<p>The acceptance rate for just RD is not a publicly disclosed figure for any school that also has an ED/EA round, so you’d have to factor in the SCEA acceptees (which is more tricky since they’re not binding) for Yale and Stanford to get that RD figure to compare to Northwestern.</p>
<p>For Northwestern Class of 2016,
Total ED Applicants: 2450
Total ED Acceptances: 814
ED Acceptance Rate: 33.2%
(ED makes up 40% of their expected Class of 2016, which in total will comprise of around 2035 freshmen)</p>
<p>TOTAL Applicants: 32,065
TOTAL Acceptances: 4895
TOTAL Acceptance Rate: 15.3%</p>
<p>Total RD Applicants (=Total - ED): 29,615
Total RD Acceptances (=Total - ED): 4081
RD Acceptance Rate: 13.8%</p>
<p>Just FYI: RD Yield, which I think has historically been around 30-35%, hit almost 40% last year. Northwestern only wants around 1220 more students to finish off its class - but I think we can expect a larger class this year as well – what do you think?</p>
<p>Can someone please go over these calculations?</p>
<p>Statistics from:
ED: <a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/01/applications-new-high.html[/url]”>Applications Hit New High - Northwestern Now;
<p>RD:
<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/03/notify-applicants.html[/url]”>Northwestern Notifies Admitted Students - Northwestern Now;