Northwestern ED - Did they reject anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year NU made a point of saying would accept or deny mostly in the ED round with few deferrals. Sounds like they shifted their strategy this year.

New admissions director….some are questioning her background

????

[Anonymous]

My son was accepted ED! We are thrilled.
4.49W/3.99 UW
800 Math/740 verbal SAT
All 5s on 6 AP exams and taking all APs Senior Year
Very strong ECs, state level awards
Legacy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year NU made a point of saying would accept or deny mostly in the ED round with few deferrals. Sounds like they shifted their strategy this year.

New admissions director….some are questioning her background

What ?

Prior to Northwestern, she worked at U Chicago & at Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year NU made a point of saying would accept or deny mostly in the ED round with few deferrals. Sounds like they shifted their strategy this year.

New admissions director….some are questioning her background

What ?

Prior to Northwestern, she worked at U Chicago & at Yale.

huh?
She worked at Vermont, Illinois and Arizona State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is deferred. Seems like there is a lot of this going on this cycle.

Wondering what the stats of the deferral are. I will start:

DD has: 4.5W, 34 ACT, leadership, arts and sports, checks all the boxes per our counselor.

DD isn't: legacy, URM, applying for FA

What is unweighted and is it public or private? 4.5 weighted from MCPS would be way too low for NU.

NOVA private. Top 10% of graduating class.

[Anonymous]

Rejected here, with very strong stats.

What's the background of the new admissions director?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is deferred. Seems like there is a lot of this going on this cycle.

Wondering what the stats of the deferral are. I will start:

DD has: 4.5W, 34 ACT, leadership, arts and sports, checks all the boxes per our counselor.

DD isn't: legacy, URM, applying for FA

What is unweighted and is it public or private? 4.5 weighted from MCPS would be way too low for NU.

Nope, you’re wrong. Kid at my child’s public got into Dartmouth with a 4.5 weighted. They look at the whole picture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected here, with very strong stats.

What's the background of the new admissions director?

No offense but you can Google that faster then it took you to ask on here.

[Anonymous]

https://www.enrollment.northwestern.edu/about/senior-leadership.html#lk-bio

[Anonymous]

Has anyone seen any data on early admission Stats this year? Usually they release the number applied, accepted, deferred etc but haven’t seen those numbers yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected here, with very strong stats.

What's the background of the new admissions director?

Stacey Kostell was appointed Vice President and Dean of Enrollment at Northwestern University in July 2023. Prior to her arrival at NU, Stacey served as Chief Executive Officer of the Coalition for College, an organization that helps students access resources to find a college that matches their academic, financial and social needs. She also has held leadership positions overseeing initiatives to help students graduate on time and with limited debt at major universities in Vermont, Arizona, Indiana and Illinois. Throughout her career of more than 20 years in admissions and enrollment management, Stacey has been dedicated to expanding higher education access, prioritizing affordability and ensuring student success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year NU made a point of saying would accept or deny mostly in the ED round with few deferrals. Sounds like they shifted their strategy this year.

New admissions director….some are questioning her background

What ?

Prior to Northwestern, she worked at U Chicago & at Yale.

Yes and “coalition for college”…she was never a senior admissions person at any college prior to this role….
Highly focused on “disadvantaged” students.

huh?
She worked at Vermont, Illinois and Arizona State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year NU made a point of saying would accept or deny mostly in the ED round with few deferrals. Sounds like they shifted their strategy this year.

New admissions director….some are questioning her background

What ?

Prior to Northwestern, she worked at U Chicago & at Yale.

Yes and “coalition for college”…she was never a senior admissions person at any college prior to this role….
Highly focused on “disadvantaged” students.

huh?
She worked at Vermont, Illinois and Arizona State.

Good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected here, with very strong stats.

What's the background of the new admissions director?

Stacey Kostell was appointed Vice President and Dean of Enrollment at Northwestern University in July 2023. Prior to her arrival at NU, Stacey served as Chief Executive Officer of the Coalition for College, an organization that helps students access resources to find a college that matches their academic, financial and social needs. She also has held leadership positions overseeing initiatives to help students graduate on time and with limited debt at major universities in Vermont, Arizona, Indiana and Illinois. Throughout her career of more than 20 years in admissions and enrollment management, Stacey has been dedicated to expanding higher education access, prioritizing affordability and ensuring student success.

NP. Just want to point out that the VP and Dean of Enrollment is not the same person/position as Director of Undergraduate Admissions (Dir of Undergrad Admissions is Liz Kinsley)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year NU made a point of saying would accept or deny mostly in the ED round with few deferrals. Sounds like they shifted their strategy this year.

New admissions director….some are questioning her background

What ?

Prior to Northwestern, she worked at U Chicago & at Yale.

Yes and “coalition for college”…she was never a senior admissions person at any college prior to this role….
Highly focused on “disadvantaged” students.

huh?
She worked at Vermont, Illinois and Arizona State.

Everyone I know that’s gotten in is either (1) full pay private school kids with $$$ or (2) legacy donor (big bucks) kids…
Don’t think they are focusing on that.