**Official Northwestern 2016 ED Applicants' Discussion Thread**

<p>i have final exams to study for.!!
if NU does not release by today, im gonna fail every last one of em.
cuz im gonna be checking my email in a trend that can be represented by the sum of a p series function with p<1, as n approaches infinity.</p>

<p>GoBulls is MVP of this thread! Nice call having your dad talk to them. I wonder if they were more inclined to tell an adult.</p>

<p>^agreed!
my hands have been shaking all day because i am so excited! do you think it will be five or closer to six o’clock?</p>

<p>they wouldn’t release on sunday…or saturday right? like they wouldn’t set up automatic email to be sent on the weekend… hopefully i’m not thinking too much… literally shaking.</p>

<p>oh my god @GoBulls THANKYOU!!! I just had a mini freak out in the middle of lit. gahhhhh I can’t believe that we’re going to know almost for sure by tonight!!! I don’t even know what to do with myself. thank you so so SO much!!! :D</p>

<p>6 or 7 hours till we know!! What time do we think it is going to be? (if you know/guess write which time zone you are in). I’m predicting 7 east coast time.
Why aren’t you guys in school btw?</p>

<p>Hey guys, I’m a current freshman at Northwestern. I came onto this thread cause one of my friends applied ED here. Anyway, I just want to say that the ED acceptance rate here has remained fairly consistent compared to RD acceptance rate so it’s really them being screwed. They’re definitely accepting a little more people each year just because more and more people are applying. But because so many people are applying the overall acceptance rate has been dropping like a rock each year from 27% → 23% → 18%. I fully expect the overall acceptance rate to drop again this year.</p>

<p>But, best of luck.</p>

<p>I have no info about what will happen this year, but I think last year the e-mails started going at out right around 5:00 NU time. I don’t know if that was true in prior years or not. Whenever they start coming out, be sure to check your SPAM folders. ;-D</p>

<p>Good luck everyone, and remember that whatever your outcome is, it doesn’t change one single thing about all of the incredible qualities that have brought you to where you are today. You all rock, or you wouldn’t be applying to a school like NU in the first place!</p>

<p>Fingers crossed for all of you!</p>

<p>I feel like the overall tension in the thread is gonna spike after the combination of NervusBreakdown’s post and the t minus 5 hours to go haha</p>

<p>Good luck ED’rs! If it wasn’t for the binding commitment?? There are plenty of good schools out there, especially in the Midwest. I’m comfortable with RD but feel for all of you!</p>

<p>Current freshman, and I just wanted to wish all of you the best, and no matter what happens, it will all work out. I was RD, but I totally feel your pain! Good luck <3</p>

<p>Well guys, im off to sports, and i decided not to bring my phone with me so i can’t check while im with my friends. I plan to check back here before i look in my email. Fingers crossed everyone! The only thing keeping me sane is knowing that all last minute decisions have been made, so i would rather hear, either way, than keep on waiting. Its been a great, nail-biting month and a half on this thread. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT, although it may seem like it, THIS WILL NOT DECIDE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!!</p>

<p>Good luck everybody. I remember how nerve-wracking it was to find out. Whatever the outcome is, I wish you all the best. Everything will work out in the end!</p>

<p>I have never been more anxious in my entire life.</p>

<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I am a current NU student/one of the people last year freaking out in the same thread…haha. Anyway, what might be of interest to you guys is that last year, the decisions were also sent out on the Friday before the due date… at 6PM Eastern. Good luck!</p>

<p>are we looking at 5pm est or 5pm central?</p>

<p>im guessing central
OMGOMGOMG POTENTIALLY OUT IN ONE HOUR!</p>

<p>OMG.): I promised myself I wouldn’t come home til’ 7… I lied.):</p>

<p>1 HOUR!!! Aggggggghhhhhhh!!!</p>

<p>SO SCARED! But I’m ready for this.</p>