Me when my UMich portal didn’t say to send final transcripts 
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bruh me too
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Where does it say 4% in that article? It looks like it says 7%. But even so, the acceptance rate at all elite schools should be much lower than past years because they all have way more applicants applying. While NU is a reach for anyone, there are probably many applying who would never applied before regardless, just for the hell of it. We know people who have done that with other schools this year.
It says that they turn away 24 for every 1 they accept. 1/25=4%
Ah yes, totally missed that! But also note that he says in that part of the paragraph which I copied below that of the 25 at least 10 would do well there and 5 are close which basically implies 10 are potentially not great candidates. So if someone knows they are generally a competitive candidate at most elite schools, they actually probably have a better than 4% chance at being accepted which is back to the 7% ironically because it is then 1/15.
“In fact, the last couple of days, we’ve been meeting and reading files, and we’re in a situation here in the spring, believe it or not, that for every student we admit, we have to turn down 24. And if you think that’s the sort of the dream you all have, I can tell you, it’s a nightmare. Because of the 25 kids, there’s probably, at least 10 would probably do well here, and five who are really close, and you can only take one of those five.”
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Yes, but if you add in all of the other criteria (gender, geography, potential major, athlete, musician, legacy, etc.) - its really impossible to calculate a % for any given kid. For example, even using 7%, assuming a 50/50 gender split, the rate for a boy is only 3.5%. On one of the prep school threads, people were calculating the number of potential spots for their kid and it was invariably in the single digits, usually less than 5. I feel like this is sort of the same thing…
I would be careful extrapolating a precise acceptance rate from an imprecise statement but the university president. The true number could be closer to 2 in 25 but, for example, it’s unlikely in conversation that he’d have said for every 1.76 students that get accepted there are 23.24 students that don’t get in. In other words, the quote is by no means an reliable indication of an actual acceptance rate.
It’s between 4 and 7%. At that point, it really doesn’t matter much
That too. It could’ve very well have been an off the cuff statement. Either way, NU has become increasingly popular through the years and everyone knows it’s extremely difficult to get accepted so what does it matter at the end of the day what the acceptance rate is?
Our high school used to be a feeder for NU where up to 20 kids a year would be accepted with more than half attending. This year only 2 were accepted ED which is really low for us. That in itself tells anyone just how crazy competitive it has become and with their increasing competitive sports teams, which used to be horrendous when I was growing up nearby, that just makes NU even more desirable.
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White male, Near top of NU SAT range at 1550, gpa 3.9+UW, 4.4+weighted, deca state and international winner, 3 year varsity athlete (senior year capt), founder of nonprofit (5 years commitment) raising over $12K, rigorous courses (13APs plus honors classes), honor societies, clubs, coach, and work part time…good enough for a chance?
Pretty damn good chance imo
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I hope you know that your stats are excellent, and of course good enough for a chance. You have as good or better than anyone. With the most selective colleges, the challenge is that there are so many exceptional students applying (especially this year-many schools report 30% increases in applications) that they can accept only a fraction of the very qualified applicants. So then the decision come down to more subjective factors like the makeup of the class as a whole (demographics, majors, activities) and how the admissions officers like your essays (even if exquisitely written, you will really never know if your essay resonated with the reader). Best of luck and hopefully all the high stat kids know that you could have been successful in any of these schools, even if the decision didn’t fall in your favor.
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Most participants of DECA are Asians? The homepage shows many Asian faces…
Good news: That seems to be the typical profile of a student accepted by Northwestern!
Bad news: That is also the typical profile of a student rejected by Northwestern.
We’re all in the same boat 
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Not at our high school.
Has anyone received any admissions updates in the past 24 hours? “friend of a friend” thru the grapevine said they were rejected last night, but that doesn’t seem right, since decisions aren’t out until Late March. It is hearsay and I am just trying to figure out if it is true or someone is “self manifesting”. Thanks
Were they an athlete perhaps? Or maybe something like that.
Haven’t heard of any decisions yet
Not an athlete - but maybe she heard the name of the school incorrectly (northeastern instead of northwestern???) Oh well - thought I would ask here just in case.
Northeastern hasn’t released RD yet either, but they have done EA and ED1 and 2 so could very well be. There’s also a Northwestern in Minnesota, but unlikely to be the same one. Anybody’s guess or just lots of confusion with everyone applying to so many schools and waiting. Northwestern official release date is announced already later this month, I don’t think Northeastern has announced a specific date though.