<p>Just wondering if they had any preliminary numbers. I know that they had about 27k-28k apps. I just don't know about how many NU accepted this year. (oh btw i got accepted yay! lol)</p>
<p>How do you know there were 27k-28k applications this year?</p>
<p>[Applications</a> Soar by 70 Percent Over Five Years : Northwestern University Newscenter](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2010/01/applications.html]Applications”>Applications Soar by 70 Percent Over Five Years: Northwestern University News)</p>
<p>I guess we can calculate it -</p>
<p>27,555 applied this year.
NU wants to enroll 2,025.</p>
<p>The yield rate at NU last year was 33.7%. (Reference: <a href="http://college./college-945-Northwestern-University_admissions-statistics.html%5B/url%5D">http://college./college-945-Northwestern-University_admissions-statistics.html</a>) So if we use that…</p>
<p>and do the math (please correct me if I’m wrong): </p>
<p>NU probably admitted 6,000 applicants out of 27,555.</p>
<p>That means a 21.8% acceptance rate. </p>
<p>Of course… that’s all dependent on NU’s yield rate. The yield rate could be lower this year (since more applicants are applying to more schools), so the number admitted could be higher.</p>
<p>But either way… the acceptance rate was 26.8% last year. That’s still a pretty big drop!</p>
<p>I totally apologize in advance if I miscalculated or am completely wrong. I hate misleading posts on cc. ) :</p>
<p>I think your math is right. Assuming that’s the yield they were expecting, they should have accepted slightly less than 22%.</p>
<p>It seems like they accepted so many people. Not only on CC (which I know is full of above average applicants) but at my school as well.</p>
<p>Haha I know, they accepted at least 3 people from my school. Unfortunately 2 of them have no intention of going there 
I hope that doesn’t kill the chances for class of 2015 from my school.</p>
<p>^keep in mind they are trying to recruit kids from NE. it’s probably harder if u are from IL</p>