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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


Liz Kinsley, the University's director of undergraduate admissions. Before coming to Northwestern, Kinsley worked at Yale University and the University of Chicago.

Liz Kinsley named director of undergraduate admission

August 7, 2019

Liz Kinsley, who formerly served as the Office of Undergraduate Admission's communications director, started a new position as the University’s director of undergraduate admissions July 15, according...

Segal Visitors Center. A select pool of about 550 applicants had their files read and their admissions decisions made by President Morton Schapiro.

Northwestern President Schapiro says he reads applications of some legacy, donor students

April 24, 2019
“They’re suggested by all sorts of people,” Schapiro said in an interview with The Daily. “Politicians to famous alums to trustee members. Many, many people.”
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...

Christopher Watson, dean of undergraduate admissions, discusses diversity in admissions in 2015. Watson will succeed Michael Mills as dean of undergraduate enrollment and associate vice president for student outreach in April.

Christopher Watson to replace Michael Mills as dean of undergraduate enrollment

February 21, 2019

Christopher Watson will serve as Northwestern University’s dean of undergraduate enrollment and associate vice president for student outreach, according to a Thursday news release. Watson, currently...

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”...

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