<p>Early Applicants for 2012 : 2450
Early Acceptances 2012 : 804
Percentage of Early Applicants Accepted 2012: 32.82%
Percentage of Early Applicants Accepted 2011: 33.62%
Approximate Percentage of Freshman Class, Fall 2012, Now Filled : 39.7%</p>
<p>(Source:The New York Times)</p>
<p>Interesting. Thanks for posting.</p>
<p>Interesting that they’re now filling ~40% of the incoming class ED. That’s more in line with what other Ivies have historically done, true?</p>
<p>MomCares: U Penn’s ED admitted students will fill up 47% of their freshman class (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1255185-penns-early-decision-acceptance-rate-drops-25-4-class-2016-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1255185-penns-early-decision-acceptance-rate-drops-25-4-class-2016-a.html</a>)</p>
<p>“That’s more in line with what other Ivies have historically done, true?” </p>
<p>MomCares - NU is not an Ivy, it is a Big Ten.</p>
<p>@harvardhottie - interesting!</p>
<p>@amtc - yes, I did realize that but was riffing on NU’s “Ivy of the Midwest status”. :-D</p>
<p>You realize to a hugely greater degree than the Ivy League, Big 10 is actually about sports and not in any real way about academics?</p>
<p>Yes, but I was making a point to MomCares that NU is not one of the Ivies as she stated:</p>
<p>“That’s more in line with what other Ivies have historically done, true?” </p>
<p>while also commenting on the fact that Ivy League began as a athletic league, although it has far more meaning than that today. But no matter how you define it, NU is not an Ivy and it bothers me when people feel the need to reference it as such.</p>
<p>Big Ten is substantially older than the Ivy league, anyway, therefore more prestigious. AmIdoingitright?</p>
<p>I’m confused to as why it matters. Northwestern academics are on par if not better than some Ivy league schools, so why can’t they be compared? That’s pure ignorance right there.</p>
<p>amtc,</p>
<p>I don’t think MomCares feels the need to reference it. I think she’s just wondering if NU is mimicking what the Ivies have been doing. After all, peer schools compare themselves to others as part of their business strategy.</p>
<p>Sorry to have diverted the discussion by my loose use of “other Ivies”. It would have been more to the point if I’d just said that I think I’d read last year that NU was planning to move toward admitting ~40% of the class ED, as many of their peer institutions (who happen to be Ivies) have done in the past, and this year it seems they’ve done it. ;-D</p>
<p>I think the real issue is amtc’s inferiority complex</p>
<p>“Ivy” is no longer just an athletic conference though it started as such. It has now become a shorthand for “top colleges” and typically include schools that are technically non-Ivy, such as Northwestern. The general population doesn’t know which colleges are in fact Ivy and they don’t care. They simply think all elite colleges are Ivy, e.g. all of the top 20. It is indeed annoying that all elite colleges are designated “Ivy,” because that only adds to the superficial meaning that the label has taken on. However, the bottom line is that “Ivy,” as the general public understands it, encompasses all elite national universities. That’s technically incorrect, but the cultural “meme” has already been perpetuated.</p>
<p>wildcatalum- IMHO, You Nailed It! Nice to see that NU education in action:)</p>
<p>Clearly while on vacation I was a topic of discussion. First and foremost, viviste, I have no inferiority complex but I object to those who feel the necessity to compare NU with Ivy League schools. NU is a wonderful school, far better than some of the Ivy League schools IMO, but not an Ivy League school no matter how you define it and I feel it belittles NU to try and do so. </p>
<p>I guess I wasn’t clear in my meaning - Northwestern is a great school and can stand on its’ own; I think when people try to force it into an Ivy League category it is insulting and demeaning, creating a wannabe kind of impression which I don’t believe presents NU in a positive light.</p>
<p>(BTW, for those who don’t know, my daughter was admitted into Yale and Dartmouth and rejected both for NU and never looked back. No Ivy League envy in this house!)</p>