2025 MMSS Sophomore Application

2025 MMSS Sophomore Application

1. Submit the online application form below. Please attach a PDF of your essay questions to this form.

2. Submit a copy of their UNOFFICIAL Northwestern transcript with winter quarter grades to this form with the essay PDF. Instructions for generating a transcript can be found at this link: https://www.northwestern.edu/ses/staff/student-records/generating-unofficial-transcripts.html

3. Arrange for one letter of recommendation from a NU professor to be sent to MMSS. The letter should be sent directly from the professor by email to mmss@northwestern.edu.

Transfer students can source letters from their current school's faculty. Submission deadline for all three items is 11:59pm on April 1.

Personal Information

Applicant First Name*

Applicant Last Name*

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Sex*

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Applicant Date of Birth*

Applicant Email Address*

Applicant cell phone number*

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Academic Information

Northwestern College*

Which undergraduate college are you based at within NU?

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High School Name*

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Test Scores

MMSS no longer requires test scores but they are optional to include. If available, please enter below along with the date(s) your test was taken. All scores reported here should be on file with the Northwestern University Office of the Registrar. Applicants are not penalized for not submitting test scores.

Enter your score on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section

Enter your score on the SAT Math Section

Enter your combined/total SAT score

ACT - Composite

ACT - English

ACT - Math

ACT - Reading

ACT - Science Reasoning

ACT - Writing

Faculty Recommendation

Please ask the person who is writing your letter of recommendation to email it as a PDF to mmss@northwestern.edu

List the name of the professor who is writing your letter of recommendation*

Professor's department name*

Essay Questions

Please answer all questions and upload a PDF of your essays. Each question should be 400 words or less per question.

1) Why MMSS?

2) Which social science question or problem interests you most?

3) Please explain how you plan to utilize the MMSS curriculum to enhance your academic and professional goals.

4) Describe your extracurricular interests and activities you are involved in off and on campus.

5) How did you hear about the MMSS Program?

Essay Questions and Unofficial Transcript to be uploaded as PDFs

Candidates who wish to be considered for sophomore-entry to Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences must submit this form including two PDFs (essay questions and an unofficial transcript) plus a letter of recommendaton should be emailed to MMSS. 1. Submit the online application form below. Please attach a PDF of your essay questions to this form. 2. Submit a copy of their UNOFFICIAL Northwestern transcript with winter quarter grades to this form with the essay PDF. Instructions for generating a transcript can be found at this link: https://www.northwestern.edu/ses/staff/student-records/generating-unofficial-transcripts.html 3. Arrange for one letter of recommendation from a NU professor to be sent to MMSS. The letter should be sent directly from the professor by email to mmss@northwestern.edu. Transfer students can source letters from their current school's faculty. Submission deadline for all three items is 11:59pm on April 1.

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