Applications to Northwestern Class of 2017 reach all-time high

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<p>[Northwestern</a> Applications Hit New High: Northwestern University News](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2013/01/northwestern-applications-hit-new-high.html]Northwestern”>Northwestern Applications Hit New High - Northwestern Now)</p>

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**NORTHWESTERN APPLICATIONS HIT NEW HIGH</p>

<p>Freshmen applications total 32,766 and are up for the 10th year in a row</p>

<p>January 29, 2013 | by Pat Vaughan Tremmel**</p>

<p>EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University once again has received a record number of applications for its entering freshmen class – totaling 32,766. On the rise for 10 years in a row, applications are up by 2.2 percent from last year for the Class of 2017. </p>

<p>The applications total includes early decision applications, which also have increased for eight consecutive years, reflecting the growing interest in Northwestern as a first choice. The number of early decision applications for the Class of 2017 total 2,625 – up by 7 percent from last year.

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[salibut2020]

<p>Largely engineered by the adcom, but impressive nonetheless! It would be great if Northwestern did some strong, solid marketing like UChicago has. It’s a pity enough people don’t know about how great a school it is!</p>

[MichelleH]

<p>NU is def on the rise. I know that a lot of ppl think of it as a “Ivy league reject school” (i thought of it like that for a while), but honestly, the academics here are the same, if not even HARDER, than some of the ivy league schools, and we have D-1 sports too!!</p>