Northwestern Class of 2016 Stats: 15% Acceptance Rate

<p>wait a minute…NU admitted roughly 5000 people, but on my letter it said it admitted 2000 people from a pool of 32000. do they count on 3000 people to say no thanks or are they just talking about 2000 people from RD?
and do waitlisted students count in the admitted applicants number?</p>