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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Members of the class of 2017 and transfers spend a day at Millennium park during Wildcat Welcome. Early decision admissions were sent Thursday, with 925 entering the class of 2018 from more than 2,800 applicants.

Northwestern admits nearly 1,000 to class of 2018 during early decision period

December 13, 2013

Northwestern admitted 925 early decision applicants Thursday evening, filling about 45 percent of the class of 2018. This cycle marks the largest number of students accepted through early decision in...

Northwestern stays No. 4 in Lumosity smartest school rankings

November 20, 2013

Northwestern held steady at No. 4 in Lumosity’s annual rankings of the country’s smartest colleges. NU trails Washington University in St. Louis, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton...

ETHS touts all-time high ACT record

October 23, 2013

Evanston Township High School announced Wednesday that its class of 2013 set an all-time record for highest average composite score on the ACT. The seniors earned a mean score of 23.9 out of 36 on...

Former University President Henry Bienen introduces a panel Tuesday night at Harris Hall. Panelists discussed ways to improve education in marginalized communities.

Former president Henry Bienen discusses educational disparities at panel

October 23, 2013

In the affluent Chicago suburb of Winnetka, New Trier Township High School boasts an average ACT score of 27.5. On the city's south side, students at the W.R. Harper High School average just 15 on the...

Caracotsios: The ACT, 4 years later

Caracotsios: The ACT, 4 years later

July 1, 2013

When NU Tutors asked me to sub in for an ACT tutor, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. It was four years since I'd slogged my way through the trenches of standardized testing, and I had little desire to return....

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