<p>I am! Anyone else? I'm quite excited to do so. <em>prays for acceptance</em></p>
<p>lol aquamarinee, for all this time, I thought you were an incoming freshman o_O</p>
<p>Haha so did I. Good luck aquamarinee! Break a pencil!</p>
<p>what was NU's ed rate last yr?</p>
<p>Hahahaha, I wish I was an incoming freshman! Well, hopefully I will be? xD I must ask too many questions about NU. LOL</p>
<p>I heard ED rate last year was around 40ish%, right?</p>
<p>I think my daughter is going to apply ED. She's visiting campus this Fall to make certain it's her 100% certain first choice. Our guidance counselor believes she'd get in applying either ED or RD, so a big factor is whether it is best to apply RD and potentially leverage other school's financial awards. </p>
<p>Then again, I'm not sure how much difference ED vs. RD will make for financial aid, I suspect we won't get much either way. I was told that Northwestern does not provide merit aid, only need-based aid - which is an issue for those footing the bill (us.) Also, Northwestern doesn't have a pre-pay/loan plan which locks in the Freshman tuition rate for all four years (as does Washington University in St. Louis, which also offers generous merit scholarships - which we know because our eldest goes there.)</p>
<p>FYI, we were told by Northwestern administrators that the chances with ED are significantly better... as it is at all schools.</p>
<p>Did they happen to provide you with a percentage [acceptance rate] or no?</p>
<p>The very best of luck to your daughter, NUGraduate! :-) And you too, aquamarinee!</p>
<p>I'm going to apply ED next year</p>
<p>I believe last year's was around 43-44%, so by the time I apply, I estimate it'll be around 37-40%.</p>
<p>to be exact on NU ED rate:</p>
<p>1302 apps
573 admitted
44.01% acceptance rate
<a href="http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2007/01/08/Campus/Common.Form.Attracts.More.Early.Decision.Applicants-2601586.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2007/01/08/Campus/Common.Form.Attracts.More.Early.Decision.Applicants-2601586.shtml</a></p>
<p>Remember, NU's policy is to accept or reject, or so I've heard. There arent many, if any, deferrals. Its going to go down this year for sure though.</p>
<p>I'm applying ED to Northwestern this fall... </p>
<p>Lets hope I can get in. I'm trying the "apply to one school, hope for the best, and if that fails, write alot of suppliment essays at the last mine" method...</p>
<p>Thanks, ridewitbd24!</p>
<p>This year will probably be around 40% then. <em>dies</em> I liked it when it was around 50% =]
Oh, and how recent are these statistics? "On the SAT Reasoning Test, the critical reading range was 650 to 730 and the math from 660 to 750."</p>
<p>And I'm still doing all my other applications, just in case I don't get in. I don't want to do all 11 schools last minute... that would be a very bad idea for me atleast.</p>
<p>im applyin ED........ hope i get in</p>
<p>^^Those stats are 2 or 3 years old.</p>
<p>ED acceptance rate for class of 2011 was 44%
RD acceptance rate for class of 2011 was 22%</p>
<p>Mean (not median) SAT score of accepted students was 1,463
Mean (not median) SAT score of enrolling students was 1,423</p>
<p>SAT scores for ED haven't been reported. Overall, ED/RD stats of enrolling students tend to be fairly similar.</p>
<p>I'm applying Early Decision too!</p>
<p>Thanks for the stats. I'm so nervous already... and I haven't even sent in my application! xD</p>
<p>Is anyone sending in a paper application, since common app. locks your application after you send it to just one university?</p>
<p>i'll be applying ED, most likely.</p>
<p>is there a point in doing that? all you really need for your other applications are custom recs. and a new why ____ school essay for each. you could do that outside of the commonapp and just copy/paste when it reopens on dec 15th?</p>
<p>I just wanted to add all of my new test scores and awards... but apparently the locked application doesn't let you edit that part.</p>