Northwestern Class of 2016 Stats: 15% Acceptance Rate

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<p>^Here’s some info on the applicant pool (not admitted students but applicants) to the class of 2015 (last year’s admissions cycle):</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1114541-nu-overall-acceptance-rate-18-down-27-just-2-years-ago.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1114541-nu-overall-acceptance-rate-18-down-27-just-2-years-ago.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Almost half of our applicants earned the equivalent of a 4.0 or higher grade point average. </p>

<p>Of our applicants reporting class rank, 71% were in the top decile. </p>

<p>Half of our applicants earned a 1420 (CR+M) or higher on the SAT (the equivalent of a 32 ACT).</p>

<p>Over 3,300 applicants with a 1500 SAT (CR+M) or higher (the equivalent of a 34 ACT) were not offered admission.</p>

<p>We denied more applicants this year than the total number of applicants we received two years ago.

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