[daring grail]

plz accept me northwestern

[edgy blade]

https://tenor.com/view/kyriostsahs-lonely-waiting-quarantine-life-gif-18073672

[frail fulcrum]

ASFFF BRO

THATS ALL IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT

BACK TO BACK TO BACK REJECTIONS

[still elk]

its pregame

[fathom spear]

!northwestern

[livid ridge]

Northwestern 27th

[fathom spear]

Thanks mate

[livid ridge]

No probs

[lucid ocean]

Source?

[still elk]

the portal

[livid ridge]

Yup

[glad fossil]

Also the pinned post

the counselor winter update

[void stratus]

When is northwestern coming up?

[split laurel]

March 27

[obtuse hull]

what time ?

[rigid verge]

7

[floral saddle]

i’m tweaking now

[frozen sail]

where is the time listed?

[rigid verge]

On the portal

[hybrid lion]

??

send a ss?

[rigid verge]

WAIT

I am dumb sorry

It was in a counselor letter

Someone sent in here like last at week

[hybrid lion]

the time too??

the letter only said march 27th no time

probably gonna be 3:15-ish central like previous years

[eager lark]

yea i feel like 7 is a little late

[rigid verge]

Oh gor

Idk