Northwestern's acceptance rate unusually low?

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<p>I doubt that’s a consideration since NUs historic retention tops 97%. ;-D </p>

<p>There have been articles posted saying they plan to admit slightly fewer freshmen this year in part due to an above-average freshman class size last year (due to unexpectedly high yield) and a desire to return to more normal number of admitted transfers this year versus last.</p>