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Northwestern’s acceptance rate over the years. 2019 marked the first year in a decade in which the acceptance rate rose.

Northwestern acceptance rate rises for first time in 10 years

April 2, 2019

Northwestern accepted 8.9 percent of its applicants for the class of 2023, Christopher Watson, the dean of undergraduate enrollment, told The Daily in an email. Having risen from last year’s record...

Joshua Harmon’s “Admissions” explores themes of white privilege and college diversity quotas. The show will run at Theater Wit in Chicago March 21 through May 12.

Theater Wit explores themes of white guilt, university diversity with ‘Admissions’

March 7, 2019

College admissions quotas, white fragility spinning into white toxicity, administrators of private institutions grappling with how to increase student diversity — no, this isn’t referring to Northwestern,...

Despite record increases in numbers, transfer students struggle to adjust

Despite record increases in numbers, transfer students struggle to adjust

March 4, 2019

This past fall, Northwestern welcomed its largest-ever class of transfer students. However, for this growing population, adjusting to NU is not easy. Northwestern welcomed 159 transfers to Evanston...

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions received a total of 40,577 first-year applications for the class of 2023. This is only about 100 more applications as compared to the class of 2022

Number of regular decision applicants ‘flat’ for class of 2023

February 12, 2019

After years of growing applications, the number of undergraduate applicants to Northwestern is beginning to stabilize. The number of regular decision applicants for the class of 2023 was “flat”...

Early Decision acceptance rate falls as applications rise

Early Decision acceptance rate falls as applications rise

December 20, 2018

Northwestern’s Early Decision acceptance rate dropped to about 25 percent as applications during the early admission cycle continue to rise. The total number of applications rose about 9 percent to...

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