<p>UChicago(bleh), Notre Dame (eh), NYU ($), UVa (meh), Villanova, Rochester… and other smaller insignificant schools</p>
<p>I would actually HATE going to these schools. I need Northwestern.
Also my semester grades are plummeting, which could hurt my chances if I do get rejected.</p>
<p>Just an update for all NUEDers:</p>
<p>I called the admissions office to check if my supplementary recommendations were received and they told me that they can’t provide that information yet because e-mails are going out within the next few weeks with “application status checks.”</p>
<p>If not NU then…</p>
<p>Yale, Brown, Williams, Vassar, Wesleyan, Skidmore, Oberlin, maybe Tufts, maybe Middlebury</p>
<p>Northwestern ED acceptance rate has been between 40-44% for last 4 cycles.</p>
<p>I’m also applying to Wash U, Michigan, Illinois, and Duke. I would be very happy going to my second choice, Michigan, where I think my chances are pretty solid.</p>
<p>44%? Nice. Even if it drops in the high 30s this year, that’s still pretty generous for a Top 20 school.</p>
<p>hallelujiah!!</p>
<p>I got an e-mail from NU today confirming my e-mail and saying they’ll send out application checks in a couple of weeks. The stupid little form letter made me so excited! I don’t know how I’m gonna hold out until December!</p>
<p>Was it subject’d “Northwestern Application - Receipt Confirmation”?</p>
<p>Yes it was, cclolz.</p>
<p>The good news: FYI: [Northwestern</a> admissions alters early decision policy » North by Northwestern](<a href=“http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2009/10/51246/northwestern-admissions-alters-early-decision-policy/]Northwestern”>http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2009/10/51246/northwestern-admissions-alters-early-decision-policy/)</p>
<p>The bad news: admit rate was more like 1/3 last year because ED pool has gotten bigger. 1,569 (this article above says 1,712) applied and NU typically gets a quarter of its class from ED (~550). Sorry for raining on the parade. :)</p>
<p>I didnt send in any SAT IIs though my SATI is strong. am i screwed???</p>
<p>Applied ED as well!!! I just want to know already…this is making me soo anxious.</p>
<p>will not havin satii scores hurt me? my sats are great</p>
<p>I don’t think so. I remember reading somewhere that SATIIs are used to for math placement or something like that. I didn’t even take the SATs. I probably should have since I could have probably scored a lot higher than on the ACT.</p>
<p>@Perididdle</p>
<p>Yeah. I received that a few days after submitting the last part of my app.</p>
<p>@Sam Lee.</p>
<p>I posted about this earlier this year. Using the Common Data Set, the ED acceptance rate for freshmen entering the 2008-'09 academic year was 39.7 percent. There is no information available beyond that about enrollment and admissions, so I’m going to go look through a few Daily articles and try to figure it out. </p>
<p>It seems rather bizarre that the rate would drop from nearly 40 percent one year to the low-30s the next.</p>
<p>I don’t think acceptance rate matters so much. Just know that they’ll be taking ~500 kids out of however many apply… IN.TENSE.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether geographic location within the US is a factor? I’m from Tennessee, which is relatively under-represented. Could that weigh in my favor? I’m also pretty sure nobody else from my HS has ever applied to NU.</p>
<p>^According to its CDS, geographical/state residence is not considered. [2008-09</a> First-time, first-year (freshman) admission, Common Data Set - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2008-09/c.htm]2008-09”>http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2008-09/c.htm)</p>
<p>SamLee: thanks a lot for posting that, it’s very informative.</p>
<p>according to that, they do not even consider SAT subject tests for admission purposes. does this sound accurate??</p>