Report: Northwestern encourages applications to boost selectivity

Scubaski1
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:50:27 +0000

Yes, lots of mailings from Vanderbilt and Stanford as well. Also, U of Minnesota has sent us numerous mailings announcing they are waiving all application fees, essay requirements, rec. letters… I’m not sure if this is a universal effort to increase their app. numbers/selectivity, or maybe this is some targeted marketing toward high-scoring female STEM applicants.

My D did apply to Minn. engineering and I think the ease of their application process helped as she may not have applied if the process were not so streamlined. Anyhow, I’m going to check out the WSJ article - interesting stuff.