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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Amaral: The meritocracy delusion

Amaral: The meritocracy delusion

April 24, 2022

Northwestern recently announced with great pride it only admitted 7% of applicants to its class of 2026. In this, NU is no different from its peers. Among elite institutions, acceptance rates appear to...

Bhardwaj: Wildcat Welcome was a chaotic return to campus

Bhardwaj: Wildcat Welcome was a chaotic return to campus

October 7, 2021

  When I stood in the corner of my brother's Elder Hall double at age 12, trying not to disrupt the chaotic unpacking process, I never thought six years later I would be moving into my own dorm...

 Segal Visitors Center, 1841 Sheridan Rd. Northwestern recently made submitting standardized tests optional for next year’s applicants, as many in higher education debate whether those decisions should be permanent.

Should Northwestern eliminate the SAT and ACT requirement?

June 23, 2020

University officials recently announced they would suspend the SAT and ACT requirement for the class of 2025. This decision comes after several other universities, including Harvard University and Stanford...

Buchaniec: The iron wall needs to be one of anonymity

Buchaniec: The iron wall needs to be one of anonymity

April 25, 2019

Shrouded in secrecy, highly selective universities rarely give insight into their admissions practices. Within the past year or so, however, the curtain has slowly risen to reveal an apparatus plagued...

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Wong: Admissions scandal highlights glorification of elite schools

April 11, 2019

To preface, I know we’ve probably heard too much about the college admissions scandal since it broke about a month ago, but repeated mentions of Lori Loughlin’s predicted jail time in my news feed...

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