<p>So, rough numbers: At Weekend on the Square, Shawn Abbott said they had 48,000 applications this year and made offers to about 30 percent, expecting to have roughly 5000 attend. </p>
<p>Some schools within NYU have lower acceptance rates, though, as you probably already know.</p>
<p>He also was exceedingly proud of the fact that the admissions officers actually did read every application.</p>