Northeastern University

“In a word, I'd call myself "versatileApr 26 2010Sociology
In a word, I'd call myself "versatile." I was on the yearbook staff all four years of high school, including an editor during my junior and senior years. I was on the Math Team and Ecology Club for 3 years; played football, water polo, track, and cross country; earned over 600 community service hours from Habitat for Humanity, volunteering at a nature center, and interning at a local historical society; and I also spent a semester abroad studying in The Bahamas (www.islandschool.org) where I learned about leadership and sustainability.

Although my accomplishments sound intimidating, I want to reassure you that no two Northeastern students are the same. I have met students who have accomplished far more than I have, and I've also met students that have accomplished far less. At the end of the day, the key to success and getting where you want in life is finding your passion, following that passion, and trusting that everything else will fall into place.
ACT: 27 SAT: 1210 Male

“- Above schools median SAT / ACT scores, IApr 25 2010Art & Design Department
- Above schools median SAT / ACT scores, I also submitted both sets of scores
- Robust resume - lots of extracurriculars (Golf Team, Art Club, French Club, Stage Crew for theater productions), I made sure to show consistency and room for growth
- Personality: I made sure to write an essay where I could write about anything I wanted, and made sure it was the best damn piece of writing I'd ever done. Mine happened to be about what pissed me off about High School (Physics, the commute, the damnable social hierarchy).
- Summers: Don't waste away your summer by the pool, get a job, be a camp counselor, do a pre-college program if you have the ca$h
- I pursued a lot of things outside of school, I wrote a thesis and did volunteer work, show that things that you do in your free time make you a good and competitive candidate, and how it will make you an asset to the school.
ACT: 32 SAT: 1350 Female

“Good grades, good test scores and greatApr 20 2010PreMed and Medical
Good grades, good test scores and great extracurriculars, great letters of rec, honest essay
SAT: 2040 Female

“Grades, test scores,Mar 07 2009Accounting
Grades, test scores, extracurricular activities
SAT: 2240 Male

“Active inMar 04 2009Political Science
Active in extracurricular activities, good SAT scores, good GPA, all that jazz on princetonreview.com and USNews. Northeastern admissions seems pretty superficial--I don't think my essay was all that great. I'm sure a good one can make up to some extent for not so great grades. I applied early admission, found out in late January. It is a pretty selective school. I think that my year, for every student that was admitted, 11 were turned away. Every year it gets more competitive. Every year, the caliber of student goes up.
SAT: 1900 Female