Advisory board and consortium membership may have led to NU’s ’smartest’ class yet
The mean combined SAT scores for NU’s recent freshmen classes. Graphic by Jared Miller / North by Northwestern. Source: Northwestern University.
Before even setting foot on campus, Northwestern’s class of 2012 was already setting records. Deemed by Northwestern President Henry Bienen as the school’s smartest yet, the incoming freshman class’s average combined SAT score was 1428, [...]
Plucked from a rival’s waitlist, some admitted to NU may depart
Top schools are drawing from their waitlists this year, slowing NU’s admissions.
NU gets more ED apps, takes slightly fewer students
NU’s early decision applications rose 16.9 percent this year to 1,531, from 1,310 last year, according to the admissions office.
Northwestern took 561 students early for the Class of 2012, six fewer than before, pushing the ED acceptance rate down to about 37 percent.
Reporting by Will Hamilton.