Northwestern's acceptance rate unusually low?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>From what I read from someone else’s post (which was a quote directly from an article), NU’s acceptance rate dropped to 18%. This means they accepted around 5760 applicants, and then 2000 were enrolled.</p>

<p>EDIT: Here –> <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;