Do College Admissions Essays really matter?

surftheiop · #1 11-26-2007, 12:28 AM

write great essays and you still might not get into northwestern

chisness · #2 11-26-2007, 06:13 PM

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write great essays and you still might not get into northwestern

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I go to Northwestern and at least from my high school anyone with those stats was auto-in. My essays were definitely pretty mediocre. NU has a very high admit rate.

You'll need very good essays to get into HYPS, MC, and you're probably not auto in at some of the lower ivies either. You can probably get into anywhere NU or "worse" without anything too great though.

surftheiop · #3 11-26-2007, 08:56 PM

What year are you?

I heard somewhere NU's admittance rate halved or quarted or something in last year or two. Also i would agree about the auto-in if its early decision.

ohioguy218 · #4 11-26-2007, 09:10 PM

Afraid it's regular decision, but I did an overnight visit ... so hopefully that will weigh into consideration.

emon87 · #5 11-27-2007, 06:30 PM

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Afraid it's regular decision, but I did an overnight visit ... so hopefully that will weigh into consideration.

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lol won't matter at all

surftheiop · #6 11-28-2007, 12:40 AM

actually according to self reported info from NU its does play a slight role.

I forget where i saw this, was worded as something like "demonostrated interest"