Anonymous wrote:Congrats! NU is great school DD happy just started her 2nd semester.

+1. Welcome to the Wildcat family!

^quarter

Congrats! NU is great school DD happy just started her 2nd semester.

^By the way, my kid had very similar stats to your son's and also applied ED. Seems like that was the right move, as far as strategy.

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP. He decided to ED Northwestern and he got in! He had the Georgetown application done and ready to submit but didn't need to. Thank you to all that responded - the comments were really helpful. He is working on his MMSS application this month!

Congrats! My kid is a current freshman and loves it. Kid ended up tagging along on younger sibling's tour of Georgetown and surprisingly really liked Georgetown too, which I wouldn't have expected and makes me think the Georgetown tour wasn't truly representative of the atmosphere, though ultimately maybe all top schools have some students of all types; this kid is nerdy in a STEM way. In his case, Northwestern is clearly a fit. Texted me last night blabbing about a possible double major, maybe staying an extra year for masters, etc. It's a cold week for wind chill, but the vibe I am getting from him is that he's very happy there.

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP. He decided to ED Northwestern and he got in! He had the Georgetown application done and ready to submit but didn't need to. Thank you to all that responded - the comments were really helpful. He is working on his MMSS application this month!

Congrats, I had a really good time at NU and I hope he does too.