<p>How many people are usually offered a place on the waiting list? How many applicants are straight-up denied admission? Are the numbers equal, or is it actually meaningful to get onto Northwestern's waitlist?</p>
<p>i was waitlisted</p>
<p>Thousands more rejections than wait lists. I just looked this up a little while ago but the numbers from a couple of years ago were liek this:</p>
<p>25000 applicants.
6500 total admits (including off the wait list)
2700 offered place on wait list
1300 accepted place on wait list
470 accepted off wait list.</p>
<p>That was two years ago. I think there will be a higher number of wait lists this year. </p>
<p>*These numbers were rounded up or down btw.</p>